Are controlled release fertilizers going to change the game?

farmingfisherman said:

How does a person decide what a plant really needs?

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Mostly by observation. If you grow out a strain long enough, you'll learn what the plant wants and needs by observing how it does through the growth cycle.

If you are going to use coco, treat it like hydro. small pot, multifeeds per day with hydro type nutrients. If you are using peat based media or outside in soil then osmocote will work great.

Anything called headmasta or any other fruity, hip name is bullshit, stick with what is used in the actual horticulture industry.

Hollatchaboy said:

Mostly by observation. If you grow out a strain long enough, you'll learn what the plant wants and needs by observing how it does through the growth cycle.

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Makes sense. Each grow I've done has been different.

farmingfisherman said:

Makes sense. Each grow I've done has been different.

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I mean, there's no way of really being able to confirm 100%. Communication with plants is extremely limited, but growing the same strain for some cycles, your going to pick up on some of those cues. Whether you have symptoms showing on the leaves, stems, and or roots. It would be kinda nice to know just exactly how much of each nutrient the plant uses, on a given day, but we don't really even know how much of given nutrients, our bodies use daily, much less the plants. We guesstimate for ourselves as well.

Hollatchaboy said:

Mostly by observation. If you grow out a strain long enough, you'll learn what the plant wants and needs by observing how it does through the growth cycle.

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Eventually we'll probably have leaf scanners. Just like one in the office to start with, or handheld devices later in the future that you just hold up to the plant. Or some kind of coil you wrap around a branch, or both. Plug into your phone and use an app.. It will analyze the samples in seconds, and tell you exactly what the plant needs!

Just want to jump in real late and say I used Beanstalk this past summer and it was insane. My girls blew up. I know a friend involved with development and packaging for them and he swears buy it, and he was right.

So far so good with V basis and autopots. Easy as pie

Beanstalk nutes have been killer for me everytime I use them in veg. Will they work well for flower? Ask me again in a few months...



Easy as pie and no longer am I spending 45 minutes each morning mixing nutrients and watering my plants.

GrassBurner said:

Sounds like horse shit Homemade sips, homemade soil, easy peasy and cheap. 40% peat, 20% compost, 10% ewc, 10% perlite, 20% lava rock, basalt, oyster shell flour, and Dr Earth Homegrown. Make a sip, and fuhgeddaboutit I spend about 45 minutes a week on my plants. I haven't seen any easier/cheaper way that gets such fantastic results.

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You may not believe it but I spent 5 minutes weighing the beanstalk out and mixing it in the coco and all I do each week is check the water level and pH of my reservoir and I'm having amazing results in veg. There is a reason KIS sells this stuff.