Need help with my first plant & what it needs!

DrGonzo13 said:

I have a bottle of Alaska fish emulsion 5-1-1 ratio and it says 1tsp per quart of water I'm thinking about trying a ¼-½ the recommended. Any suggestions for how to use it, mist on foliage and add to soil or not?

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Fish emulsion will work great, but you're going to run into deficiency issues unless you supply a complete nutrient feed. A dose of fish emulsion will give your plants a nitrogen boost that they sorely need though. They need more than NPK-also calcium, magnesium, sulfur and all the micros. Do you know the PH, tds, and alkalinity of your water? If you're on city water, look up the last test data online-that will determine how casual you can be about ph testing and get away with it.

Rurumo said:

Fish emulsion will work great, but you're going to run into deficiency issues unless you supply a complete nutrient feed. A dose of fish emulsion will give your plants a nitrogen boost that they sorely need though. They need more than NPK-also calcium, magnesium, sulfur and all the micros. Do you know the PH, tds, and alkalinity of your water? If you're on city water, look up the last test data online-that will determine how casual you can be about ph testing and get away with it.

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I am just getting ready for the first time giving my plant food and I am just curious if Dr Earth all purpose concentrated liquid with a pump and was told either that or gala green and if I used some fish emulsion then is it bad to give her another food also

Bluethunder98 said:

And also with the nutrients you should have started that a little while ago it looks like don’t wait until your plant shows deficiency. It’s harder to correct than to have too much!! I’d also invest in some great white or mykos mycorrhizal root enhancer it will really do a number in excelling the growth when you transplant or with a weekly compost tea. Other than that nice plant man keep up the good work. In the end they will only be as good as the amount of time and effort you give them!

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Hydrahail said:

Get organic fertilizer like Gaia green or dr earth you won't need any meters for organics then just follow the instructions on the bag like for Gaia green 1 tbls per gallon of medium every 2 weeks

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Dr Earth liquid gold all purpose plant food concentrated easy hand pump 1-1-1? I have access to this one and it says two pumps directly to the soil and water within 24hrs of applying is this one that will help me out because it says easy no measuring or testing simply just apply

DrGonzo13 said:

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Dr Earth liquid gold all purpose plant food concentrated easy hand pump 1-1-1? I have access to this one and it says two pumps directly to the soil and water within 24hrs of applying is this one that will help me out because it says easy no measuring or testing simply just apply

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I couldn’t give you any honest info on that product. I’ve never heard of it or seen it before. I would make a new forum on that though someone is likely to be of assistance!

This is 5.5 weeks, and the plant beside it is 11 days. No nutes for the first 4 weeks, using Cannazym and a basic flower fert at half strength now, and the small plant is just tap water. Try not to get caught up in thinking it's all about nutes and all that, as you can grow perfectly fine without them, and fail a grow with them depending on variables, or vice versa. It's usually not the nutes or lack of that causes issues, it's normally pests, pH, microbe balance, light, humidity, temps, bacterial or fungal infections under the soil or a combination of all.

These are literally in $4 potting mix, under cheap eBay lights and in terrible humidity and temps due to location and are still turning out well...however I've seen and grown plants under 3x the light, perfect environment and constant attention and end up half the size.

There is a large amount of genetics and luck involved, try not to be too hard on yourself, as a lot of the times.yku can do your best and still suffer.

How exciting...good luck with your grow

DrGonzo13 said:

Unfortunately I have it in a old phototron that has 3 40w U-shaped tubes t12 but I am trying to get some money to get a smaller 600w full spectrum but I just couldn't afford it and I am just curious about what is the best brand for nutrients

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A Phototron? Was it your dad’s? Where did you dig that thing up? Post a pic. Most of these people have never heard of one much less seen one.

It can only feed on so much nutrient, it takes what it needs, the plant uses light for food.
That plant isn’t really showing any serious deficiencies.
I wouldn’t go feeding much, just very light. It simply won’t use much under weak lights.
You go buy fertiliser and mix it full strength, you’ll be back here asking why it’s all droopy clawed with leaf tips burned, and not growing at all.

I wouldn’t feed that full strength anything, just a little. Move your lights closer maybe.
In my opinion it looks ok, it’s slow going but that’s much more to do with the lights than nutrition.