Hi all. I got some seeds from a friend and wanted to give it a try. I used the wet paper towel method to sprout the beans on a plate and placed them in small cubes. When the roots poked out of the bottom, I moved it into bigger cubes and watered with regular water. At what point can I start using nutrients and/or sea kelp in my watering regiment? I'm new to this so any input will be appreciated. Thanks!
When to Use Nutrients on My Baby Beans?
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onegreenthumb
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I use clonex seedling and clone sulution right away, I soke my rockwool in the solution. In one week I move to quarter nutes and by end of week three I have slowly moved to full strength. All plants are differnt with how much ppm the like, so watch and learn from the plants. My haze plants can handle 1400 ppm, but the green posion likes nothing above 800 ppm.
As long as the increase is slowly administered when peek ppm is reached just the very end will burn, it will hardly be noticable, but that is the max ppm for the strain, and then I keep my ppm a little less than that.
It works great for me!
It may seem difficult at first but quickly will become second nature.
As long as the increase is slowly administered when peek ppm is reached just the very end will burn, it will hardly be noticable, but that is the max ppm for the strain, and then I keep my ppm a little less than that.
It works great for me!
It may seem difficult at first but quickly will become second nature.
sir rance alot
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Under no circumstance do you ever use ANY fertilizer before 3 sets of true leaves. Especially in enriched soil. A seedling is not nearly as forgiving as a clone so be careful with any nutes you give it. Just do not feed it nutes before 3 sets or your palnt is done for. Even soiless mixes like fafard promix has enough nutrients for a seedling to survive for a few weeks.
If your growing in soil though, you wont need to worry about a thing for 2 or 3 weeks.
If your growing in soil though, you wont need to worry about a thing for 2 or 3 weeks.
sir rance alot
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You dont need anything for a seedling. Sprout it and put it in some dirt and wait a couple weeks.. Let some roots get going before you start adding stuff though.
onegreenthumb
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Clonex solution is a mild fert. for seedlings and cutting, I was not talking about the gel, sorry for the mix up
tricka
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not having a dig mate but i gotta correct ya....
clonex is indole-butyric-acid, its a root growth hormone not a fert
So I figured it out. This will be my last update on this thread.
Once the beans sprouted and poked through the small rockwool cube, I transplanted it into a bigger rockwool cube and gave it week 1 veg nutrients. I tested it side-by-side with one that was fed only water. The one with nutrients grew exponentially faster and the roots poked through to the bottom much faster.
Hope this helps others in the future.
Peace~
Once the beans sprouted and poked through the small rockwool cube, I transplanted it into a bigger rockwool cube and gave it week 1 veg nutrients. I tested it side-by-side with one that was fed only water. The one with nutrients grew exponentially faster and the roots poked through to the bottom much faster.
Hope this helps others in the future.
Peace~
RearNakedSmoke
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please listen to this man, absolutely NO FERTS Until the first Few sets of leaves...period!