Fox Farm Feed Schedule
I have seen a few questions on this as well as had a few directly asked to me about these products. Since there was a demand on the knowledge i figured i would share what i use and how much and when.
Currently i am using my own teas, BUT i still have the
on standby. When it comes to
products you have to know one thing these are not organic, but they do have organic compounds in them. You have to be careful with the use of them as they WILL burn the piss out of your plants. With that said lets get into the meat and potatoes of this.
Right now Fox Farms sells a wide variety of cannc friendly ferts, soils, and mixes that suit any need of the grower. It leaves you with several questions as to what to use, how much and when. i hope to simplify this for you after you read this info. i have tried a few of their products other than the
trio but i have to say hands down that if used right as well as routinely fed your plants will get huge. There is Grow Big, Big Bloom, and Tiger Bloom that form the main trio, they offer it in both soil and hydro applications. So they cover both sides of the spectrum here. So you hydro guys are not left out of this as the levels i use for the soil are THE same as i used for Hydro back in the day. Im sure that i could have pushed it a little further in the hydro setup.
Most autos do not need fed until they sex, most of them make it to this point before they ever need any type of feeding other than the pH water. Usually you see the need for feed at or around 2 weeks of life. You will see the Cotyledons begin to yellow and this is usually the first sign for food. At this point most begin to add nutes to their feedings to heal the plant as well as make it grow. I how ever push them a little bit when it comes to the
stuff. I have grown out several autos and have learned from them what they like and when they like it and most important can handle it.
As you grow out your own autos you will see that they need a specific treatment from one strain to the next, even one pheno to the next. As we know autos are not real stable at this time but are getting close to it. I see this happening in the near future though.
So if you would like to super charge your autos this is what I do. But remember that this is my feed schedule to my conditions as well as soil amendments. SO if you know you have a hot soil ease up on the mix to make sure you dont burn and if your soil is plain compo you can get a little brave but less is more here.
The back of most of the
bottles say 2teaspoons for regular feed and 3 for heavy feeding. I never use the 3teaspoon regimen. 2tsp is ideal for a 1/4 part break down.
Week
1 pH water only
1.5 add in Big Bloom to the mix at 1/2 tea spoon
2 1/2tsp Grow Big 1/2 tsp Big Bloom
2.5 3/4 tsp of grow big
3 1tsp grow big and 1/2 Tiger bloom 1/2 tea spoon Big Bloom
3.5 1/2 tsp Grow Big 1/2tsp Tiger bloom
4 1tsp Tiger bloom 1/2 tsp Grow Big
4.5 Clean pH'ed water to clear out salt build up
5 2tsp tiger bloom 1/2 grow big
5.5 1 Teaspoon Grow Big
6 Begin Flush for the final weeks. At this point i can flush for a week before i begin to see yellowing of the fans.
I like to leave enough time to get all the salts out of there before the harvest. This stuff WILL salt up on you and cause build up and lock out.
Hope this helps some of you out there and remember this may vary to your application. This is just MY feed schedule.
Thank you for that, I have had trouble with germination of very tiny seeds, Mi5 ect. Does pre-soaking them help? I currently use a pre-soak method to wake them up. I was also told, not done yet, to place match strike in box and shake seed in match box to crack it a little, have you heard of that method? cheers mike
