How often to top dress

[dean]

3 gallon fabric pots with OF
I top dressed with Gaia 4,4,4 and Gaia 2,8,4 at 5 weeks
1 heaping tbsp of each
I'm now at week 7
Should I add more yet? All the girls look great for once.
Also I keep reading about adding Epsom salt, what's the thoughts on that.
Purple kush autos.
Thanks again

 

[Hog_M@Gundy]

3 gallon fabric pots with OF
I top dressed with Gaia 4,4,4 and Gaia 2,8,4 at 5 weeks
1 heaping tbsp of each
I'm now at week 7
Should I add more yet? All the girls look great for once.
Also I keep reading about adding Epsom salt, what's the thoughts on that.
Purple kush autos.
Thanks again

It kind of depends on how big your plants are vs pot size, but I'd probably top dress again now. It takes at least 5-7 days for the amendments to start breaking down to plant available form.
Are you adding any beneficial bacteria (recharge, fish sh!t, rootwise etc...).
Any pictures? I'm a new grower and using Build a Soil products (build a Flower, craft blend, build a bloom) and I top dress with BaF and craft blend weekly until about week 8, then it's just BaF if needed until harvest.
Hope this helps, and hopefully someone else more knowledgeable will chime in too! Good luck with the rest of your grow

 

[dean]

it's bedtime for the girls so no pics.
i've added both activated EM and myco chum so far and next watering they'll get both again.
i guess the watering after that i'll add more 2-8-4 at full strength and 4-4-4 at half strength.
that should keep them happy until harvest at around 11-12 weeks.
does anyone here think that's a bad feeding schedule?

 

[Tom Bombadil]

4-4-4
Directions for use
Top-dressing hanging baskets, potted plants, and planter boxes: Apply 15 ml per 4 L (1 tbsp per gallon) of soil or growing medium. Gently dig into the soil surface. Apply once a month. Store in a cool, dry location, out of direct sunlight. Protect from frost and other climatic extremes. Seal packaging between uses.


2-8-4:
Directions for use
Top-dressing hanging baskets, potted plants, and planter boxes: Apply 15 ml per 4 L (1 tbsp per gallon) of soil or growing medium. Gently dig into the soil surface. Apply once a month or as desired. Store in a cool, dry location, out of direct sunlight. Protect from frost and other climatic extremes. Seal packaging between uses.

 

[dean]

4-4-4
Directions for use
Top-dressing hanging baskets, potted plants, and planter boxes: Apply 15 ml per 4 L (1 tbsp per gallon) of soil or growing medium. Gently dig into the soil surface. Apply once a month. Store in a cool, dry location, out of direct sunlight. Protect from frost and other climatic extremes. Seal packaging between uses.


2-8-4:
Directions for use
Top-dressing hanging baskets, potted plants, and planter boxes: Apply 15 ml per 4 L (1 tbsp per gallon) of soil or growing medium. Gently dig into the soil surface. Apply once a month or as desired. Store in a cool, dry location, out of direct sunlight. Protect from frost and other climatic extremes. Seal packaging between uses.

thanks for the copy and paste, but once a month or as desired tells me dick all

 

[dean]

how can you compare hanging baskets to cannabis?
but good for you to get your post count up. for whatever reason, i don't know

 

[Tom Bombadil]

1 tbsp per gallon of soil and this applies to potted plants as well. Reread the directions and stop being so rude.

 

[ddj192d]

Other than the general directions on the packaging I think it's one of those scenarios where you need to look at the plants and go from there. If there are no signs of deficiency keep doing what you're doing. Pay close attention to them regularly and up the load once you see any problems. Each plant is so different from one another that you really can't get around listening to your plants

 

[MotaZona]

I get better results mixing/covering my TD with quality compost.