Why does dr earth dry amendments take weeks for the nutrients to get to roots?

[Taino1171]

Is it because its slow release? Is that why I top dress dry amendments around week three? So when it autoflowers the next week, the 5th week it will by now have access to those dry amendment nutrients?

 

[Proph]

Im not sure where this info came from but it does not take weeks for dry ammendments to reach the roots or become available to the plants... If your soil is active with microbe life, it takes days.. Slow release means that the microbe life break down amendments, and the nutrients are slowly released into the soil.

 

[Taino1171]

I see,

Im not sure where this info came from but it does not take weeks for dry ammendments to reach the roots or become available to the plants... If your soil is active with microbe life, it takes days.. Slow release means that the microbe life break down amendments, and the nutrients are slowly released into the soil.

I see, so when I top dress my soil surface, its takes days to break down and access the roots and the amendment will feed the soil for the plant for weeks right?

 

[Proph]

I see,

I see, so when I top dress my soil surface, its takes days to break down and access the roots and the amendment will feed the soil for the plant for weeks right?

Correct. If you have a decent soil, It should have enough food for the first 3-4 weeks. Then you apply a top dress to feed the plant through flower.

 

[Taino1171]

Correct. If you have a decent soil, It should have enough food for the first 3-4 weeks. Then you apply a top dress to feed the plant through flower.

Mmm... would it be a bad idea to wait till I see nutrient deficiencies as a result of depletion of nutrients in the soil (such as resulting in the yellowing plant from the base going up nitrogen depletion for example) to then start top dressing?

 

[redxber]

Nutrient deficiencies cause stress to the plant and Slow the plants growth down
Not something I would want to do to an auto flower where you are in a crunch against their timeline.

 

[Hemposapien]

Yeah, I've been doing exactly what Mr Canuck says in his Auto Grow Guide. Yet I was getting massive nutrient issues. It would've been nice if he told his viewers that he's not growing coco the traditional way. The idea of a soil/coco 50/50 mix is something worth trying out though!

Nutrient deficiencies cause stress to the plant and Slow the plants growth down
Not something I would want to do to an auto flower where you are in a crunch against their timeline.

 

[oldnewbdude]

Yeah, I've been doing exactly what Mr Canuck says in his Auto Grow Guide. Yet I was getting massive nutrient issues. It would've been nice if he told his viewers that he's not growing coco the traditional way. The idea of a soil/coco 50/50 mix is something worth trying out though!

I guess I need to look into this Mr Canuck guy. Looks like he's fuxd a lot of new growers up with his unusual methods. Seems like every other day there's an infirmary post related to his methods. But then I see a couple journals with healthy looking plants claiming to be following his methods. I dunno what to think about this feller and his use of coco like soil.

 

[JaPinkman]

Yeah, I've been doing pretty much what Mr Canuck says in his Auto Grow Guide. Yet I was getting massive nutrient issues. It would've been nice if he told his viewers that he's not growing coco the traditional way. The idea of a soil/coco 50/50 mix is something worth trying out though!

Hey bro, I'm a new auto grower and I'm basically following that method (Cannuk) but trying to go outdoors with them. I'm very curious as to what kind of nutrient issues you had, or the most common ones? I'm sort of puzzled by the dry amendments and and keep wondering when and how much. If you water too much of the soil early on do you release too much nutrient and either burn the plant or waste the nutes.

 

[Hemposapien]

Hey man,

So my first grow I did exactly as he said and my plants seemed to have calcium or magnesium deficiency, it was showing both symptoms. So my second go at is instead of doing his ratios I decide to make my own. What I did was for every bag of 50L Coco coir I put 21 tbsp of 4-4-4 All Purpose and 7 tbsp 2-8-4 Power Bloom. Compared to his suggest of 4 tbsp per gallon 70/30 4-4-4/2-8-4, so 50L(12gal)x 4 = 48 tbsp compared to 28 tbsp in my second run. And for the most part my plants are looking considerably better. Except for one that has a genetic mutation and is probably extra sensitive to nutrients. Hopefully that helps you out!

Hey bro, I'm a new auto grower and I'm basically following that method (Cannuk) but trying to go outdoors with them. I'm very curious as to what kind of nutrient issues you had, or the most common ones? I'm sort of puzzled by the dry amendments and and keep wondering when and how much. If you water too much of the soil early on do you release too much nutrient and either burn the plant or waste the nutes.