Dr. Earth nutes

[Agaricus]

I've used Fox Farm for a long time, but I've just come across a couple ads for Dr. Earth organic soil and ferts. They look pretty good and are available at a garden center not too far away.

The nutes are advertised to have plenty of micronutrients and mycorhizae. The price is pretty good, and I wouldn't have to get my mycos separately.

Has anybody here used them? Do they work?

 

[mugenbao]

Has anybody here used them? Do they work?

I assume because you mention the mycos that you mean the powdered fertilizers? I have used Dr. Earth products several times, in my outdoor vegetable garden as well as indoors with cannabis. It works quite well, no complaints from me. It's probably more cost-effective in the long run to make your own amendment blends, and making your own allows you to tailor the recipe, but if you just want something ready to use it will work fine for you.

 

[dickcorn]

Haven't used ferts but soulil and compost rock!

 

[EclipseFour20]

I include two of Dr Earth's dry fertilizers in my routine (along with bat guano) in my custom Promix based medium.

All Purpose 4-4-4 (Organic 7)--consists of: Alaskan fish bone meal, highcountry feather meal, naturally mined potassium sulfate, valley-grown alfalfa meal, Norwegian cold water kelp meal, MicroActive™ concentrated seaweed extract and ProBiotic® beneficial soil microbes plus endo and ecto mycorrhizae.

Bud & Bloom Booster 4-10-7 (Organic 8)--same stuff above plus cottonseed meal.

In addition to incorporating the dry ferts (15ml per gallon of soil), they make great teas!

Simple recipe I use: For each gallon of water, 1 cup of dry ferts, 1 tablespoon of Blackstrap Molasses and aerate/bubble like compost tea for 24 hours. About 6 hours before use, add RAW MILK (use Nonfat for reduce any rancidity issues) at the rate of 5ml per plant (if 1 gallon services 6 plants--then 30ml of raw milk, if 8 plants--then 40 ml).

Now...what does Dr Earth suggest? He desigend a 6 plant "medical recipe" titled, DR. EARTH LSP 258 KIT: INDOOR ORGANIC GARDEN POTTING SOILS & NUTRIENTS FOR MAXIUM POTENCY, WEIGHT, AND YIELD (see attached pdf for his routine)--using these products:

Two bags of Dr. Earth® 1.5 Cu. Ft. Home Grown® potting soil or Pot of Gold® potting soil.
One 4-pound bag of Dr. Earth® Organic 2™ Starter Fertilizer 2-4-2 (the start)
One 4-pound bag of Dr. Earth® Organic 5™ Tomato and Vegetable Fertilizer 5-7-3 (the middle)
One 4-pound bag of Dr. Earth® Organic 8™ Bud & Bloom Booster 4-10-7 (the finish)
One pint of Dr. Earth® Liquid Solution™ All Purpose Fertilizer 3-3-3 (the maintenance)
One pint of Dr. Earth® Seaweed Concentrate 0-0-4.5 (the micro-maintenance)
One pint of Dr. Earth® ProActive™ Fruit & Vegetable Ready-to-use Insect Spray (the kill)​

Hope this helps!

Cheers!

 

[SeaMaiden]

I don't use a schedule for the Dr. Earth premixed fertilizers, but I LOVE THEM. Always use them, have tried a couple of different formulations and still have the Organic 8 to try out (my garden center doesn't always have the full line in stock). Now that I see they've got a 'kit' with a schedule, it's worth checking out.

I've never been unhappy with the products, so a screaming endorsement is what you'll get from me. Use it on all your plants, not just cannabis.

 

[guest8905]

i like them as an amendment, but they lack the strength most ganja plants like, even for organic. It does work well mixed with other goodies though

 

[Agaricus]

Thanks, folks. Lots of good info, I'm gonna get some of that stuff!

Eclipse, thanks for the .pdf of the doc's recommendations.

When I used to have bigger grows I used the promix with bone meal, blood meal, greensand and other goodies and it worked well. Now I'm in a small apartment with a little grow tent and don't have room to mix and store that kind of thing.

 

[CG420]

sorry to open up an old thread but whats your suggestion of applying the organic 8 bud and bloom from dr earth