Old Piney
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Where I am in NJ the closest one is 78 miles by carEven here in corn country we have regular pumps that are ethanol free. I’
Where I am in NJ the closest one is 78 miles by carEven here in corn country we have regular pumps that are ethanol free. I’
I'm sorry, thought this thread was still about osmocote... please continue with your total fuckin derailment.
I'm interested in high k formula...I'm going to try the osmocote exact. The npk ratio looks good to me View attachment 19006306
I have taken the plunge. 1x Strawberry Cough and 1x Panama x Malawi seedlings were put in 2 gallon pots of promix hp. 3 scoops in the top bit of each pot.
I waited a bit too long, so they are a bit worse for the wear. But they are bouncing back nicely. Fading has stopped and they are growing again. So far, it's working out. Really hoping this goes without issues. Couldn't ask for it to be easier... except if I had blumats. That will come eventually.
I am a bit nervous about it not having calcium, but the promix does, and my tapwater is basically calmag
Plants are doing good. Very healthy. The Osmocote works fine. It's spendy though. The good thing about it is that it's slow release so I can give my plants plenty of water during these triple digit heatwaves and not wash it all away.
The plants are healthy and beautiful. Lets see if the Osmocote takes them all the way through flower. If it does then the cost is worth it to just be able to water with the hose.
I have better things to do than wasting time feeding plants. If I can mix something in and then just water with the hose that's what I want to do.
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Thanks @Old Uncle Ben for this thread, and everyone who has joined in.
I've decided to try some Osmocote for my subtropical guerilla grows.
Locally I can get 14-9-15-2MgO+TE which seems pretty much on point.
My original plan was a spring-summer grow, finishing about now.
But my plants -- some seed plants and some re-vegged from last fall-winter grow -- had other ideas.
They are Connoisseur Genetics sativas and hazes, mostly Neville's Haze crosses with Mullumbimby Madness, a couple of different Thais, Super Sour Silver Diesel Haze, Casey Jones, etc.
I usually do organic, its easy for me, but need to top dress every 3-4 weeks, as the rainfall and heat breaks things down fast.
So I thought a single application of Osmocote may solve the problem.
Questions:
I have the 5-6 month product, but now my temps are from 28C-36C daily low-high.
How long do you think the product will last for?
Plants are still vegging now, and flower for about 12-16 weeks.
I hope they flower from Aug or Sep, through to Nov-Dec.
How much dosage do you recommend?
Labels say about 2g / L, and my pots are about 30-50 L or so.
But I'm still doing the organic 2-5-5 product as well.
I also have dolomite lime for Ca Mg.
My girls today, when I first applied the Osmocote:
I grow on the balcony of abandoned apartment buildings.
The balcony below has become a natural pond of rainwater!
But a typhoon ( = hurrican / cyclone) is coming, so I've put them inside in my 'work area' out of direct wind.Left: two re-vegged Super Silver Sour Thai Neville (named 'Sticky' and 'Fluffy') (NvHz Thai x SSSDH)
Middle: two Grail (NvHz x Mullumbimby) x ThaiFrican (NvHz, Thai and Zimbabwe Kariba); one L'n'L Jones (SSSDH x Casey Jones)
Right: one re-vegged Grail (NLD pheno) (NvHz x Mullumbimby)
Tallest is about 150 cm tall = 5' tall.
The revegged plants are now over 9 months old, germinated last year mid October.
The Sticky SSSTN is just divine! The Grail NLD pheno is also amazing!
Two teaspoons for about 30-50 L (8-13 US gal)?Should feed your faves for 5 months Being light feeders I'd maybe go about 2 teaspoons for those pots. Depends on the totality of your foods.
Good luck
Again, it's a cumulative thing. 13 gal. is way too big for starts unless you're growing 15' treesTwo teaspoons for about 30-50 L (8-13 US gal)?
Thanks!
They started in small pots, then went into 20-30 L containers for a few months.Again, it's a cumulative thing. 13 gal. is way too big for starts unless you're growing 15' trees