When is the right time to start introducing nitrogen nutrients to my plants? I have a plant that is at week two of its recovery vegetative state after having some issues with light. The plant is growing very well now and is being fed Fox Farm big grow nutrients, about 1tbs with 250ml of water. When would be the best time for me to introduce more nutrients?
Hi. Fox Farms would have their own feeding schedule(s) for their products. In your case, I would treat that plant as a seedling and follow the recommendations by the manufacturer but diluted to 1/4 or 1/2 dosage. You can then ramp up the dosage slowly as she continues to grow.
I’ve never used Fox Farms before but I would double check the frequency of their suggested feeding schedule as some people like to feed every watering and others feed every other watering. Some pics would be nice to show the state of recovery.
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Thank you for the input! I’ve been giving the plant only half of what the schedule recommends and I’m slowly starting to move up. I’m going
To try and do a full table spoon of nutrients for the rest of the feeding this week and move onto 2tbs next week. I was just curious about nitrogen feeding because I haven’t considered giving it those kind of nutrients and I’m curious as to what other people do with their plants.
Here is the plant one day after being moved into an indoor environment with a 600w full spectrum led light. This was about a week and a half ago.
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The stem has gotten thicker and the leaves have more structure to them. What had happened was that the plant was only getting light from a window sill and was stretching out too much and created a thin stem and kill new growth within days. It’s come a long way from when it first started growing. It’s been growing since the start of November so it’s taken a while to get where it’s currently at in its veg cycle.
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Well done! I’d say it is in recovery mode, what with all the new vegetation coming out of the bottom. Further on down the road, you may want to consider doing some LST to give that new growth a chance to catch up with the top growth.
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Thank you! This is my first plant and it’s definitely been an interesting journey. I would also agree that it is currently in recovery mode with the new veg. I definitely want to introduce some LST to the plant once it’s developed a thicker stem so that it won’t snap away… just waiting on the right time to do it!
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