fertilizer-nutrients Fertilizer

gasificada · Oct 20, 2009

A n00b here... :scared:

I'm growing an O Hab and have been using a liquid fish & kelp conditioner/plant food with 10.3% nitrogen, 2.5% phosphorus and 2.5% potassium, plus vital elements... is this good or not, and if so, will it be sufficient? Here is the product here: http://www.organicearthsolutions.com.au/products/Searles_Fish_Kelp_Plus-68-1.html

My first flower opened yesterday... I'm so excited!

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FadeToBlack · Oct 20, 2009

Wish I could answer your question. Ive been trying to figure it out myself. But what i've gathered from my research and the forum is that you may want to use a fertilizer with higher Nitrogen early on for foliage growth and when its time for blooming go with something thats higher in phosphate. I personally have been using 18-18-21. And since my plants have started blooming I switched to 15-30-15 bloom booster. Be carefull with dosages though.

But your plant seems to be doing well with what your giving it. My plants were 24" tall before the first bloom.

peppermanbaha · Oct 20, 2009

it looks great . good choice of fertilizer.

gasificada · Oct 21, 2009

FadeToBlack said:
Wish I could answer your question. Ive been trying to figure it out myself. But what i've gathered from my research and the forum is that you may want to use a fertilizer with higher Nitrogen early on for foliage growth and when its time for blooming go with something thats higher in phosphate. I personally have been using 18-18-21. And since my plants have started blooming I switched to 15-30-15 bloom booster. Be carefull with dosages though.

Thanks! I actually have a liquid fruit and bloom booster (potash) here and was wondering whether I should switch to it or not. Do you think I be doing more harm than good if I fertilized with both (half doses of each)? Or should I straight-out switch to the bloom booster? From what the label says, it's 4% Phosphorus and 20% Potassium (as carbonate) - does that sound OK? There's no mention of nitrogen on there.

peppermanbaha said:
it looks great . good choice of fertilizer.

I cheated... :oops:

I bought it from a nursery a few weeks back, transplanted it, and have only applied the fertilizer a few times now. But if it still looks good after a few weeks, that's still a good sign? I guess I probably need to give it some time and really see how the fertilizer goes... trial and error.

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I will be starting from seeds very soon... perhaps a good chance to try different fertilizers and see which I get the best results with. So much to learn!

chilliman · Oct 21, 2009

-looks good !

peppermanbaha · Oct 21, 2009

keep going. Plant lloks awesome.

Nova · Oct 21, 2009

Yeah looks healthy mate, you should PM me and i will throw some seeds your way, i don't really know what they will be yet but you know you get what you are given :lol:

Welcome!

SeeYouJimmy · Oct 22, 2009

You probably don't want your plant to fruit yet anyway, it's too small. let it grow for a while. Welcome from Melbourne!

gasificada · Oct 22, 2009

chilliman said:
-looks good !

Thanks!

peppermanbaha said:
keep going. Plant lloks awesome.

Thanks!

Novacastrian said:
Yeah looks healthy mate, you should PM me and i will throw some seeds your way, i don't really know what they will be yet but you know you get what you are given

Thanks for the offer!

but unfortunately I only have very limited growing space where I am at the moment

and already have some seeds coming my way.

damn, mystery seeds do sound exciting tho!

SeeYouJimmy said:
You probably don't want your plant to fruit yet anyway, it's too small. let it grow for a while. Welcome from Melbourne!

Haha, I was just thinking that before after looking at how many buds have started appearing ("I don't think I need anymore buds... even if half these produce, I don't think it'll support them all!!"). I'll let it grow for now and see what happens. In the future - once I know what I am doing - I'll probably pinch the first buds and let the plant grow a bit more.

SeeYouJimmy · Oct 23, 2009

gasificada said:
Haha, I was just thinking that before after looking at how many buds have started appearing ("I don't think I need anymore buds... even if half these produce, I don't think it'll support them all!!"). I'll let it grow for now and see what happens. In the future - once I know what I am doing - I'll probably pinch the first buds and let the plant grow a bit more.

I've grown Orange Habs for the last 5 years and I've never had a pod set before christmas, so don't stress too much about pinching the buds. Don't know if the difference in climate will give you pods earlier though. I normally don't get any ripe until around March. All of my plants have been nursery bought until this year and I plant out in October.