fertilizer what kind of fertilizer?

[dallas]

nova, My naga was dropping all its flowers, I presumed I was giving too much fert during the flowering stage(just yates tomato feed) so stopped applying.... sort of shyed away from fertilizing.
has it solved ure flower drop? do u stop using this mix once u get flowers or do u keep using up till the point of picking pods?
i'm keen to give ure mix a try

 

[Nova]

Hey mate, as soon as i started applying this concoction my flowers stopped dropping to the point that now my plant that HAD five nice pods on it has now got around 200! This is a pic of around 1/10th of the plant.

EDIT: The only thing missing is the worm tea..

 

[Nova]

Don't forget the Seasol!!

 

[splitcane]

Wow... Those are some Glorious Peppers and worth a second look...

I have heard great things about the FoxFarm Nutes and Soilless Mixtures...

Thanks for sharing the Nova Super Brew, will try it this season...

I use PureBlend Pro Grow/Bloom and have had Great Results...

 

[TexomaHeat]

Pretty basic question here: When should one start applying fertilizer? While still seeds? Once they start sprouting? When they grow their first true leaves?

 

[kylestl]

i wouldnt do it while your still germinating them. I try to do it after they get their first leaves

 

[dallas]

looks good nova.... I guess its time to start mixing!

 

[JungleRain]

looks good nova.... I guess its time to start mixing!

or Mulling!!!

 

[dallas]

 

[AlabamaJack]

I use ProGrow and Liquid Karma and any water the plants get has a mixture of fertilize in it plus a couple of drops of superthrive for the first month...then I drop the superthrive and continue the ProGrow and Liquid Karma routine until I plant in 5 gallon containers...

 

[kylestl]

all right i just picked up some superthrive and some bloom booster so that should be better then what im using now

 

[caroltlw]

I'm gonna use bloom booster on some of my container plants this year once we get some overnight temps closer to 60. I want to see if I can get a really good fruit set with it compared to the tomato fert. The young ones still get tomato though.

 

[POTAWIE]

Miracle grow or GH bloom booster?

The GH is mostly phosphoric acid(pH down) so really watch your pH(and also watch your $$ fly away)
The miracle grow bloom booster 15-30-15 was actually a regular miracle grow around here before they changed it to 24-8-16, and the 10-52-10 was always the ultra bloom and maybe still is

 

[caroltlw]

Haven't seen the ultra bloom on the shelf. Would that be a nice change up from the 18-18-21 tomato? Or is -52- going overboard and cause me problems?

 

[POTAWIE]

I personally don't go overboard on the bloom fertilizers(P) since peppers will continue to grow, flower, and produce pods all at the same time.

 

[klorentz]

Just did a price search on the Fox Farm Grow Big. The best price I am seeing is on Amazon.com at 9.98 for a quart. What prices is everyone else finding?


Kevin

 

[kylestl]

the stuff im using is miracle bloom booster at 15-30-15

 

[serrano]

im choosing between 3,5-4-7,5 and 10-8-22 and 15-10-15. and maybe i get all and test them myself.

 

[PeteyPepper]

Just did a price search on the Fox Farm Grow Big. The best price I am seeing is on Amazon.com at 9.98 for a quart. What prices is everyone else finding?


Kevin

That is a great price...I paid like $14 for a quart at the hydro store. Just make sure that the Grow Big is for plants growing in soil as there is a Grow Big specifically for hydro as well.

 

[klorentz]

That is a great price...I paid like $14 for a quart at the hydro store. Just make sure that the Grow Big is for plants growing in soil as there is a Grow Big specifically for hydro as well.

Thanks for the heads up. I did not see anything about hydro on the description but I will look again to be sure. Most of the places I saw prices on where 15 and up.


Kevin