08-09-2002, 10:01 PM
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Hi all! I am new to organics but really want to start. I have been looking online and have found several products that I can mix with the soil. But then I see fert bags that are designed more for flowering? That cannot mean that the plants will be transplanted at such a fragile and important state? Can it? If not, then how are the flowering ferts added? Thanks much! Dum Du e
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08-10-2002, 03:12 AM
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| Many organic people mix an awesome soil mix and let it do the feeding, while other people add water soluble fertilizers after the plant begins flowering. Either works- those of us devoted to organics do so because we believe the final results are superior taste wise. When you mix a soil, you are providing nutrients for two main stages of plant growth- vegging and flowering. As luck would have it, the ingredients for flowering (usually bone meal) take a month or so to become available to a plant after having been mixed with soil- it needs the activity of soil microbes to break it down. And your plant doesn't need this ingredient for a month or so.... it works out perfectly. Here is a great thread on building soil, and here is another great one on organic ferts. Read and enjoy! | ||
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