LFNM

First of all i realise that everything i need is already here in this forum.

What i need is for it to be put in black and white infront of my face.

I want to start my first grow soon and need a good but not to complicated NPK mix for veg and flowering written as simple as possible as i am a wee bit simple. I need everything from buying the stuff to using it. I know you chemists can do this for me and if you do i promise i will be greatfull. Remember Step by Step Simple (very simpley written) think of me as a monkey that you men of the world will turn into an ultimite brain source or just someone who can grow his plants.


I thank you from the bottem of my monkey breasts, thank you

Lizzie Borden

What kind of soil mix are you using, or do you need help coming up with that too?

There are many ways to supply plants with the necessary nutrients. This is what I use, in addition to what's in the soil:

Veg nutes -- fish emulsion (5-1-1) with kelp/seaweed (usually around 1-0-2)

Flower nutes -- guano (3-10-1 cave bat guano is good early in flowering, then later 1-10-0, 0-13-0 or similar is better) with soluble sulfate of potash (0-0-50)

Some good places to buy nutes:

groworganic.com

ebay.com

homeharvest.com

Got a pic of those monkey breasts?

LFNM

Brindie i thank you for your time, but i'm a simple monkey man woman and i also need help with my soil mix too
What are the quantitys by the way i.e 2lb 10lb or is the 10-0-(whatever) the quantites

Maybe i should call you Dr dolittle as you are talking to the animal, alas i shant be sending pics of my monkey breasts as they are the bain of my life, (sitting on my leather coutch) when i was a child the other kids loved me i was the only one with a hairy chest but when i hit pubity well you can imagine the monkey poo started to hit the fan leaves of the plant my parents bought me to swing on, yes brindie the bain of my life

Thanks again brindie

Lizzie Borden

The numbers like 5-1-1 refer to the percentages of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, which are the three primary nutrients plants need. Fish emulsion and kelp are usually used at 1-3 tablespoons, guanos at 1 tablespoon and sulfate of potash about 1/2-1 teaspoon per gallon.

Check out the Soils and Organics forums in The Great Hall of Threads for lots of soil and nute information.

I detailed my current soil mix in this thread.

Bummer about the monkey tits.

LFNM

Thanks Brindie, i'm now starting to understand, slowly but surly.
There is just one more thing i can think of at the moment, I now have a soil mix and i think i understand the percentages, but when my cuz grew his fert was liqued form (hydroponics) but if its not liqued form and i want to add my ferts for flowering, do i re pot. (Sorry Brindie this is really embarressing).

I cant ask my cuz a question about this at all, apart from he would be no help with organics, hes so paranoid and thats fair enough i suppose.

Lizzie Borden

Some solid nutes can be mixed with water and applied (if they are water soluble) and others break down more slowly in soil. It's not recommended to transplant during flowering, but most growers put them in their final pots shortly before beginning flowering. You will most likely need to use some kind of liquid ferts (or powder made into liquid) during flowering in addition to what's in the soil.