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LUI Day 12

as for printing our exact fertilizer routine. . . that’s somewhat hard to do since it varies some from grow to grow and strain to strain. . . we watch and observe our plants closely and feed accordingly. . . also. . . we’ve been experimenting with Age Old Organics and are still “dialing in” our use. . . we’ll also use Earth Juice products and guano teas too before it’s over. . . folks will see everything we feed these girls (for better or worse ) and get an idea of our feeding patterns as we go. . . the idea behind the thread isn’t to get folks to copy our technique step by step. . . the idea is to get folks to understand the reason and thinking behind our plant care. . . then folks can re-create as much or little of our growing style as they wish. . .

the concept behind the the very first light feeding was a very weak nutrient mix with a lil extra phosphorous to encourage strong root
development. . . it wouldn’t matter if you used a fish fert / kelp mix like we did here at “the nest” or if you used a different fert. . . any weak “bloom” style fert with some N and K and a higher concentration of P would work. . . the second light feeding was a more balanced fertilizer. . . it’s heavier on the N than the P or K and is 2-1-1 ratio of nutes (the Age Old Grow is actually something like 12-6-6). . . so instead of using Age Old Organics like the 3LB did here at the “bird’s nest”. . . any complete organic grow formula with that kind of balance should work. . . our next feeding will be high in nitrogen to really spur some strong vegetative growth. . . we may
use a mexican bat guano tea or perhaps a 5-1-1 fish fert. . . either one would work. . . it’s far more important to understand why we are feeding the plants what we are than to try and use the same exact fertilizers as the 3LB. . . we’ll probably throw everything but the kitchen sink at these babes before it’s over. . . every fert in our array can be easily replaced with analternative (with the exception of kelp and alfalfa which contain plant hormones - and SuperThrive has the hormone in the alfalfa). . . that’s one of the beauties about organic gardening. . . there’s a lot of ways to get great results. . . we’re interested in showing the variety of choices available to
the organic gardener and what can be done. . .

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AGE OLD GROW is a fast acting natural high Nitrogen with a 2 to 1 nitrogen ratio to encourage continued growth and vigor. . . Age Old Grow is manufactured by combining fish, seaweed, and naturally occurring nutrients to form a stable odorless liquid plant food. . . it’s our experience that it really is odorless and convenient to use and measure. . . it probably won’t replace Earth Juice fertilizers as our “standard”. . . but the Age Old nutes certainly offer great advantages in terms of ease of use. . . we’ve decided our next feeding will be a guano tea. . . it’s still at least a day or two before the LUI’s will need another watering / feeding. . . and since guano teas need time to “brew” we’ll need to start work on this today. . . here’s the info on the primary ingredient in this tea. . .

MEXICAN BAT GUANO
This Hi-Nitrogen (10-2-0) Guano from south of the border brings important nutrients to plants, and adds active micro-organisms to soil. . . These tiny organisms unlock nutrients bound up in the soil and break down the compounds in the guano, releasing major soluble and trace nutrients to eager plant roots. . . The result is increased soil porosity and a healthier root system. . . this stuff is “hot”. . . meaning it’s nutrients are concentrated. . . it is an organic fert that has the potential to “burn” plants thru over fertilization. . .

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