Agriculture Reference
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place among the nutrients in the soil. It can occur if a large amount of
one single nutrient is added. This can lockout the other nutrients,
preventing your plant from using them. If lockout does occur then you
need to flush your soil.
FEEDING
Feeding is the process of adding to your soil what the plant
has taken out. You will only need 3 types of feeding solutions
throughout your plants growth. You will need a bottle of feed where
the NPK has equal or higher levels of N than P and K and you will
also need a bottle that has higher levels of P than N and K. The first
one is to be used during vegetative growth and the second is for
flowering. You will also need a third bottle of secondary nutrients.
Keeping a 4th bottle of micronutrients is also handy just in case.
You should only feed your plants when they need it. The
amount of feeds that you will use is relative to your growing conditions
and strain. Most plants only need to be fed every fortnight at 50% or
less than what it says on the label. Marijuana plants burn easily. So
never mix your solution at 100%. If it says use 1 cap full of feed per 3
gallons of water, then use 1 cap full per 6 gallons of water. Sometimes
you might even end up burning them using these low levels. This goes
for both flowering, secondary nutrients and veg feeds. You should
never have to feed cannabis plants once a day. During flowering
simply switch the feeding bottle over to the one with the NPK where P
