This is a flowering mix - that is, it
is intended for plants or clones that will be flowered.
The mix has enough nitrogen to get through a couple of
weeks of vegging and the stretch. The grower may need to
supplement nitrogen, watch for yellow leaves before 5
weeks of flowering.
The basic mix is
40%
castings
30% perlite
30% vermiculite
For
each gallon of soil mix, add:
1/4 cup of high N
guano
1/2 cup of high P guano
1/4 cup of
dolomite lime
1/4 cup of kelp meal
The
problem with high nitrogen guano is its variability.
Different guanos break down differently and may burn
your plants diffferently. The upside is that high N
breaks down quickly and is used by the plant
immediately, so that the grower can determine how much
is too much pretty easily. Burned tips are just pushing
the envelope, but a ram's horn leaf curl indicates way
too much nitrogen.
Conversely, high phosphorous
guano breaks down slowly. It needs to be supplemented
early with an organic flowering fertilizer, like
EarthJuice bloom.
When the plants are potted,
water them in with a mix containing 1 tbsp each of
EarthJuice Catalyst and Maxicrop Liquid Seaweed per
gallon of water. If the grower uses B'cuzz, then by all
means add it as well. Thereafter, use
EarthJuice/Maxicrop,
every third watering. Make sure that the plants are fed
bloom fertilizer until the fourth week of
flowering.