Welcome growmie
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I’ve had three successful indoor grows with the Stonington blend. Both autos and photos did great. It completely depends on the size pot you’re growing in to determine when you’ll need to start adding some nutes. I use 5 gall smart pots and didn’t do anything but water for the first month. Extra great is not having to flush at the end of the grow. Simply stop your nutes and water for the last two weeks and you’re good to go.
I know it doesn’t look ready yet - these pics were taken 2 weeks ago
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I use Stonington, and water with compost teas I brew and have fantastic results
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You don’t need to add all that if you are growing in the right sized pots
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The entire time your watering you use worm tea?I am useing stoningham and just want to use worm tea Myself.I was thinking the worm tea with a little squid jell
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Compost teas 2 times a month, and 1 tablespoon of unsulphured organic blackstrap molasses per gallon every watering
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Have you started your plants? Are they autos or photos? What size pots are you using? Is this an indoor or outdoor grow? Sorry, I like to ask a lot of questions so I can be helpful in my replies.
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Indoor grow. 3x3x6ft tent…3 gorilla glue autos.right now their in the seedling mix for another few weeks before it goes in stoningham mix.After these solo cup air pots their going in 5 gallon fabric bags.Watering with recharge in the water at quarter teaspoon.
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Hey,sorry haven’t been on in a while,Probley pickup from now.Gotta little spray happy and crisped a few leaf ends.Other then that going alright.got down her watering schedule.
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@IslandGrown76 What size containers are you using? I am setting up my first time grow using the method you use but with Coast of Maine soil. I was planning on using 7 gallon smart pots and have had many long time growers tell me it won’t work and I need to get nutrients.
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You’ll need to supplement the Stonington Blend eventually in a 7 gallon pot but you don’t need to buy bottled nutrients.
CoM recommends top dressing with earthworm castings towards the end of veg and with fish bone meal a couple of times during flowering.
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Here’s the recommendations for feeding from Coast Of Maine.
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Great info thanks @Deez
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For those of you who used stonington blend, did you add perlite or anything? Getting ready to transplant and when I watered the soil it was pooling quite a bit and took a while to run off. Fortunate to have a local nursery that sells the CoM line.
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It’s already got a bit of perlite in it, I don’t feel the need for more.
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I use the bar harbor blend that comes in the pink bag, have not used the stonington blend. Its heavier than others like happy frog. My last grow I used both. By the time I flipped to 12/12, I was watering the fox farm every other day, bar harbor every 5 to 6 days. I liked the bar harbor soil better, but if you run into any issues where a flush is necessary or you are trying to adjust your ph it can be tough. I flushed a plant that was locking out, and it took over a week to allow the soil to dry up enough to feed again after flush. For that reason I am going to add some perlite on my final transplant so that I can water/ feed more regularly. I like the coast of Maine products better, but I do wish they were a bit lighter. Its probably not a necessity, you will just have to adjust you’re technique accordingly. I’ll let you know how it goes for me after I transplant in a couple weeks. I also top dress and make teas with worm castings. If you have room and alittle extra time, build yourself a worm composter and order some worms. I started last year and glad I did.
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Naturalmedsman-
I found something that helped me when watering was making channels and not absorbing like it should. If you mist the top of the soil before you water, the soil absorbs it more evenly. It has helped with my watering and before giving them tea, etc. Hope this helps you. Peace…
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Thanks for this tip!
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