Using FF OceanForest soil

I am using FFOF for the first time. I planted my CalDream seedling in it and just bumped the seedling to 5 gal size. As this is considered a hot soil mix does this mean during the beginning of my veg phase, or all the way through, do I not need add additional fertilizer to the plants?

I normally use fish emulsions and seaweed extract fertilizer for the main grow.

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I use it as well. I went about 4 1/2 weeks with just ph’d water before I needed to start adding nutes

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I’ve never used it, but I have seen people recommend not using any nutes until flowering phase. I have seen many people post pics with nute burn from it.

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I use ffof, and generally once you repot into the final container, there’s a good 4-6 weeks before the plants need anything. There’s no exact timing as far as I’ve noticed. It depends on the plant.
Currently my GDP is in 7 gal containers @4 weeks and they’re asking for magnesium. The black widows are the same age, in the same size container, and show no signs of deficiencies.

I’ve added nutes too early because I thought that’s what I should do, and it’s usually started clawing the leaves. There’s definitely plenty of nitrogen in ffof. Now I avoid nutes until the plants start showing me they need something.

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good input @Drinkslinger. was one of my concerns as to when to start nutes during flowering, i like the idea of paying attention to plants and giving when they show they want them. i just hope i can tell when they’re asking :slightly_smiling_face:

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It takes a lot of mistakes to gain that knowledge, (or you can post pics and ask here).

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Watching your run off TDS will give you an idea.
Ps that soils a little hot to start plants in the idea most say is to start a solo cup worth of seedling soil or happy frog and plant into happy frog at the top about 6 inches or so and then ocean forest below that.
While you may still be able to grow in ocean forest (seems to be 50/50 in the community)
I’m putting money on due to it being nearly to hot it slows plant growth.
So keep both soils and do a mix.
Generally most do a flush right before flowering and then start with flowering nutes.

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Spot on.
The seedlings are much happier in mellower soil for the first few weeks.

Ok you got me all paranoid so I put the peat pot seedling in a dixie cup with a 1/3rd mix of coco,vermiculite,and perlite and have it 22" under the 260xl.

That dixi cup has medium with no nutrients in it though, so now you would have to give nutrients but just enough it’s super sensitive while it’s that small.

Easier to just use a seedling soil, use happy frog or dilute that ocean Forrest with something like peat or coco + perlite is good because cannabis likes airy soil

Fox Farms Light Warrior is a seedling soil.

The peat Pot is full of FFOF so I am not too worried about nutes at the moment. I will see if they carry the Light Warrior where I got the FFOF and use it in the future for my seedlings.

I am currently going through nitrogen toxicity and have started flush. Also the soil seems to be more on the alkaline side instead acidic/neutral.

How long did it take your plant to recover?

Like I can remember that far back :joy:

Usually a little clawing will disappear within a few waterings.

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@CapnC I have to girls that have been in FFOF for just over a week and I had to flush them, started turning yellow, clawed leaves and dark green. I have 12 seedlings in the same soil, think their first transplant will be a mixture of some sort to get it used to the FFOF for its final home