@BobbyDigital at what rates?
Tribus you can use all through veg and stretch, you can also use it longer but most effect should be seen in veg. Depends how you decide to feed in flower.
I personally run my microbes the full grow, I’m running fishsh!t by fish head farms tribus has good reviews to.
Feel free to ask away I’ll answer what I can and if I can’t answer it I would love to have that because then I’ll learn something lol.
I just won’t be replying fast about this time every day because works busy right now.
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Hola Folks,
First post , noob grower. Got my seeds from ILGM and plan on using Jacks 321 in FFOF.
Let me start by saying that I won’t be starting the Jacks until the FFOF is depleted of nutes.
A few questions for the community that I can’t seem to get definitive answers for regarding mixing and feeding.
First, can I mix jacks in a smaller container to dissolve the nutes then add the dissolved contents to my gallon jugs of water?
Secondly, how ofter are you soil growers feeding Jacks to your plants? Every watering? Every other watering? Once a week?
Just want to make sure I’m doing things properly. I’ve watched the Jacks mixing vid and I personally don’t have a 1 gallon beaker to mix nutes lol. But I want to use something smaller in glass so I can see that everything is dissolved properly then dump it into gallon jugs full of water.
Thanks in advance for helping me out!
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That’s exactly how I do it. I use 3 gallon containers, I have three smaller containers and pour water into each, leaving some room to be able to shake nutes vigorously. Measure nutrients and put into smaller containers. Then pour back into 3 gallon containers. This is much better than attempting to shake up a 3 gallon container. Welcome to ILGM forum
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I use a mixture of FF OF and FF Coco Loco, usually Veg for 6 weeks. For the most part I don’t start Jack’s until first week or two after flipping lights. Once I start nutrients I use Jack’s full strength with every watering.
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Thanks a ton for the response bro! How long can you store the containers? Is it better to use them quickly or can you get away with mixing up enough to get through a week or two? Just curious how long the shelf life is once mixed.
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Awesome info my friend!
There shouldn’t be a problem mixing and storing for up to a couple of weeks. Just be sure to check ph before using stored mixture. PH may drift up or down after sitting for a while.
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Should I ppm as well? Do you feed to a certain amount of runoff?
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I have been using same methods for several grows, so I don’t worry about ppm’s unless I detect a issue. I will check ppm’s once,when I flip lights, just to see where they are. If ppm’s are 1000 or under coming out, I start Jack’s and generally won’t have to check again. Until you get dialed in on use, I would recommend checking ppm’s before going to flower. FF Soil can be different bag to bag. Your ppm’s will likely be high all through veg, depending on how long you stay in Veg. Once you flip to flower the nutrients in soil will likely drop quickly.
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I like to see some runoff mainly to be sure soil is saturated all the way down to the bottom of pot. I see you are new to growing, so I just wanted to mention once your girls are fully developed and growing, you can completely saturate soil. Just be sure to allow soil to dry out before watering again. You can’t really overwater, but you can water to often and drown plants by not allowing roots to get some oxygen.
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I’m in week 4 of veg. I’m growing Amnesia Haze photos in 10 gallon fabric pots. I’m planning to veg to 10 weeks or so.
What would you recommend water amount wise given where I’m at veg wise. So far I’ve been giving my plants about a little over a quart of water every other day sometimes into the next. The soil seems to dry out pretty quickly. So far my plants are looking extremely good and I’m basically waiting for them to let me know what they need. I have a childhood friend kinda helping me. He grew up on a farm. He did stress about over watering and doing to much. Said keep it simple and gave me the thumbs up on using Jacks lol
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That’s my philosophy and the main reason I have stayed with current methods. It works and I don’t have to guess if I’m getting it right 
I use seven gallon fabric pots and by week 4 I water until I see water starting to runoff. Depending if your girls Have grown and developed you probably could water to runoff, but it’s possible that being in ten gallon pots that may not be necessary. If you get a chance try to post some pics. My girls usually are at 5 or 6 nodes at 4 weeks, sometimes more. I don’t want to give bad advice so pics would help.
Sorry bro. Didn’t know there was a reply limit for noobs. Kinda strange that it exists. Never had that happen on any audio forum I’ve been on in the last 15 years. Seems kinda dumb if you ask me. Lol
To follow up from yesterday. For reference, here’s where I’m at so far. I’ve topped once at the 6th node and I’m currently doing some LST. Here’s a pic of one of the girls. My wife named her Trixie 
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It’s meant to stop spam bots so we don’t have to comb through hundreds of threads to delete spam posts. You won’t have anymore reply limits now that yours has passed.
Plant is looking real good!
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Thanks bro! Appreciate the reply. I completely understand. Spam bots are a nightmare lol.
I know it sucks as a legitimate starter to the site but it doesn’t last long and really saves us hours
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I never thought about that. The audio forums get completely bombed with spam and it blows 
Thanks for the comment on my plant. I currently have 6 going all but one looks like the one in the pic. 1 out of the 6 has a purple/violet tint to it. Anything to be alarmed about?
No. Could be a phenotype variation or the plant had hit some cooler temps. Nothing that I see that’s concerning.
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