A pro tip i learned over the past few decades when putting seeds directly into fertilized soil, is to make a hole in the middle the size of a Jiffy or Coco pellet, fill that in with either Coco coir, or used Soil from other grows, put the seed in there, 100% germination rate and no more burning seeds with fertilizer, the roots will expand much quicker to look for nutrients. Its a win win situation. Been many years that i managed to not get a seed to germinate, but hey even after 20 years i have done it again and burned a seed that was in a Jiffy, i used mycos and kelp, apparently that was already too much for the poor little seed 🤣. Great Video, thanks for sharing.
Honestly I believe the reason you were burning was because you were making soil to hot. In a nutshell adding too much nutrients in soil. Basically overfeeding With seedlings less is always better. Which dude points out in video. Just get a bag of happy frog and don't add anything til after at least 30 days..it will have enough nutrition to thrive til then or transplant to a more nutrient rich soil Happy frog is mild for seeldling. Only time I've ever had seeds not germating is because of the age of seeds..
Seed souldn’t burn when using organic fertilizer because they are only avail once the soil microbes break them down. Seeds will germinate before that happens. In nature these natural fertilizer are available in soil and seed germinate just fine.
Thank you very much for such a detailed guide! I followed your ratios exactly in 5 gallon pots, including adding liquid kelp and an organic sugar every few waterings. Grew some gorgeous and huge plants and I ended up with slightly over a pound excluding trim, off of 5 plants in a 4x4 tent and the quality is amazing too. Water ph stayed between 6.4-6.7 the whole run (using pure lemon juice to ph down) and this was under 3 150w groplanner led lights. Amazing method!
@@BluntSocietytheres always T&B naturals for ph up amd down. I switched from the colored bottels to TnB, suposed to be natural hence 'natural' . Google it. Their the ones who also sell them co2 cannisters
Just finished my comparison Dr Earth vrs Gia Green. Both turned out great but Dr Earth I wasn’t rushing to top dress. Plus it’s much more available and cheaper. Dr Earth for the win.
Did you do anything other than water between feeding every 3 weeks. I just started my first run with Dr. Earth and I'm just wondering if I'll need to supplement feedings with teas or something like molasses. Thanks for any input
@@timwaryk8949 yeah once a week I gave em a compost tea with recharge as well Roots organic microbes charge and Terp tea bloom with the Recharge. The teas was very dilated of NPK tho I used like a 1/8th of the dosage. Last 10 days of flower finished with Terpinator Honestly tho the only thing I would recommend to add is the Recharge. I just had the Terp tea and Terpinator so went ahead and used a lil bit..
@@timpage5021 thanks for the reply. I ordered Recharge after I sent you the question earlier. Thanks again for the reply. I did one small run with the Dr Earth but never added microbes and was disappointed. My fault. Live and learn. Thanks again
I do this method as well . I’ve been consistently pulling 5 to 7 oz per plant no problem from my autos as a beginner. Could not recommend it more it’s so easy and low maintenance 👍
@@tyler238 sorry don't usually see comments. But 5 gal fab pots and I was using a viparspectre p2500. I still have 2 of those lights as well as Mars hydro fce4800
Not sure if anyone is going to be reading this comment since it's being posted 2 years after the videos release but I just finished my first grow and followed this guide and my plants turned out amazing. I used the same nutrients (Dr. Earth) same soil, and the same size and type of pots. I didn't use the same light but the two I bought were comparable to the one used in the video. The only thing I couldn't copy exactly was the worm castings because I couldn't figure out which brand he used but I started with Gaia green worm castings but those were pricey, switched to wiggly farms and that was a lot cheaper. Otherwise everything was the same. One of the bags of tupur I got came with some gnat larva but a few waterings with some BTI took care of that problem right away. I've watched A LOT of how to videos on growing autoflowers but none of them are as clear as this one in my opinion. If you're worried about how your grow is going to go but you can't spend all the time in the world trying to find the best guide for you (this was best for me), this one will be perfect. I also ended up top dressing 3 times. I just did it everyone 21 days from day 1 and adjusting the ratios like is stated in the video depending on where the plant was in its life cycle. Thank you Stealth Grows for all your help in making me fall in love with the best hobby in the world!
I’m in the process now of following the same thing I’m using Dr Earth also so far so good the only thing with mines is different is the soil i couldn’t find the bag he used but I got some soil in the same color bag except mines had the grey mountain on it. I researched both bags and they are both the same as far as ingredients can you tell me more about your grow. I’ve been a little bit worried about my seedlings because one is stretching out and getting very long
@@keynosmith2208 I got the soil he uses off of Amazon. And 2 of my plants had that stretching issue. Ultimately I had to upgrade my lights but getting some bendy gardening wire helped. I would create a loose loop around the plant so it could still stand up and rest against the wire and stick the other end into the soil so it was like a crutch. I've also seen plenty of people just let them flop over and the plant eventually just picks itself back up. Upgrading the light though fixed the problem faster. I did not start the grow out with a good light at all.
@@philipdingmann9052 ok thanks I’m running 2 spider farmer evo sf-1000 lights in a 4x2x5 grow tent. She only got 4 leaves but she is long as heck, would it be ok to tie her down now or wait until she has more leaves. So far so good she’s looking ok. How often did you water during seedlings stage
@@keynosmith2208 in all honesty I probably watered less then I should have been. I got it put into my head before I even started the grow that overwatering was one of the worst things you could do. So I was just using a spray bottle for quite awhile. If I remember correctly it was probably up to the end of week 2 or so just spraying around the plant, probably about 3 or 4 inches out to get the roots to stretch, after the soil dried out about half an inch to an inch down. After that I'd just use a one gallon watering can and use the whole can on each plant when the pot got really light in weight. Once I started giving the plants the one gallon of water they really took off, which is the main reason I'm pretty sure I was underwatering them before with the spray bottle haha
I see many growers mix up their soil in one large batch and it is easier and a time saver. What you need to keep in mind when you do this is that one pot may end up with much more nutrient than the other. When mixing for a single pot you know exactly how much of each amendment is in that pot.
@@kenshinhimura9387 Mix as well as you want but you still have no way of knowing how much dry nutrient gets into each pot. If you mix each one separate it's exact!
Stealth grow gives you the easiest, best full explanation of grow with nutrients I've ever seen on TH-cam. This fella really explained it better than all the TH-camrs with Thousands followers
I like Dr. Earth as it does work really well and is easy to use. I had so many issues with my first round of autos due to transplant shock and all sorts of newbie mistakes. I decided my next go to avoid starting the seeds in giant pots but also avoid transplant shock I started them in Root Riot cubes but made the mistake of not having a humidity dome though they did well. I decided to start 2 more seeds by simply putting them in a small bag with paper towel them putting it on top of my light covered by thick dark cardboard until they grew a good tap root then planting directly into the pot and putting a humidity dome on them. I use coco and happy frog mix which I really like so far compared to other soils or mixes I’ve used. So far I’m happy with how well it worked and how much quicker they are growing. I plan on testing a few methods with different seeds so we shall see.
Dr Earth simple the best organic products on the market at great price I been using for 5years and you can combine them in blends to create super fertilizer s I love Dr Earth plants stay very healthy
I started growing 3 years ago. After 6 mo of research into different types of growing, I decided to go organic. Dr. Earth has always been my source for organic dry amendments. I've been very satisfied with the results. My current grow incorporates 5 gal. self wicking buckets. The results have been explosive!
@@bryanroberts I used 7 gal fab pots before switching. I'll continue to use the SWB's from here on out. An added advantage of the SWB is the reservoir at the bottom provides not only a constant source of water, but if a deficiency occurs, you can use a hydro nutes to immediately correct the issue.
Been using dr earth and its been great, so easy to use this should be the #1 fert recommended for new growers. Eventually you will figure out additives to bring alone with you. I use the dr earth veg, happy frog bloom which is basically the same as flower girl, myco fungi, recharge, molasses, and the final; liquid kool bloom once a week in flower.
Yes sir on the right path with the germination. I soak in water for about 24hrs then put in paper towel an put the paper towel in zip lock bag an 24hrs later boom nice tap root.
I fallowed these exact directions I used coco and I got GDP autos from ILGM. Monday is day 28 I have been doing lst and holy heck has it gone amazing. I haven’t had one sign of problems and they are just beautiful. it’s all organic and they are bushing out nicely thanks 😃
just starting GDP autos from ILGM today using this method ..Glad to hear that this is working for You ..I cant wait to see my results too...Thanks for your post ..
@@John-vd6sk today is day 56 for both and one looks 2 weeks ahead of the other, I did lst and leaf tucking one plant is taking up half the tent and they are sturdy. The smaller plant is getting just as big as the other and they look exactly the same.
@@rodofsteel6662how many watts are you growing under? I only have a 100 watt from Spider Farmer and I’m wondering if it’s enough for two plants. I want to try one with and one without worm castings to see how much difference it makes.
@@rodofsteel6662 Rod , glad to hear that your grow has taken off.I had the same problem ..I had 2 seeds pop on Sept 1st but I had one plant take off really slow just getting its 2nd set of leaves and the other one is on its 5th set and looks great..I'm sure the slow one will take off as well but like yours looks 2 weeks behind the other...
I've always had good results from Dr Earth's mixes for tomatoes and veggies, the 444 mix, and the Flower Girl. I grow photo period plants and Dr Earth's has been great. I'm trying Ocean Forest and Happy Frog on my current run and so far the plants don't need anything else but when they do it'll be Dr Earth's.
@@jameslower8486 I grew one plant in mostly Happy Frog with some Ocean Forest, but I don't know what ratio. And I think the other 3 are mostly Ocean Forest. I have an Apple Fritters plant that needed to be fed about halfway through flower, and 3 Westport Grape Juice plants that I top dressed when I did the Apple Fritters to prevent any deficiencies. The Apple Fritters probably could have taken more fertilizer (Flower Girl and worm castings), but they're all close to harvest and fading. I cut, dried and smoked a little bit of the Grape Juice and it's super extra sticky and potent. I hope I can get the plants dried and cured right, but my temps are high in the house.
Look into fertoz for slow-release P. Look at granite meal for slow-release K. Look into Microgrow soil inoculant (dry). Look into MontanaGrow for available silicon for strong stems. These will really kick your recipe into overdrive.
Started my Auto's from RQS in Amsterdam 5 days ago and they are sprouted and planted in 10 gal fabric folded half way down. Just going to follow your past videos step by step. I wont share with you though, lol.
I love Dr earth my last grow I only used Dr earth all purpose 444 and got 20 oz from my 3x3 I just recently got the home grown tomatoe and herb flower girl is next awesome video thanks for the info
I have your original video like this bookmarked. Thanks for the update. Do you still feed every 3 weeks in 3 gallons? Or do you bump that down a little since there aren’t as many nutes being put into the soil at each feeding?
yeah i love dry amendments you dont have to worry about a feeding schedule you just kinda eyeball it and top dress occasionally. gaia greens pretty great but expensive and it takes awhile for the nutes to be available to the plants.
Hey bro I really think you’re awesome but you need to start your seeds 24 hour soak and then put them in a Coco core blend to really aerate the roots and get them supercharged then put them in your super soil you will be amazed
Thank you brother for your comments man I'm going to follow what you do as far as your seedlings because I too have had trouble germinating recently and I think that your idea is a good idea and your mix is awesome and I will choose it also thank you for your help
I love this video, I honestly hate the idea of chemical fertilizers and I have been using them for two years now growing hydroponic leafy greens. I am moving to soil as I see how well soil can do in two bioactive reptile tanks I have. Keeping roots and stems to break down to refeed the soil.
Here I thought it was gonna be a modest setup and then he breaks out the apogee. I’m glad you made the point about overdoing it with organic. It’s infinitely worse to have a hot organic soil. At least you can leach out the salts but you can’t really wash out the organic material. You can only dilute.
Im using happy fog soil and I amended it with doctor earth according to what it says to give and planted the seeds directly in the soil and used MorTime 6 Pack Garden Cloche Plant Dome, 7.3" D x 6.9" H Plastic Plant Bell Covers and used a pump sprayer with a attachment that makes it mist and misted the top of the soil and the inside of the domes and all 4 plants came up with no problem. I think my problem has been that I was adding calmag when I didn't have to and kept having problems with spotting and slow growth but I am going to try not adding any calmag and see how that goes this time.
Read all the comments can’t find a substitute for that medium. Ideas? Thank you! Awesome video. Will be rocking this. Will be checking out the rest my man.
Any inert growing medium will work. Look for sphagnum peat moss or coco coir. Don't forget to add some perlite to the mix to improve drainage and improve air/water retention.
I use 4 gallons buffered coco off brick w/4 quarts perlite to 5 g pots. Then amend like creator of video shows. Coco bricks are are so friggin cheap compared to bagged products.
Since you're growing organics, what are you using for pH up and down? How about the calmag? And how many tbsp are you using for the molasses and liquid seaweed?
you don't ph organics. cal mag isn't needed like most youtubers claim, molasses is 1 spoon per gallon of water seaweed you need to read the label but just go with organic kelp.
@@goodluck that's not exactly true. You always ph your water. You also allways use cal-mag when using reverse osmosis water. Ph your water to 6.0 and you'll be golden. You don't want to be pouring 8.0 ph water into your pots.
@@kenshinhimura9387 if you have good soil it will balance out the ph for you. there's 0 need to PH organic soil and there are 100's of article's online to backup what I'm saying with studies
Have you changed your soil any since then? What’s your top dress schedule and feeding schedule? Are you doing just water or compost tea? Sorry for all the questions I’m really new
Only add microbes. Worm castings and maybe a batch of perlite every year or 2 and you can re use. Remember to re amend dry amendments after each harvest fort the plant used most of the amendments of the previous soil batch.
If using any of the coco blends i would re-buffer the medium in cal-mag before using again. Coco breaks down exposing new cation exchange sites and if not buffered, problems await.
I've been using Dr Earth for ten years and still love it by the way you sound like an old Sub i had years ago named NV med grower? I'm subbed back up brother 💚🌱💨✌️ PS Espoma tomatoe tone garden tone are also great 🤙
Dr earth went from being a cheap alternative to down to earth to skyrocketing off the charts. I can still get down to earth 25lb bag for $45. 1 4lb bag of dr earth is like $25 now.
I'm just confused if you just mixed that up how can u use it without cooking the mixture for a few weeks so the microbial live is alive and feeding your plants?
It comes with microbes in the bag and some of the nutes are water soluble meaning it's available right away. No need to cook. By the time you top dress the first set of nutes are broken down.
Thanks for sharing! I have just one question. Why are you so concerned about watering with ph controlled water? Most soils seem to be acidic by nature. I'm growing my 1st auto in my greenhouse right now(almost ready!) in a soil I made from peat moss, compost, leaf mold, worm castings and perlite and have been seeing a lot of hubbub online about ph so I thought I'd check mine. My well water's ph is about 7.5 and the leach from my pot comes out at around 5.8 so I think ph is more of a worry with any type of hydro set up than it is with soil but I'm just an old trial and error vegetable gardener curious about your reasoning.
Currently doing a dr earth vs gaia green vs both in one bag experiment with three auto banana blazes. I use home grown-flower girl-exotic tropical blend, 2-3-1 tablespoons per gallon of medium in 7gal pots under a 150 watt light, gonna add another 100w soon. Have you ever tried using the tropical palm blend? Its got a bit more sulfur and magnesium than the homegrown,, according to the ingredients list. I'm having pretty good results, both indoor and outdoor! My outdoor photos this season are all monsters, and all grown in coco-castings-compost with dr earth. Cant wait for late september!
@@bbolton021398 This first experiment is a bit scuffed, on account of a bad batch of seeds with really low germ rates and two of the three plants were sprouted a month after the first. But so far, the smallest plant appears to be the Gaia Green bag, the Dr earth bag is what i'm calling the medium plant, and the combination Dr Earth+Gaia Green bag is doing the best out of the three, with a massive 2.3 square foot canopy. It's filling a whole side of my 2.5ftx5ftx7ft grow tent. I just got some new bar-style grow lights so I expect these autos will finish strong. I will be repeating this experiment under the new lights over the winter, hopefully with better germination rates. lol
So 10 tablespoons in the mix, 10 more at 21 days, and another 10 after 3 more weeks. That’s 5/8 of a cup at each stage, that seems REALLY hot. Dr Earth’s schedule starts out with 1/4 cup at the start, then 1/4 cup every 2 weeks. Have you compared your plant size and yields against their feeding program?
Well I guess I’ll find out, I mixed up 2 5-gallon batches today using your amendment recipe (using Pro-mix plus vermiculite as a base), so wish me luck.
I followed this to the T. However, all the of my plants are showing Magnesium deficiencies starting at day 10. By day 15 I was able to diagnose and spray/feed a bit of diluted Epsom salts. Have you dealt with that issue on this soil build? 3 different stains from the Mephisto Genetics catalog.
do you ever add a little epsom/calcium/dolomite to that mix just to make sure they get enough cal/mag as well as it buffering your pH a little? Thinking about it right now while I prepare this exact mix for my current autos.
@@stealthgrows last one, do you see a problem using rice hulls in place of the perlite in Tupor? I'm wanting to use canna coir and rice hulls in place of the Tupor coir and perlite for my base.
Wonderful video and very helpful! Would you be able to advise what measurement of worm castings you are using for your 5 gallon pots? I see you have a scooper but wanted to be sure if it was a cup...2 cups..etc per 5 gallons.
I do two to amend and 1 cup at top dressing. Day 21 50/50 and 0 wc at 42 with 70b/30veg seems to be working. Now been adding Recharge. Still playing with it
Why grow auto's indoors in the first place? Is there some advantage to do doing that? Surely growing from clones in an NFT Hydro system under HPS Lighting is the best way to grow. That's what all the commercial farms use.
I switched to Gaia green and I love it but I did use this at first maybe that's where I went wrong I used the all-purpose and the bud Bloom booster did not use the Tomato vegetable herb fertilizer
One tablespoon per gallon of molasses every third watering. One tablespoon per 5 gallons of kelp or seaweed meal, same with liquid. No need to overdo it.
trying this but mixed before I saw this vid. I used worm castings and ProMix. 1/2 cup DE Veg and 1 Tsp Billions. Did not think to add the DE Bloom until later but that makes sense to me. next time. I've only grown with salts so far. hoping for a clean grow. Hope I didn't F it up. Thanks for the vid. would love an update on these, don't see anything on this tent so far. I think this is the 4x4
A pro tip i learned over the past few decades when putting seeds directly into fertilized soil, is to make a hole in the middle the size of a Jiffy or Coco pellet, fill that in with either Coco coir, or used Soil from other grows, put the seed in there, 100% germination rate and no more burning seeds with fertilizer, the roots will expand much quicker to look for nutrients. Its a win win situation. Been many years that i managed to not get a seed to germinate, but hey even after 20 years i have done it again and burned a seed that was in a Jiffy, i used mycos and kelp, apparently that was already too much for the poor little seed 🤣. Great Video, thanks for sharing.
Love that idea! Thank you!
It will still burn a seedling. Hello.
Honestly I believe the reason you were burning was because you were making soil to hot. In a nutshell adding too much nutrients in soil. Basically overfeeding With seedlings less is always better. Which dude points out in video. Just get a bag of happy frog and don't add anything til after at least 30 days..it will have enough nutrition to thrive til then or transplant to a more nutrient rich soil
Happy frog is mild for seeldling. Only time I've ever had seeds not germating is because of the age of seeds..
Seed souldn’t burn when using organic fertilizer because they are only avail once the soil microbes break them down. Seeds will germinate before that happens. In nature these natural fertilizer are available in soil and seed germinate just fine.
Another easy way make a 2cm space use worm castings. That works good as well
This method is Verified and validated ! My plants are loving it!
Thank you very much for such a detailed guide! I followed your ratios exactly in 5 gallon pots, including adding liquid kelp and an organic sugar every few waterings. Grew some gorgeous and huge plants and I ended up with slightly over a pound excluding trim, off of 5 plants in a 4x4 tent and the quality is amazing too. Water ph stayed between 6.4-6.7 the whole run (using pure lemon juice to ph down) and this was under 3 150w groplanner led lights. Amazing method!
I'm about to try this as well and reading about your experience, definitely was the boost I needed thank you guys!!
Lemon juice to PH down 🤔 wow amazing,need to try that too instead of the chemicals
@@BluntSocietytheres always T&B naturals for ph up amd down. I switched from the colored bottels to TnB, suposed to be natural hence 'natural' . Google it. Their the ones who also sell them co2 cannisters
@@BluntSociety make sure to get the good organic kind and not the cheap concentrate.
@@TwiztidPOPS1what kind of lemon juice
Just finished my comparison Dr Earth vrs Gia Green. Both turned out great but Dr Earth I wasn’t rushing to top dress. Plus it’s much more available and cheaper. Dr Earth for the win.
Did you do anything other than water between feeding every 3 weeks. I just started my first run with Dr. Earth and I'm just wondering if I'll need to supplement feedings with teas or something like molasses. Thanks for any input
@@timwaryk8949 yeah once a week I gave em a compost tea with recharge as well
Roots organic microbes charge and Terp tea bloom with the Recharge. The teas was very dilated of NPK tho I used like a 1/8th of the dosage.
Last 10 days of flower finished with Terpinator
Honestly tho the only thing I would recommend to add is the Recharge. I just had the Terp tea and Terpinator so went ahead and used a lil bit..
@@timpage5021 thanks for the reply. I ordered Recharge after I sent you the question earlier. Thanks again for the reply. I did one small run with the Dr Earth but never added microbes and was disappointed. My fault. Live and learn. Thanks again
Agreed 👍
I do this method as well . I’ve been consistently pulling 5 to 7 oz per plant no problem from my autos as a beginner. Could not recommend it more it’s so easy and low maintenance 👍
How many gal pots? What kinda light?
@@tyler238 sorry don't usually see comments. But 5 gal fab pots and I was using a viparspectre p2500. I still have 2 of those lights as well as Mars hydro fce4800
How the bud compared to what you were buying before?
Not sure if anyone is going to be reading this comment since it's being posted 2 years after the videos release but I just finished my first grow and followed this guide and my plants turned out amazing. I used the same nutrients (Dr. Earth) same soil, and the same size and type of pots. I didn't use the same light but the two I bought were comparable to the one used in the video. The only thing I couldn't copy exactly was the worm castings because I couldn't figure out which brand he used but I started with Gaia green worm castings but those were pricey, switched to wiggly farms and that was a lot cheaper. Otherwise everything was the same. One of the bags of tupur I got came with some gnat larva but a few waterings with some BTI took care of that problem right away.
I've watched A LOT of how to videos on growing autoflowers but none of them are as clear as this one in my opinion. If you're worried about how your grow is going to go but you can't spend all the time in the world trying to find the best guide for you (this was best for me), this one will be perfect. I also ended up top dressing 3 times. I just did it everyone 21 days from day 1 and adjusting the ratios like is stated in the video depending on where the plant was in its life cycle.
Thank you Stealth Grows for all your help in making me fall in love with the best hobby in the world!
I’m in the process now of following the same thing I’m using Dr Earth also so far so good the only thing with mines is different is the soil i couldn’t find the bag he used but I got some soil in the same color bag except mines had the grey mountain on it. I researched both bags and they are both the same as far as ingredients can you tell me more about your grow. I’ve been a little bit worried about my seedlings because one is stretching out and getting very long
@@keynosmith2208 I got the soil he uses off of Amazon. And 2 of my plants had that stretching issue. Ultimately I had to upgrade my lights but getting some bendy gardening wire helped. I would create a loose loop around the plant so it could still stand up and rest against the wire and stick the other end into the soil so it was like a crutch. I've also seen plenty of people just let them flop over and the plant eventually just picks itself back up. Upgrading the light though fixed the problem faster. I did not start the grow out with a good light at all.
@@philipdingmann9052 ok thanks I’m running 2 spider farmer evo sf-1000 lights in a 4x2x5 grow tent. She only got 4 leaves but she is long as heck, would it be ok to tie her down now or wait until she has more leaves. So far so good she’s looking ok. How often did you water during seedlings stage
@@philipdingmann9052 thanks 🙏 for getting back to me
@@keynosmith2208 in all honesty I probably watered less then I should have been. I got it put into my head before I even started the grow that overwatering was one of the worst things you could do. So I was just using a spray bottle for quite awhile. If I remember correctly it was probably up to the end of week 2 or so just spraying around the plant, probably about 3 or 4 inches out to get the roots to stretch, after the soil dried out about half an inch to an inch down. After that I'd just use a one gallon watering can and use the whole can on each plant when the pot got really light in weight. Once I started giving the plants the one gallon of water they really took off, which is the main reason I'm pretty sure I was underwatering them before with the spray bottle haha
I started using Dr. Earth last year and never knew about these videos til recently. Thanks for sharing!
I see many growers mix up their soil in one large batch and it is easier and a time saver. What you need to keep in mind when you do this is that one pot may end up with much more nutrient than the other. When mixing for a single pot you know exactly how much of each amendment is in that pot.
That doesn't happen if you mix correctly. You should be using a cement mixer to mix your potting media.
@@kenshinhimura9387 Mix as well as you want but you still have no way of knowing how much dry nutrient gets into each pot. If you mix each one separate it's exact!
Thats exactly why I preach on my channel to do pot by pot thats how I do it
@@kenshinhimura9387 what are you kidding me
@@RIBBY_BOY I guess there's a few of us that understand the concept of mixing each pot individually! To each his/her own
I started doing dr earth fertilizer because of you now my grows are boring because you've made it soon easy
How’s the yield?
The most detailed explanation video I’ve seen on the matter 🙏
Stealth grow gives you the easiest, best full explanation of grow with nutrients I've ever seen on TH-cam. This fella really explained it better than all the TH-camrs with Thousands followers
Dude love the videos but it would be cool if u could show the final results of the buds dried and cured to see what Dr earth dry amendments can do
I like Dr. Earth as it does work really well and is easy to use.
I had so many issues with my first round of autos due to transplant shock and all sorts of newbie mistakes. I decided my next go to avoid starting the seeds in giant pots but also avoid transplant shock I started them in Root Riot cubes but made the mistake of not having a humidity dome though they did well. I decided to start 2 more seeds by simply putting them in a small bag with paper towel them putting it on top of my light covered by thick dark cardboard until they grew a good tap root then planting directly into the pot and putting a humidity dome on them. I use coco and happy frog mix which I really like so far compared to other soils or mixes I’ve used. So far I’m happy with how well it worked and how much quicker they are growing. I plan on testing a few methods with different seeds so we shall see.
Great Info. I was directed to your channel by Dr. Earth after asking a question thru their website in regards to their cannabis feeding schedule.
Dr Earth simple the best organic products on the market at great price I been using for 5years and you can combine them in blends to create super fertilizer s I love Dr Earth plants stay very healthy
Love dr earth.. basically the exact same thing I do thanks to you. I've been doing it this way for the last cpl years!!
I started growing 3 years ago. After 6 mo of research into different types of growing, I decided to go organic. Dr. Earth has always been my source for organic dry amendments. I've been very satisfied with the results. My current grow incorporates 5 gal. self wicking buckets. The results have been explosive!
@Mark Johnson I've been wanting to try those for awhile now.. I'm still top watering in 5 gal fab.
@@bryanroberts I used 7 gal fab pots before switching. I'll continue to use the SWB's from here on out. An added advantage of the SWB is the reservoir at the bottom provides not only a constant source of water, but if a deficiency occurs, you can use a hydro nutes to immediately correct the issue.
I like to add recharge,Epsom salt and
Mammoth p in flower besides that straight water no ph doesn't get any easier
Been using dr earth and its been great, so easy to use this should be the #1 fert recommended for new growers. Eventually you will figure out additives to bring alone with you. I use the dr earth veg, happy frog bloom which is basically the same as flower girl, myco fungi, recharge, molasses, and the final; liquid kool bloom once a week in flower.
Why the happy frog bloom instead of Dr earth bloom? Hf have better bloom?
@@tyler238 most of them are close to the same, just whats local, cheap, and in my price range and have used it for awhile now so i recommend it.
@@stonedmetal666 gotcha
That liquid Kool bloom is basically a double strength of the Dr earth "life" formula. Less is more.
Home Depot’s finest dr earth. The flower girl does help flowers
Yes sir on the right path with the germination. I soak in water for about 24hrs then put in paper towel an put the paper towel in zip lock bag an 24hrs later boom nice tap root.
Fan pointing directly towards the plant, do it too, keep it on the lowest stance and it's fine. I've heard people say shouldn't do that
When using organic amendments. It’s good to mix it in the soil and let it sit a month or two before you use it.
I also like their "life" blend, the 5-5-5. Works well in veg and early flower.
I fallowed these exact directions I used coco and I got GDP autos from ILGM. Monday is day 28 I have been doing lst and holy heck has it gone amazing. I haven’t had one sign of problems and they are just beautiful. it’s all organic and they are bushing out nicely thanks 😃
just starting GDP autos from ILGM today using this method ..Glad to hear that this is working for You ..I cant wait to see my results too...Thanks for your post ..
@@John-vd6sk today is day 56 for both and one looks 2 weeks ahead of the other, I did lst and leaf tucking one plant is taking up half the tent and they are sturdy. The smaller plant is getting just as big as the other and they look exactly the same.
@@rodofsteel6662how many watts are you growing under? I only have a 100 watt from Spider Farmer and I’m wondering if it’s enough for two plants. I want to try one with and one without worm castings to see how much difference it makes.
@@rodofsteel6662 Rod , glad to hear that your grow has taken off.I had the same problem ..I had 2 seeds pop on Sept 1st but I had one plant take off really slow just getting its 2nd set of leaves and the other one is on its 5th set and looks great..I'm sure the slow one will take off as well but like yours looks 2 weeks behind the other...
@@John-vd6sk oh yeah the smaller one is budding and taking off now it’s going to be the same size and seems two weeks behind like you said.
Thank you for this video. I just copied everything you did. I’m new to organics. Thank you again for you well informed video.
I've always had good results from Dr Earth's mixes for tomatoes and veggies, the 444 mix, and the Flower Girl. I grow photo period plants and Dr Earth's has been great. I'm trying Ocean Forest and Happy Frog on my current run and so far the plants don't need anything else but when they do it'll be Dr Earth's.
I plan on using ocean forest and happy frog as well. What ratio are you using and how is it going so far?
@@jameslower8486 I grew one plant in mostly Happy Frog with some Ocean Forest, but I don't know what ratio. And I think the other 3 are mostly Ocean Forest. I have an Apple Fritters plant that needed to be fed about halfway through flower, and 3 Westport Grape Juice plants that I top dressed when I did the Apple Fritters to prevent any deficiencies. The Apple Fritters probably could have taken more fertilizer (Flower Girl and worm castings), but they're all close to harvest and fading. I cut, dried and smoked a little bit of the Grape Juice and it's super extra sticky and potent. I hope I can get the plants dried and cured right, but my temps are high in the house.
@comfortablynumb9342 appreciate the info. Definitely going to use this process on mine.
Look into fertoz for slow-release P. Look at granite meal for slow-release K. Look into Microgrow soil inoculant (dry). Look into MontanaGrow for available silicon for strong stems. These will really kick your recipe into overdrive.
Great update! Hope to see an update on Dr. Earth/Photo growing soon
Started my Auto's from RQS in Amsterdam 5 days ago and they are sprouted and planted in 10 gal fabric folded half way down. Just going to follow your past videos step by step. I wont share with you though, lol.
Thanks again man Haha 3 runs with your ratio . No issue really . But controlling environment definitely hard haha feels good watching again
preach the environment is no joke I'm still trying to tame the beast 😂
Great video ! I have watch your channel for a long time. This video is your best teaching video yet. Many Thanks
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Posted one day ago , JUST in time for my next garden ✌️
Super video...great Dr. Earth info...been using for 2 years.
Great tips.
I appreciate your information on this subject. I've used organic liquid fertilizer and wasn't satisfied with the results. Looking forward to this grow
I love Dr earth my last grow I only used Dr earth all purpose 444 and got 20 oz from my 3x3 I just recently got the home grown tomatoe and herb flower girl is next awesome video thanks for the info
I have your original video like this bookmarked. Thanks for the update. Do you still feed every 3 weeks in 3 gallons? Or do you bump that down a little since there aren’t as many nutes being put into the soil at each feeding?
I don’t think you could’ve said it any more clearer than that. Great video an awesome for beginners.Good job man 👍🏻 And thanks 🙏🏻
Appreciate 👊
Amazing channel . Good editing good content. Great job! Much love from TNB.
yeah i love dry amendments you dont have to worry about a feeding schedule you just kinda eyeball it and top dress occasionally. gaia greens pretty great but expensive and it takes awhile for the nutes to be available to the plants.
Did a grow with dr earth just to do as a budget and it was my best easiest maintenance grow
I ran Dr.Earth a few times and noticed the only issue I had was Mag deficiency. I add some Epson salt every few weeks.
Yupp good call. Iron deficiency can pop up too
One pot, One plant, One happy family!
Hey bro I really think you’re awesome but you need to start your seeds 24 hour soak and then put them in a Coco core blend to really aerate the roots and get them supercharged then put them in your super soil you will be amazed
Thank you brother for your comments man I'm going to follow what you do as far as your seedlings because I too have had trouble germinating recently and I think that your idea is a good idea and your mix is awesome and I will choose it also thank you for your help
For popping seeds i just throw them in a shot glass with a drop of hydrogen peroxide 100% germination for me
I love this video, I honestly hate the idea of chemical fertilizers and I have been using them for two years now growing hydroponic leafy greens. I am moving to soil as I see how well soil can do in two bioactive reptile tanks I have. Keeping roots and stems to break down to refeed the soil.
Here I thought it was gonna be a modest setup and then he breaks out the apogee.
I’m glad you made the point about overdoing it with organic. It’s infinitely worse to have a hot organic soil. At least you can leach out the salts but you can’t really wash out the organic material. You can only dilute.
Im using happy fog soil and I amended it with doctor earth according to what it says to give and planted the seeds directly in the soil and used MorTime 6 Pack Garden Cloche Plant Dome, 7.3" D x 6.9" H Plastic Plant Bell Covers and used a pump sprayer with a attachment that makes it mist and misted the top of the soil and the inside of the domes and all 4 plants came up with no problem. I think my problem has been that I was adding calmag when I didn't have to and kept having problems with spotting and slow growth but I am going to try not adding any calmag and see how that goes this time.
6.7 is a high pH for a coco based medium, I water it at 5.8.
Looking good man 👨🏻
Read all the comments can’t find a substitute for that medium. Ideas? Thank you! Awesome video. Will be rocking this. Will be checking out the rest my man.
Any inert growing medium will work. Look for sphagnum peat moss or coco coir. Don't forget to add some perlite to the mix to improve drainage and improve air/water retention.
I use 4 gallons buffered coco off brick w/4 quarts perlite to 5 g pots. Then amend like creator of video shows. Coco bricks are are so friggin cheap compared to bagged products.
Rice hulls work well as a medium and contain a bunch of silica. Pumice makes a good replacement for perlite as does small Bio char. Charge it first.
@uniontank7125 how do you prepare the coco?
first time here wow great video will check out now all others thanks knowledge is power
Really keep up the good work
Since you're growing organics, what are you using for pH up and down? How about the calmag? And how many tbsp are you using for the molasses and liquid seaweed?
you don't ph organics. cal mag isn't needed like most youtubers claim, molasses is 1 spoon per gallon of water seaweed you need to read the label but just go with organic kelp.
@@goodluck Cool thanks
@@goodluck that's not exactly true. You always ph your water. You also allways use cal-mag when using reverse osmosis water. Ph your water to 6.0 and you'll be golden. You don't want to be pouring 8.0 ph water into your pots.
@@kenshinhimura9387 if you have good soil it will balance out the ph for you. there's 0 need to PH organic soil and there are 100's of article's online to backup what I'm saying with studies
@@cyro44 I agree. Ph for coco is 5.8-6.5....for hydro 5.5-6.2....for Soil 6.3 - 6.8. Go for the lower end in veg rising in flower.
Thanks for this video! Can you share make/model of your PAR meter?
Have you changed your soil any since then? What’s your top dress schedule and feeding schedule? Are you doing just water or compost tea? Sorry for all the questions I’m really new
Buying new soil is not needed doing this method.. You can re use the soil for years.. Some say decades..
Only add microbes. Worm castings and maybe a batch of perlite every year or 2 and you can re use. Remember to re amend dry amendments after each harvest fort the plant used most of the amendments of the previous soil batch.
If using any of the coco blends i would re-buffer the medium in cal-mag before using again. Coco breaks down exposing new cation exchange sites and if not buffered, problems await.
I've been using Dr Earth for ten years and still love it by the way you sound like an old Sub i had years ago named NV med grower? I'm subbed back up brother 💚🌱💨✌️ PS Espoma tomatoe tone garden tone are also great 🤙
Espoma is also cheaper
how big are your bags........?
5 gallon grow bags he said it plenty of time ahahaha
Is 1 tablespoon per gallon a safe bet? What happens if soil drys out. Thank you
Have to agree u could end up with 30% more of juice in one pot or 40% less in another pot. Better do each pot spot on.
Be prepared for an organic smell in the tent . Knats like it to . Top with Diamatious earth .
Thank you for the instructional video.
Can I still use this method without all purpose? I have everything besides all purpose.
Awesome video.
I appreciate the information. Started using Dr earth once I came across your channel
In a humidity dome and heating pad .
What's your measurements for the seaweed and molasses mix and how much to give in a 5gal pot?
waiting for the info on this.....
Lol same.
@stealthgrows help your amigos out bro. Complete auto flower molasses and seaweed watering phase
Nice video 🤩
Getting ready to start my first autoflower grow in 10 gallon fabric pots using Dr earth
I like your video do you have any suggestions
Unless growing autoflowers, ive never been able to do a water only grow. Ive always had to make teas or top dress.
The package tells you to do both after 2 months
Dr earth went from being a cheap alternative to down to earth to skyrocketing off the charts. I can still get down to earth 25lb bag for $45. 1 4lb bag of dr earth is like $25 now.
4 pound bags are 13 bucks each on Amazon and at most Walmarts.
Excellent information 👌!
Hell yes! a newer detailed dr earth guide!
I'm just confused if you just mixed that up how can u use it without cooking the mixture for a few weeks so the microbial live is alive and feeding your plants?
Following
It comes with microbes in the bag and some of the nutes are water soluble meaning it's available right away. No need to cook. By the time you top dress the first set of nutes are broken down.
Thanks for sharing! I have just one question. Why are you so concerned about watering with ph controlled water? Most soils seem to be acidic by nature. I'm growing my 1st auto in my greenhouse right now(almost ready!) in a soil I made from peat moss, compost, leaf mold, worm castings and perlite and have been seeing a lot of hubbub online about ph so I thought I'd check mine. My well water's ph is about 7.5 and the leach from my pot comes out at around 5.8 so I think ph is more of a worry with any type of hydro set up than it is with soil but I'm just an old trial and error vegetable gardener curious about your reasoning.
Have you ever used the liquid bloom from Dr earth on autos just curious?
This helps me so much - thank you
Roots organic works AMAZING also
A more expensive option, but yes it's a quality potting soil.
Yes, but it's more expensive.
Currently doing a dr earth vs gaia green vs both in one bag experiment with three auto banana blazes. I use home grown-flower girl-exotic tropical blend, 2-3-1 tablespoons per gallon of medium in 7gal pots under a 150 watt light, gonna add another 100w soon. Have you ever tried using the tropical palm blend? Its got a bit more sulfur and magnesium than the homegrown,, according to the ingredients list. I'm having pretty good results, both indoor and outdoor! My outdoor photos this season are all monsters, and all grown in coco-castings-compost with dr earth. Cant wait for late september!
How did Dr earth compare to Gaia green ??
@@bbolton021398 This first experiment is a bit scuffed, on account of a bad batch of seeds with really low germ rates and two of the three plants were sprouted a month after the first. But so far, the smallest plant appears to be the Gaia Green bag, the Dr earth bag is what i'm calling the medium plant, and the combination Dr Earth+Gaia Green bag is doing the best out of the three, with a massive 2.3 square foot canopy. It's filling a whole side of my 2.5ftx5ftx7ft grow tent. I just got some new bar-style grow lights so I expect these autos will finish strong. I will be repeating this experiment under the new lights over the winter, hopefully with better germination rates. lol
I did the same last year. Gaia green is about ten percent better and 500 percent more expensive.
@@BrianM-44041 yeah, dr earth really is tops for its price. I can buy a 12lb bag of all three ferts i use, for $70ish.
What kind of worm casting do you have a USA link?
What are you top dressing with every 3 weeks? I'm trying the same method you are using
You can get both yield and quality with soil. More volume of soil = more yield.
So 10 tablespoons in the mix, 10 more at 21 days, and another 10 after 3 more weeks.
That’s 5/8 of a cup at each stage, that seems REALLY hot. Dr Earth’s schedule starts out with 1/4 cup at the start, then 1/4 cup every 2 weeks. Have you compared your plant size and yields against their feeding program?
Well I guess I’ll find out, I mixed up 2 5-gallon batches today using your amendment recipe (using Pro-mix plus vermiculite as a base), so wish me luck.
@@w3vjp568 how did it work out for you?
2 tablespoons of dry amendments per gallon total. So if 5 gallon pot yes it will be 10 tablespoons.
I followed this to the T. However, all the of my plants are showing Magnesium deficiencies starting at day 10. By day 15 I was able to diagnose and spray/feed a bit of diluted Epsom salts.
Have you dealt with that issue on this soil build?
3 different stains from the Mephisto Genetics catalog.
Every now & then. Depends on the strain.
Are you growing in soil? Or coco?
do you ever add a little epsom/calcium/dolomite to that mix just to make sure they get enough cal/mag as well as it buffering your pH a little? Thinking about it right now while I prepare this exact mix for my current autos.
Never add any of it.
@@stealthgrows thx!
@@stealthgrows last one, do you see a problem using rice hulls in place of the perlite in Tupor? I'm wanting to use canna coir and rice hulls in place of the Tupor coir and perlite for my base.
@@stealthgrows How long do your auto runs usually go for? I typically see around 84 days, so do you top dress at day 63 also?
Yes rice hulls work great and add silica @@thomascross8339
Wonderful video and very helpful! Would you be able to advise what measurement of worm castings you are using for your 5 gallon pots? I see you have a scooper but wanted to be sure if it was a cup...2 cups..etc per 5 gallons.
Top layer of about an inch then mix into top layer
2 cups per two pot mix
@@NoWayJose87 much appreciated! When you top dress every 21 days, do you add worm castings again? If so, how much?
I do two to amend and 1 cup at top dressing. Day 21 50/50 and 0 wc at 42 with 70b/30veg seems to be working. Now been adding Recharge. Still playing with it
@@NoWayJose87 so no worm castings on the last top dress before harvest, correct? And is that two cups of worm casting per 10 gallons or 5 gallon pots?
So once I feed on day 21 do I top or put it in water
Great video bro, thanks for sharing 👍 Good luck an Happy Growin ✌️🌱🪴✌️
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How do you reuse the soil? Do you re-ammend the soil?
Why grow auto's indoors in the first place? Is there some advantage to do doing that? Surely growing from clones in an NFT Hydro system under HPS Lighting is the best way to grow.
That's what all the commercial farms use.
Great info
Put 2-3 drops h202 in ur h20 and let root in water
I switched to Gaia green and I love it but I did use this at first maybe that's where I went wrong I used the all-purpose and the bud Bloom booster did not use the Tomato vegetable herb fertilizer
Gai green is a better product but dr earth is a close second
Still checking for the seaweed molases ratios 😂 love this mix tho. Researched a bunch and this one is simple. Tryna get away from bagged and resuse
One tablespoon per gallon of molasses every third watering. One tablespoon per 5 gallons of kelp or seaweed meal, same with liquid. No need to overdo it.
Alfalfa meal for veg too
Hi my friend! Question! What is the see weed /molasses ratio per 5 Gallons! Thanks for your great work!
Do you top dress with the dr earth?
Day 21 50/50. Does that mean 5 tablespoons of each?
2 tablespoons per gallon always.
2 tablespoons of total dry amendment per gallon.
trying this but mixed before I saw this vid. I used worm castings and ProMix. 1/2 cup DE Veg and 1 Tsp Billions. Did not think to add the DE Bloom until later but that makes sense to me. next time. I've only grown with salts so far. hoping for a clean grow. Hope I didn't F it up. Thanks for the vid.
would love an update on these, don't see anything on this tent so far. I think this is the 4x4
How do you top dress?
Thank you for this video.