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Doing autos outdoor in 10gal pots with sunshine #4 how much grow dots should I use
With Sunshine #4 you will want to use the full dose of 15 mg per gallon, so you will need 150 mg.
The medium rate or heavy rate of grow dots
You don’t think that will be to Heavy for Autos
I personally use the Heavy dose with autos, you can use the medium dose also but if your auto is a heavy header you may run out low on nutrition towards the end of the grow.
I have just received my grow dots and i couldn’t be more excited! My question is, can i use this as a top dressing and work it into the top of the soil? Should i hold off til my next run and mix em in proper? Also should i still be adding my rhino skin silica at normal dosage? I don’t see any on the ingredients list so I figured I would ask while I’m here!
I just got my grow dots & recharge ( I’m a cyco nutrients user but want something faster than measuring 12 different nutrients) in your videos you mention adding silica as a turbocharger, I’m taking I can add my cyco silica at recommended dosages in my water with recharge , thank you for all your hard work and time you dedicate to this special herb !!!
Premix or Top Dress? I posted a question about this in the forum chat, but no response. Growing autos in 5 gallon buckets with GroBucket inserts. Been premixing Grow Dots and seems like around 10g per gallon works best overall, but it does seem to be over feeding in late veg/early flower, and under feeding in late flower (also running out of CalMag). My question is would I have better results by top feeding around week 2-3? Or should I try the Extended Veg Grow Dots?
Giving Grow Dots Extended Veg a try now. I’ll post an update of how it goes in a few months ✌️
how do we talk to this guy?
In English.
Do grow dots work well with photoperiod plants or are they for autos?
BOTH!
I’m using them for photoperiods right now, about a month into flower and everything is happy and healthy!
Can I add additives like overdrive with the growdots
Yes.
Hello everyone… I’m giving grow dots and recharge a try for the first time indoors. I am using AC infinity coco and there 5 gallon cloth pots. I was wondering is it safe to add the dots in with the coco in the solo cups or just in the 5 gallon when I go to transplant.. thanks for any help in advance.
You can add 5-8 grams in a solo cup.
I’m getting ready to start my first grow I’m using coco coir. Should I use Grow Dots or Recharge, and how do I use them……THANKS
You mix the Grow Dots into the coco (20-25 grams per gallon of coco), water the coco at a pH between 6-7, transplant plant into mix, then apply Recharge once or twice a week.
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Thank you
hey i just took my ppm fRom my run off and its 5300 that seems ridiculously high, this is normal
Can I use fertilizer while I’m using grow dots? I mean like every 3rd or 4th watering.
No. Grow Dots are complete nutrition.
Hi growers, good to meet you all. So been growing for about 5 years and have always had success using recharge without ph’ing my water. But with that being said, I’m going to coco coir my next grow and this current grow is going slow as well. Took bad advice from a store and tried to feed weekly and it’s hard and well life happens. But I’m switching to coco coir and I’m going to use grow dots but I’m a little confused. If I add grow dots and start in solo cups and then move into 1.5 gallon pots 3 weeks later, how does that work with dots? The new grow dots in the 1.5 gallon mesh pots I would be putting them in would have more coco coir gallon of equivalent new dots that are undesolved for 3 weeks and likewise 3/4 weeks later. I thought they were time released so wouldn’t they be off schedule or does it not work how I’m thinking?
Another question I have to ask is how much of a difference should I see if I mix my nutes in before with choir compared to top feeding in super soil? Alright cool. I guess I’ll start there but I’ll share pics later. Peace and thanks!
Iha noticed GD s seem to peter out during flowering ..any suggestions more GD s? On top dress
No need to top dress if you use the concentration the plant requires. Increase the dosage on the next run. 25-30 grams per gallon of media will work well with heavier feeders. Top dressing in the middle of the run will help the immediate problem but could cause issues later into flower with too much available nitrogen, etc.
how often to water using grow dots in canna coco in 5 gallon pots ?
There is no universal watering schedule for all plants. Water as needed. How much water a plant needs depends on several things like room temperature, relative humidity, vigor, root mass, foliage density, etc.
Hey guys,
I am working on tuning up my grows by doing it the Scotty Real way. Auto buckets, 60% coco coir, 30% vermiculite, 10% worm castings, Grow dots, and weekly Recharge. I have already harvested a few Autos and am happy with the results. So far I haven’t been able to match the volume that I was getting using “drain to waste” but I do love the reduction of time and labor required for the DTW system. I feel sure I can dial in the new system.
I am to a point where I would like to start reusing the Coco Coir from my past “Grow Dot” harvests. My question is how long will the Dots last at this stage? Do I need to flush this Coco to remove any residual Dots? I know I need to screen out any roots, dust and clumps. How about buffering? Do I need to buffer with Calmag while using Recharge? I just tried “Happy Trees Premium Coco coir pre buffered medium. I didn’t have any real issues with this medium but it was a bit more on the “Peat” side than I like. What is the recommended Coco Coir for the Dots and Recharge?
I want to thank the Real Growers for all the science. Keep up the amazing job
You can reuse coco several times before it really starts to break down and need to be cut or replaced. You’re not flushing out Grow Dot pellets from a previous grow. There is no need even if it was possible. It’s ok to reamend the used coco with more Grow Dots for another cycle.
If I am using FF Happy Frog soil, can I mix grow dots in with soil? Or is it better to top dress with grow dots in?
You can mix Grow Dots in Happy Frog soil. The soil is not too heavily amended to cause any over feeding with the Grow Dots. 20-25 grams per gallon of media is where I’d start with unknown genetics. Heavy feeders can handle 30+ grams per gallon but I wouldn’t use that much unless I really knew the plant I was growing.
Thanks for the advice!!!!
Actually my Genetics are GG#4 by elev8? Not sure if GG is a heavy feeder or light feeder?
GG4 is a clone only plant. Marketing will have you believe you can buy clone only OG Kush, Sour D, 91 Chemdog and GG4 seeds. Even if someone made S1 seeds from the GG4 plant, it’s not GG4, 3, 2 or 1. No one can tell you how a seed will perform. Nature does what it wants. Once you’ve grown a seed, you’ll know if it’s a light, mid or heavy feeder. That based on genetic vigor and varies greatly between seeds.
Hello I’m a newbie I started 6 seeds germinated them in paper towels soaked with recharge water.I mixed 1 gallon of coco loco soil with 1 tablespoon of grow dots and put that in the small five inch pots with plenty of drainage moistened all the pots with more recharge water till it drained than very carefully placed the germinated seeds in about a quarter of an inch deep and I only have 4 plants that have survived one of which is really limp and 1 that is much smaller than the others I believe my light was too high and dimmed down too much but my question is should I have waited to use the grow dots till I was ready to transplant? Or is this just what happens?
Thank you
Not every seed is going to be viable. Initial issues are often genetic, but sometimes the growers fault. Everything a seedling needs nutritionally is provided in their embryonic sac for about the first 2 weeks on average. That’s all the time you want them in a 5″ pot anyway. You only needed to put Grow Dots in the larger pot once they need to be transplanted out of the small 5″ pot after a few weeks. Seedling tap roots are very delicate and can be easily damaged. They really need very little attention and are often over-watered by new growers.
I just started my grow with Grow Dots in Coco, Perlite, Worm Castings, and Biochar; and my seedlings are showing some yellow (nutrient deficiency) color? Help? Advice?
Seedlings need nothing nutritionally for the first few weeks. It’s possible to hurt the delicate tap root bombarding it with minerals too soon.
Can Scotty update the amount of dots per gallon please I thought 25 mils per gallon was good but I think it is actually more ?
Grow Dots at 25 g/ml per gallon of media is a safe place to start. Heavy feeders can handle 30+.
Hello all
My question is I started my seedlings in a 4″ pot with grow dots when should i start planning on transferring to there forever pot before they run out of nuts I have been using recharge once a week as well
You can transplant the seedling into a larger pot with Grow Dots within the first 10-14 days. Grow Dots are complete nutrition for the entire cycle. They’ll release for about 16 weeks. Dosage determines the concentration of minerals released per day. Dosage does not determine duration. There was no need to put Grow Dots in the 4″ pot. All the nutrition the seedling needs is provided for the first few weeks. By the time the seedling needs nutrition, it’s time to come out of the 4″ pot and into a larger pot with Grow Dots. As long as you kept the dosage low in the 4″ pot, the seedling ‘should’ have no issues but in the future save the Dots for the final pot.
Can you use too many grow dots? I used 3 gal bags with a little bag of dots and my tips burned.
Of course you can over-feed any plant with too high a concentration of minerals. A 75 gram bag of Grow Dots shouldn’t burn a plant in a 3 gallon pot.
When to add grow dots if starting with “Black Cow”, perlite, Vermiculite, Organic garden soil
Mix Grows Dots in soil right before you transplant.
Hey
I just transplanted my plants into five gallon grow bags with coco loco soil from fox farms I mixed in a little more than a tablespoon of extended veg grow dots per gallon of soil my question is when should I start adding cal mag to the R/O water that I use when I water
Also I went from watering everyday to almost a week without having to water yes my plants were root bound but is this normal
Thanks all
You mixed a fairly light dose of Grow dots. If you used 25 grams per gallon you’d probably not need to supplement anything. If your plants are not getting enough calcium or magnesium then you should supplement cal-mag for calcium and magnesium issue or Epsom salt for just a magnesium issue every watering at a low dose.