06-29-2009, 06:29 PM
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 Top Dressing
Top dressing can really make a huge difference in your harvest. If used wisely and at the proper time it can be an inexpensive way to ensure your plants have all the nutrients they need to go full term while still not over feeding the plants.
Using Super soil and the methods I have shown here by day 28 in bud your plants have been in the large containers for almost 2 full months and you should notice the soil is much lighter than when it was first filled up at transplant. The plant has now converted much or the organic material into a 5-6 foot bush and if we don’t take action now on a garden this large we could experience early fade and loss of yields. We could simply feed the plants a quality organic bloom food and we still may need to as these huge plants enter the 5th week and beyond. Many of our strains will finish perfectly with just a few extra inches of Super soil layered in on top just before a watering.
Top dressing requires knowing your plants though, you cannot wait until you see deficiencies you have to know your garden well enough to apply the top dressing before any signs of yellowing appear. I use Super soil to top dress it is slightly hot for new plants but as a top dressing it works wonders and you can see the leafs reach for the sky after a top dressing and watering. At week four I remove one row and clean out any dead leaves or straggling shoots and use a small bucket and measuring cup to place about 2-4” of Super soil on top of the existing soil. I like to do this when the plants need watering and I can wet the added soil down really well.
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