FoxFarms Big Bloom vs Tiger Bloom

[EyesOfTheWorld]

I bought a pack 3pack of FoxFarms liquid fertilizers which has GrowBig, BigBloom, TigerBloom.

When should I be using each of them? The GrowBig appears to be for the vegetative stage. But what about the other two? I’m using soil, btw. Not hydro!

[dmpmfd]

From manufacturer's site: https://foxfarm.com/download/13115/?tmstv=1751056972 for soil. Take into account this is full strength chart and almost everyone suggests using half strength. The attached file is what I am using at half strength as a guide. Grow Big is used throughout the grow with varying amounts of Big Bloom and Tiger Bloom dependent upon what stage of growth you are in.

[EyesOfTheWorld]

Please tell me If I’m reading this (spreadsheet) correctly!

Week 4 use (twice a week)

3 tsp BigBloom
3 tsp GrowBig

and for week 5 (twice a week)

3 tsp BigBloom
2 tsp GrowBig
2 tsp TigerBloom

[dmpmfd]

That top section is from a chart I found on this site of recommendation of dosage. Top rows 4 to 10 is from GWE. Rows 19 to 26 are the manufacturer's chart and rows 37 to 44 are the manufacturer's metric chart. All of these are FULL strength and should be cut in half to avoid nutrient burn from what I've read (started in 2023) so take it with a grain of salt due to my inexperience.

[DabberDog]

Are you growing autos or fem/photo?
If growing fem/photo, do you plan on topping?

[EyesOfTheWorld]

Are you growing autos or fem/photo?
If growing fem/photo, do you plan on topping?

I dunno. Does this tell you anything?

https://culpeperhemp.com/product/melted-strawberries/

The guy that sold me the plant said October (Choptober) is when I should expecting to harvest.

[EyesOfTheWorld]

After doing some Googling, they look like they are fem/photo.

Topping? Not sure yet. I’m just letting it grow and clipping it to the frame to try and maximize the light it’s getting.

[DabberDog]

They offer a pest free guarantee. Does that mean you got a clone?
If you got a clone from a reputable breeder/cloner, you got a feminized clone.
With the information you've given, I'm going to guess this is a first grow, putting a clone outside?
What is your soil?
I'm asking questions because there are variables.

[EyesOfTheWorld]

This is a direct quote: “You bought female photoperiod clones. Clones from genetics I’ve personally flowered out and approved before sale. They are not auto flowers, they are not from seed, and they are not males”

[EyesOfTheWorld]

They offer a pest free guarantee. Does that mean you got a clone?
If you got a clone from a reputable breeder/cloner, you got a feminized clone.
With the information you've given, I'm going to guess this is a first grow, putting a clone outside?
What is your soil?
I'm asking questions because there are variables.

Yes, first grow, growing outside. I’m using FoxFarms soil. A mixture of OceanFresh and HappyFrog. Potted three plants on June 1st.

I accidentally broke a node today; I cut it off and am going to try and develop roots and pot it.

[ductwizard]

should have taped it if poss., you'd be suprised at what will mend

[DabberDog]

Oh! It's these plants!
First, take a look at the main website on how to clone. That's pretty much what you did. As it is, what you have in the water probably won't do anything. It needs some trimming. But it absolutely can work! Look online to see if you might have something around the house you can use as an emergency cloning hormone. Aloe has been my go-to when cloning non-cannabis plants.
Second, start slowly with the nutrients and watch for burn. You can't go wrong with starting half strength and deciding if you want to up the dose. Check the main website, too, on when and what to look for in sexing the plant. When you start noticing female parts, start the bloom nutrients.
What I got from the website chart is to feed up to two times a week. Not feed twice a week. Feeding every time can put you in line for nutrient toxicities. Too much nutrient/water will drown your plants. Lots of folks alternate plain water with nutrients. That helps with toxicity. But the timing on when to start each looks pretty good.
Above all, your plants are going to tell you what they want and what they don't want. Keep your eyes out for changes.

[Allenpro]

If its not broken completely off, even with a thin strip of skin holdng it on, I prop it back up and use scotch or masking tape around the break, tooth picks and bamboo skewers make great splints. If its not going to make it you will know within 24 hours. Most do make it, Its amasing what they can come back from, every harvest I find a couple of taped up rock hard knuckles. From your other post, I think the patio is your only grow space so you may want to ask yourself if you have capacity for another plant Vs how stealth do you need to be. Those leprechauns are lurking out there