What Plant Food Is Needed At What Times During Growth

During the growth of the cannabis plants they will have different nutritional needs, as these change there is a need to use different types of plant foods. Using the proper plant foods at the right times will result in healthy plants and a bountiful harvest.

To give the cannabis plants what they need during the vegetative growth, a plant food with a high content of nitrogen will be needed and this is when a plant food or fertilizer mix of 20 – 10 –10 will be best used, this contains 20 percent nitrogen, 10 percent phosphorus and 10 percent potassium. A 30 – 15 – 15 mix will also work well, this will give the growing cannabis plants 30 percent nitrogen.

When the plants are flowering they will need more phosphorus and potassium and less nitrogen than they needed during their vegetative growth. During this time they will also need calcium for a healthy flowering growth.

It is also possible to find a hydroponics nutrient solution that can be used, which will have the proper mixes for the different stages of growth, although they will be a larger expense than plant foods in most cases.

There are also two and three part hydroponics nutrition solutions that allow the grower to mix the amount of nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium that is needed during the vegetative growth and during the flowering growth of the cannabis plants.