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Hey. What is your preferred nutrient solution and why? Been outta' the grow game since 2008 and noticed a lot of changes in the way of advancements in grow equipment and there are A LOT more nutrient brands to choose from now so I seek your opinions on which ones are the best these days based on your experience and opinions. The last brand of nutrients I was using was called Advanced Nutrients.
Went to the local hydro store yesterday to do exactly that (pick up a PH tester). For 20$ I got this small PH kit of PH up and down, PH test drops, a test vial and a dropper by General Hydroponics.
Going to the hydro store yesterday and seeing all the brands of nutrients on the shelf was overwhelming a little bit and is what inspired this question.
I'm partial to organic nutrients so I like what Hawksapprecntice suggested. Two brands of nutrient solutions that are being considered are Telafloura and Roots brand nutrients.
Right now I'm rockin' the Fertilome brand Fish Emulsion (5-1-1) for veg. It's doing the trick. Like what I'm hearing about this Botanicare brand nutes. That's crazy about Roots. Got a buddy who's rockin the Roots. He got the little "Players Package" and he's in love with em'. That brand Canna you're talking about sounds familiar. They are outta Humboldt county, aren't they? Back in 08' as I quit growing there was this new brand of nutrient coming out of Homboldt that I remember thinking I wanted to try and at the time remember thinking was in the same league as Advanced Nutrients but can't remember the name of it. Remember wanting to switch to it though because they we're made in my native land of America.
Just got the Botanicare "Pure Blend Prow Grow" (3-2-4) about 2 hours ago. Is there any kind of special precautions that should be taken when switching from one nutrient source to another or may I just feed them this new stuff right away?
Just wanted to drop by and say thank you for all of your suggestions. Decided to go with Botanicare and I am a Botanicare convert now.
Been using this nute for a week now. No precautions were taken when switching from on nutrient source to the next either. In the first feeding I hit them with half the strength suggested by the feeding chart on the bottle and noticed immediate greening so I feed them full strength the next day. Growth has accelerated. The plants went from growing about a half inch a day to growing 3/4 to 1 inch per day, and the purple-ing in the plants stems and main veins caused by my previous nutrient's unbalanced diet (low phosphorus to nitrogen ratio) has cleared up and the new growth is all green. This Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Grow smells better than any other vegetative nutrient that I'v ever smelled too, and it's easy to use.
I didn't care that much for Advanced Nutrients either. Too many supplements. Upthread "Farmer Joe" states he uses Advanced Nutrients and has good results with them. I wonder what his specific regimen with those nutrients are?
Botanicare Pure Blend formulas are they way to go. Botanicare is what I'v converted to. From what I understand from what I'v been researching (if I'm understanding correctly) these Botanicare brand Pure Blend formulas are well rounded. Meaning they have all kinds of different supplements already mixed into their base nutrient, and they are a super easy to use. My plants just love them, and I love that my plants love them.
Quote: Harry_Ba11sach said: Let's bring this talk back for 2014!
Good call, Harry. Thread title updated!
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Quote: hawksapprentice said: The only "booster" I use is koolbloom. Everything else I get from the teas that I make.
what botanicare products do you use?
Hey, Crush. I use Botanicare exclusively right now as well. I'm rocking Pro Grow and Bloom with Liquid Karma, Vitamino, Silica-Blast and Hydroplex. I use 100% Organic, 100% black strap molasses instead of the Botanicare "Sweets" to add sugars and carbs to the plant's diet. I have some CalMag hanging around in case of any cal mag issues. I don't use it regurlarly though, because I don't use reverse osmosis water. Kind of strain being grown, and how individual plants react to feeding dictates what strength nutrients are fed to plants at.
The only extra additives and supplements I use are SuperThrive at one drop per gallon of water (the plants love this shit), Growmore brand Seaweed Extract (0.10-0.10-1.5) during veg at a half-o-milliliter per gallon of water, and the Wholesome Sweeteners Brand Organic Molasses at just a couple 2-3 drops per gallon of water starting at about the 3rd week of flowering.
My feeding regimen goes like this - feed with base nutrient - water - additives and supplements - water - repeat.
Quote: Farmer Joe said: New news for 2014.....AN is going broke and will soon be bankrupt. Anyone else heard the gossip? The owner of the hydro shop I work at was in visiting and mentioned that Big Mike emailed a bunch his major customers and asked for a loan to help keep the company going. (supposedly)
Something's definitely up though.
I was at work yesterday when my boss was emailing our AN rep back and forth about shit that's on back order. Come to find out they're currently out of 4L sensi base nutes and only have 1L's available.
Now what is messed up is our rep said that they are out of bud factor x, rhino skin, and a few other additives and will not be making them until MARCH. I'm glad I have enough nutes to get me though my current grow.
AN is a fucking joke.
I think Humboldt's line is where I'm headed next. I hear heavy 16 is pretty popular out west. Any of you guys run their line yet?
Haha, that's fuckin' crazy.
There's some new shit out that's peaked my interests too. 1 is a brand called "Aqua Flakes". They look dank and I believe are out of Switzerland. Another one is called "A&B" or something like that. They come in white bottles. One has an orange label and the other label is blue. Humbold's secret "Golden Tree" sounds killer too. I'm about 5 cosmic seconds away from getting a nutrient tea burner and making my own damn nutrients. Maybe one day bottle the shit up and slap my face on said bottles and start my own nutrient line.
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