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webster10 said:
However, they seem like they try to rape you with additives.

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webster10 said:
Personally I'd never use bottled organic nutrients.

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CrushNazT said:
ive been using bud candy the past few grows and just picked up sensizym and added that to my base botanicare nutes. thought about picking up some nirvana, but i feel like a lot of their stuff is pretty pointless/not really needed. very expensive stuff. the fancy artwork on their bottles kinda throws me off. feels like a marketing gimmick to me.

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Im not sure I understand what you mean??

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Why not? I just did a trial through my horticulture research job on over 150 bell pepper plants testing industry standard synthetic fertilizers against up and coming bottled organic fertilizers in terms of; how much fertilizer was needed, vertical and lateral growth, how vigourus the plants were, pest resistance, fruit set, etc etc...
The bottled organic nutrients creamed the fuck out of the synthetic...
Unfortunatly this is all the info I can give as it was done for a industry partner and Im not really aloud to release our results.

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webster10 said:

They smell like shit, clog needles, have a short shelf life, are more expensive and gunk up hydro systems. I'd love to read the published results of your trial. There have also been an excessive amount of trials proving the effectiveness of synthetic fertilizers. I'd just like to hear about your experiment more in detail before I draw any conclusions from it.

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Smell shouldnt be a judging point on what you buy for fertilizer imo, but not argument lol, they smell like shit.
By needles I assume you mean dripper heads and lines? This can be true but is not a reason in itself to overlook organics. If you mean syringes for measuring, use a cup.
They may not have as long as a shelf life as synthetic but I think a minimum 2 year shelf life is more than enough considering its rare you have anything on the shelf for 2 years. Every organic nutrient Ive ever looked into has a bare minimum of 2 years shelf life with most being 5 years.
They are not necessarily more expensive, this is often true but definitly not always.
Hydro systems, yes are going to get at least some cloggage, but if youre an attentive grower it wont be a problem for you. Though I can say I would much rather clean out a synthetic hydro tank than an organic hydro tank because of smell LOL



As far as the results from the experiment go I can not post anything until the company publishes it themselves. I signed a contract saying I wouldnt discuss the results because the experiment was done to help them test the their product and get a leg up on the competition. I doubt you or anyone on this site works for their competitors but still, Im not legally aloud to discuss the results until they publish them themselves. I can certainly post them when the contract is up and the results are published, if you actually are interested ill try and rememeber to post them on this forum

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webster10 said:
They have about 30 additives. I am saying that a majority of these would make a less than noticeable difference. Just not very cost effective.

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