ControlLED Posted Friday at 12:27 Share Posted Friday at 12:27 (edited) hello peeps! happy friday highday! i wanted to start off the weekend with a good old nutrients discussion what are your favorites and why? is there a certain product that you feel stands out for you? something you would not want to leave out / a "must have" ? really interested to see what the fellow hobby growers and fellow members who are passionate about quality like to add to their "recipes" Edited Friday at 12:30 by ControlLED accidental post before finishing writing 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilgePump Posted Friday at 12:46 Share Posted Friday at 12:46 (edited) I use a bit of this and that Currently using canna calmag and greenhouse seed company powder feeding hybrid bloom and a splash of seachem seaweed. So two bottles and a bag of salt , no boosters or flowering products. I was gonna go over to intense but what im running now is idiot proof and works. If i change nutes now it'll be to swap to blended, anything else is a step backwards i feel. If ever i see icl Universol 213R on sale i might be tempted by a bag ... Edited Friday at 12:50 by BilgePump 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sepsisurvivor Posted Friday at 14:32 Share Posted Friday at 14:32 K.i.s I'm a hydrocrop man A bag of powder makes up loads , never needed cal mag and pretty pH stable Environment and genetics is the major priority S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFord Posted Friday at 16:04 Share Posted Friday at 16:04 Strictly outdoors ....2 step Comfrey & Nettle brews .....NOT found anything off the shelf that comes close. Flower Power for a lazy ass grow , indoors & outdoors and dont seem to leave our ladies lacking , its hassle free and well tried & tested .... im more than happy with the results. Have used Intense Nutrients Dirt range and had good results , prefer the comfrey & nettle brews though. Feeding Hay ......so very under utilized in herb growing .....been using it for quite some time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilgePump Posted Friday at 16:10 Share Posted Friday at 16:10 1 hour ago, sepsisurvivor said: A bag of powder makes up loads 100% A kilo of base nutes lasts me 18 months feeding every other day (mostly) , i used to weigh out dry powder each watering, iirc it was 6g per ten litres but now i just make stock up a litre at a time, 60ml in ten litres is the exact same dilution ratio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sepsisurvivor Posted Friday at 16:55 Share Posted Friday at 16:55 10 minutes ago, BilgePump said: 100% A kilo of base nutes lasts me 18 months feeding every other day (mostly) , i used to weigh out dry powder each watering, iirc it was 6g per ten litres but now i just make stock up a litre at a time, 60ml in ten litres is the exact same dilution ratio From the 80s on ... I was slowly leaning towards a conspiracy theory ( doesn't take much for me ) that the hydroponics industry were keeping powdered nutes away from UK consumers and unavailable Nutriculture/ growth technology would provide a starter kit with there Nft systems that included some powdered nutes but they were otherwise unavailable for resale Carriage costs of liquid nutes - manufacturer - wholesalers - retailer + the weight !?!? Why not powdered ? Also the descreet way they can go into a home unnoticed Seems a no brainer ?? A Seattle based powdered nutes supplier was around late 80s ..Ecogrow but hardly any shops stocked it Sensi had a non cost effective powder around a decade ago .. Around the same time hydrocrop sent me some samples with a try before you buy vibe? A small packet is penny's ... It's worth a trial at least in my opinion S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilgePump Posted Friday at 17:01 Share Posted Friday at 17:01 @sepsisurvivor yet chempak has been a firm favourite in traditional gardening for decades, as has miracle grow. Conspiracy you say? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axiom Posted Friday at 17:01 Share Posted Friday at 17:01 46 minutes ago, BilgePump said: 100% A kilo of base nutes lasts me 18 months feeding every other day (mostly) I tried to make up a stock with the AN Sensi professional dry powder line but it falls out of the solution after a while. I still use it and it's still giving me great results nevertheless. I scrapped liquid nutes because the transport and disposal was a pain in the ass and also much more expensive. @ControlLED seaweed extract is good. Chitin. Silica is underrated. beneficial microbes for rooting phase make a HUGE difference... something like 'great white' or rhizotonic by canna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilgePump Posted Friday at 17:03 Share Posted Friday at 17:03 @Axiom are you making up your stock solutions with reverse osmosis water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlowerChild420 Posted Friday at 17:24 Share Posted Friday at 17:24 Much of a muchness. Depends on your water mostly I think. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushdoc Posted Friday at 17:54 Share Posted Friday at 17:54 Back in the early 90's I used no nutes at all, no carbon filter or extraction. Used to watch my plants slowly die till harvest and thought that's just how it goes. Still got some cracking smoke that would match today's grows maybe not the yield. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axiom Posted Friday at 19:45 Share Posted Friday at 19:45 2 hours ago, BilgePump said: @Axiom are you making up your stock solutions with reverse osmosis water? Yep and I feed with it too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killuminati7 Posted Saturday at 00:03 Share Posted Saturday at 00:03 H&G coz the weeds banging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sepsisurvivor Posted Saturday at 07:44 Share Posted Saturday at 07:44 14 hours ago, BilgePump said: @sepsisurvivor yet chempak has been a firm favourite in traditional gardening for decades, as has miracle grow. Conspiracy you say? I'm glad the comfrey & nettle brews are still being used @OldFord Outdoors they do kick ass ... Chempak and it's various numbers has never failed me S 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweettooth Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Always been a liquid fert guy but @Axiom and @BilgePump that hydrocrop peeks my interest, can't belive the price difference and never though about powdered nutes really until all the athena marketing that's everywhere. May grab a few bags and trial a run. Would save me 100s over GA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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