What's Your Favorite Fertilizer?
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Richard Drysift
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Not to put down anyone who uses nutrients but you said fertilizer yet you seek a bloom nutrient; that sorta conflicts me. Nutrients made from petroleum based chelates are all garbage in my experience and very different from organic fertilizer. The word fertilizer implies that it makes your soil fertile but nutrients actually do the opposite by force feeding your plants dissolved salts instead of allowing the plants to take up what they need as they need it. Nutrients kill off the microbial life that feeds your plants naturally and then your plants basically become addicted to these readily available chelates as the mix no longer can support their needs without external NPK.
So after years of using bottled nutes I have now thrown them all out in favor of a water only mix of my own recycled soil. My favorite fertilizer to use is composted chicken manure because it's super fast N and is highly active in microbes. Fresh worm castings straight outta the bin is a close second. 3rd is 5-5-5 happy frog fertilizer that contains crab meal, bone meal, and a slew of other good stuff. Another favorite is jobes organic spikes that are omri listed and feed for 2 months- just plug em in when ya transplant to your final size pot for flowering & feeds them through to harvest. Just these I list here and maybe some minerals & lime and you've got a water only mix that gets even better each time you recycle it. Not trying to sway anyone to go organic just spread the knowledge I've gained in hopes somebody will benefit.
Not the best pic but the most recent I could find - here's critical Jack cola at chop time
So after years of using bottled nutes I have now thrown them all out in favor of a water only mix of my own recycled soil. My favorite fertilizer to use is composted chicken manure because it's super fast N and is highly active in microbes. Fresh worm castings straight outta the bin is a close second. 3rd is 5-5-5 happy frog fertilizer that contains crab meal, bone meal, and a slew of other good stuff. Another favorite is jobes organic spikes that are omri listed and feed for 2 months- just plug em in when ya transplant to your final size pot for flowering & feeds them through to harvest. Just these I list here and maybe some minerals & lime and you've got a water only mix that gets even better each time you recycle it. Not trying to sway anyone to go organic just spread the knowledge I've gained in hopes somebody will benefit.
Not the best pic but the most recent I could find - here's critical Jack cola at chop time
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Dr. Who
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If you looking to use a synthetic....HESI.
Why Hesi?
Take a look at their NPK values (BOLDLY printed on the front of the label). They do it right for Cannabis in my book....with the way they have you feed! Feed often, feed small and MOST OF ALL. At the flip you get a bigger jump in N then P&K! 4 weeks later you start the "high" P&K supplementing and that runs till finish....This is not a Cannabis specific nutrient - NONE are! It just has the right BALANCE combined with it's application sched.!
I dropped the "ROOTS and SuperVIT" and simply used a Kelp extract in stead (mainly what the roots is anyway) to save $ on the brand....The Kelp comfortably replaces both!
Drop them a line and see what they'll do for you on a sample package!
http://www.hesinutrients.com/
My second choice would be Canna Tera.
Like Richard, I went back to organic only a few years back.....
Why Hesi?
Take a look at their NPK values (BOLDLY printed on the front of the label). They do it right for Cannabis in my book....with the way they have you feed! Feed often, feed small and MOST OF ALL. At the flip you get a bigger jump in N then P&K! 4 weeks later you start the "high" P&K supplementing and that runs till finish....This is not a Cannabis specific nutrient - NONE are! It just has the right BALANCE combined with it's application sched.!
I dropped the "ROOTS and SuperVIT" and simply used a Kelp extract in stead (mainly what the roots is anyway) to save $ on the brand....The Kelp comfortably replaces both!
Drop them a line and see what they'll do for you on a sample package!
http://www.hesinutrients.com/
My second choice would be Canna Tera.
Like Richard, I went back to organic only a few years back.....
bryan oconner
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I use a cheap home depot fertilizer for veg its a 10/10/10 treats a 1000 gallons of water for 6 bucks also use it for the first 3 weeks or so of flower and then switch to yes laugh if you want its actually a very good bloom booster better then heavy 16 better then beastie blooms . best I have used . its 5 bucks a bag it treats about 500 gallons of water . here is a link
http://www.kmart.com/kgro-1.5-lb-super-bloom/p-043W004158185000P?prdNo=26&blockNo=26&blockType=G26
I use this with calmag . this fertilizer is very strong ! follow directions . and flush the plants for 7 days after use.
http://www.kmart.com/kgro-1.5-lb-super-bloom/p-043W004158185000P?prdNo=26&blockNo=26&blockType=G26
I use this with calmag . this fertilizer is very strong ! follow directions . and flush the plants for 7 days after use.
lilzuko
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Ironically I was looking at Hesi when I was writing this post. And secondly canna terra was most likely my next go to, I'll take your word of advise and buy both brands and see what one or the other does to my to my likings.
dubekoms
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Jacks is good stuff, cheap,reliable,and no bullshit. I also used osmocote plus for guerilla growing awhile back, great time release fert.I use Jack's, most are unaware but when CO went legal Jack's made a nute for cannabis, at first ya had to be in CO to get it but now I think they ship it everywhere?
Jack's Citrus FeED for veg
Jack's Aquagold Finisher for flower
example ???? how my strain Amber at week 4
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Dr. Who
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Stuff we don't see in Mich. At least I have not and just checked my fav 3 grow shops = Nope!I use Jack's, most are unaware but when CO went legal Jack's made a nute for cannabis, at first ya had to be in CO to get it but now I think they ship it everywhere?
Jack's Citrus FeED for veg
Jack's Aquagold Finisher for flower
example ???? how my strain Amber at week 4
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Figures,,,glad we have the net....might have to play with that..
bryan oconner
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I used jacks as well . its a very good nutrient . im a cheap fucker . kgrow works just as well . kgrow is a lot more strong in he p range then any jacks . actually to strong if your a rookie plants can over do it lock the plants out. buy the jacks cant go wrong.
RM3
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From what I have heard it's not in stores yet
bryan oconner
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they have it in mi . have to go to other stores other then hydro stores . try a good green house . flower shop .
Dr. Who
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RM3
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I ordered it directly from Jack's I can give ya her email addy, she is very helpful
RM3
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RM3
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Yes
subgrounds
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I just stared using CNS17 from Botanicare. I have used B/C for quite some time now, as they seem to support microbes and fungi better than any other synth I've ever used. Obviously I started out with Foxfarm and Advanced, with the Foxfarm solubels (open sesame, cha-ching, beastie-bloomz,) being far superior to anything Advanced Scamtrients had to offer, with the perk of not being a comapny run by a total narcissit socio/psychopath like Advanced.
B/C is TOUGH to use. You apply their stuff WITH EVERY h20 application; there is no straight water. And they are STUPID strong, especially fucking KIND,the easist O/D nute on the market.BUT, for thepeople who have mastered KIND and CNS17 have had the CLEANEST synthetic nute buds I've had through my whole growing career. Not to mention humongous yields.
For the BIGGEST yields regardless of quality, I was very shocked to realize that the Open Sesame - beastie bloomz - cha-ching trio from Foxfarm was the most effective giant-fucking-cola nutes I've used. But I've also heard that most granulated nutes do that - with numbers likk 55-60-44 I guess that makes sense. The buds will be a harsher smoke though regardless of flushing (which is half-bullshit anyways of course,) but damn, do they swell, and get heavy heavy heavy. Cartel nutes, you could say.
B/C is TOUGH to use. You apply their stuff WITH EVERY h20 application; there is no straight water. And they are STUPID strong, especially fucking KIND,the easist O/D nute on the market.BUT, for thepeople who have mastered KIND and CNS17 have had the CLEANEST synthetic nute buds I've had through my whole growing career. Not to mention humongous yields.
For the BIGGEST yields regardless of quality, I was very shocked to realize that the Open Sesame - beastie bloomz - cha-ching trio from Foxfarm was the most effective giant-fucking-cola nutes I've used. But I've also heard that most granulated nutes do that - with numbers likk 55-60-44 I guess that makes sense. The buds will be a harsher smoke though regardless of flushing (which is half-bullshit anyways of course,) but damn, do they swell, and get heavy heavy heavy. Cartel nutes, you could say.