That sound like a miracle product!!
I don't have tons of experience, i started not even 2 years ago by reading forums non stop and learning.. I don't think any of us make our own plant food (some guys do compost tea.. why do all that work?)
I don't sell weed but i give away about 20oz every 4 months so i don't have too much around, so yeah i like to do things as cheap as possible I made a post about this recently, I have become really attached to my nute schedule as I've used the same thing for years with great results. That being said I never really considered the cost of nutes til prices started adding up. Im up over 600 dollars per flower run for nutes. The old lady keeps reminding me that I'm growing more product so I can afford it, but I keep seeing people get great results with dry fertilizer and I know that it has to be cheaper. I think once I get my tables set up to collect run off I will try and switch over. I'll stick with what I'm using for now since I don't ever get much run off and have this nute line kinda dialed in which is how I get away with very little run off.
With jacks i spend about $15-20 for all 4 plants over a 3-4 month run.. not including water/lights of course.. that's just jacks+AG.. I don't grow massive plants cause my tents are 2x4, i pull 5-6oz dry from each plant using 250w QB's... which is way more weed than i even need. Just posting for perspective.
I will check it out.I don't have tons of experience, i started not even 2 years ago by reading forums non stop and learning.. I don't think any of us make our own plant food (some guys do compost tea.. why do all that work?)
After doing research, i ONLY use Jacks 3-2-1 nothing else through the whole grow and southern AG to make happy roots.
Dist, go on youtube and watch greengenes vid about jacks.. it's the cheapest nutes, super easy to use and great results... no need to spend a ton of money
You'll be happy with Jacks.
I switched to dry nutrients years ago. I had 4 tables in a basement and I was dumping a ton of money down the drain every couple weeks when I changed out the reservoirs. One thing I noticed was that the plants didn't care. If anything I had better grows after switching. Plus everything stayed clean. No more gunk buildup on stuff like you get with many bottled nutes.
Dude I recently caught up with a friend I grew up with some 20 years ago. Lives in another state and has a sweet garden setup. We exchanged a few pics. I was fairly impressed with his garden design and equipment. He put about $20k into 2 separate rooms. Then he started "educating" me on the "right" fertilizer's to use. He says,"Man if you want the best results ya just gotta use the best. That's why I use advanced nutrients. It's expensive, but it's worth it if you want the best results. I spent around $3k on the whole line, but I bought in bulk and that's how I was able to save a lot of money." You have no idea how difficult it was for me to take a pass on mercilessly raking his nuts through the coals for that ridiculous heaping pile of horse shit of a statement. We grew up together and have a lot of history, so I just let him keep on trucking. Makes me smile a little every time I think about it
Good god man. How large is your room or rooms? I use GH's dry maxi line, and a 16LB tub lasts me about 2 full flower cycles @ $100/w tax. I buy 5lb bags of calcium nitrate from southern ag for $14 that lasts 3-4 cycles. Epsom salt is so cheap it's almost not even worth factoring into the equation, but for fun let's say $5 for a 5LB bag of epsom salt once every 5 cycles. 1 gallon of potassium silicate for $40 will last me 5+ years due to the low volume needed. And with the advice I just saw in this thread I'll be purchasing dry potassium silicate powder when my gallon runs out. Floralicious plus quart for $55 every cycle. Southern AG biological friendly fungicide for reservoir sterility for $26. 1 bottle will last 2-3 years. When I say cycle I mean veg through harvest. All in my costs for fertilizer are:
The Maxi Grow and Bloom will grow some damn fine weed. Skip the Floralicious and just get some humic acid and kelp. Save even more. Also buy potassium silicate in granular form. $15 will buy you a pound that will make hundreds of gallons. But you're on the right path to feeding your plants. It doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg to give your cannabis plants all the nutrition they need.
Thanks for the good advice on floralicious. It chaps my ass every time I have to reorder that stuff due to the cost. Any good recommendations on dry kelp / humic acid? I know there are a lot of vendors out there and I'm not in the know.The Maxi Grow and Bloom will grow some damn fine weed. Skip the Floralicious and just get some humic acid and kelp. Save even more. Also buy potassium silicate in granular form. $15 will buy you a pound that will make hundreds of gallons. But you're on the right path to feeding your plants. It doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg to give your cannabis plants all the nutrition they need.
My room is 12x24 but canopy is about 10x20. I use roughly 32 gallons of water for the flower room every day. I use 200-300ml a day of Part A and the same amount of part B. So for easy math we will say 250 ml a day , or 1 liter every 4 days. I buy 4 liter bottles so a bottle last me 16 days. I pay 110 (sometimes less sometimes more) for the 4 liter bottles. It takes me 4 bottles get thru flower so that's 440 dollars. I use a few other additives that account for the other 100 or so dollars.
You can get humic acid and kelp meal on amazon or many other places online. Custom Hydro Nutrients has both. $4 a pound for kelp meal and $12 for humic acid. I have an organic farm supply place down the street where I bought a 50 lb bag of kelp meal for $40. That makes a bunch of tea. I use it in my raised garden beds as well. Had a good year with the vegetables as well as cannabis.
Sounds like my KTM
