New grow, new nutes

Alcaponez

Member
Hey gang! Just planing my next indoor grow and wanted to try new nutrients. Currently I'm leaning towards GH FloraSeries, Hesi Starter Box or Plagron Terra. Has anyone had any good/bad experience with any of these? My last grow I wet with Advanced nutrients and was happy with the results but still want to try something else.
 

Modern Selections

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From my experience Advanced is better than the ones you listed.

I can recommend Botanicare Pure Blend Pro. I have had excellent results over the years. Single bottle and very high quality nutrient.

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xtsho

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Plants don't care about brand or shiny bottles. They're all basically feeding the plants the same things. Organic ingredients or salts? Plants don't care about that either. The soil might over time with salt build up but there isn't any difference as far as the plant is concerned. Once the process of nutrient acquisition has taken place what has been acquired exists in the plant in the same form whether the initial source was organic or synthetic.

Inexpensive dry nutrients like MaxiBloom or Jacks will deliver the same as anything you've listed. Over the years I've used the GH Trio, GH FloraNova, Botanicare, and several others with no noticeable difference in the final product. The only difference was that some cost much more than others. The ingredients from the salt based nutrients all come from the same chemical factories. None of the cannabis nutrient companies make the calcium nitrate, monopotassium phosphate, etc... they use. They just buy it in bulk and mix it together. You're getting the same stuff regardless of brand.

Brand of nutrient is much less important than proper feeding and understanding plant nutrition. There are thousands and thousands of threads on this and other cannabis forums from people using a dozen bottles of some fancy cannabis specific nutrients having problem after problem because they overfeed their plants and are dumping way too much stuff on them. Then there are threads of people using MaxiBloom powder from seed to harvest that never experience any problems and have lush healthy plants up until the day they chop them.

Whatever you decide to go with just stick with the base nutrients and skip all the unnecessary additives they have.
 

hotrodharley

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I’ve been using Envy brand dry nutes. It’s almost identical to Jack’s 321. But it’s only 2 bags. The calcium and the magnesium are contained within the 2. $29 off eBay and I’m still using them 13 months after purchase. Easy, damned effective and very cheap in my opinion. They’ve been making these for the hydroponics industry since the 1960’s so they’re not newbies at it.

edit add: got them off Amazon. Not eBay.
 
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Alcaponez

Member
Plants don't care about brand or shiny bottles. They're all basically feeding the plants the same things. Organic ingredients or salts? Plants don't care about that either. The soil might over time with salt build up but there isn't any difference as far as the plant is concerned. Once the process of nutrient acquisition has taken place what has been acquired exists in the plant in the same form whether the initial source was organic or synthetic.

Inexpensive dry nutrients like MaxiBloom or Jacks will deliver the same as anything you've listed. Over the years I've used the GH Trio, GH FloraNova, Botanicare, and several others with no noticeable difference in the final product. The only difference was that some cost much more than others. The ingredients from the salt based nutrients all come from the same chemical factories. None of the cannabis nutrient companies make the calcium nitrate, monopotassium phosphate, etc... they use. They just buy it in bulk and mix it together. You're getting the same stuff regardless of brand.

Brand of nutrient is much less important than proper feeding and understanding plant nutrition. There are thousands and thousands of threads on this and other cannabis forums from people using a dozen bottles of some fancy cannabis specific nutrients having problem after problem because they overfeed their plants and are dumping way too much stuff on them. Then there are threads of people using MaxiBloom powder from seed to harvest that never experience any problems and have lush healthy plants up until the day they chop them.

Whatever you decide to go with just stick with the base nutrients and skip all the unnecessary additives they have.
Thank you for this! Basically what you are saying is that I can get away with feeding my plants with any general nutrients but not forgetting to add the micro nutes (if needed additionally) or just by bulding a good soil with slow release nutrients and just feeding water?
 

PopAndSonGrows

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I can confrm GH FloraSeries is a great nutrient line, plants respond to it well, and it's easily soluble.

I've personally used GH trio, and Athena Blended, and am now using GH FloraNova. As xtsho said though, the plant doesn't care.
 
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