Advanced Nutrients Big Bud Powder

All, I have recently started using AN Big Bud powder, rated at 0-15-40. I am curious if anyone out there is using this as well. I am looking for a bloom boost, intense smell and crystals and size. What is good out there?

Right now I am in soil with drip irrigation, I have a 25 gallon tub that is my reservoir...

My nute soup is AN Sensi Bloom A&B, AN Bud Candy, AN X-Factor, Cal/Mag Plus and Big Bud Powder. To keep it constantly mixin I have a third pump sideways spraying towards the ground.

I am finally onto a system that is working for veg and now my girls flowering, I am not noticing heavy crystals or resin, more very fine crystals and stink is pretty intense though...at least on my NYCD, my carmelicious is 18 days in and i am noticing the starts of crystals...buds are small but growing....

Any and all input is appreciated.

A 0-15-40 is not what your plants will want going into flowering, I'll warn you of that. They need Nitrogen, so I hope another of those overpriced nutes has lots of N.

P and K is for blooming, yes your plants still need N...and the Sensi Bloom A&B has N in it as well as P and K....

N is for vegetative growth, buds need P and K to bud, any flower, plant does.

deflator said:

A 0-15-40 is not what your plants will want going into flowering, I'll warn you of that. They need Nitrogen, so I hope another of those overpriced nutes has lots of N.

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So you know, these plants have a part of their growth cycles called aggressive growth and bloom....thats when you increase dosage...I have tried blooming plants with mostly N rated at 5-1-1...buds didnt crystalize, no smell, looked deformed...

I hope you dont use just N for flowering....

So you know these nutes may be somewhat expensive, however, they work, i just don't know about the powder...

Also, AN is Canadian based, where they can test and develop nutes specifically for MJ.....right ratio's and micro and macro nutes make the plants perform better...

Way to buy into all the marketing. You used a 5-1-1 and you're lecturing me about nute ratios? LMAO

I never go above more than double one of the 3 macros to another except for PK boosts for fruit set. My program runs close to 1-1-1 the whole way through, with N bias in veg and PK bias in flower. My leaves stay lush dark green all the way through to harvest and I never drop one. My last yield was .12 gram watt above 1 gram/watt, with 3 plants and a 600w.

You asked for comments and then just repeated AN hype...get a book on plants

awesome brah! What strain were you growing, and were you feeding your girls organics? I assume your growing enviornment was well controlled too?

I also feel sorry for those who buy into the marketing of some of these Nute companies. AN does it about as good as anyone, that's why they are able to charge so much. Unfortunately, AN isn't even the company it use to be! Years back, they were dependable. Now I think the best why to discribe AN is "Unstable". They are not very consistant with their products these days, and that shit has been going on for years!!!

The Plants do need nitrogen during flowering to keep leaves alive they act as solar panels which create energy for plant processes, you don't need a fertilizer with 5-1-1 but a 2-7-7 would keep fan leaves alive much better so the plant could produce more energy for making buds and also have enough P and K for good bud production.

deflator said:

Way to buy into all the marketing. You used a 5-1-1 and you're lecturing me about nute ratios? LMAO

I never go above more than double one of the 3 macros to another except for PK boosts for fruit set. My program runs close to 1-1-1 the whole way through, with N bias in veg and PK bias in flower. My leaves stay lush dark green all the way through to harvest and I never drop one. My last yield was .12 gram watt above 1 gram/watt, with 3 plants and a 600w.

You asked for comments and then just repeated AN hype...get a book on plants

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Ok if its Hype, its also just and N P K game....

should help with flower production, no?

T>H>C said:

The Plants do need nitrogen during flowering to keep leaves alive they act as solar panels which create energy for plant processes, you don't need a fertilizer with 5-1-1 but a 2-7-7 would keep fan leaves alive much better so the plant could produce more energy for making buds and also have enough P and K for good bud production.

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Yes I totally agree, if AN is shitty, then they are, I will switch, was thinking of Tiger Bloom liquid anyway....

I agree with Nitrogen, I am not arguing that fact....I was merely trying to see if ANYONE else has used what I bought...or if someone could recommend something...that would be appreciated...my goal is sticky crystally buds...thats all. Not a Nute company war...

Then I read this....

https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/120645-advanced-nutrients-sensi-parta-b.html

Its a forum of opinions ....

I just try to steer people away from that crap. Alot of MJ specific products (like non-food boosters) are bunk. It's a surprisingly predatory industry.

AN seems to spend more on marketing than the rest combined, while offering an array of products that overcomplicate everything. I think they just take the traditional 2 part formula and split it up into as many different things as possible. And then they try to make it all seem simple by providing feeding charts for every step, like you can practice botany like fixing a damn car or something lol

I wonder if anywhere in that chart it says to actually look at your damn plant and see what it needs?

I use Ionic because it's local, reasonably priced, and uncomplicated. 2-1-1 veg, 1-1-3 flower, blending the two from flower on, gradually phasing the veg down to about 20% the solution. That and a 0-5-6, also from Ionic, to promote those nice flowering stresses at select times. I also use Pro-Tekt from Dynagrow, its a silica supplement that helps with temps and mold. I use metro-mix because it's cheap and has coco AND peat, a best-of-both-worlds soil-less mix.

Tw3nti3ight said:

All, I have recently started using AN Big Bud powder, rated at 0-15-40. I am curious if anyone out there is using this as well. I am looking for a bloom boost, intense smell and crystals and size. What is good out there?

Right now I am in soil with drip irrigation, I have a 25 gallon tub that is my reservoir...

My nute soup is AN Sensi Bloom A&B, AN Bud Candy, AN X-Factor, Cal/Mag Plus and Big Bud Powder. To keep it constantly mixin I have a third pump sideways spraying towards the ground.

I am finally onto a system that is working for veg and now my girls flowering, I am not noticing heavy crystals or resin, more very fine crystals and stink is pretty intense though...at least on my NYCD, my carmelicious is 18 days in and i am noticing the starts of crystals...buds are small but growing....

Any and all input is appreciated.

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i use super bloom with the big bud

Gotcha on AN and their bullshit....I am gonna stick with A and B for flower and veg....go from there, there is enough p and k based on your nutes....and, from that thread i posted....looks like AN is pretty strong, although my plants really arent burning..end tips very small though might be brown...so i am burning but i would rather be there than less...i grew with less and my shit sucked...I have 1200 watts in each veg and flower room, so my plants hit that aggressive part(or what I believe to be and that leads to my next point) but my plants really start shooting, my momm nycd did and shes 2 weeks in with buds but no crystal and smell...granted her buds just popped or became noticeable.

N O W

deflator said:

to promote those nice flowering stresses at select times..

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What are those times? See my buddy doin hydro died....so, i am on my own...i was studying his technicques and the lifecycle period...although his soil was nothing like mine, he shit... R I P

any whoo just looking for those signs so i know when to up...i know about 2 weeks into flower they start suckin hard....and end of flowering i believe? no?

I have a thread...

https://www.rollitup.org/organics/286553-my-shizzi.html

feel free to follow It is from my first grow...which hasnt been much...shits been suckin..... to present...big improvement...

Thanks for the tips on AN ...................OH

I use hydro nutes now cause of my irrigation system....fish emulsion isnt designed for that and watering cans are a pain.....timers are a wonderful invention.

Is that soil? Hydro nutes are not designed for use in soil. Soil nutes don't need to contain as much of the micros (Mg,Ca) since the soil has some already. This may not affect anything, but be aware you are giving more Mg and Ca than normal. Do you know about nutrient antagonism? http://www.totalgro.com/concepts.htm

Sorry to hear about your buddy. But you don't have to be completely on your own, a book or two is the best place to start. Mel Frank's book is where I started, it's a great read. You can get it for half price at red eye press's website for a "hurt" copy, at $10 it's a value and a half.

It's been awhile since I grew anything but auto-flowerers, and I don't like to give any kind of hard number because it's all about reading the plant, but 2 weeks into flower sounds about right. I like to hit them when the whole shoot has developed pistils...when it is getting hard to see any stem around them I mean, then again around when the first orange occurs in the pistils for a secondary burst of flowering.

deflator said:

Is that soil? Hydro nutes are not designed for use in soil. Soil nutes don't need to contain as much of the micros (Mg,Ca) since the soil has some already. This may not affect anything, but be aware you are giving more Mg and Ca than normal. Do you know about nutrient antagonism? http://www.totalgro.com/concepts.htm

Sorry to hear about your buddy. But you don't have to be completely on your own, a book or two is the best place to start. Mel Frank's book is where I started, it's a great read. You can get it for half price at red eye press's website for a "hurt" copy, at $10 it's a value and a half.

It's been awhile since I grew anything but auto-flowerers, and I don't like to give any kind of hard number because it's all about reading the plant, but 2 weeks into flower sounds about right. I like to hit them when the whole shoot has developed pistils...when it is getting hard to see any stem around them I mean, then again around when the first orange occurs in the pistils for a secondary burst of flowering.

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Yea sux ...thank you. He was a great friend...

Great thanks for this info! Awesome!

I know I may have a lil more than normal for calcium and Magnesium but I have a whole house filtration, not softener....so my water is really low in minerals and the soil and pots I have are just the right size for my girls to veg and flower in....so they use up those trace minerals...I have bigger pots for those I know that are female that I would like to be montsers....

So my trace mineral boost actually helps, it has stopped my white leave issue, causeed by iron deficiency....

Now with those trace minerals...my plants are very dark green and lush.

Ur avatar is nice, that is what I am trying to accomplish is something like that, then I am a pig in shit!

WHat is the deal with auto flowering plants? When do they start flowering? Never tried that route....

I was looking at my carm flowering and one bud the leaves really lightened...iron def...but the cal mag plus has greened her back up some, iron moves slow in these plants...so the bud will recover..and yes my AB solution has N in it to keep my girls green and vegetative all the way through harvest......

now my NYCD thats been flowering for some time, the bigger fan leaves N def'd a little...still attached and alive....i dont trim fan leaves at all unless the really N def ones....they come right off...its usually the lower leaves...

now the MILF NYCD all of her vegetatively is perfect...I love this strain. Going to remother again. Can't let it go, bud is pungenty sweet with a lil spice in ur nose

I dont top my plants....stresses em...i know more colas, but if u let a plant get big enough you willl get multiple cola's naturally....My Milf is gonna have like 5,6.

Goal....ounce each one....then I will be happy.

Tw3nti3ight said:

I was looking at my carm flowering and one bud the leaves really lightened...iron def...but the cal mag plus has greened her back up some, iron moves slow in these plants...so the bud will recover..and yes my AB solution has N in it to keep my girls green and vegetative all the way through harvest......

now my NYCD thats been flowering for some time, the bigger fan leaves N def'd a little...still attached and alive....i dont trim fan leaves at all unless the really N def ones....they come right off...its usually the lower leaves...

now the MILF NYCD all of her vegetatively is perfect...I love this strain. Going to remother again. Can't let it go, bud is pungenty sweet with a lil spice in ur nose

I dont top my plants....stresses em...i know more colas, but if u let a plant get big enough you willl get multiple cola's naturally....My Milf is gonna have like 5,6.

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same here.. no topi no lst just grow big pr go home...hahahaha

I was going to go buy the AN big bud powder for my next show.
I currently use there 3 part. With this stuff called hydroboost. It seems to be working.
Im all out of hydroboost and want to grab something differnt. I was thinking supernatural bloombooster. My stop owner recomended it.
The AN big bud only adds 200ppm per gal

mr.smileyface said:

I was going to go buy the AN big bud powder for my next show.
I currently use there 3 part. With this stuff called hydroboost. It seems to be working.
Im all out of hydroboost and want to grab something differnt. I was thinking supernatural bloombooster. My stop owner recomended it.
The AN big bud only adds 200ppm per gal

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Nice, thanks for the input. I may look at another booster... the powder clogs my drip heads from time to time...I use Sensi Grow and Sensi Bloom...grow has been awesome so far! I transplanted a clone on 5-1 and she's about 2.5 feet tall now...crazy!

I use 6 Tablespoons for 20 gallons of water.....havent hurt my plants yet with the powder....and I water the girls with it from a can, 1 tablespoon to 2 gallons of water....