Favorite additives

Everyone has a nutrient line they like, and most of us have a nice formula.mix they stick with. But then once in a while we throw in an addition to this mix to see if it helps. This post is to see what little things make a big difference.

for example. I have run the technaflora recipe for success for a long time now, but about 4 months ago I added in Rock Resonator. This isn't the first additive I had tried, but it was the first to make a notable difference. It increased my yield slightly but more noticeably it increased the resin production and stickiness of my bud dramatically helping with bag appeal. ---- I add 2.5ml per gallon during

That is what I want, an addition you have made, a single nute that has made a difference, tell me why you like it, what its called and when and how much you use.

Someone mentioned bloombastic to me anyone ever use this?

no one uses additives?

The only additive I use in addition to nutes is Protekt during veg. Never bothered with all the other stuff, most of it is overpriced and claims are over-inflated...at least, to this suspicious old grouch they are.

BTW, I grow coco/hempy style with CNS17 nutes. Dead simple, ideal for a lazy geezer like me.

so protect is veg only? What does it do exactly, I'm not so much interested in the npk and what not, but more what have you noticed it does to your plants that makes you continue using it and to recommend it?

My favorite additives are fertilizer, hydrogen peroxide, and occasionally a little bleach. Sometimes I put in a little B1 if I am transplanting or recovering from some shock.

I don't use dorky products with names like scarey monster or Frankenstein juice.

JoshTheMadTitan said:

so protect is veg only? What does it do exactly, I'm not so much interested in the npk and what not, but more what have you noticed it does to your plants that makes you continue using it and to recommend it?

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Protekt is a potassium silicate solution...the silicon helps the plant build strong branches and seems to help with both heat and overall disease resistance. You don't HAVE to have it, it's just that it's cheap and noticeably effective...which fits my miserly soul just fine. I use an eyedropper full per gallon of nute solution throughout veg and the first 2 weeks of flower, then discontinue.

well that's what im looking for as of now I am looking at bloombastic and rock resonator for flower (along with the lucas formula) and I don't have any additives for veg and idealy I would like one ore two noticeable additives for both stages so this is worth looking into thank you

JoshTheMadTitan said:

Someone mentioned bloombastic to me anyone ever use this?

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I have used it, it contains PGR's, the best additive without even a shadow of a doubt is roots excelerator. Within a 3-4 days you have HUGH furry roots...now who does not want this?

GreenThumbSucker said:

Sometimes I put in a little B1

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You are wasting your time & money, B vitamins are a myth and a con.

Feroce said:

The only additive I use in addition to nutes is Protekt during veg. Never bothered with all the other stuff, most of it is overpriced and claims are over-inflated...at least, to this suspicious old grouch they are.

BTW, I grow coco/hempy style with CNS17 nutes. Dead simple, ideal for a lazy geezer like me.

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like Feroce here i'm a coco hempy grower and i only jump in because it was the Techniflora recipe for success that the growshop guy sold me when i first started out and i used it with good success for over a year before i switched to organic soil, ...mostly because i got tired of mixing up different formulas for the different stages of life.

...anyway, to make a long story short, after about a year of futzing with the organics i abandoned that route as too difficult to maintain a balanced ecosystem in small bins of soil and i switched to coco hempy's KISS style and i've never looked back.

...i used MaxiBloom exclusively, from seed to harvest, with Silica Blast as a ph down additive because it also makes for a healthier plant with firmer stems, ...the added silica is also supposed to boost potency but i can't swear to that, lol, ...i DO know that it sure didn't hurt.

anyway, about 6 months ago i switched from the Maxi to Jack's Pro which already has enough silica in it out of the box so i've done away with the silica blast and am now just using Jack's.

i'm in a new apartment and i just harvested my third crop with the Jack's and my fourth is now 15 days in and all i can say is WOW, ...so far at least, every grow just gets better.

anyway, i'm looking forward to hearing about additives so that once i get dialed in with just the Jacks i'll be able to introduce additives and i'll KNOW pretty quickly whether or not they add anything to the mix in my garden or if they just add my money to some corporate asshole's pocket.

peace, bozo

budman111 said:

You are wasting your time & money, B vitamins are a myth and a con.

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I tend to think differently about B vitamins, its critical especially when young.

I use voo doo juice in veg, one application. It is not cheap to buy but if used correctly goes a long way and the results are worth it. In flower I run sensizym through the whole cycle, by the end I have roots the size of your pinky finger.

They like something Im doing??

Sir.Ganga said:

I tend to think differently about B vitamins, its critical especially when young.

I use voo doo juice in veg, one application. It is not cheap to buy but if used correctly goes a long way and the results are worth it. In flower I run sensizym through the whole cycle, by the end I have roots the size of your pinky finger.

They like something Im doing??

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MOre B.S from you. read up sir UMmm ganja
http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~Linda Chalker-Scott/Horticultural Myths_files/Myths/Vitamin B1.pdf

chuck estevez said:

MOre B.S from you. read up sir UMmm ganja
http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~Linda Chalker-Scott/Horticultural Myths_files/Myths/Vitamin B1.pdf

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thanks for the link although why you thinks its necessary to disagree with someone so rudely is beyond me, ...this is definitely NOT civil discourse.

peace, bozo

Well if its on the internet...it must be true. Are you the french model?

Did you even read this???

"Vitamin B-1 (thiamine)
is an important component of tissue culture media, in which isolated plant tissues
can be propagated"

and


"Healthy soils contain beneficial microbes that synthesize thiamine as well"

Its too bad you didn't read before posting. B vitiams are a critical factor, there are many growers out there with that require it because of their mediums.

If your talking about b vitiams for rooting ...my friend...your info is about 10 years old.

Do some reading and better yourself.

more and more bs every day this site is up and running, 50 people saying it will work, 50 people saying it can't work and another 50 taking both sides.

i have used bloombastic for over 20 grow cycles and i can't see me stop using it any time soon, snake oil or not , over priced or not, it works!.

to the original poster as you might have guessed i like bloombastic but it is much more than just an "additive" i use it in varying strengths from 3 weeks in bloom.

i have also completed multiple cylces using nothing but canna coco A+B and bloombastic nothing else and got over one gram per watt of the best quality bud.

i also really like canna rhizotonic, very similar from roots excellerator from what i can see, it works really well.

Sir.Ganga said:

Well if its on the internet...it must be true. Are you the french model?

Did you even read this???

"Vitamin B-1 (thiamine)
is an important component of tissue culture media, in which isolated plant tissues
can be propagated"

and


"Healthy soils contain beneficial microbes that synthesize thiamine as well"

Its too bad you didn't read before posting. B vitiams are a critical factor, there are many growers out there with that require it because of their mediums.

If your talking about b vitiams for rooting ...my friend...your info is about 10 years old.

Do some reading and better yourself.

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did you read this part genius?
Applying vitamin B-1, or thiamine, to root systems of whole plants does not stimulate root growth. This
is a myth that refuses to die, though it has been repeatedly refuted in the scientific literature. To
understand why, it helps to think about this in a historical perspective.

or finish posting that paragraph,
Plants in the field manufacture their own source of thiamine and it is therefore unnecessary to add any
additional levels

Well I suppose at this point bloombastic is my top runner, the question I have is, because I run a 6 pot UC system with plants in varying stages, can I add 2ml of bloombastic from week one in flower without harming the plants?

I don't had b nutes for root growth.. I add b1 when there are no roots

JoshTheMadTitan said:

Well I suppose at this point bloombastic is my top runner, the question I have is, because I run a 6 pot UC system with plants in varying stages, can I add 2ml of bloombastic from week one in flower without harming the plants?

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the thing is it is a ripener/ hardener so giving it too early will harm your yield in some way i would imagine, never tried it though so i can't say for sure.

why are you growing plants at different stages on one res though?, no offence intended but that could be a recipe for some very poor bud.

the max strength application rate is 1ml/l i have gone to 1.5ml/l before but didn't really see any differing results. it is also very sludgy which could be a problem in re-ciculating systems.

let us know what you decide to do