Fox Farm VS Advanced Nutrients VS General Hydroponics

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guff6387

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I am just about to start a 24 pot ebb and grow system as soon as I get my card :bigjoint:, I have been using fox farm for my soil grows in the past and have some left. I plan on finishing off my fox farm in the ebb n grow system and then I plan on using the "Lucas Formula" (which I've heard can work w/ AN or GH).

Any advice on which I should go with between AN, GH, and FF? (I know AN is expensive but since i'll be legal I don't mind spending the extra cash for better taste/yield/potency.)

Also, has anyone tried Humbolt Nutes? My buddy owns a hydro shop and said they fried his plants, not sure which he used.
 
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nomis

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I have been using General Hydroponics (flora series) and have gotten great yields with no nute problems, lock-up etc. I especially enjoy using their online nutrient calculator for my reservoir water change, very accurate on PPM listed at values entered.
I replied on your other post ("what meter to get")---BlueLab combo meter hands down.
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guff6387

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I wonder if AN is even worth the extra money. My local hydro shop is trying to liquidate all their dutch master because no one is buying it, should i try to get some for cheap? Do you use the Lucas formula nomis?
 
wizard82

wizard82

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nomis said:
I have been using General Hydroponics (flora series) and have gotten great yields with no nute problems, lock-up etc. I especially enjoy using their online nutrient calculator for my reservoir water change, very accurate on PPM listed at values entered.
I replied on your other post ("what meter to get")---BlueLab combo meter hands down.
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I have alway used GH and loved it, so do my girls!
 
jnk420

jnk420

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I just recently started using FF, and have noticed a significant increase in growth and definitely stalk structure. I use the grow big, and tiger bloom. Going soon to get the big bloom.
 
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Michael Phelps

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Quick question, Ive been doing research on FF and it doesnt specify if its for soil or hydro, you can get a hydro version of grow big but i didnt see it for big bloom and tiger bloom so im kind of confused. I always though you could use FF for soil and hydro? Can someone just clarify for me real quick?
 
erkelsgoo420

erkelsgoo420

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Hands down advanced. I say run all three and decide for urself. But bud candy grow bloom hammerhead and cal mag will make u happy in the pants imo
 
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Illegal Smile

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Everybody like what they use which makes sense because if they didn't they wouldn't be using it. But in that mix I have to add Humboldt. I am using Humboldt Master A & B and I have never had a grow where I never had a single leaf spot, never had a leaf curl up or curl down, nothing. And Ph swings in a narrower range. Worth a look I think.
 
doc111

doc111

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Michael Phelps said:
Quick question, Ive been doing research on FF and it doesnt specify if its for soil or hydro, you can get a hydro version of grow big but i didnt see it for big bloom and tiger bloom so im kind of confused. I always though you could use FF for soil and hydro? Can someone just clarify for me real quick?
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There is a soil and hydro version of Grow Big. Tiger Bloom and Big Bloom can both be used for soil or hydro.
 
anon1122

anon1122

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I have the fox farm hydroponic line including open sesame, beastie blooms and cha ching, I will also be adding humboldt's gravity towards the end. I'm growing dutch passion's white widow and I am 2 weeks in.
 
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guff6387

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anon1122 said:
I have the fox farm hydroponic line including open sesame, beastie blooms and cha ching, I will also be adding humboldt's gravity towards the end. I'm growing dutch passion's white widow and I am 2 weeks in.
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Well let me know how it goes, are you going to follow the EC range on the fox farm grow schedule and are you going to give FF @ full strength while adding that humboldt?

Does humbodlt have a feeding schedule?

Also, I over looked the lucas schedule and understand the ratio of GH products to use, but how do you know where to keep the PH/EC levels at certain stages of the grow?
 
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draw

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ok advanced is a waste of money if you ask me, i ran a cycle on it vs ff and there really was no difference. If you are keeping it area small and want less margin for error then less is more. I noticed on my advanced cycle they were more vulnerable to stress and yellowing bc you are having to open and measure from atleast 6 different bottles every feeding. Only way i would recomend advanced would be on a larger scale grow other than that keep it simple.
 
GreenThumbSucker

GreenThumbSucker

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I wouldnt worry about using Lucas for vegetative. It is in the budding phase where the Lucas formula does its magic.

On my present crop, I used BC technaflora (the kit that came with the ebb and grow) for the vegetative stage and switched to Lucas once I started flowering.
 
puffnpaint

puffnpaint

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First grow i used gh, grow went really well and i got some killer smoke, second grow all i had was what came with the bubbleponics system i bought last year. Went ok got decent smoke third grow ff, went really well till i used the tiger bloom, killed em all dead. Fourth grow same as third. Present grow, i went back to gh but im putting the ff enhancers in too. This crop is by far looking the best so far. Buds are about to start breaking branches, and i have a month left.lol all have been mango except for the third that was super silver haze and i was really bummed about losing those.
 
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