How long will organic nutes last if stored "improperly"

I have some botanicare nutrients along with bio root & armorsi silica and general organics cal mag.
I realize not all these are organic, so I assume the shelf life of them would be different.

They were stored outdoors throughout the fall/winter where they get some direct sunlight and have been exposed to snow, freezing temps, etc.

How can I tell if they're still good or not? Smell?
I have 1-2 thousand.dollars worth of nutes so hate to get rid of it all.
At the same time, I'd rather get rid of them as opposed to risk killing my medicine for the year.
The only plants I have to test them on are my full season seeds I just started.
That and the local pine trees.

As long as the bottle were closed they should be good.

CaliSmokes said:

As long as the bottle were closed they should be good.

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They had spigots on them that were closed and the 1 gallons had screw on lids that were closed. So, should be good as long as there's no funky odor?

Thank you so much for the reply!

ForeverGreen42 said:

They had spigots on them that were closed and the 1 gallons had screw on lids that were closed. So, should be good as long as there's no funky odor?

Thank you so much for the reply!

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Yeah man you will be good. I've used old nutes with sediment at the bottom. Just give it a gave it a good shake and all was good. Good luck on the grow !

Yeah as long as your lids were closed and especially if they were in plastic containers ....I'd use em

Just give each one a taste ....if they taste terrible there perfectly fine .....be sure to shake em really good before the taste test .....GL

CaliSmokes said:

Yeah man you will be good. I've used old nutes with sediment at the bottom. Just give it a gave it a good shake and all was good. Good luck on the grow !

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I was told you can put the bottle in a hot water bath and it will re dissolve the salts that precipitated out. I don't know if this is true as I haven't tried but according to a friend it works.

"How important are my marijuana plants to me?"


surely you have an outdoor garden that needs fertilizing

I use fresh properly stored Botanicare products and they never cause issues indoors.

CaliSmokes said:

Yeah man you will be good. I've used old nutes with sediment at the bottom. Just give it a gave it a good shake and all was good. Good luck on the grow !

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Thanks homie I really appreciate it!

Indacouch said:

Yeah as long as your lids were closed and especially if they were in plastic containers ....I'd use em

Just give each one a taste ....if they taste terrible there perfectly fine .....be sure to shake em really good before the taste test .....GL

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Thanks. Love the taste test haha.

chemphlegm said:

"How important are my marijuana plants to me?"


surely you have an outdoor garden that needs fertilizing

I use fresh properly stored Botanicare products and they never cause issues indoors.

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Unfortunately I have to haul water, so no, I dont have a veggie garden at the moment. You wouldn't use them?

everything I do in the garden has always succeeded for me. I think it would be dumb for me to
do anything different to save a few bucks. I wouldnt use them here but I have patients that depend on
timely repeatable provisions. prolly be fine, just wouldnt be worth the gamble for me. if using outside I'd be comfortable though

the freezing of the nutes would have me a bit leary.I have had organics go bad and I could tell.stuff was floating to the top.damn,1-2k worth of nutes?

chemphlegm said:

everything I do in the garden has always succeeded for me. I think it would be dumb for me to
do anything different to save a few bucks. I wouldnt use them here but I have patients that depend on
timely repeatable provisions. prolly be fine, just wouldnt be worth the gamble for me. if using outside I'd be comfortable though

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natureboygrower said:

the freezing of the nutes would have me a bit leary.I have had organics go bad and I could tell.stuff was floating to the top.damn,1-2k worth of nutes?

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Yeah for sure, I am using them outside, but am staying within plant count so would hate to loose a couple plants due to using them. I may try on one and see. Yeah I was buying 55 gallon barrels of nutes last year and ended up with quite a bit left over. 300-700 gallon containers use ALOT of nutes/water.

outdoor!! use them without fear my friend. give it a shake, mix up some gallons and ppm them, check make sure ppm is right...

chemphlegm said:

outdoor!! use them without fear my friend. give it a shake, mix up some gallons and ppm them, check make sure ppm is right...

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Thanks bro, much appreciated!!

you 55 gallon drum growers excite me! good luck stay safe