Substituting cal-mag plus for base?

I use botanicare kind nutrients. Im running short on my base. Would.it be feasible to su substitute cal-mag plus for my base. They are real similar. I think I would need to double the dose tho. The cal mag plus has half as much nitrogen. Doubling would give me the same nitrogen but a little more calcium than the base has. The cal-mag plus has a small amount of chelated iron and the base doesn't. Would this affect things much. Im on day 28 of flower. Pics of ingredients.

Day 28 flower: I urge caution here why not get another can of botanicare it may save you the crop?

vostok said:

Day 28 flower: I urge caution here why not get another can of botanicare it may save you the crop?

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Im waiting on it to be shipped. Didnt realize how long it would take. Im not planning on substituting all of the base. Just some to stretch it. I know its not ideal. The girls are drinking 10 gal at a time. 3 out of the 10 I substituted with cal mag last night. Doubled the dose to match the nitrogen.

i'd be most worried about the lack of almost every Micro

rkymtnman said:

i'd be most worried about the lack of almost every Micro

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They dont list micros usually? The cal mag has more nutrients judging by the label.

micros are generally in the base afaik. my cal mg is just cal nit and mag sul.

Mexicanhedies2003 said:

They dont list micros usually? The cal mag has more nutrients judging by the label.

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Most nutrients list trace minerals.

Well that CalMag Plus is made from calcium nitrate and magnesium nitrate. The Base is calcium nitrate and ammonium nitrate. I don't see why you couldn't use it.

There is Base, Grow, and Bloom with that particular nutrient. The Grow has the micronutrients. The Base is just calcium and ammonium nitrate. Their marketing nonsense talks about Groundbreaking Control. It's a damn bottle of calcium nitrate mixed with water. Nothing Groundbreaking about that.

xtsho said:

Well that CalMag Plus is made from calcium nitrate and magnesium nitrate. The Base is calcium nitrate and ammonium nitrate. I don't see why you couldn't use it.

There is Base, Grow, and Bloom with that particular nutrient. The Grow has the micronutrients. The Base is just calcium and ammonium nitrate. Their marketing nonsense talks about Groundbreaking Control. It's a damn bottle of calcium nitrate mixed with water. Nothing Groundbreaking about that.

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Thanks man. I was thinking they were very similar.

xtsho said:

Well that CalMag Plus is made from calcium nitrate and magnesium nitrate. The Base is calcium nitrate and ammonium nitrate. I don't see why you couldn't use it.

There is Base, Grow, and Bloom with that particular nutrient. The Grow has the micronutrients. The Base is just calcium and ammonium nitrate. Their marketing nonsense talks about Groundbreaking Control. It's a damn bottle of calcium nitrate mixed with water. Nothing Groundbreaking about that.

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I agree, a little liquid karma wouldn't hurt