Hi Team! I can’t stand the 9-10 bottles involved in my flowering solution. It’s just too much opening and closing and measuring. I also don’t like the new bottles, they leak from the neck. I do love the PH buffering.
What else is out there that is the best thing you can get for cannabis in coco?
Canna. Hands down the best nute lineup I ever used their full line up is rhizotonic, cannazyme, pk 13/14, canna boost and which ever of their base that you choose. They have specific canna coco. The cannazyme you only really need if you reuse your medium. You can do great with just the base and pk 13/14 but highly recommend the rhizo and boost!
Oh I use that, plus all the additives. I find the additives make a difference. I end up tailoring my solution to about 1200-1210 PPM and sometimes add Chitosan.
I used water bottles nutrients until I started wanting to know what I was putting in my plants. Boy, do they not want to tell you what’s in those water bottles…
Because other than PGRs you DON’T want, it’s the same damn 26 nutrients!
So why pay so much more for them?!
Dry nutrient salts from companies like www.hydro-gardens.com or Jacks are great for growing because now you can be sure about what’s in your nutrient solution AND what isn’t.
For example, I run hydro gardens’ 5-11-26 mix for hydroponics. Think of that as part A. I also add calcium nitrate. Think of that as part B of a standard two bottle nutrient line. Finally, I add epsom salt to boost magnesium and sulphur because it makes a big difference in the quality of the final product.
I went from AN to premixed soil several years ago and never looked back. The quality difference isn’t even comparable , not to mention the huge $ savings.
Back when I was using all those bottles I did learn that most strains did way better by me using half or even less of what their recipes called for. If I remember right I maxed out at 1200 ppm and saw much better results with ever plant at the time.
Here is a link if you want to try something on the cheap. If you are in the US, it’s just $30 to cover shipping.
There is enough in this package for a few runs and there will be some left overs.
I get by just fine with CNS17 and bloom pure blend pro. One bottle for veg one for flower. 5.8-6 ph 750-1250 ppm depending on strain. I used AN when I first started. I get 90% of the growth rate with several less bottles . I pay 30-35ish a gallon of it to my door and maybe use an once or 2 per feeding so it comes out pretty cheap and dirty cheap compared to AN. If you want to play chemist while you save money I believe @lefthandseeds formulates his from scratch and would help you I am sure.
I ran with Botanicare for years but got sick of the rising price so I switched to two part Mega Crop 3-4 months ago, and I’m glad I did! The two parts allows you to feed your plants at any stage of life by varying the ratio that you mix together.