Homebrewed hydro nutes

You'll be better off accepting two important facts- that better fertilizers generally grow larger, more potent buds; and that lower quality ferts are much more likely to allow deficiencies or other problems that can seriously affect yield & potency. Giving your plants good, wholesome foods will end up providing you with much more for your time & money, as well as drastically decreasing the chances of losing most if not all of what you put into the grow.

For example, a $20 box of high-P Guano might be enough Phosphorus to grow four pounds of top-quality trimmed & dried buds. A $10 box of cheap high-P fertilizer may only support half that yield of considerably lower quality bud with a greater chance of problems. Even if the cheaper stuff managed to grow three pounds, you'd have given up a pound of bud and the potency you could've had just to save ten bucks. A single eighth of great bud can provide you with enough money to get all the best fertilizers for pounds of personal pot. Just avoiding the frustration of seeing your babies unhealthy and trying to identify & fix the problem is worth the little extra money.

Some garden centers sell many wonderful, organic ferts in bulk for a couple bucks per pound. Before you have lots of pot to fund your future grows, you could just purchase what your current grow needs for very little money. If you don't know of any close stores that have these, separately Google "Garden Center" "Nursery" and "Hydroponics", each with your zip code or city name in the search field. Click on the little map and call the nearest & best rated businesses.

Some suggestions for keeping starting costs down include making nutrient teas yourself rather than buying pre-made teas; saving the majority of your best foods for flowering; and purchasing few or even just one great fertilizer for the primary food source and adding any missing nutrients to it through less expensive ferts.