The Best Nutrients?

Discussion in 'Growing Marijuana Indoors' started by killadaninja, Mar 9, 2007.

  1. Alot of opinions when it comes to nutrients, lets get to the bottom of it.
     
  2. 1. what are different nutrients and additives used for.
    2. why are different brands better or worse.
    3. what are from a scientific view the best nutrients around.

    1.1 BASE NUTRIENTS

    base nutrients are your core nutrients normally divided into
    vegative a/b and florral a/b. meaing normally base is made up of 2 nutrients put in your water seperately. 2 for veg growth and 2 for flowering. base nutrients are an absoulute nessesity for hydroponic
    growing and cannot be avoided. some examples below
     

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  3. a good idea for a thread. people can submit their personal favourite nutes for various mediums. good idea to show the npk of nutes too. generally higher nitrogen for veg and higher potassium and phospherous for flowering.. at least thats what i tend to go with.. huzzah!
     
  4. There are many many additives ranging from bloom boosters to root enhancers to enzymz micronutes, nutrient trace elements and even to some that claim to reduce node stretch and even enduce new growth.the most common additives are:

    PK 13/14 witch is a BLOOM BOOSTER. fast growing plants may need additional Phosphate (P) and Potassium (K).PK 13/14 stimulates floral development during the blooming phase, providing exuberant flowers and larger yields. Depending on the EC values and the type of growing medium used, this additive contributes to improved bloom and fructification. The form of the nutrients used requires a very small amount of absorption energy. This allows the plant to fully focus on blooming.

    MULTIENZYMS is a collective term for a wide range of useful enzymes, which are very important for plant processes. enzymes help to convert the plant's nutrients, strengthen its immune system, and help to dispose of residuals in the substrate
    (lots of plant boosters, and keep your plants healthy kind of additives, are just multienzymz in disguise)

    ROOT EXCELURATORS ensure the explosive growth of the roots and rid the plant of brown roots, root sickness and mold.

    TRACE ELEMENTS are used to prevent and correct deficiencies or imbalance in the assimilation of essential trace elements in ecological plant cultivation.

    these are 4 basics explained but there are 100z more although the average grower will proubly not encounter them. many additives can be fed to the plant through spraying on the foliage aswell as added to your nutrients.
    below are some examples of additives
     

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  5. oviously there are many nutes(nutrients) used for different purposes and conditions so quality judgement can be an issue, but why issit when 2 different brands go head to head in the same race, lets say indoors hydroponics, some come out on top?
    Now i dont want to turn this into a science lesson because we was all disfunctional at school '' hence why we grow weed '' :D but the answer is a little complex. Its all to do with chelates, im goanna keep this simple, chelates are agents that are basically responsible for the ease and performance of cosumption of nutrient by your plant. the more chelates in a nutrient mix the higher ratio of food your plant can actually use from it, hence why 2 of the exact same plants could be eating a 1100ppm mix from 2 differant brands 1 will suffer nute burn the other will not. this is because chelate concentration. plant 1 could only effectively use 700ppm from its food even though it has 1100ppm. whilst food 2 with the higher chelate ratio effictively delivers closer to the 1100ppm to your plant.
     
  6. I have used just about every nutrient widely availabe, untill i decided house&garden used with dna 1,2 and 3 and bud xl gave me by far the biggest buds. I stuck with them for years with amazing results (and would HIGHLY RECOMEND them) until i found www.advancednutrients.com I really cannot praise them highly enough. Their products are years ahead for example check this out http://www.advancednutrients.com/landing_pages/hammerhead_landing.html
    They actually discovered that PK 13/14 (which millions of people use) was the wrong ratio and so they made hammerhead. Ive used this product on 4 projects and can only say it makes me shake my head in disbellief every time i see the affects. The answer to this post is simple the best nutrients from a scientific point of view are BY FAR advanced nutrients. They will nute burn your crops at ec levels others wouldnt even feed your plants, due to the quality and chelate levels in thier food.thus working out cheaper yet more expensive for them. DONT take my word for it try them your self and i garuntee you will have the biggest brightest by far you have ever grown make sure you try hammerhead its out of this world. hope this guide has been of help to you. im out peaccceeee o ye and www.advancednutrients has a nutrient calculator on their site checkit out. g,g,g,g byyyeee
    o ye lool and happy growing
    :wave:
     

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