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    Why Arent You Mixing Your Own Nutes?

    I have used several commercial brands and most list the ingredients on the bottle. I have found most come up short or add the minimum amount of micronutes. They also use cheap versions of compounds to save money, which is one of the reasons i have went to diy. I never had a layer of condensate...
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    Why Arent You Mixing Your Own Nutes?

    I find diy nutes much easier to use whether you have a small or large set up. Those instructions above does seem like a lot but its really not. All you have to do is measure, pour, and mix. You can make a five year supply in less than 5 minutes. This will save you time, money, and add confidence...
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    Why Arent You Mixing Your Own Nutes?

    Its sort of expensive at first, I think i spent $80 bucks for all the compounds but that $80 will last you a lifetime. However the results is what blew me away, i first noticed it in the leafs and then ultimately harvest. Its been five years of diy and i will never go back to commercial brands...
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    Why Arent You Mixing Your Own Nutes?

    This is where hydrobuddy comes in, after you add your ingredients in hydrobuddy it will separate the compounds automatically once you click on, "carry out calculation". In the results page you will notice it separated them into A and B. So for your grow nutes you will have two parts of each. I...
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    Why Arent You Mixing Your Own Nutes?

    Making your own diy nutes will save you hundreds if not thousands in hard earned cash. For example You can make a gallon of concentrate for pennies and you will know the plant has everything it needs, no more worries about deficiencies EVER. A lot of nute companies add the minimum amount of...
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    (Fatman's) DIY nutrient mixing guide

    Start with 250 ppm and go up from there. Mostly use feeding schedules as a guide.
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    (Fatman's) DIY nutrient mixing guide

    If youre thinking about mixing your own here is a basic break down of some helpful information. The ingredients listed below are called "salts", if you look on your commercial brand nutes they all basically use the same stuff. Some might call for nitric acid or other compounds not listed but...
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    Nutrients On Ebay

    There is a right way and a wrong way to buy on ebay. If you do it right ebay in almost all cases will have your back. I always had to learn the hard way by getting screwed. Ebay is very safe if you know how to buy and what to do when you get screwed over. Here is a few things i learned, 1...
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    Anyone Have A Hydro Recipe?

    I have been using fatsmans for awhile and been doing great. However i would like to try some other recipes for the hell of it and do some comparison grows. Added= As you can see by my profile I am mentally challenged and not very good at breaking down compounds by % so a simple recipe would be...
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    (Fatman's) DIY nutrient mixing guide

    About four years ago i came to this thread and have been using fatmans coco coir recipe ever since with awesome results. I did a grow comparison between foxfarms trio formula and fatmans coco coir recipe and fatman won hands down. The only thing i have changed was the concentration amount in...
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    Pure Essential Black Label Nutrients

    Just trolling yea nightmarecreature
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    Pure Essential Black Label Nutrients

    Tell your boss to lower his prices
  13. rshackleferd

    Diy Nutes, Why Is There An A And B Solution

    Its not missing anything smokey, keep on using it. This post is not about what is missing in nutes smokey.
  14. rshackleferd

    Diy Nutes, Why Is There An A And B Solution

    Not all of the diy nute formulas require calcium nitrate and magnesium sulfate, in fact there is only a couple that contain these two ingredients and still there is an A and B solution. Fox Farms, dyna gro, floranova, and others only contain one part for each while all of the diy nute formulas...
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    Diy Nutes, Why Is There An A And B Solution

    another example, There is the fox farms trio nute line GRO BIG, TIGER BLOOM, and BIG BLOOM. Gro Big is only chem nutes, there is no two parts to it. Then for the bloom cycle you have Tiger Bloom which is also a one part system containing only chem nutes. Then there is Big bloom it only contains...
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    Diy Nutes, Why Is There An A And B Solution

    Ok, You still havent answered my question.." Which is the whole point of this post.., So how does the other companies such as fox farms, dyno gro and others use just one part for each of the veg and bloom." btw..I have never used floramicro. There is also only one part to floragro unlike the...
  17. rshackleferd

    Diy Nutes, Why Is There An A And B Solution

    The florabloom i have been using does not require using or mixing anything else, it only suggest using the floramicro. I use the florabloom and floragro for all my grows. The floramicro is more or less a booster to each and not required. But anyhow, So how do you think the other companies such...
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    Diy Nutes, Why Is There An A And B Solution

    That nasty stuff they are talking about is the anti caking agents used in the base formula of their nute. Every company that i have seen except a couple list one part for veg and one part for bloom, one bottle or package for each cycle that contains their nutrient formula. For example florabloom...
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    Diy Nutes, Why Is There An A And B Solution

    Sorry i should have clarified the examples i posted with exact details with the full ingredients of the nutes i was asking about. However my question still remains, why is there two parts to diy nutes for each the veg nutes and the bloom nutes. And how do companies get around the two parts per...
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    Diy Nutes, Why Is There An A And B Solution

    fatman's Veg ppm Nitrogen 207Phosphorus 82Potassium 300Magnesium 45Calcium 120Sulfur 60Iron 10.00Manganese 5.00Boron 5.00Zinc 5.00Copper 1.0Molybdenum 0.09 Ounces Part ACalcium Nitrate 39.7Potassium Nitrate 17.2Ammonium Nitrate 9.2Iron Chelate 6.75 Part B Potassium Nitrate 17.2MonoPotassium...
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