fox farm soil trio nutrients American and Canadian feeding schedule Canadians use half as much products why ?

[biggerbud420]

so the first pic is the American schedule second is the Canadian why do they tell Americans to use more ? in canada you dont even use big bloom at all

 

[mysticepipedon]

Good question. Are they the same products with the same concentrations?

In week 2, that's close to 3X as much Grow Big, if they're the same.

 

[GarrPhunk]

Maybe we are more likely to be dumbass and follow their schedule ?!?!?!
JS
- from experience; it won’t fry them, but without regular flush you will lock them out.

 

[Kidkaos70]

That’s why I never use more than Half Of what the bottle says.

 

[CrazyColas]

Not sure, and I’m a rookie outdoors grower, but nutritional requirements are all over the place on the intertubes. I did like the notion of a blast of vitamin B-complex when the sex is just being determined, and now that the buds are set, I blast it about every ten days with Tiger Bloom. Stay away from N. It is a weed you know…

 

[biggerbud420]

i do not see why the feeding schedule would be different in anyway really in the u.s it's 12 or more things but in Canada it is 6 things maybe Canada has something in there air and water we dont

 

[nashobaTHC]

Maybe someone should ask Fox Farm directly why there are different feed schedules for Canada and the US and post the FF reply to this site.

 

[biggerbud420]

Maybe someone should ask Fox Farm directly why there are different feed schedules for Canada and the US and post the FF reply to this site.

i just asked them

 

[PauliBhoy]

I think the differences are just so the US feed chart can be given in Imperial volumetric units (tsp) rather than ml which are more precise.
I'd go with the Canadian chart.

In week 2, that's close to 3X as much Grow Big, if they're the same.

No, the Canadian one is given per liter of water rather than per gallon so they're about the same.
4 ml/gal x 3.79 liters/gallon = 15.14 ml/gal
3 tsp/gal x 4.93 ml/tsp = 14.79 ml/gal

 

[biggerbud420]

do they not sell the other products in Canada ?

 

[PauliBhoy]

4 ml/gal x 3.79 liters/gallon = 15.14 ml/gal

Sorry this should be
4ml/liter x 3.79 liters/gallon = 15.14 ml/gal

 

[matsc]

So I notice that at least some of the ingredient labels are different between CA and US. For example, CA's Ocean Forest doesn't mention bat guano. Presumably that's why Canada doesn't have "Big Bloom", as that is basically guano and earthworm casing tea.

I'm guessing as such, the formulations of Tiger Bloom and Grow Big were adjusted to compensate for that difference, hence the alterations in feeding schedule. I'm guessing they add in the micronutes that would otherwise have been in the third part, maybe with some simple inorganic salts to bring the NPK numbers back up to parity as well.

 

[biggerbud420]

there email response about it

Good Morning Kelly,



Thank you for contacting FoxFarm, I’m happy to help!



We have a Canadian and US schedule because there are limited products for sale in Canada at this time.



If you have any other questions please do not hesitate to contact us. To learn more about our company, new products, and download our latest feeding schedules please visit www.FoxFarm.com.



Caelidh

Product Support Specialist

FoxFarm Soil & Fertilizer Company

(707)443-4369 office

 

[TheBadChoice]

Don’t you love the typical because “it’s limited supplies” answer just total ignores the fact that those schedules were made up years before “”well the world turned upside down but still such a lame answer. Email them back asking the same thing but prior too 2015 they might have an answer maybe lol

 

[matsc]

Don’t you love the typical because “it’s limited supplies” answer just total ignores the fact that those schedules were made up years before “”well the world turned upside down but still such a lame answer. Email them back asking the same thing but prior too 2015 they might have an answer maybe lol

I think (could be wrong) the "limited products" refers to the fact some of their stuff just isn't sold up north (like Big Bloom). Granted, it's still a really... useless... response either way.

 

[TheBadChoice]

I think (could be wrong) the "limited products" refers to the fact some of their stuff just isn't sold up north (like Big Bloom). Granted, it's still a really... useless... response either way.

Oh that I didn’t know but does make some sense I guess…. I mean here in NY certain products can’t be shipped because of ingredients or product content.

 

[DougDawson]

I know this is an older post but came across it and wanted to respond. The American and Canadian versions are different. There are issues importing some ingredients into Canada. Fox Farms fixed this by opening a facility here so we can buy both the Canadian version and the American version. The American version has microbes ban bat guano that is not in the Canadian version and it's 50% more expensive. Also when you look at the Canadian package it says 60% organic while the American does not. I believe they addended chemical nutes to make up for the missing ingredients. The bags look the same but easy to tell which version you are buying at a glance as the Canadian version has French and English on the back of the bag.