how much did you spending on nutes this run? have you ever considered mixing your own nutes?
fwiw, i've run some numbers on h&g nutes. it's difficult to analyse them because they don't have a guaranteed analysis, and their ingredients are specious. from what i can see, the aqua flakes regimen isn't significantly different than AN connoisseur (5-4-10) or
botanicare power flower (2-2-5), and
shooting powder is basically 49g of MKP (0-52-34). in fact,
shooting powder brings the NPK to roughly that of ripe or overdrive.
The total amount it cost me to run
House & Garden for one run on 30 lights including both Veg. and Bloom is just under $5,000
not including the discount I get at the
Family Hydroponics Store I shop at. When I used to use
Advanced Nutrients it would cost me $7,000 a run
not including my discount. I get better results from
House & Garden and
House & Garden is cheaper and easier to use then
Advanced Nutrients. A no brain-er if you ask me. I have used Connoisseur before and it connoissucks (Kinda Sucks) In my opinion. It's way to over priced and doesn't live up to its claims. That shouldn't be a surprise though, considering that all of
Advanced Nutrients products follow in suite.:no
As for mixing my own nutrients, this is something I have not tried... I think you will be hard pressed trying to duplicate
House & Garden. I know for a fact, that there are companies out there,
Advanced Nutrients being one of them, trying to reverse engineer or duplicate
House & Garden specifically
Roots Excelurator. These are companies with deep pockets and extensive research teams and yet they still have had no success... Hey, who knows? You might get lucky... But if you ask me, its a shot in the dark.
bd:hunter::hunter:
Great show Ben! I am amazed by the root mass you had in those 13 gallon buckets. I bet once Jack finishes his run and has a similar mess of roots CC will start making something bigger.
So what did you max out on ppm wise? I know OG and Skywalker are touchy and it's not wise to go to hot on them. You have definitely made me a believer in the full H&G lineup. As soon as I burn up my AN stuff I'm making the switch.
Thanks man!
Yeah, the root mass filled up those buckets pretty good. I'm sure Jack will easily do the same. I keep hearing rumors of
Current Culture developing a larger bucket for the
Under Current. I'm willing to bet that UCMENOW might have some insider information on this. Lets see if he chimes in...
In regards to my highest PPM levels in the
Under Current this run, They reached upward of 1900 PPM. I would not recomend taking your plants this high unless you are extremely in tune with your plants and RCDWC.
Make the switch to
House & Garden and thank me later! Trust me, you will never look back...
bd
Thanks Ben. Hope your trimming is going smoothly. Looking forward to the final results.
Going to run the skywalker og kush soon, looks promising. Been searching for info on here.
Thanks!
Run it! Like a gold digger, she doesn't put out much but she's a looker.
bd
Sorry to break it you... but you are "THE MAN" :muscle I would like to think i speak for everyone when I say you're an inspiration at the least Ben.. Thanks again!
HaHaHa!
Right on man. I'll agree with you on the inspiration part at most.
Thanks.
bd