I have been using
earth juice for a couple years now with no complaints. I know EJ seem's to get a lot of hate from some people and some people love it. The reason i initially started to use it was before i started to grow on my own a few years back i was growing with a partner in my house maybe 15 years ago. Back then we were growing an amazing afghi plant which had the best, and strongest smell i have ever smelled in a bud. So when i started to grow for myself 3 or so years back i figured i would stick with what worked good before. Now i use the
earth juice original grow and bloom, along with the
earth juice xatalyst (black strap molasses), and just recently picked up some meta-k for a potassium booster. I also have on hand some alaskan fish fertilizer, guano's,
calmg, and a few odds and ends that i will sometimes add once or twice throughout the grow. I have my
earth juice dialed in nicely these day's and i never seem to have any real leaf issues anymore. I have been growing the rockstar kush from med man and the stuff has a very pungent, skunky type smell and i have seen this strain grown with different nutes. I have seen it grown using
botanicare and the difference in smell from the EJ to the
botanicare is very noticable. The smell seem's to be masked with the
botanicare. Perhaps the yield's aren't quite as good with EJ than with some other hydro nutes out there, but for me i would sacrifice a bit of yield for quality. The EJ is fairly cheap as well, you can get a gallon for under $50, i don't know what some of the hydro nutes cost but i alway's hear how expensive they are. The
earth juice does drop your ph as well, maybe thats another reason some people don't like it, but if you bubble your mix first it will raise your ph so you don't have to use as much ph up. Anyhow, im just saying the stuff work's great for my need's and alway's deliver's a problem free crop of some very stinky buds. If anyone is using
earth juice or thinking of trying it and want's some help dialing it in let me know and i can give you a very helpful chart that helped me a lot.