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JDMase

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So im currently using GH floranova nutes, I only use potassium silicate and hydroguard (in rockwool) and I wondered what supplements people use that actually work?
I considered switching to cannas total line but seeing as I already have a lot of the GH stuff I thought I might use it up.

I feel like there's ALOT to be desired with trichomes and bud size at the moment. Not sure what variables I can change to affect this. Thanks
 
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JDMase

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mjinc said:
If you want to stick with GH you could start using koolbloom
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Im no too fussed. Ive read a little into them and seen kool bloom isn't the best product out there and that they're all mainly high PK to stress the plant into producing more. I don't know how I feel about that.

It annoys me how much BS is in the canna industry. I want facts not marketed lies praying on the hopes and wallets of the uneducated.
 
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JDMase said:
Im no too fussed. Ive read a little into them and seen kool bloom isn't the best product out there and that they're all mainly high PK to stress the plant into producing more. I don't know how I feel about that.

It annoys me how much BS is in the canna industry. I want facts not marketed lies praying on the hopes and wallets of the uneducated.
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I used liquid koolbloom and floralicious. They both worked pretty well for me and I did increase yield over previous harvests without them but the problem is I never did side by side tests so I can't tell you it was because of the additives or because of experience.
 
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I'm running the advanced nutrients sensi grow and Bloom ph perfect line and only plan to use atami bloombastic as a pk boost (its the 14/15ww I have) I think there is a 20/21wv but don't quote me on that.
 
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Get yourself some Big Bud. I've used it since AN came out with it and compared it to others there is no comparison. I give the plants a half dose about a week before the flip to "prime the pump" as it were and within a week buds are popping up everywhere. Seems to really push out a lot of resin and grow phat colas.

You can get a small pack of the powder or a small jug of the liquid, (I prefer the powder and bought a 500g can a few months back), and use it on a few plants while using the "other" on a few and easily compare them.

I tried some of their Bud Ignitor with 1 plant in this grow that's about ready to crop and saw none of the great improvements they brag about. The colas aren't visibly larger or look like they have more resin on them than the four other plants that are all clones from the same mother and get exactly the same feed as that one. They all got BB too.

I've tried and am using OverDrive now because I got it half price but again don't see any big difference with it so won't buy more of that either.

The Big Bud works with any other nutrients and has lots of amino acids and 10% S with an NPK ratio of 0-15-35.

I use the Rhino Skin for silica as it works well with the pH Perfect nutes and doesn't raise the pH thru the roof. Mixes in easily too unlike the cheap bottle of potassium silicate I bought when I couldn't get the Rhino.

Good luck!
 
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Colanoscopy

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OldMedUser said:
Get yourself some Big Bud. I've used it since AN came out with it and compared it to others there is no comparison. I give the plants a half dose about a week before the flip to "prime the pump" as it were and within a week buds are popping up everywhere. Seems to really push out a lot of resin and grow phat colas.

You can get a small pack of the powder or a small jug of the liquid, (I prefer the powder and bought a 500g can a few months back), and use it on a few plants while using the "other" on a few and easily compare them.

I tried some of their Bud Ignitor with 1 plant in this grow that's about ready to crop and saw none of the great improvements they brag about. The colas aren't visibly larger or look like they have more resin on them than the four other plants that are all clones from the same mother and get exactly the same feed as that one. They all got BB too.

I've tried and am using OverDrive now because I got it half price but again don't see any big difference with it so won't buy more of that either.

The Big Bud works with any other nutrients and has lots of amino acids and 10% S with an NPK ratio of 0-15-35.

I use the Rhino Skin for silica as it works well with the pH Perfect nutes and doesn't raise the pH thru the roof. Mixes in easily too unlike the cheap bottle of potassium silicate I bought when I couldn't get the Rhino.

Good luck!
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I for one don't grow enough weed to justify running that many AN products. But I am using the ph perfect sensi grow and Bloom. Only gonna use bloombastic as a boost though
 
Colanoscopy

Colanoscopy

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I am seeing pistils a lot faster this run using AN though. Any pics I can see oldmeduser. It's fat Colas I'm after myself mate. Haha
 
OldMedUser

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budman111 said:
Its simply Amino Acids mate, you can feed the plants the exact same for 85% less $$$.
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There are hundreds of different amino acids and they are not all the same. For the $10 it might cost me to feed Big Bud to a batch of plants and end up with a pound of buds I'd rather use something that has been researched and proven to work with plants than take shots in the dark with unknown stuff.
 
OldMedUser

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Colanoscopy said:
I am seeing pistils a lot faster this run using AN though. Any pics I can see oldmeduser. It's fat Colas I'm after myself mate. Haha
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This is one of the colas in the garden now. Frost even on the bigger leaves and the bud leaves are as frosty on the bottoms as they are on the top. I love lots of sugary trim to make oil, hash and kief.

A pic doesn't prove much tho but I know if that plant had of flowered without Big Bud I wouldn't be using this pic as an example.

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OldMedUser said:
This is one of the colas in the garden now. Frost even on the bigger leaves and the bud leaves are as frosty on the bottoms as they are on the top. I love lots of sugary trim to make oil, hash and kief.

A pic doesn't prove much tho but I know if that plant had of flowered without Big Bud I wouldn't be using this pic as an example.

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Do you think that that bud would not be as big without the Bigbud?
 
OldMedUser

OldMedUser

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If I didn't know so I wouldn't use it. I've grown plants without it and the difference is easy to see when they are side by side.

I'm not saying other stuff couldn't do as well but I didn't see much better than just using base nutes with the few things I have tried over the years. When I find something that works well I tend to stick with it. The usual PK formulations are way too high in P in relation to K. Great for tomatoes but not optimum for cannabis.

A guy I know that grows pot trees bigger than his house and runs 20 plant RDWC grows in his basement during the winter used to use almost all the AN supplements but has dropped back to just a few. He swears by Bud Factor X and I've never tried that one so it's on my shopping list for some trials this winter.
 
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JDMase

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OldMedUser said:
If I didn't know so I wouldn't use it. I've grown plants without it and the difference is easy to see when they are side by side.

I'm not saying other stuff couldn't do as well but I didn't see much better than just using base nutes with the few things I have tried over the years. When I find something that works well I tend to stick with it. The usual PK formulations are way too high in P in relation to K. Great for tomatoes but not optimum for cannabis.

A guy I know that grows pot trees bigger than his house and runs 20 plant RDWC grows in his basement during the winter used to use almost all the AN supplements but has dropped back to just a few. He swears by Bud Factor X and I've never tried that one so it's on my shopping list for some trials this winter.
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Ive seen a sample line of all of AN's stuff for £50 for 50ml of each. I am interested by the big bud and bud factor X, would it be a waste to get the whole line or are there specific ones you use?

My grow is kickin my ass this time round. Im worried im gonna be harvesting mainly popcorn - never had buds this small this far into a grow before. No idea what im doing wrong.

Coming up to week 5 now
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