Botanicare Sweet Carbo Berry or Citrus carbohydrates additive

Yes, terpenes play a larger role in what we interpret as flavor. More or healthier terpenes will possibly increase the NATURAL taste of the weed. It won't change the taste, it will enhance it, just like a superior root system will enhance flavor! Doing everything right in your grow will enhance flavor.

I could sell a special "weed" manual that if followed, is guaranteed to give you better tasting weed.
1.)Water, but not too much.
2.)Fert, but not too much.
3.)Wait one week later than you want to and harvest....

Voila, better tasting weed. That'll be three fitty.

I must emphatically reenforce #3.. Premature weed just fucking sucks on all accounts, and is probably the biggest culprit in undesirable results!!!
Its important to remember that growing is a business to alot of ppl, and in business a fast return on investment is highly desirable.. Selling seeds is also a business, so the majority of seedbanks understate the optimum flowering period (especially on indicas and fast flowering hybrids) in order to appeal to these impatient/commercial growers..
I'd highly advise any new grower to stagger harvesting to experience the difference.. I remember joking with a buddy that somebody must have broken in and laced his WW at day 70, even though trichs seemed acceptable a week earlier..
On the same note, anybody growing outdoors would be extremely wise to select a strain guaranteed to finish properly in their climate because less prestigeous faster finishing strains will yield much better smoke than premature, famously chronic genetics..

Edit: And I ain't no pushover, I ain't giving you no three fitty, get your own three fitty..

I'd be willing to bet money that the vast majority of ailments and nute burns come from "pushing" the plant. Want to cut back on all the problems? Quit dosing it like the plants a meth addict. Let the plant breath and do its thing..... push push push...then "what happen'd to my girls post"...... I've seen so many of those posts.

Im not talking about imparting a flavor to the weed thats rediculous. All Im saying is that the weed will have a more pronounced flavor and aroma. Like if you used it on garden vegitables. Wouldnt those veggies taste better using something like sweet or flora nectar? Am I wrong on this one?

CrackerJax said:

That's called the "bait and switch" You don't want this one, you need THIS ONE!! Plz do let us all know how it turns out.

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Bait and switch or no, I had every intention of purchasing the item, either flavor. The fact he said I should go with the other one gave me the inclination he had experience with the product, they cost the same it was of no benefit to his or the shop to "switcheroo". Also the shop is great, one of my favorite places to wander around, all the cool stuff and toys i see here at RIU is right there!!

this came of defensive i swear that wasn't the intention. just bragging about the grow shop

IMO hydro shops are good for phosphoric acid, strong H2O2 if you need that, and RW I suppose.. Oh and its nice when they carry basic salts to build your own blends.. Pretty much anything else can be substituted effectively for a much lower price..

CrackerJax said:

I'd be willing to bet money that the vast majority of ailments and nute burns come from "pushing" the plant. Want to cut back on all the problems? Quit dosing it like the plants a meth addict. Let the plant breath and do its thing..... push push push...then "what happen'd to my girls post"...... I've seen so many of those posts.

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True dat.. Its especially sad watching these eager beavers toasting their seedlings by simply trying too hard.. With seedlings though another thing often overdone is light intensity regardless of canopy temperature.. IMO ppl should fear burning them out alot more than a little bit of stretching..
Think about it, in nature a seedling has a competitive canopy to overcome if it wants direct sunlight.. (Perenials etc).. They're adapted to a bit, sometimes alot of shade in their earliest days..

I know cracker Jack I get a little stoned on my way to the store and my mind forget that plants don't know flavor..
I'll never buy it again...stick with molasses

Anybody ever taste these things?? Do they taste like they're labeled??

the berry concoction of have smells like berries... berries halfway through composting, but you can smell something going on. haven't tried it... give it to mikey! yeah! he'll try anything!!

Buy a grape press, crush some organic juice and get back to me...

R1b4z01d said:

I am wonder what version of Botanicare's Sweet you guys/gals use. I have been using berry but I wonder if anyone uses citrus. Whats the difference?

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Only difference is that your wallet is lighter and the vendor's is heavier.


.....and so goes the cannabis biz.

yeah and theres growers who say flushing is not necessary. So its all a matter of personal opinion.

well i'll say this... a branch i just trimmed down on my closet beast... i snipped off a little bud/leaf and uh.. it tasted like a fucking fruit salad!! not really... but it was really sweet.

CrackerJax said:

Bingo!! You get a cookie...

You can finish with molasses, maple, or cane syrup but in the end your weed will taste the same all else being equal....

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as long as the plant can uptake it. I know that berry is not going to make my strain taste like berry, same as citrus.

Carbs just allow the strain to grow to its fullest potential (releasing its best flavors and aromas).

But what is the difference between the two?

anhedonia said:

is sweet used all the way through flowering or do you stop feeding it for the last 2 weeks?

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I use this Schedule:
http://www.botanical.com/hydro/nutrients/BotanicareFeedSchedule_0507.pdf

But I add it in Veg too. It seems to make the stems stronger/stiffer.

Its more for microbes, most plants don't uptake much sugar at all.. They make their own from primarily water, CO2 and light energy.. Soil microbes though use sugars as an energy source and release good stuff for plants to uptake.. Plants like cannabis do actually release sugars from their roots.. Mainly in later season, it symbiotic.. I thought we'd covered this..

to all the people recommending molasses instead of the "flavored" products. sure the flavor is just marketing.. but introducing molasses, which is essentially sugar, to water in a hydroponic res along with other nutrients. sounds like a recipe for bacteria, not healthy plant growth. sweet carbo and floranectar are the hydro-growers answer to molasses carbo loading.

Does anyone know how to make this stuff? I see its made from sugar epsom salt and iron. So is there a recipe for "sweet"?

Alot of bacteria are good.. Primarily aerobic ones.. Soil is packed with them.. You can do symbiotic hydro grows, but it can get rough if you aren't on the ball and/or don't have sufficient O2, but its generally unadvised.. I did a couple goes with goldfish and supplimentary bacteria that convert waste to uptakable forms.. Worked well, but was kind of a pain and killed alot of fish!
Hydro carb suppliments contain the enzymes these bacteria etc produce to do that without the bacteria, and I don't know what to think of that because alot of these things only use carbs to assist in the production of non carb compounds..
I switched to soil though, and like that waay more..
Anyways, bacteria etc can thrive in hydro systems with or without carb addition (the plants do dump sugars from their roots remember).. To reiterate though, carb loading is about helping bacteria etc thrive..