Hey, I just started a Hydroponic grow with a ebb and flow tray and a 14 gallon res. I am using General Hydroponics base Nutes and was not really happy with the results so far. Wanted to know the opinion on RIU's finest on what is should buy next? Want to switch to something that could increase yield and something possibly more balanced than GH.

I now some here swear by Advanced Nutrients. But is there others that can achieve similar yield without spending an arm and a leg? I would really appreciate any EDUCATED suggestions, but only if you have personally used the nute system yourself. Thank you! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!

GH is 1 of the best balanced systems out there i think, ever try the LUCAS formula? I use bontanicare Pure Bland Pro along with my GH and cant tell a difference. There is no magical nute to increase yeild, the plants can only take what they need. Now additives like worm casting tea, sea weed extract, benifical bacteria, fungis, those might help you out.

the nutes smp proposed may be a little much right now for you, i agree with you, personally i dont like GH base nutes, i now use pure blend pro and its amazing, if you dont want organic the best checmical nutes i have used so far is technaflora BC, first time using it i have such happy healthy plants

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ok im tired of reading what people think of other nute companys. what i want is to learn what the hell yal feeding your plants. i want to know what i will feed for the 1st wk of veg, 2nd wk of veg all the way to the end, using Advanced Nutrients. what i need to get for veg and flower? big bud? bud blood? piranha? etc. well whatever works for u it should work for me, right? ok, im flooding and draining 72 plants, 6000w, sunshine mix 4 ( drain go to plants outside) using GH nutes micro and bloom ( lucas fomula) not working for me. not getting what i want. so can i get schooled on Advanced Nutes. pls pm me instead cus once u post it would get to a battle of whos better and whos worse. arguing about companies will not get u no where just like politics and religion. use what works for u and thats it. happy token peace and love

I really think you missed the point of this thread. It wasn't a "who is better" competition. I already heard alot about AN and their line of of products, hell I bet they have an additive that promise's better luck with the ladies (human females, you know Advanced Nutrients are masters of the sales pitch!).

All joking aside I myself, am not happy with General Hydroponics solutions. They are fine but I dont really think while brewing this stuff they had cannabis coultivation in mind. While well, AN kinda started that way.

Never the less, I am asking fellow RUI'ers what personally worked for them. What made them happy, and their plants happy. No sales pitch, just some friendly suggestions. So far a got a few.

If you are sick of reading other people's posts asking about other nute companies because they are tired of being suckered into buying stuff 3 times the price of perfectly fine "other company" nutes then I suggest you start YOUR own thread.

If you need help learning how to use your AN nutes this isnt the thread for it, I do suggest you posting one up along the lines of "Got my AN NUTS! WOOT! Now what do I do?" and go buck crazy there. Sorry not trying to be rude, but you just did come accross crass there. Thanks.

I was leaning towards the Bontanicare line of ferts. Have you or anyone reading used their "base" nutes with good success. And yea I'm following with the lucas formula with my Flora line GH nutes. Wonder if I should rename this post to: What additives should I buy with my GH nutes? I want a carbo booster and a good root booster. I think I would do well with that added to my rouster. But like I said dont know what to get yet. Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks.

I use city water, not RO. My water comes out the tap at 48 ppms consistently. My ph is about 7 out the tap, which I lower to 5.2 where I am seeing the most promise. Unfortunately my ph does a bit of drifting which has me chasing my ph around, using a bit of PH Up/Down. This is sometimes a daily war. Anyways I brought this up because I heard somewhere that the standard line of GH Flora nutes arent nessisarily buffered for tap water, but that their Flora Nova nutes are better for tap water. If I can use less PH Up/Down it would be better, as they could be toxic for the plants in higher doses. What does everyone think?

Having city water, my water contains chlorine which, if im not mistaken kills beneficial bacteria?

i use GH nutes also with there expert recirculating formula, i average .75 g/watt . The key for GH is KOOLBLOOM liquid and dry, use the liquid throughout flower then 2 weeks w/ the dry (its the magic LOL)

oh crap sorry about that i had 2 windows open and was reading another. was meant for another thread my bad.