Best hydro nutrients for aroma
I'd like to take a little survey of what all of you hydro growers out there have noticed insofar as nutrient lines and how they affect the smell of the final product, all other things being equal. I know that drying and curing have an important affect on the smell as well, and that may be incorporated here if one so chooses. Here are some of my observations for the lines I've tried thus far. General Hydroponics Flora series, Dutch Master complete line, House and Garden line minus Algen extract, Shooting Powder and Amino Treatment. I noticed that the aroma was strongest with Dutch Master followed by House and Garden, then GH. I'm not sure what it is in the DM line that makes the odor so powerful (in a good way), but boy does it make the smell strong. Interestingly, the DM line didn't make the plants reek that bad but after drying and curing, the smell was quite powerful. House and Garden on the other hand make the plants smell much more, but after drying and curing, the odor wasn't as strong as DM. This could be attributed to slight differences in drying time and ambient humidity between the DM harvest and the H&G harvest as well. I'm trying to think of any possible variables. I really do like the H&G line very very much though, I just wish it had the same affect on aroma as DM. Perhaps the additives I left out would make a difference?
I'd love to hear your experiences.
I generally dont equate specific brands to smell, aroma or even taste. IMO it comes down to genetics,grow method, drying and curing.
I would advise against peeps getting twisted on what brand to use or marketing but If you are interested in brands, dont just swap on an ad-hoc basis but investigate 'why' it might work better.
It depends 0on how you define final product. If you mean right after it is cut, or even after it is dried, it doesn't matter. Cure it correctly and long enough, and it won't matter a whit what nutrients you used, whether you flushed at the end, or anything else.
If you have the finest nutes in the world, but have poor; grow skills, lighting, pH issues, over/under fert... they won't compensate
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I'm at 7 weeks of flowering with Master Kush and it is barely stinky. The Aurora Indica in the last grow was super stinky. I used DG nutes for both grows, so my opinion is that the strain determines the stinkyness. Attention to detail in the curing process produces the bouquet of the finished product, while gimmicks clearly demonstrate why advertising is a multi-billion dollar industry.
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Okay so the consensus seems to be that nutrient brand has no effect on smell? It is all in the dry and cure?
If this is the case, it actually makes me feel better, because I found a nutrient line I actually really like, and I thought the lack of powerful odor was being caused by that.
What have you found is the ideal dry and cure? I try to hand the buds still on the branch for anywhere from 4-7 days in 40% humidity, then clip and jar, burping daily for about 10 min for a few weeks. The humidity lately has been all over the place so drying has been very erratic. Some days it's 75%, and other days its 20%. Very hard to maintain steady drying conditions in the spring and summer.
Just saw a post of the Veg + Bloom thread where the user says he has grown the same strain several times, but it never smelled like it does with V & B. http://www.rollitup.org/nutrients/51...phase-all.htmlOriginally Posted by Redoctober
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Thanks Flora! I'm beginning to think that you read every post on the board lolI will have to try some of that V & B. I was reading your post about the phosphorus being used as a buffer which is very interesting. Of all the brands I've tried so far, H&G has been by far the most stable. I hardly ever have to adjust it. All the others would drift almost an entire point every day; it was super annoying. I also realize that I had been using the exact same Dutch Master mix as you. I like DM a lot except for the pH fluctuations and the hard salt crust it left all over my tubes and rez (god was that hard to get off). Apparently people have been saying really positive things about the V&B, and it's cheap which is nice. My only question about the V&B is will it dissolve finely enough to work in an aero system without clogging spray heads? But I know you run HP aero, so if it doesn't clog those super fine heads, it sure won't clog my LP heads. And would you include any additives for any reason? It seems to be a pretty complete formula. I'll do a side by side next time.
I like the floralisious plus, for aroma
the proper usage of fertilizers is what really matters, I don't even use a brand, I use raw chemicals mix them to my needs, this way I control exactly what to feed my plants, basically, you need to lower the nitrogen and magnesium in the end of flowering period. in growing, knowledge is far more important than the brands that you buy
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