What nutrients can I use on a very low budget?

miracle grow all purpose soluble plant food costs under £4 or $6 dollars

$2 Canadian at Dollarama Even cheaper, last years cow patties. Don't get the ones that have been urinated on because it screws with the ph You can use one year old cow patties full strenth I'd cut it back to about 1/6 on that cheap fertilizer. Five litres per droplet.

espoma tomato tone has been mentioned and i think its a great option, if you don't want to line the pockets of monsanto (MG)
humanure looks cool and super cheap too! thanks libertychicken, i defintiely like that link you posted! good luck OP!
be easy,

Maxi grow and maxi bloom both bags are like 15 a peice.

The dread and infamous Miracle Gro for tomatoes will work quite well for a mere pittance.
Just use less of it than you want to.
Less is more.

Jack's classic and miracle grow are the same thing.

Both urea based formulas meant for soil and potting mixes containing limestone.

get a bottle of foliage pro from dyna-gro

I would buy a 12 pound bag of Dr Earth All Purpose mix some into your soil and brew up teas with the stuff once a week it has N-P-K, calcium, sulfur, humic acid, mycorrhizae, and beneficial bacteria it has much more then what miracle grow provides

Earth juice rainbow mix pro bloom that will kill bad or compete with bad bacteria. I use that outside and compost with molasses. You can see results or maybe its the compost with the microbes in rainbow mix pro . It amazing stuff

Like peeps have said a tomato plant feed will do u good first run.or batmix soil/compost.
I take it ur going from seed?

Miracle grow works well but i dont think you get full potential out of plant like you do with a line up of nutes for specific needs and problems. Root enhancers, mycos, bloom boosters, finishers, etc. Blue Planet is a great nutrient and very reasonable. If you use Ccm10, you will get an additional 10% off. Just my 2 cents.

Dunagrow grow and bloom quarts are like 7 to 10 bucks at my local hydro store.

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Use seablast bloom half a pound for 8-10 bucks earth juice rocks outside.. been doing that till i found the rainbow mix pro..i still got some left ,done about 3 small harvest with it. Look for a cal mag product also spend some like 30 bucks its worth it dyna gro seem to be what others use i dont but these guys swear by it. They know there stuff so i dont argue with them i only disagree when i feel they MAY be wrong. Dyna gro is cheap and works thats what i have been told. Never used it myself shit i might go buy some myself....

Jack's Classic all purpose 20-20-20...around $8....if you got an extra $8 add Jacks' Blossom Booster 10-30-20.

I agree, dyna gro would probably be my choice. You can find a small bottle online for under $10. A lot goes a long way. Stuff like fox farms and botanicare require up to 2 tablespoons per gallon during flowering. Dyna gro you use 1/2 teaspoon per gallon. If you can only afford one, go with a flowering formula. It might not be ideal, but most flowering nutes have enough nitrogen to get you by during the whole grow. I can't remember if I called or emailed, but dyna gro actually sent me a small 8 oz bottle of their veg for free. Been using it over a year and it is still 3/4 of the way full. Botanicare actually used to send out very nice sample pack absolutely free, but too many were ending up on ebay for sale so they stopped. They still do samples, but you have to pay. I think it is $16 for four 8oz bottles, but you can pick what you want. That might not be a bad idea actually. You can pick up like one bottle of veg, two bottles of bloom (you use way more bloom nutes) and a bottle of cal mag or something. That's plenty to last someone just getting started quite some time.

A low budget nutrients that has all the essential micro nutrients for thriving plants... I would suggest...

Holland Grow, Bloom and Micro by Floratonic... These are the items that I started out with. I measured my PH and PPM to ensure optimum range and my plants thrive... When I got used to these nutrients I started branching off to Floratonic additives... I find that the Super Root Stimulator makes a significant difference! all these nutrients for just under 100 bucks.

http://www.hollandindustry.com/nutrients-additives-floratonic-holland-bloom-litre-p-71.html
http://www.hollandindustry.com/nutrients-additives-floratonic-holland-grow-litre-p-72.html
http://www.hollandindustry.com/nutrients-additives-floratonic-holland-micro-litre-p-73.html

http://www.hollandindustry.com/nutrients-additives-floratonic-super-root-stimulator-litre-p-69.html

For not opening the new thread as I was about to ask the same question I will put my question here. Hopefully it will get enough traction.
Being in Canada makes things more difficult, as usual. Based on this thread I found few possible economic candidates locally so I would like to hear which one would be the best. It will be first time using commercial fertz.
Soil Medium - 3pt. MG Organic + 3pt Worm Castings + 1.5pt Perlite
5Gal Pot
Nutes for Flowering period needed.
Options:
Plant-Prod Flower Fertilizer 15x30x15 - $7
MG Tomato 18-18-21 - $9
MG Ultra Bloom 15-30-15 - $9
Dyna-Gro Liquid Bloom 3-12-6 1L - $25 -> Little bit on expensive side

What do you recommend?

qazy said:

For not opening the new thread as I was about to ask the same question I will put my question here. Hopefully it will get enough traction.
Being in Canada makes things more difficult, as usual. Based on this thread I found few possible economic candidates locally so I would like to hear which one would be the best. It will be first time using commercial fertz.
Soil Medium - 3pt. MG Organic + 3pt Worm Castings + 1.5pt Perlite
5Gal Pot
Nutes for Flowering period needed.
Options:
Plant-Prod Flower Fertilizer 15x30x15 - $7
MG Tomato 18-18-21 - $9
MG Ultra Bloom 15-30-15 - $9
Dyna-Gro Liquid Bloom 3-12-6 1L - $25 -> Little bit on expensive side

What do you recommend?

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I'd still go with dyna gro. It is a better NPK ratio and they use higher quality ingredients. For example, MG derives most of its nitrogen from urea, where dyna gro contains various nitrates. Not a huge deal, but should be noted. Dyna gro also contains a wider range of micronutes.

Like I mentioned to the OP, a little goes a long way. The bigger bottle is probably a better value, but even a little 8 oz bottle would last a very long time. You only use 1/2 teaspoon per gallon.

churcze said:

Jack's classic and miracle grow are the same thing.

Both urea based formulas meant for soil and potting mixes containing limestone.

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Not the same different strengths I use Jacks now after not noticing any decrease in quality from the bullshit overpriced hydro notes which is the same nutrients just already in water may not be as good for hydro but it may be just fine as it dissolves pretty good.

tip top toker said:

No, it's good that you did your homework otherwise you'd have gone and wasted your money on food. Plants only need water, the idea of them needing nutrients is the biggest scam of the past however many thousand years. Even nature has fallen for it!

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Wait just one fucking second.... you mean that I don't need to go to the hydro store and spend a ton of money on plastic bottles with fancy cartoons on them???