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I've noticed the same trend. It's definitely more common to "just hate" AN than to have a rational reason to. Speaking of those who "just hate" AN, the 3LBs are the Hater Poster Children. They've had a huge axe to grind with AN since forever, I'm not sure why, but they have. So when they...

Of course, but the point I've been making, repeatedly (and apparently futilely) is that there are degrees of solubility. Take ordinary table salt. You can get a fair amount of that dissolved in water before it just won't absorb anymore. Some salts are less soluble than that, some are more...

It always puts my teeth on edge when people say "it's a weed" as if that somehow means something. A weed is nothing more, or less, than a plant that is growing somewhere a person doesn't want it growing. It has nothing to do with the plant's hardiness, how well it grows without supervision, or...

I tried the Root Excellurator after Big Mike recommended it. Honestly, I couldn't see much improvement over AN's stuff, but he said it was better and it is definitely at least as good as what Advanced Nutrients makes. So yeah it's good stuff.

I'm not trying to argue that it matters what an ion's source was once it's in solution. Once in solution it's the same as any other ion of the same element. What I'm saying is that it matters how you get the ions into solution. Insoluble salts would be a poor way to get that done since it...

There's a lot of different ways to provide the elements. They don't take a block of calcium and start grinding it up and adding the powder to water. You use a fertilizer salt. There's several pages in my hydroponics text devoted just to the various fertilizer salts that can be used. In...

Advanced Nutrients is no more good because it's expensive than it is bad because it's expensive. The only question that makes sense to me is to ask whether their idea of using all the best ingredients makes the nutrients enough better to justify the cost. Everyone ought to be free to answer...

For the most part I run right around 70-75% of what the nutrient calculator recommends. Beyond that I make some seat of the pants adjustments based on how things look, I'm not really sure how to explain that because I don't know for sure myself. If it looks like they need more of something I...

Wow, that's a load of BS. Think about it... you're claiming that Big Bud is the same thing as pH up. But if you actually look at Big Bud and compare it to pH up, they don't look, smell or act alike. pH up is a strong alkaline. Big Bud isn't.

True, I'm a little anxious about the idea of having to dial in my grow again. Supposedly the new line isn't supposed to need much, or maybe any fiddling. So we might be worrying over nothing. Whatever the case, I'm gonna give it a whirl as soon as I can get some, see if it is as good as they...

I would agree that lying about what's in a bottle is suspicious, but no more so than a report that says Advanced Nutrients is in Kentucky instead of BC Canada. I'm 100% certain that AN is Canadian. Which makes me considerably less than 100% sure that the report is right. Really I don't care...

Yep, UB is right about the phosphorus. Advanced Nutrients did a study and they showed the same thing. The other companies are pumping in way too much phosphorus into their nutrients.

I'm not going to say that Jacks doesn't work because it does. All I can say is that for me, in my grow room, I've seen a big improvement not just in size but in density and flavor when I quit using Jacks and switched to AN's stuff. Of course that's just my 2 cents, fwiw.

I did great for years using this or that while growing in soil. I had a rude awakening trying the same thing in hydro. Much more finicky beast, that is. I don't want to get into a whole soil vs. hydro thing, but I only grow in hydroponics now because the difference in growth speed and the...

You're missing Big Bud. IMHO there's not much point in growing without it. Bud Blood is great and all, but to get anything close to what the plant is capable of you're going to want Big Bud. Just try it, you'll see what I mean.

Call me a nute snob, but since I grow in hydro I'm happy to spend a bit more on nutrients if it means they're not going to clog my filters or sprayers every other day. Advanced Nutrients is the only one I've found that can promise that (Iguana Juice is what I use).

Dave - I've done that exact nutrient program before (3 part and Big Bud) and it works very well. I prefer to add in a few more additives, but if you want to keep it simple you can't get better than that. KoolCat - That looks like it should be a great schedule. I definitely want to see how it...

Seconded. Not everyone is good at everything. I struggled a bit with cloning at first before I found my groove. A buddy of mine can’t clone anything unless I practically do it for him. Ain’t nothing wrong with making something to help out the people who have trouble cloning. Heck, I use...

I’m cautiously optimistic on this. It’s like this, every company wants you to think their stuff is awesome. Advanced Nutrients is no different in that way. Do the exaggerate? Sure but no more than anyone else. So if you take what they say as X and what you see when you use their nutes as Y...

AN is still on the shelves where I am. Sunlight Supply can try to flex their muscles all they want but I don’t think Big Mike is the guy to mess with like that. They’ve picked a fight with the wrong guy I think.