kaoss_11
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I cant speak on any of this as its your opinion mainly. In your 15 gal res your numbers workWhat product(s) are you using exactly? I don't know anyone who only uses a single dry nutrient.
But by your numbers, an entire 9 week flowering cycle using your single bag of dry plant food in my 15 gallon res would cost $3.72 at 1.0 EC.
DG's Foliage Pro, using your 5 gallon numbers, for an entire 9 week flowering cycle in my 15 gallon res costs $6.60 at 1.0 EC.
So like I said, the difference is the cost of a Big Mac per res.
Now obviously the cost difference widens as the size and number of reservoirs increases but I'm still OK paying to not deal with dusty, incomplete dry foods that don't mix very well. Not to mention liquid foods are plug and play whether you're in containers or true hydro. Versatile and easy to use, baby! And pH stable as well.
If you're approaching this 'cost of fertilizer' topic from the perspective of a commercial warehouse grower then I'd say 'no shit' dry foods are cheaper on that scale. Those folks are producing B+ quality at best though.
What product(s) are you using exactly? I don't know anyone who only uses a single dry nutrient.
But by your numbers, an entire 9 week flowering cycle using your single bag of dry plant food in my 15 gallon res would cost $3.72 at 1.0 EC.
DG's Foliage Pro, using your 5 gallon numbers, for an entire 9 week flowering cycle in my 15 gallon res costs $6.60 at 1.0 EC.
So like I said, the difference is the cost of a Big Mac per res.
Now obviously the cost difference widens as the size and number of reservoirs increases but I'm still OK paying to not deal with dusty, incomplete dry foods that don't mix very well. Not to mention liquid foods are plug and play whether you're in containers or true hydro. Versatile and easy to use, baby! And pH stable as well.
If you're approaching this 'cost of fertilizer' topic from the perspective of a commercial warehouse grower then I'd say 'no shit' dry foods are cheaper on that scale. Those folks are producing B+ quality at best though.
Im sure there are a lot of things you dont know in this world. Have you researched or used megacrop? Until you do you would not understand using a single dry nutrient.
In your 15 gal res your amount of fertilizer used is minuscule and because of that your ok leaving money on the table. However, when your going through 500 gallons every 10 days it adds up quickly and your big mac analogy only applies to you and your scale. Your calculation doesnt include vegging for 2 months nor seedling rooms. So I am assuming now but it sounds like you have a product for veg and another for flower. I use 1 across the board with great results. The fact you stated FP cant be used in flower leaves me wondering.
My salts are dusty however more complete in my opinion AND have more additives included and stilll comes out cheaper for any level of grower.
Once again your grading of commercial growers or larger scale ops is only your opinion so i wont debate that.
Back to my original point dynagro products are good however there are other products on the market that are cheaper and better period. Better being the % of elements provided at the cost your paying per gram/ml. Because MC and Jacks have higher element %s we can use less of the product furthering our savings. Case in point dynagrow has barely 2% Mg and less than 1% Sulfur where MC and jacks have 4 times as much. Dyna gro Calcium % is a joke in comparison to any product I have named. Because Nitrogen is readily available we dont run the plants hot and the foliar we spray helps in nutrient uptake.