White.Black
Well-Known Member
Hello.
So for my first grow I used fox farm trio (Tiger bloom, Grow big, Big Bloom). The plant really liked it, it grew uncontrollably (granted, not because of the nutes necessarily but likely genetics and environmental factors)...but it did grow, and using fox farm worked well, i did not have any deficiency and definitely not stunted growth. There was issues with nitrogen overdose, but that also may be hydroponics/environmental issues. Plant was very thirsty.
On my second grow (current one) I switched to something called "Nutra Hydroponics" which is basically duplicated General Hydroponics Flora series.
So the nutra hydroponics that I use now has following npk ratios:
Nutra Micro - 5-0-1
Nutra Grow - 2-1-6
Nutra Bloom - 0-5-4
I actually don't know the ratios for fox farm, it's not written on their product. The reason for the switch was the price. This Nutra Hydroponics is a local manufacturer and is significantly cheaper.
First grow was Most likely a Thai Sativa, or a hybrid of Thai and White widow (I ordered it as white widow from a guy on facebook).
The second grow is white widow from RQS, feminized.
I'm somewhat disappointed with the RQS white widow, while not exactly stunted, it looks so short and bushy, and I can't see getting decent yield out of it. The branches are super thin, there are ton of small leaves. Since I'm only growing one, I'm wondering it might be the seed itself that had weak genetics, or it may be all of the white widows from RQs that are like this, or it might be nutrients, because that's the only thing I changed. All the rest is same, environment, equipment, etc.
So after a wall of text, here finally comes the question. Is there any significant / noticeable difference between nutrient manufacturers in terms of growth rate, or is it all the same/similar, and the only thing that influence the look and the rate of grow is genetics / environment? I read some people complain about the taste of weed grown on general hydroponics vs something else, I really don't care about that part at the moment, just wondering about growth, because I'm trying to explain the unimpressive grow that I run now, compared to the monster I had few months ago.
Here's the picture comparing the two:
I would experiment, but I'm limited in space and equipment, so I can't run parallel grows with same seed but different nutrients... and it's my second grow now, so I lack experience.
So for my first grow I used fox farm trio (Tiger bloom, Grow big, Big Bloom). The plant really liked it, it grew uncontrollably (granted, not because of the nutes necessarily but likely genetics and environmental factors)...but it did grow, and using fox farm worked well, i did not have any deficiency and definitely not stunted growth. There was issues with nitrogen overdose, but that also may be hydroponics/environmental issues. Plant was very thirsty.
On my second grow (current one) I switched to something called "Nutra Hydroponics" which is basically duplicated General Hydroponics Flora series.
So the nutra hydroponics that I use now has following npk ratios:
Nutra Micro - 5-0-1
Nutra Grow - 2-1-6
Nutra Bloom - 0-5-4
I actually don't know the ratios for fox farm, it's not written on their product. The reason for the switch was the price. This Nutra Hydroponics is a local manufacturer and is significantly cheaper.
First grow was Most likely a Thai Sativa, or a hybrid of Thai and White widow (I ordered it as white widow from a guy on facebook).
The second grow is white widow from RQS, feminized.
I'm somewhat disappointed with the RQS white widow, while not exactly stunted, it looks so short and bushy, and I can't see getting decent yield out of it. The branches are super thin, there are ton of small leaves. Since I'm only growing one, I'm wondering it might be the seed itself that had weak genetics, or it may be all of the white widows from RQs that are like this, or it might be nutrients, because that's the only thing I changed. All the rest is same, environment, equipment, etc.
So after a wall of text, here finally comes the question. Is there any significant / noticeable difference between nutrient manufacturers in terms of growth rate, or is it all the same/similar, and the only thing that influence the look and the rate of grow is genetics / environment? I read some people complain about the taste of weed grown on general hydroponics vs something else, I really don't care about that part at the moment, just wondering about growth, because I'm trying to explain the unimpressive grow that I run now, compared to the monster I had few months ago.
Here's the picture comparing the two:
I would experiment, but I'm limited in space and equipment, so I can't run parallel grows with same seed but different nutrients... and it's my second grow now, so I lack experience.
