General Hydroponics vs Miracle Grow.

Just curious... I have had 4 full crops on my GH schedule using only a 250w HPS light and my various timers but I am consistantly seeing alot of mess to clean up in my resevoir after a week or so. I am wondering if I can use the water soluable MG formula and still get the same result ? Thoughts? Pros/ Cons? Thanks MX

I have heard of people doing this, and when i was a total noob and had no idea what i was doing i built a aeroponic system i saw on youtube using just miracle grow nutrients because i didnt know about others like botanicare and etc. The plant grew wonderfully with no deficiency or burns. I would try it and just watch for burns.

Ok so having that opinion.. can I still add my Honey to the Mix like I would in the GH solution? Would I still keep the PPM at the same strength?

You still want to work within the same PPM levels, increasing as the plant grows, heavy as hell in flower then slowly brigning it down to ripen buds.

Yes, you can go with MG. Just make sure you fully dilute the soluble and allow it to fully dissolve before adding it.

I notice that the MG All purpose water soluable plant food has 24% N where as the Bloom formula has only 15%.. I will be looking at other blends of the MG line to include all the water soluable and liquid blends... any recommendations on what blend to use on my new plants? MX

Just as an aside, Miracle Grow All Purpose uses urea as its primary nitrogen source:

http://www.scottsaustralia.com.au/images/MSDS/Miracle_Gro_Rose_Food__1034_.pdf

I ran some experiments a few years back, growing plants in sterile tissue culture using urea as the nitrogen source. The results were uniformly very poor; urea was an awful nitrogen source, even when it was filter-sterilized (versus autoclaving).

It has been suggested urea is suitable in the soil environment, as it would be changed by bacteria in the soil to more useful forms (ammonium or nitrate- I'm a little hazy on which, to be honest).

This is not to discourage anyone from trying it, but I would suggest some caution in doing so.