That's kinda like opening the lid on Pandora's Box. My opinions on nutes are very counter to the "norm". I've done a ton of reading, looking at scientific data, etc and have formulated my conclusions. Fist let me start by saying I've always used Dyna Grow products (other than my last grow which was another counter intuitive experiment) . I don't have any experience with other nute company's products to compare them with. I'm a science guy, I like data and facts. To gain entry into my tent, you better provide me with a label that tells the guaranteed analysis of what's in the bottle. Slick ass names and giant promises get you no where with me. Bud Blaster 3000 to dramatically increase the resin production blah blah blah. Ok Mr nute salesman, how? With what magical fairy dust? You can probably guess the company I'm referring to, the initials are AN. Another big stickler with me is cost. With big marketing comes big price tags. In order to make their products look more in line cost wise, it's usually watered down. Take Foliage Pro at 9-3-6, compare to Botanicare 3-1-2. Same ratios just cut to 1/3rd the strength. Is it 1/3 the cost? Nope! I also like convenience. When I first started growing I liked mixing nutes. I felt like a mad scientist with several bottles. It would have been even more had I been using a 2 or 3 part formula. Now I find adding fertilizer a pain in the ass. The less bottles the better. I've played the bottle game and can get all the results I need with 2. Foliage Pro and Pro Tekt. Fine by me. Lastly, N-P-K ratios. This goes back to the science aspect. The majority of nutes on the market are formulated wrong (my opinion). Tissue samples for almost all plants fall within the same range. Cannabis is no exception. My feeling is feed the plant what it wants, keep it happy, and it will give you max production. Science has shown that plants don't stop needing Nitrogen when they bloom, they don't suddenly need 3x as much Phosphorus, yet this is the way that almost every nute company out there formulates their bloom product. Why? Because people THINK they need it. They've been passed on these myths through the years like the existence of Santa Claus. In nature is there a gigantic influx of Phosphorus in the fall when plants are blooming? Nope. Did all the Nitrogen vanish from the soil. Not that either. Quit trying to think you're getting one over on Mother Nature. These plants have been around longer than the industrial revolution and modern agriculture. Speaking of Phosphorus, you notice more and more reports of waterways being polluted with the stuff from agricultural runoff? Why? Because we've been over applying the crap to our farmlands for years. Plants don't need much of it. The worst nute company I see for over application of Phosphorus is Fox Farms. Their P numbers are crazy on all their products. So what are my thoughts? Dyna Grow ticks my boxes. They tell me what's in it. It's economical. Less bottles. At least the Foliage Pro product has the N-P-K ratios that match up with plant tissue samples (aka what the plant really wants).
Rant over. I'm sure I'll have pissed off several since I picked on 3 of the bigger nute companies. To each their own. Everyone has their reasons for using what they use. Someone asked for mine and I obliged.