To make sure we're clear, I'm not using any of the above.
All I did was take GH's recirulating schedule, and sum it up.
This is what they list in their feed chart:
They only go to 12 weeks, and I added 2 extra weeks to round it more to my typical schedule. (Added 1 week to the end of veg, and one week mid-bloom.)
So this isn't what I feed, or what I will feed. This is just what GH says to use. I then cut those amounts in half, as is standard practice with their feed schedules.
I took the sum of all weeks to get the total.
So you see a higher total for micro than gro because micro is used for all weeks except the last. Gro is stopped just about mid-bloom.
This isn't to trash their product, and all I was saying is the cost is a good bit higher than some other alternatives.
Here's what I'm seeing for the price on amazon:
| Product | Amount | Price |
|---|
| Micro | 1 gallon | $27 |
| Gro | 1 gallon | $30 |
| Bloom | 1 gallon | $26 |
| RapidStart | 1 pint | $44 |
| Liquid KoolBloom | 1 quart | $20 |
| Floralicious Plus | 1 pint | $27 |
| FloraKleen | 1 quart | $14 |
| Armor Si | 1 quart | $15 |
| Diamond Nectar | 1 gallon | $40 |
| FloraBlend | 1 gallon | $27 |
| CALiMAGic | 1 gallon | $36 |
| FloraNectar | 1 gallon | $38 |
| Dry KoolBloom | 2.2lb | $28 |
| Total: | $372 |
There's a list of all their recommended nutes. Whether or not you need one or the other, not part of this. This is simply a list of what products they say you need, how much you need to buy for a single run with a 50gal system.
I selected the lowest possible amount, although some are the smallest quantity that is available to get the job done. (IE, not buying 4oz of dry koolbloom for $15/ea when 2lb is $28. Or getting 2 quarts of something when a gallon is the same or a hair less.)
So this isn't a knock, it was nothing more than a cost comparison. For $110 less, I can get 4 runs with Jack's (which drops significantly over 12 runs), or I can get... 16 runs with MegaCrop.
Which is all my point was, in asking if you'd thought about either of them.
GH does a fine job. Lots and lots of plants have been harvested over the past few decades that were grown with those nutes.
I just wanted to throw out a few lower cost alternatives for consideration, if you were thinking about trying something new.
Of course you have to get a few runs worth to bring the total price down, and that isn't something I looked into with the GH stuff. Well, I guess I kind of did by accident, but not to the extent I did with Jacks (I have its cost broken out through 48 grows, and it gets down to $27/grow.) I know MegaCrop from using it, and can add up the number of grams per gallon, per week, etc. I just haven't had the time (or desire, really) to add up the GH stuff in bulk.
Even so, I can't see it getting below $150/grow for a 50gal system.
So all this and that aside, back to my original question
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If you're looking to try a different nutrient, a couple alternatives to the mainstream collection of bottles would be MegaCrop or Jacks. They're a good bit less expensive as they are a dry nutrient, and thus no paying for water.
