You've been hearing me rave about Osmocote. See if you can spot the Osmocote plants, vs. AN.
Here's a little "heads up" for those who may want to give the Osmocote a try:
Carefully watch your plants for a mild zinc deficiency. If the brand new growth becomes chorotic, just supplement with a chelated zinc product. (Ususally comes with chelated iron as well.) No big deal....only one of my plants exhibited this problem and the chelated zinc/iron fixed the problem.
It's hard to see with my crappy photography, but this plant is dark green, with thick trichomes. If I could get one like this about 8 feet tall, I'd bring it inside the house for a Christmas tree.
This plant is pure Sativa....it's going to mess up my growing schedule, because it's going to take a while to finish....but it should be really good.
The two pics above are plants that are right next to eachother. The dark green healthy plant was fed with Osmocote Plus, 18.99 for a year's supply at Home Depot.
The plant with the burnt tips and yellowing lower fan leaves is being fed with Advanced Nutrients:
Connoisseur A+B (2 x 1 Liter) $71.95 (Green Coast hydroponics)
Here's what Connoisseur does, according to the advert:
* Increased number and quality of flowers and fruit.
* Contains specific classes of poly amino alcohols.
* Earlier flowering and maturation.
* Enhanced potency, taste, and aroma.
* Enhanced market value of harvests.
Liquid Dr. Hornby Big Bud - 1 Litre $37.95
Dr. Hornby has spent many years of extensive research and profiling resin producing plants. His knowledge, passion and love for this work has produced unparalleled products that supercharge resin production and substantially increase yield. Big Bud has been extensively researched, developed and field tested. Big Bud is extremely plant specific - the only one of its king in the world. During field testing, Big Bud overwhelmingly beat all of it's competitors. The reason for this is Big Bud's plant specific ratios of Phosphorous, Potassium, Magnesium and Amino Acids.
Big Bud will dramatically increase bud growth, width, weight and resin production like no other bloom enhancing product can. Guaranteed or your money back
The litre size of AN products is enough for 2-3 grows of 10 plants at best, at a cost of 112.00 plus tax.
As you can see, the Osmocote leaves AN in the dust.....under 20 bucks for 6 grows.
224 bucks for 6 grows, vs 20 bucks for 6 grows........
and the cheaper product dramatically outperforms the expensive one.