Do nutrients have a use by date?

RIGUY80

New Member
So this shop sold ne a hobbisest bundle last yearbfrin advanced and I have been using them and noticing issues. New grower 3rd grow. Shot happens. But after finally finding one expiration date that's date back 2013 stamped inside the box. Looked at every bottle. Entailed them 4 times. FB and IG. Still nothing at all not eeven a well. Just one 2 days ago saying hello FBI is support you have been looking for us how can we help you. Wtf. So now after 200 spent. Between this bundle. Sensi Aand B not opened. Sure there expired no dates. As well as bud candy again sure expired. But AN can't answer.any of 4 emails. Little excessive its been 2 weeks. Shaking the Voodoo juice B52. Overdrive ,candy,Bigbud before every use. But 3 years. They said they have a money back guarantee if um not happy. I don't have the damn receipt and these places close a dime a dozen with ebay ans amazon. China. J

Any thoughts on continued use. Thanks...RIGUY80
 

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Donkeydon1980

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Hey Willc, this should shed some light on your nutrients :). In short, nutrients can always go bad (despite what people say about the freshness always being there). In nature, every object that is nonliving has a half life. This means that over a time span of "t", half of its mass will degrade. This is more commonly talked about when dealing with radioactive particles because their energy fades very quickly in addition to substance degradation, but the same thing applies to nutrients. A more common example would be how most medications expire, even though they are in condensed dry forms. As mentioned previously in the post, sediment build up on the bottom indicates that salts in the solution have "fallen out", meaning that although there is a liquid solution, it may be inactive. This is a common mistake for growers to assume that because there is liquid in the bottle, that the solution is still good. Lastly, since most growers do not practice laboratory practices, many solutions are tainted with traces of other solutions or chlorine or other contaminants. This reduces the shelf life of your nutrients even further. In theory, if a nutrient was stored with perfect management and temperature control etc. then yes, your solution could last you years. In practicality though, this is not the case and many people experience the effects of old nutrients!!! If you have any more questions don't hesitate to ask :)
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bullSnot

Well-Known Member
I use Humboldt Organic Nutes and I have a bottle of Natural Grow that smells sour and rancid - my new bottle smells fresh with a touch of molasses....should I just toss the old stinky one?
 

zblade

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GH uses batch codes on products with live cultures or that can expire.
I keep live culture nutrients in refrigerator and get an extra year or two.
If they start stinking,separate or form solids odds are time to toss or use outdoors.
 

Meast21

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I try to use all my nutes in a year. Anything older then 1 year and I throw it out. I've had major issues with old nutes before and expecially advanced nutrients too.
Right about a year is right. Good luck trying to find out which nutrient went bad if you use a bunch of different ones.... Also keep nutes of the ground if possible or on cardboard.
 
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