Last November, I decided to grow weed. I decided to so a semi-organic coco grow. I looked at a few brands on line and thought Bontanicare seemed as good as any. I went down to a local hydro shop, which turned out to be one hell of a drive - damn traffic circles. I told this dude (the owner?) that I wanted to do coco and possibly organic.
"Oh, I was just talking to another customer about this." He begins to pull down the AN pH-Perfect Micro/Grow/Bloom product.
"I'm just thinking about this right now," I said, which was true. I wanted to make sure they carried whatever line I finally decided to use, look at what else I might need, and so on. I was not buying that day.
I had not looked at AN yet. So, I went home and googled them. Hmm. I think if weed were legal, they might hire Vince to do their infomercials. Their site struck me that way, which is a bit icky. Oh well - they actually have a nice page about coco and some of the quirks and issues. AN, which supposedly does a lot of research, says to be sure to use 100% coco-safe nutrients. They have plenty of products that they think I should or could use with coco - the pH-Perfect is not on the list. I don't think Jungle Juice is either.
Yeah - AN is supposed to be a leader - and they recommend you use their other products with coco. So either all of that is advertising hype, or the dude in the hydro store is clueless. In the end, I went with my first choice of Botanicare, and continue to research the subject.
Moral of the story - trust no one. You can take input and advice, but ultimately you have to put it all together yourself.
