good nuits

what is a good nutrient for good all round growth but cheap can any 1 let me no and some web addresses would be good to thanks

Cheap=Not good! You get what you pay for bro!

I like Advanced Nutrients sensi line of nutes for hydro, not cheap, but works well.

Vitalink Buddy and bog-standard Baby Bio worked for me...

But loads of people use General Hydroponics...

...theres also Hesi, Foxfarm, the rest of the Vitalink range...

theres loads of them, and anyone whos had a great yield using any of them will tell you their brand is best. (they're not that cheap though...Baby Bios real cheap for the amount you get/use)

I'm thinking of trying General Hydroponics next time if that helps any...

I think there is a TON of hype and mass hysteria with nutes & soil. Learn to read your plants (and basic gardening) and you can do it all on the cheap. Hydro is a bit more finicky.

NoDrama said:

Cheap=Not good! You get what you pay for bro!

I like Advanced Nutrients sensi line of nutes for hydro, not cheap, but works well.

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I would say he's right on this. You can look at it two ways; one way says a newbie should use cheap stuff so if they mess up it doesn't cost as much, the other way says not to use cheap stuff since it often requires a more experienced hand to overcome the corner-cutting it takes to make those products cheaply.

Some guys grow decently on MG. But it's definitely harder to get good results that way than with Advanced Nutrients. The extra work isn't worth it to me to save a few bucks up front (and I've never seen really top-notch results from MG anyway.)

I subscribe to the latter theory. If you want to learn to drive, use a nice reliable car. Save the jalopy for when you've mastered the art of NOT plowing over mailboxes.

BigBudBalls said:

I think there is a TON of hype and mass hysteria with nutes & soil. Learn to read your plants (and basic gardening) and you can do it all on the cheap. Hydro is a bit more finicky.

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This is a good point. If you're growing in soil there's definitely benefits to be had from using a high quality fertilizer, but it's less important than when you're growing with hydroponics. Soil is much more forgiving of little mistakes and lower quality.

I still recommend not cheaping out on nutrients whether you're going to use soil or hydro (I mean let's be honest, you want a great harvest whether it's your first time or fiftieth, right?) but if you're using soil... well you can get away with it if saving some money is important.


Indoor growing just isn't a cheap hobby. It's not as expensive as some, but it still costs a bit to do well.