Sticky: Nutrients

aeviaanah

aeviaanah

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Did the title get ya in here? lol.

Does anyone know the shelf life on organic nutrients? How long would you let a bottle go seal broken? I have never seen an expiration date on any nutrient.

Has anyone started using ripeners earlier than directed on bottle? What do you think happens when starting to use ripeners along with flower nutrient at around week 3/4?
 
homebrewer

homebrewer

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The only thing i've ever heard is that you don't want to premix nutrients. Mix and use immediately but if you want a real answer about the shelf life of the bottle, call the nutrient manufacturer. I do it all the time if I have questions. They could even answer your second question. In regards to that, a lot of ripeners seem to have an out-of-balance NPK that wouldn't do the plant much good if used halfway though flower. I'm on the fence about them anyways as the plant can only take in so much before you start to burn them. I know some ripeners purposely have an out of balance NPK in order to stress the plant in effort to increase resin production. I've had success using KoolBloom dry with the GH 3 part and hydroplex with botanicare in the dirt. With that being said, if your base nutes are already supplying everything your plant needs in the amounts that it needs, then adding more of something else will just give you problems.
 
aeviaanah

aeviaanah

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homebrewer said:
The only thing i've ever heard is that you don't want to premix nutrients. Mix and use immediately but if you want a real answer about the shelf life of the bottle, call the nutrient manufacturer. I do it all the time if I have questions. They could even answer your second question. In regards to that, a lot of ripeners seem to have an out-of-balance NPK that wouldn't do the plant much good if used halfway though flower. I'm on the fence about them anyways as the plant can only take in so much before you start to burn them. I know some ripeners purposely have an out of balance NPK in order to stress the plant in effort to increase resin production. I've had success using KoolBloom dry with the GH 3 part and hydroplex with botanicare in the dirt. With that being said, if your base nutes are already supplying everything your plant needs in the amounts that it needs, then adding more of something else will just give you problems.
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The thing is I have so many strains that they are in different stages of flowering. I have two outdoors that are getting the kool bloom a little early.
 
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