MaxiBloom 1 part dry nutrient review

MaxiBloom is a Dry one part nutrient made by General Hydroponics. With nutrient levels of 5-15-14 it is made for flowering or fruiting stages of plants. I have been using Maxibloom with fair results on a few of my Tiny Tim tomatoes for a couple of weeks now. Things I like about MaxiBloom include the price (around $15 for 1.5lb or $70 for 16lb) and it is really easy to use in a run to waste system. For my tomato test I began by flushing the pots with about 10 gallons each to leach any pervious nutrients out of the coco. Then I waited 48 hours to begin my trial. At an application rate of 1 gram per liter (metric is so much easier) every other watering the plants seemed to be doing well and where producing 4-6 cherry tomatoes per plant/week.

I Am Opening an Online Nursery for Historical Exotic Plants, Historic Botanicals

Historic Botanicals will offer exotic plants with a rich history from around the world. Whether for food, beauty, or shelter plants have always been an important part of life since the dawn of man. Historic Botanicals will strive to celebrate to this partnership by offering exotic plants from around the world. All plants will cost $12 (includes shipping) be sold as rooted cuttings. While we understand some of these plants have caused controversy, they are sold for purely historical and scientific enjoyment. Things I will never sell include and illegal plant, concentrate, resin, foliage, powder, etc. Only live plants will ever be sold at Historic Botanicals. I feel anything beside live plants points to consumption which is dangerous, illegal, and just plan stupid (some of them could kill you).


You can see my section at http://historicbotanicals.blogspot.com/ . Plants will be offered in a rotation and in limited supply so check often of the latest offerings. Repeat customers might receive an extra plant or two with their order at my discretion.

Botranicare Pure Blend Pro Series Review

Botanicare Pure Blend Pro series is a 2 part or 3 part depending on how you use it. Grow (3-2-4) and Bloom(2-3-5) are all you really need in my opinion but you might have to add a bit of calcium somehow if you do not buy the "Soil(1-4-5)" part. I put the "soil" part in quotations because even though it is called soil it is used in every feeding chart, even the hydroponics one, and is used at the end of the bloom cycle. I did not chose to buy the simple reason that I vegetables and not "High Value Crops" so the extra nitrogen in my plants maintains vegetative growth while fruits are maturing.

Grow

The grow I liked a lot. It is organic which is a new field for me so this was a goog first experience. I felt It did a great job giving my young plants a good start. The application rate was excellent at 1 to 1.5 ml per liter. In my Ghost peppers I did not notice any mineral or nutrient deficiency at this point. The leaves where a but delicate but I feel this is due to the use of LED lighting and not the nutrient. The ratio of nutrients gave me relatively quick compact growth with few issues. I feel that a great addition to this one part program would be any silica agent and a healthy does of beneficial organisms.

Bloom

The Bloom I have mixed feelings about when it comes to peppers. I find that about 25-50 ppm of cal-mag is needed to avoid deficiency. I now This is partly due to using CoCo and my local water supply so you mileage my vary. I will say the Tiny Tim tomatoes I gave the extra nutrient solution loved the mix and excellent fruit set with no sign of bloom rot. Even though I am having issues with fruit set on the peppers I will give recommendations for improvement based on the tomatoes response. The addition on a sweetener product seems to help quite a bit.