It takes a woman to change her mind

After singing the praises of Sensi One Grow and Sensi One Bloom last week, I feel a little foolish. But it’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind. Perhaps it had to do with the way my dictionary flipped open to the word “powder” the other day. “A finely ground or pulverized mass of loose particles formed from a solid substance in the dry state.”

Perhaps it was my reaching a different technical guy at Advanced Nutrients, who convinced me that a liquid fertilizer would be better for my drip irrigation system and my carnations. So I’m switching back to the “traditional” 3-part Micro, Grow, and Bloom that Advanced Nutrients told me to use in the first place.

It’s not that the Sensi One fertilizers are not everything I said they were in my last posting. It’s because powders are slow to dissolve in a hydroponic situation, and using Micro, Grow, and Bloom liquid trio turns out to be more cost effective and equally beneficial to my flowers.

I’ve visited the Advanced Nutrients website many times before, but this is the first time I used their Nutrient Calculator, which is a wonderful feature that lets you plan your feeding regimen week by week. It includes the ppm to use—start low and increase by increments of 200, until your reach your maximum desired level. For light feeding, that might be 1200ppm, for heavy feeding, up to 2000ppm. Then decrease by increments of 200, until harvest.

I take a middle course with a medium-feeding regimen. Week one—1000ppm, week two—1200, week three—1400, week four—1600, week five—1400, week six—1200, week seven (the harvest week)—300ppm. Always give your plants a break during that final week.

Week eight, I usually flush my system with Final Phase, then the cycle starts all over again. I have to be careful to add Micro to my reservoir first, then Grow, and then Bloom. I have to remember never to mix these three ingredients in their concentrated form, in order to prevent any possible binding of the micronutrients, which would defeat their purpose.

During the first two weeks, I add my root enhancers—Piranha, Tarantula, and Voodoo Juice. These are only added at the beginning of the growing cycle. Toward the end of the flowering stage I will add one bloom booster at a time.

Since I keep my stock plants for up to 18 months and just harvest the cut flowers every two months or so, I find that Micro, Grow, Bloom mixed all together serves my purpose better, than a fertilizer specifically timed to the vegetative, then the flowering growth of plants.

This 3-part reliable plant food regimen includes all the micro and macro nutrients that I was raving about last week, along with the 2 to 4 of the highest quality chelators per micronutrient and pharmaceutical grade precursors to ensure the highest quality possible.

Please visit the Advanced Nutrients website or talk personally to their technical advisors in order to find the perfect plant food for your flowers or vegetables. And don’t be like me—do the research, choose the product, and then stick to it! This wonderful company backs up all their products with a 100% money back guarantee!