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Nutrients and additives have been used for years for growers of all types and variety of plant. Every plant you grow will need feeding at some point and there are a wide range of nutrients, boosters and additives available that you can use to provide the essential nutrients that your plants needs to grow and bloom to their best potential.
There is a huge choice in this area depending on which growing method you have chosen to use. There are many brands, and many conflicting opinions on what’s “best”. Our advice to you is keep trying different varieties till you find the one that works best for you.
Nutrients and additive with the most visible and immediate impact on your crops will be flowering boosters so if you are new to indoor growing then thats always a good place to start after choosing a base nutrient. As with everything we sell if you are unsure please call in and see us or call us on 0114 245 8581 for expert advice.
Vitalink Coir Grow
VitaLink Coir Classic Growth Soft Water
When using coco as your growing medium, it is advisable to use a coco-specific nutrient. Coco-specific nutrients, such as VitaLink Coir Classic, contain less potassium in order to take into account the potassium levels released from the media during the growing cycle.
VitaLink Coir Classic is an easy to use one-part nutrient that's available in either hard or soft water variants and as specific 'Grow' and 'Bloom' formulas.
VitaLink Coir Classic contains a range of other beneficial ingredients for your plants:
Vitamin B1 - is essential for healthy root development and promoting the general health of your plants. This vitamin is particularly beneficial if your plants have been under a lot of stress.
Humic acid - improves the uptake and transportation of nutrients and mimics natural growth stimulants. This in turn will help to promote fast and healthy plant development.
Fulvic acid - will further increase the absorption capacity of your plants roots. This will assist with your plants overall development and growth.
VitaLink Coir Classic Growth Soft Water 5L - for explosive vegetative growth.
NPK 2.6/1.0/1.5
Vitalink Earth Bloom
VitaLink Earth MAX Bloom
VitaLink Earth MAX is a mineral nutrient with added Fulvic Acid that has been developed to contain everything plants need for fast growth and healthy plant development along with large yield when growing in soil. This product is ideal for use with potted plants and is a unique formulation that is scientifically proven to promote fast growth and large yield. It is available in both growth and bloom formulations.
Key Features:
- Earth MAX bloom is a nutrient for plants grown in soil/compost media, and supports flowering and fruiting.
- Should be used from bloom week 2 until bloom week 8.
- Available in 1L, 5L and 10L bottles.
Dosage: 3-4ml/L.
Vitalink Fulvic
VitaLink Fulvic
VitaLink Fulvic improves the way plants transport/absorb nutrients. Through better nutrient availability, the flowering, rooting and growth of plants is boosted at every stage of the plant’s life cycle.
Key Features:
- Boosts plant results at each life cycle stage
- Improves the way plants transport nutrients
- Maximises results from other VitaLink products
- Starts work as soon as it is applied
Dosing:
2ml/1L
House & Garden Roots Excelurator
House and Garden Roots Excelurator is the most powerful root stimulator currently available on the market. This powerful root stimulator ensures a massive explosion of root mass, rids the plants of any brown roots, root diseases and provides an excellent rhizosphere (root environment) in the growing medium. Roots Excelurator creates a film around the roots, which functions as a kind of membrane. It keeps harmful diseases and germs out of the root zone but allows the absorption of nutrients. Roots Excelurator also isolates the germs and prevents them from reproducing.
House & Garden Amino Treatment
Using Amino Treatment guarantees abundant growth and explosive flowering of your plants. After many years of research, House & Garden presents this revolutionary growth and flowering booster.
It’s an entirely new product, containing a well balanced combination of active ingredients.
With Amino Treatment your plants will get:
• A better foliage distribution
• A higher photosynthesis ratio
• Solid stems
• Enhanced root activity
• A better and increased fruit production
• A higher sugar level of the fruit
Superthrive
World Famous Vitamin Additive, Try it and see the Difference. SUPERthrive will produce dramatically healthier plants.
For super healthy growth and as a plant 'pick me up' and stress reliever, Superthrive is the product. The top selling vitamin and hormone liquid concentrate. Ideal for use on house plants, vegetables, trees and flowers. A little goes a long way !
Plant Magic Plus Evolution Foliar Spray
EVOLUTION will significantly speed up vegetative stages and gears the plant ready for
forming bountiful fruits and flowers, this is due predominantly to the sheer amount of new
growth that forms and the number of healthy new shoots.
Benefits of Evolution
EVOLUTION has an abundance of benefits for your plants; improved photosynthesis leading to rapid vertical growth, healthier plants, more fruit sets (leading to better yields) and an improved root structure is just a fraction that can be achieved using this unique formula.
- Vigorous Vertical Growth
- New Healthy Shoots
- Larger Plants, Larger Yields
EVOLUTION is a complex containing a vast range of bio stimulants, natural plant hormones, Polysaccharide sugars, a wealth of vitamins, trace elements, amino acids and of course humic and fulvic acids.
EVOLUTION can be used in ANY method of growing.
NB: Evolution is ready to use. No dilution required.
Plant Magic Plus Magne-Cal+
Magne-Cal + is an excellent product to accompany any of the premium PK boosters on the market today.
As the demand for Phosphorus and Potassium increases so does the demand for Magnesium and Calcium. It is vital to have the correct ratio which Magne-Cal + has.
Product Details
Prevents and cures magnesium deficiency which causes yellow leaves and boosts the effectivness of your PK. Also regulates nutrient transport and strengthens cells and supports photosynthesis and enzyme processes. Includes a full complement of trace elements
Total Nitrogen (N) 8.0%
Nitric Nitrogen 7.0%
Ammoniacal Nitrogen 1.0%
Water-soluble calcium oxide (CaO) 7.1%
Water-soluble magnesium oxide (MgO) 3.5%
Iron (Fe) chelated by EDTA 0.04%
Manganese (Mn) chelated by EDTA 0.01%
Zinc (Zn) chelated by EDTA 0.006%
N 2.6%
P 0.1%
K 0.3%
Atami B’Cuzz Soil Nutrition (A&B Set)
Professional bio-mineral nutrition without waste substances.
Stabilises the biological balance in all soil substrates.
Saves 20 to 40% of the nutrition solution.
Only to be used in combination with B’cuzz Soil Nutrition B.
Atami recommends use of biostimulators for maximum results.
Application The A- and B concentrates may only be mixed in combination with water.
NPK Soil Nutrition A: 4-0-4
Vitalink Root Stim
VitaLink Root Stim
Stimulate root growth with VitaLink RootStim. This additive uses high quality seaweed extracts with natural bio-stimulant properties and hormones to encourage plant roots to grow long, strong and healthy. By using this product in the early stages of plant life, it helps to encourage rapid root growth but it can also be used at any stage of the plant life cycle at a reduced dosage to improve roots.
Key Features:
- Increase and improve root development
- Rapid root growth at early plant life
- Long, strong and healthy roots
- Better roots mean better nutrient and water uptake
Dosage:
We recommend you use 1ml per 1L for the first week of vegetation, you would then use 0.5ml per 1L right up until bloom week 7.
Ecothrive Charge Soil Conditioner and Biostimulant
Charge is a 100% naturally-produced potting soil enhancer that offers a wide range of biological benefits to your plants. Charge boosts and prolongs the fertility of your potting mix by adding a balance of long-lasting primary nutrients in a highly available form. Composed entirely from the droppings of beetles, this premium grade poop is packed full of beneficial microorganisms and natural plant growth catalysts. Charge will stimulate robust plant growth, improve root zone conditions and create vigorous high yielding plants. It’s also certified for use in growing organic crops by the Soil Association.
- Contains a well-balanced proportion of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium with good availability and long-term supply.
- Promotes a healthy biological presence in the growing media, improving nutrient cycling and availability as well as improved root growth.
- Contains naturally occurring activators of plants’ immune response, elevating defence against bacterial and fungal diseases.
- Easy to apply thanks to user-friendly sandy texture.
- 100% Organic – Approved by the Soil Association.
Ecothrive Biosys Instant Microbe Tea
Ecothrive Biosys – Instant Microbe Tea
Biosys contains a unique blend of microbes and natural plant growth stimulants. Easy and quick to mix and use, nothing immediately improves the health of your root zone quite like Biosys. Breathe new life into your plants with Biosys—the instant microbial tea from Ecothrive.- Biosys contain beneficial bacteria, fungi, enzymes and plant growth stimulants and microbial catalysts all in an easy to use powder!
- Biosys stimulates rooting of cuttings and promotes both vegetative and generative plant development.
- Maintains a healthy root zone throughout the entire plant cycle.
- Biosys enriches the rhizosphere with a natural balance of micro-organisms to improve plant growth and allow healthy uptake of water and nutrients.
- Helps plants recover quickly from periods of stress.
- Biosys is highly concentrated.
- The microbial catalysts in Biosys are water soluble.
- No brewing necessary, an advanced instant alternative to aerated compost tea!
- Biosys is very easy to apply – straight away!
PH Test Kit – Liquid 6 – 7.6
Low or high pH levels affect the availability of the minerals required by the plant. The correct pH range for hydroponics is between 5.5 and 6.5, for soil it is not so critical, but generally around 6.3; outside of these figures nutrient problems will quickly occur as minerals become insoluble. The nutrient strength needs to be matched to the current stage of plant development. Too high a concentration can quickly burn a plant, whilst too low produces pale, weak growth. Measuring is knowing. Good results are attainable by anyone prepared to stick to this rule. Whimsical guesswork rarely leads to success!
The Nutriculture pH Test Kit allows quick and accurate monitoring of pH levels in your nutrient solution.
For accurate acidity testing follow the procedure below.
•Take a 2ml sample of solution from the tank in the test tube provided.
•Add 2 drops of reagent.
•Shake the test tube and compare the colour against the test strip to determine the acidity.
•Discard the test solution and rinse out the test tube.
•Adjust the pH of your nutrients and retest if neccessary.
PH Test Kit – Liquid 4 – 10
A pH Test Kit allows quick and accurate monitoring of pH levels in your nutrient solution.
For accurate acidity testing follow the procedure below.
Take a 2ml sample of solution from the tank in the test tube provided.
Add 2 drops of reagent.
Shake the test tube and compare the colour against the test strip to determine the acidity.
Discard the test solution and rinse out the test tube.
Adjust the pH of your nutrients and retest if neccessary.
Canna Spanner
Growth Technology Conductivity Standard – 250ml
EC meters should be calibrated regularly. Conductivity Standard is a solution with a known, fixed conductivity (EC), it is used for calibrating and maintaining the accuracy of your meter.
Please follow the instructions that come with you EC meter and always rinse the porbe after use to maximise accuracy and life of your device.
Just pour out what you need into a measuring cup, and use this to calibrate your pH meter. After calibration you must discard the used solution. Do NOT pour back into the bottle as this may contaminate the bottle and make the solution inaccurate.
Growth Technology PH Probe Refil + Storage
With care and attention you can keep a pH meter in good shape for a long time. Doing so will enhance and ensure their accuracy and extend their useful life. Probe Refill and Storage Solution solution can be used to store pH meters when not is use. Basically the probe at the end of the meter should be just immersed in the solution. This will condition the probe and maximise its useful life. The same solution can be used for refilling the probes on certain meters. The Probe Cleaning Solution is used for cleaning pH probes to remove salt deposits from nutrients and other accumulations.
Growth Technology pH Buffer 4 – 300ml
Growth Technology pH Buffer 7 – 300ml
Vitalink PlantStart
VitaLink PlantStart
VitaLink PlantStart is the ideal propagation nutrient and has been developed to help young plants grow well. It contains a key ratio of boron and calcium which is scientifically proven to promote fast and healthy early growth. This seedling feed contains everything cuttings and seedlings require for fast and healthy rooting during this crucial stage of plant growth.
Key Features:
- Promotes fast and healthy root development
- Proven to significantly reduce standard rooting times
- Boosts resistance to infection and disease
- Increases your chance of success at this difficult and crucial stage
- Provides the basis for overall healthy plants
Dosage:
Pre-soaking propagation = 3-4ml/L.
Seedlings/rooted cuttings = 6-8ml/L.
GHE Ripen
Ripen is a late flowering solution that is also known as a 'forcing solution' in the greenhouse industry. Will give you enhanced flowering size and yield.
Ripen acts at different levels: - It gives the plant a strong signal that it is coming to the end of its life. The plant reacts by speeding the ripening process, in a last effort to spread its genes. - It brings to the plants all the mineral salts they need in a form easy to assimilate. - In case of a previous accumulation of nitrate or microelements, it helps metabolise these residues, which will improve the taste of the crop. - In case of a severe infestation of fungi or insects, it allows you to accelerate the natural cycle and get something out of a crop otherwise completely lost.
Trellis Netting
- 1.5M X 4.5M TRELLIS NETTING (5' X 15')
- 1.5M X 9M TRELLIS NETTING (5' X 30')
Ideal for supporting vine crops, bush crops or top-heavy flowers. The reach through mesh allows the trellis netting to handle more weight and remain taught and therefore provide stronger support. 15cm (6") square mesh reduces crop damage and makes harvesting more efficient. Key features: Solid
