Additives

The deficiency of calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg) and iron (Fe) can cause common symptoms such as blossom-end-rot (death of the end part of fruit), upward leaf curl, withered flower/fruit set, interveinal chlorosis and the death of terminal buds and root tips. If the above mentioned symptoms are present, be sure to check pH and humidity levels. Excessive pH can cause both calcium and iron to become insoluble. Excessive humidity restricts the distribution (“translocation”) of nutrients throughout the plant and is a common cause of calcium deficiency. Avoid using this additive with excessively hard make-up water because it can exacerbate the build-up of white "scale". This can result in dripper blockage and a reduction in the amount of available sulfate - an essential plant nutrient.

CMX is a cal-mag additive used for preventing nutrient deficiency symptoms.  Unlike other brands, CMX also contains all trace elements (Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Mo, B).  Did you know most deficiency symptoms are due to trace element deficiencies?

Deficiency symptoms are all too common in growing systems that contain heavy feeders or suffer from lack of maintenance or poor quality waters.  CMX protects plants against problems such as:

• Blossom-end-rot
• Upward leaf curl
• Withered flower/fruit set
• Interveinal chlorosis
• Stunted growth rates

CMX contains 6% calcium, 2% magnesium, 0.2% iron EDDHA (NPK 4-0-0), and all essential trace elements (copper, zinc, and manganese as EDTA, molybdenum, and boron).

• Use during vegetative & flowering 
• For use in hydroponics, soil, or coco
• Dose rate 0.5-1ml/L (2-4ml/Gal)
• Available in 250ml, 1L, 5L, and 20L

STEP 1. Dosing

• Fill the nutrient reservoir with low EC water then add GREEN DREAM ‘A’ followed by GREEN DREAM ‘B’ then the additives. Add in the sequence shown in the chart (left to right) and stir thoroughly after each addition. Never pre-mix nutrients and additives in concentrated form. Pre-dilute SILIKAMAJIC 10-fold with plain water before adding to the reservoir. *BUDGENIE: For increased weight use up to 5ml/L for heavy feeders (yields “Final EC” 2.25mS/cm).

STEP 2. pH Control

• Check pH is between 5.0 and 6.5 (below 6.0 may enhance nutrient uptake).

STEP 3. Feed frequency

• Generally use this nutrient solution with each watering.

STEP 4. Maintenance

• Maintain nutrient temperature between 68-77 deg F (20-25 deg C). Cover the reservoir to prevent evaporation and exposure to light.
• ‘Recirculating' hydroponic systems: Maintain pH as in Step 2. Keep reservoir topped up with water. Do not allow EC to fall more than 0.3mS (maintain by adding GreenDream A and B). Discard, flush, and replace the nutrient solution every 7-10 days.
• Coco Coir or Soil systems: Flush the medium every 1-2 weeks with plain water.
•  Apply Pythoff for root problems such as root browning or fungus gnat infestations

Flairform pH Up & Down are non-corrosive*. This solves the long-standing safety and handling problems associated with regular pH adjustment solutions:

• Concentration: Flairform's 'organic' pH Down contains 50% w/v citric acid. Flairform pH UP contains 60% w/v potassium carbonate (equivalent strength to 40% w/v potassium hydroxide).
• Ideal for mail order and distribution: No special freight, handling or storage requirements.

Flairform pH Up & Down are non-corrosive*. This solves the long-standing safety and handling problems associated with regular pH adjustment solutions:

• Concentration:   Flairform's 'organic' pH Down contains 50% w/v citric acid. Flairform pH UP contains 60% w/v potassium carbonate (equivalent strength to 40% w/v potassium hydroxide).
• Ideal for mail order and distribution: No special freight, handling or storage requirements.

• In hydroponics "pH" is an extremely important factor. When it is poorly monitored or controlled, plants can become sick or die. It is therefore recommended that pH is tested daily. Hy-Gen pH Up and Hy-Gen pH Down provide the grower with an added control in maintaining optimum pH levels and hence maximizing nutrient availability and plant productivity. A too high or too low pH can complicate the absorption of important nutrients such as iron, calcium, magnesium, etc.
• Generally the pH of the hydroponic solution should be 6.3. It is acceptable, however, to maintain the pH in the range of 6.0 to 6.5. For rockwool a lower pH of 5.8 to 6.0 is recommended. This allows for optimum nutrient solubility and availability.

HY-GEN® COMPLETE pH KIT is an easy and accurate way to keep track of the nutrient solution pH. The kit gives the added ability to adjust your pH using the pH UP and pH DOWN solutions provided. Adjusting the pH is quite easy and after some time and experience it becomes an art as you start to learn more about your plants and growing system.

The concentrated indicator solution allows you to obtain a reading by using just one drop in the test tube provided. The calibrated colour chart provided helps test your pH to within 0.5 of a pH unit. Testing and adjusting your nutrient solution regularly will ensure your plants are healthy and happy.

Testing and adjusting the nutrient solution pH is made easy with a HY-GEN Complete pH Kit. The kit comes supplied with a test tube, 1mL transfer pipette, 150mL pH Up, 150mL pH Down, colour chart and concentrated indicator solution. Testing only requires one drop of indicator.

• Simple To Use
• Accurate Colour Chart
• Concentrated Indicator Solution
• Only One Drop Required
• pH Up And Down Solution
• Multiple Tests
• Transfer Pipette For Easy Use

NOW CHECK OUT THE GREEN PAD JR. for Your Cuttings!

CO2 accelerates the natural rooting process for cuttings and seedlings so they can establish healthy roots and more nodes by feeding the leaves.

THE GREEN PAD JR gives you higher strike rates, less leaf yellowing, faster rooting by 2-3 days or more allowing you to move healthy rooted cuttings and seedlings to veg faster.

THE GREEN PAD JR is placed in the humidity dome and replaced every other day until you are fully rooted or when you remove the dome. Its that easy!

Very inexpensive to have on-hand and if you don't use them immediately, they'll be good to go when you need them for up to a year. Make sure to keep the remaining GREEN PAD JR’s dry in original packaging and they will last over a year.

THE GREEN PAD is an innovative product designed to increase levels of carbon dioxide in your indoor garden, and propagation domes, absorbing your gardens humidity to power its CO2 generating reactions. Using a unique natural combination of carbons and acids that react to humidity to begin a measured release of CO2 THE GREEN PADS, when kept dry in their original packaging, will last well over a year. This allows you to use them only when you need them. THE GREEN PADS are easy to use each Original GREEN PAD is effective in an area of 200 to 400 cubic feet. And the new  Grand Daddy Pad is used in an area of 800+ cubic feet. Adding more GREEN PADS will certainly increase your PPM levels even higher.

When it comes to supplementing your garden with CO2 THE GREEN PAD may be one of the most inexpensive and innovative ways to get the good gas to your plants. CO2 equipment can get expensive and The Green Pads were designed to produce enough CO2 to be of significant benefit to the indoor home garden without the upfront expense of equipment but with similar results.

THE GREEN PAD is a sheet/pad type material laminated with layers of natural carbons and acids that hangs inside your grow room, tent or garden and absorbs the rooms humidity (35%+) to power its reactions, releasing carbon dioxide. If you add periodic water misting, it will accelerate that activation.

• Each full sized GREEN PAD lasts about 2 weeks, they peak at the end of the first week, and new Green Pad’s get rotated in weekly
• To maintain higher PPM’s you would want to use 1-2 GREEN PADS per 200 to 400 cubic feet of space. Of course adding more of THE GREEN PADS will certainly increase your PPM’s too. You may add or subtract as many GP’s as you need for your specific area.

FOR ALL YOU CURRENT GROWER USING CO2 TANKS: Don’t Get Yourself in a Situation Where You’ve Run Out of CO2!

THE GREEN PAD is your backup for those using CO2 tanks that run empty. Keep an extra pack on hand for emergencies or when you can’t get out to get a tank refill.

You can open THE GREEN PADS and use them when they need them, in the original package. They will last at least a year. Don’t get caught with a garden where you have depleted CO2 that your plants have become accustomed to. Drop a few GREEN PADS in the meantime!

Dry storage of pH electrodes is the most common cause of pH meter failure in hydroponics!

“pH electrodes last several years when stored properly”

pH electrodes should be stored in a specialized solution when not in use. This helps prevent dehydration of the glass electrode and porous frit (or wick) while preserving the electrode’s filling solution.    pH buffers and distilled water are not suitable for storing pH electrodes as they can upset electrode calibration.  Electrode storage solutions are carefully structured formulations that do not interfere with the chemical composition of the liquid/gel that is contained within the electrode.

Flairform’s pH Electrode Storage helps:

• Maintain electrode accuracy and response time.
• Eliminate reading ‘drift’.
• Maximize electrode life-span.

For pH & conductivity electrodes

"We have not needed to re-calibrate our pH meters for over 3 years!"
Analytical Laboratory

In many situations, Flairform’s electrode cleaner eliminates the need to re-calibrate. Electrode cleaners are usually made from acids, alkalis or chelates. However, these chemicals are largely ineffective for cleaning electrodes that have been contaminated by nutrient solutions.

Flairform Electrode Cleaner is:

• Suitable for both  pH &  conductivity meter electrodes.
• Removes both inorganic and organic contamination.
• Restores electrode accuracy and response time.
• Maximizes electrode life-span.
• Unlike with other cleaners, the electrode does not require ‘rest’ time after being cleaned.
• Easy to use: Soak electrode for 5 minutes.

House & Garden Aqua Flakes is the complete base nutrient reformulated in the USA specifically for recirculating systems. House & Garden Aqua Flakes are ideal for expanded clay, rockwool, growstone and various forms of recirculating hydroponic cultivation.

This liquid concentrate has a unique composition that encourages rapid transfer of nutrients from fertigation into the plant foliage. The secret H&G formulation and blending methodology allows for a perfectly balanced combination of nutrients for optimum, medical-grade cultivation. The result for you? Better pH balance, improved nutrient uptake, faster plant growth and stability in EC levels.

Aqua Flakes contains all macro and trace elements in absorbable forms to ensure rapid uptake and complete nutrient for the life cycle of the plant. Aqua Flakes can be used in both the vegetative and flowering (generative state) of plant growth.

Our range of Aqua Flakes is designed to provide perfect nutriment in recirculating rockwool with just a simple rinse prior to planting. For those growing in run-to-waste hydroponic systems, we still recommend the use of House & Garden HYDRO A/B. Hydro A/B is specifically designed for all forms of run-to-waste hydroponic systems.

Available in 1L,5L,10L & 20L

House & Garden Aqua Flakes is a premium base nutrient, designed by the Dutch for use in all recirculating type hydroponic systems (e.g. nft, flood and drain). Containing all the main nutrients a plant needs in this type of system you can be assured this is a top quality product designed by people who do it best!

• Specifically designed base nutrient for recirculating type hydroponic systems
• Designed and developed by a top Dutch manufacturer – House & Garden
• Highly versatile – Use for both the growth and bloom cycles of plant's development
• Perfect for use with the range of House & Garden additives and boosters
• Easy to use – no separate grow and bloom formulations – use right the way through your grow
• House & Garden nutrients are highly recommended by many delighted customers

House & Garden Soil A&B base nutrients are composed of liquid nutrients and trace elements and contain no bulking agents, which make the transfer from the root zone to the plant more efficient. Soil A&B base nutrients are formulated using the purest high-quality nutrients that are available on the market including, Eddha-Fe, humic and fulvic acid. Humic and fulvic acid facilitate the uptake and transportation of nutrients which promotes healthy plant growth and increases the absorption capacity of the root zone. Uniquely composed nutrients for soil ensure that the soil and the nutrients are used to their full potential. House & Garden Soil A&B is an excellent solution and a great basis for a successful harvest.

How House & Garden Aqua Flakes A&B works:

House & Garden Aqua Flakes A&B is a base nutrient for recirculating type hydroponic systems. House & Garden Aqua Flakes A&B is complete plant food supplying all the basic nutrients required by plants for strong, healthy growth in both the vegetative and flowering stages of the plants development.

Using House & Garden Aqua Flakes A&B:

Fill your recirculating hydroponic system reservoir with water and add equal amounts of House & Garden Aqua Flakes Part A and House & Garden Aqua Flakes Part B to the tank to achieve the required strength and mix well. We recommend using a syringe or beaker for accurate measurement of this product and a CF/EC/PPM meter such as the Bluelab Truncheon to check the TDS (nutrient strength). Adjust as necessary. Next, add any additives and boosters you wish to use and again mix well. Adjust the pH of the solution to the required level using pH up or down as necessary. We recommend the use of a pH meter such as the Horticare pH meter to help accurately set the pH to the required level. As with all nutrients, additives and pH adjustment products, avoid contact with skin and eyes and wear suitable protective clothing. Store at a temperature between 7C and 30C.

Both parts of a 2-part nutrient are designed to be used together in equal amounts. Using only part A or part B, or using them in unequal amounts will result in a nutrient solution which is not properly balanced. This will almost certainly lead to your plants suffering from deficiencies.

As with all nutrients, boosters and additives, never mix them together in their concentrated form (i.e. straight out of the bottle). Always add each nutrient, booster or additive to your reservoir or feed water in turn, giving the solution a good stir to mix it in before adding the next one.

Please ask a member of staff for the recommended nutrient strength and pH range for the particular type of plant that you wish to grow as different types of plant have different nutrient strength requirements. The ideal nutrient strength may also vary depending on the growth stage of the plant.

Manufacturer's recommended dosage rates are only for vigorously growing plants that are in the peak of health. Slower growing plants and those that are not 100% healthy will require a lower dosage rate. House & Garden Aqua Flakes is a premium quality product for growers that demand the best. You can be assured of excellent results when used in combination with the House & Garden range of additives and boosters.

House & Garden Aqua Flakes Part A – NPK 3-0-2

House & Garden Aqua Flakes Part B – NPK 1-3-5

House & Garden recommended E.C. is 1.2 - 2.0

House & Garden recommended pH range is 5.5 - 6.2 with a pH of 5.8 being optimal

House & Garden Multi Zyme is a useful stimulator, rich in enzymes,co-enzymes and vitamins. Multi Zyme accelerates and simplifies the growth process and strengthens the plants immunity. It breaks down and dissolves dead root material when watered and also increases the plants resistance to disease and stress. The enzymes convert the base nutrient into ready to use micro nutrient which is far more easily assimilated by the plant.

House & Garden Multi Zyme is a collective term for a wide range of useful enzymes, which are very important for the plants to metabolically exchange their plant sugars. Enzymes are small catalysts that trigger these processes and keep them in tune with the plant’s growth rate.

DILUTION RATES

• Dilution rate of Multi Zyme is 1ml/L

APPLICATION

• Use Multi Zyme throughout the entire growth cycle.
• Prepare your nutrient container by first adding your base nutrient (e.g Cocos, Hydro or Soil) to the water container. Adjust your EC of the nutrient and then add your Multi Zyme. Adjust the pH value to harmonise with the nutrient solution.

House & Garden Bud-XL has a unique ability to extract sugars from the leaves of the plant and transfer them to the fruit. The fruit is made sweeter and its taste is improved. Bud-XL will also increase the size and robustness of the flowers, resulting in an increase in fruit production and greater turnover.

House & Garden Bud-XL uses enzymes’ processes to extract sugars from the large bracts for storage in the fruits or flowers of the plant. This leads to bigger, sweeter and more robust fruits. The flowers will become larger and improve in colour and quality.

DILUTION RATES

• Dilution rate of Bud-XL is 1ml/L

APPLICATION

• Use Bud-XL in the middle of the flowering period (from week 4).
• Start adding Bud-XL to the nutrient after the first flowers are formed. This is the period when the big bracts lose their functions. By adding Bud-XL you ensure that the plant’s energy is no longer used for keeping the bract, but is directed into forming the flowers and fruits of the plants. Bud-XL also extracts sugars from the bracts and transports them to the flowers or fruits.
• Prepare your nutrient container by first adding your base nutrient (e.g Cocos, Hydro or Soil) to the water container. Adjust your EC of the nutrient and then add your Bud-XL. Adjust the pH value to harmonise with the nutrient solution.

Roots Excelurator Gold:

Plant roots are an essential part of the ecosystem below the soil surface. They are the link between the plant above ground and everything that happens in the soil. Roots are vital for the plant’s growth and have much influence on feeding the soil life and the structure of the soil. The better the rooting, the better the soil structure, the better the soil life, and the easier it is for nutrients to be absorbed. The result is an excellent plant yield.

House & Garden Roots Excelurator is the most powerful root stimulator currently available. Our showpiece in the area of nutrients! This powerful root stimulator ensures the explosive growth of the roots, rids the plants of brown roots, root diseases and provides an excellent rhizosphere (root environment) in the soil or coco 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.

DILUTION RATES

• Dilution Rate of Roots Excelurator is 0.3ml/L

APPLICATION

• Use Roots Excelurator in the first five weeks of growth. Prepare your nutrient container by first adding your base nutrient (e.g Cocos, Hydro or Soil) to the water container.  Make sure the nutrient container has the correct EC and pH values. Then add the Roots Excelurator. The nutrient container is now ready for its first watering.

Roots Excelurator Silver 500ml Only:

House & Garden Top Booster creates an optical drought giving the plant the impression that the last phase of its life cycle has started. To ensure its survival, the plant will start to form flowers and fruits to reproduce itself. After three or four days, the usual nutrient feeding schedule should be resumed. With this early triggering, the plant will continue to form flowers and fruits and will have time to develop larger fruits.

House & Garden Top Booster is an extremely powerful flowering stimulator which will amaze the grower. Top Booster acts on the basis of PK13-14 but with the added benefits of Eddha-Fe (iron). The basis of all flowering boosters is a blend of pure potassium and phosphorus. These elements are important for the plant’s flowering process and create superior flowering sites. Potassium is for the beginning of the flowering stages and phosphorus is for the proper development of fruit and flowers, while the Eddha-Fe additive ensures a better colouring of the leaf.

DILUTION RATES

• Dilution rate of Top Booster is 1.5ml/L

APPLICATION

• Use Top Booster four weeks before harvest for 3-4 days.
• Prepare your nutrient container by first adding your base nutrient (e.g Cocos, Hydro or Soil) to the water container. Adjust your EC of the nutrient and then add your Top Booster. Adjust the pH value to harmonise with the nutrient solution.

House & Garden Shooting Powder is the secret behind every successful grower. This sparkling bud expander is the absolute best in the field of flowering stimulators. It gives visible results and works brilliantly with all base nutrients. It is packed in handy sachets, is simple to use and has been extensively tested by our research team. It has already gained great respect in the horticultural industry and, moreover, has earned our customers’ complete satisfaction.

House & Garden Shooting Powder forces your plants into starting a new flowering cycle after the regular cycle has stopped, significantly increasing the fruits’ total weight. The extra yield after applying this agent will surprise even the most seasoned grower, as it actually creates a new layer on top of the existing fruit. Output increases of up to 20% can be reached this way.

Use Shooting Powder at the end of the flowering period for the last three weeks.

Prepare your nutrient container by first adding your base nutrient (e.g Cocos, Hydro or Soil) to the water container. Adjust your EC of the nutrient to 1.2 and then add your Shooting Powder. Adjust the pH value to harmonise with the nutrient solution.

• 1 sachet to 100ltrs during the last three weeks before harvest
• 2 sachets to 100ltrs during the last two weeks before harvest
• 2 sachets to 100ltrs during the last week before harvest

Only use Shooting Powder when your plants are sufficiently healthy as it is a very strong agent that requires a lot from your plants. Always adjust the EC value of your base nutrient to 1.2. Do not use Shooting Powder in combination with any other booster.

House & Garden Amino Treatment is a new, revolutionary product that brings noticeably higher fruit yield, with regard to quality as well as to quantity.

The product consists of a balanced complex of ingredients such as small silicate particles which are much smaller than those which you would find in normal silicon. Amino Treatment also contains a unique natural growth and flowering stimulator from an extract taken from plant seeds.

Plants always add a buffer to their seeds, a kind of plant base with-quality enzymes and amino acids which stimulate root development, growth and fruit formation in a powerful way.

So, the use of Amino Treatment results in better nutrient distribution in the leaves, a higher photosynthesis ratio, stronger stalks, increased root activity, better and higher fruit production and a higher sugar content in the fruit. See it and believe it! Amino Treatment, for profuse growth and flowering.

“I grew up in a commercial gardeners’ family, after school my brothers and I had to work in the greenhouse. In this greenhouse I had a small garden of my own… where I grew my own plants and seeds. I wondered what makes plant seeds so powerful. This obsession gave me the basic idea for our new product.

I discovered a very powerful substance in plant seeds; I managed to isolate this material and started combining it with other substances. This effort resulted in an extremely powerful new plants food for the industrial market: Amino Treatment!”

William van der Zwaan – Creator of Amino Treatment

• 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
• Aids nutrient distribution
• Dosage: 20-100ML per 100L

DILUTION RATE

• Dilution Rate of Amino Treatment is 0.2-1ml/L

APPLICATION

• Use Amino Treatment with each watering until 3 weeks before harvest.
• Prepare your nutrient container by first adding your base nutrient (e.g Cocos, Hydro or Soil) to the water container. Adjust your EC of the nutrient and then add your Amino Treatment. Adjust the pH value to harmonise with the nutrient solution.

House & Garden Drip Clean is an extremely useful agent for anyone working with drip irrigation systems or gravity feed systems (e.g. Auto pots, IWS Dripper systems). Drip Clean works as a magnet, removing any dirt particles from your piping with every nutrient feeding so that the pipes stay open and clean. Furthermore, Drip Clean gives your plants a boost, improving their greenness and vitality.  Drip Clean can be used to keep pot systems in perfect nutrient balance and reduce the need for flushing.

House & Garden Drip Clean is a 100% safe agent providing it is used in the right proportion. Drip Clean contains potassium and phosphors compounds, two very powerful and useful elements in the nutritional plan of the plant. These two compounds have had their chemical molecules changed to remove one of their structures. This makes the molecule into a kind of magnet, as molecules always try to complete themselves. Drip clean attracts dirt particles with every feeding, keeping the drip system clean. Drip Clean can also be used to keep your medium at an optimal EC-TDS level, saving you to flush as often as it will remove salt buildup. Drip clean never fails and is very effective against clogged dripper systems and piping.

DILUTION RATES

• Dilution rate of Drip Clean is 0.1ml/L

APPLICATION

• To prevent the drip watering system from clogging, Drip Clean should be added to the nutrient container each time the plants are fed. Just a very small amount of Drip Clean will ensure that your drip watering system is kept clean.
• Prepare your nutrient container by first adding your base nutrient (e.g Cocos, Hydro or Soil) to the water container. Adjust your EC of the nutrient and then add your Drip Clean. Adjust the pH value to harmonise with the nutrient solution.

Optic Foliar OVERGROW is the only product on the market that is a dynamic, multi-purpose, ready-to-use spray that combines performance and growth with mold and pest control in a single solution. OVERGROW will also correct deficiencies and provide increased performance! Match that with the ability to spray in full sunlight, with no burning or the need to spray the undersides of leaves, and you have the only all-in-one spray with no negative side effects from leaf burn to residuals. OVERGROW will prevent and combat all problems attacking plant leaves ensuring you always get a healthy harvest. Once OVERGROW is sprayed onto the plant, within minutes the formula gets directly into the mesophyll layer of the leaf, it increases light absorption/photosynthesis rapidly, triggering an immediate increase in nutrient uptake from the root zone. OVERGROW then provides a full spectrum of NPK, micro nutrients as well as a full complement of vitamins, sugars, amino acids and B1 to further increase growth and supplement the increase in photosynthesis. The addition of a natural fungicide and organic pyrethrum, further helps to prevent and combat mold and bugs while also increasing the natural resistance of the plant to fight off disease while speeding up growth and yield.

OVERGROW is the only foliar spray on the market to work synergistically with your plants to increase light intake, nutrient uptake while also directly feeding the plant and preventing mold and bugs — all with the lights on — no damage or burning — and you only need to spray the tops of the leaves — OVERGROW ... spray it , see it be-leaf it! Directions: Mist cuttings or seedlings every other day, until plants are ready for Grow. For Plants in Grow, spray Plants 2-3 times per week in full sunlight until runoff. For plants in Bloom spray plants 2-3 times per week up to week 4 of bloom. Additional Usage notes: Best sprayed in full sunlight or when lights turn on Pyrethrum, Azamax or Neem oil can be added anytime to help increase the potency to fend of or combat bugs Store in a cool dark place Learn to make your own OVERGROW solution and get more value and savings. Simply mix TRANSPORT, WATTS, REV & ATAK and include any natural pesticide such as Pyrethrum, Azamax or Neem. Ingredients: Potassium Nitrate, Potassium Sulphate, Ammonium Nitrate, Monopotassium Phosphate, Iron EDTA, Zinc EDTA

CLONING ACCELERATOR – Foliar Spray

Foliar feeding is a technique of feeding plants by applying liquid fertilizer directly to their leaves.

Without an established root zone, you need a high quality foliar spray to supply your plants the nutrients they need for healthy growth and development.

Foliar feeding is a technique of feeding plants by applying liquid fertilizer directly to their leaves. When a part of a plant is cut, and this part has no root system, the ability of the cutting to get nutrients from its surroundings becomes minimal. In order to supply nutrients for the plant, a suitable foliar spray should be applied.

Cloning Accelerator delivers key nutrients and trace elements through foliar spraying of the leaves. It’s perfectly balanced formula has been specifically created to deliver the right amount of ph adjusted nutrient to young and delicate plants.

Cloning Accelerator contains Humic Acid which research has shown when foliar applied can boost photosynthesis, improve growth and development. It also contains crucial elements which are designed to restore any discolouring which may occur during the life of the cutting.

Speeds root development and early establishment
Chelated minerals formulated as a RTU Foliar Spray for maximum absorption
Protects young plants from deficiencies
Accelerates growth rates and chlorophyll production

Application
Spray Cuttings with Cloning Accelerator every second day. Once the plant has developed roots, continue to spray every few days for a further two weeks or until the cuttings have been planted.
Important – Always spray at the onset or just before photoperiod (lights out)

GO GREEN – Prevents and Restores Common Deficiencies

Are plant deficiencies destroying your crop?

Whatever your growing medium, plants require a mix of nutrients to remain healthy. Deficiencies arise when there is an inadequate supply of nutritional elements. Plants can suffer various deficiencies, both indoors and outdoors. Most of the classic deficiency symptoms you may encounter often manifest as foliage discoloration or leaf stains and deformity.

So, what are the most common deficiencies?

Nitrogen – Is directly responsible for producing chlorophyll and amino acids, and it’s also vital to the process of photosynthesis. Plant tissue is also made up largely of nitrogen, meaning that growth would halt fast in the event of a deficiency.

Signs to look out for – Older, bottom leaves turn yellow and leaf stems turn purple. Eventually, all foliage yellows and leaf drop is severe.

Calcium – Is vital for your plants growth. It aids in the absorption of other nutrients, preserves cell structure, and facilitates photosynthesis.

Signs to look out for – Symptoms often appear quickly. New growth develops small brown spots that never disappear, while growth is stunted and flower development slows dramatically.

Magnesium – Activates enzymes and is an essential building block of chlorophyll, and is essential to the absorption of light energy. It helps enzymes make carbohydrates and sugars that are later transformed into flowers.

Signs to look out for – Symptoms typically present 3 – 4 weeks after deficiency begins. Interveinal yellowing and rust spots appear on older and middle age leaves. Leaf tips turn brown and curl upwards. Brown spots increase in number and size and leaves dry and die in extreme cases.

Iron – Is essential for electron transport and chlorophyll biosynthesis. It is therefore required for photosynthesis and respiration.

Signs to look out for – New leaves turn bright yellow. Eventually more and more leaves turn yellow and develop interveinal chlorosis

PREVENTION IS KEY.

The Professor’s Go Green is used to PREVENT and RESTORE common deficiencies in plants.

It is a scientifically formulated liquid fertilizer, with added Calcium, Magnesium, Nitrogen and Iron which help reduce plant discolouring, rust spots and tip burn.

Go Green provides protection for your plants against excessive nutrient salt build up, environmental stress and lack of chlorophyll, ensuring lush, dark vigorous growth.

• 4 in 1 deficiency correction
  • Contains fulvic Acid and Chelated minerals for enhanced nutrient mobility
  • Can be used as a Foliar Spray
  • Fast deficiency correction and plant recovery

Application.
Nutrient Tank: Add 2ml of Go Green per 1L of Nutrient Solution
Foliar Spray: Add 1ml of Go Green per 1L of water.

The Professor’s Flower Boost is a high grade, concentrated PK – (Phosphorus/Potassium) liquid flower enhancer.  Scientifically formulated to initiate early flowering and node development, Flower Boost provides plants with the perfect ratio of PK to produce a large, high quality yield.

• Boosts Early Blooms and Bigger Yields
• Activates Flowering Enzyme production
• Provides perfect ratios of P and K to boost flower development
• Faster flower growth and bud onset
• Larger Heavier Blooms of a higher quality
• Aids in energy transfer and storage of carbohydrates

Application

To achieve maximum yield, Flower Boost should be replaced with Extreme Boost in the final 3 weeks.

• Hydroponics : Use 2ml Flower Boost per 1L of nutrient solution.
• Soil : Use 1.5ml Flower Boost per 1L of nutrient solution.

Pythoff maximizes the effective working life of water and nutrient:

• Helps prevent root browning.
• Helps eliminates food sources responsible for attracting fungus gnat and other root-zone pests.
• Helps prevent plumbing blockages.

Pythoff’s formulation is a result of our extensive experience as water treatment consultants since 1966.  

BACKGROUND:
Slimes and algae can cause diseases and blockages of plumbing components such as drippers, filters and pumps. They are also a food source that can be attractive to pests. To prevent the formation of slimes and algae:

• Ensure the nutrient solution is not exposed to light.
• Be aware that many organic additives (e.g. carbohydrates, sugars) can encourage the growth of slimes.
• Stored water and surface waters are a common source of slimes and therefore should be pre-treated prior to use in a hydroponic system.
• Routine replacement of recirculating nutrient solution and frequent cleaning of filters will help minimise problems.

Pythoff is safe and non-toxic:

• Non systemic: Safe to use from seed to harvest.
• Complies with ‘organic' farming guidelines that prohibit the use of systemic chemicals.
• Use during vegetative & flowering.
• Dose rate 0.1-0.2ml/L (0.4-0.8ml/Gal). As with all products it is advisable to test compatibility prior to routine usage. Pythoff is not compatible with hydrogen peroxide or beneficial bacteria.
• Available in 250ml, 1L, 5L and 20L

SPECIFICATIONS

• When to Use: Seed to harvest
• Dosage: 0.1-0.2ml/L (0.4-0.8ml/Gal)
• Substrates: Hydro and Coco
• Bottle Sizes: 250ml, 1L, 5L & 20L

Silica must be used throughout both vegetative and flowering phases. Electron microscopy and x-ray analysis both confirm that existing silica within the plant is not mobile and cannot benefit new growth. To benefit new growth, therefore, silica must be present at all times in the nutrient solution. Various research projects have shown that the presence of silica in plant tissue produces several beneficial side effects:

• Silica produces healthier and stronger plant growth. When silica is taken up by the roots, it is deposited in the cell walls of the plant as a solid, rigid 'quartz-like' matrix. This produces a ‘mechanically’ stronger plant which enables superior leaf orientation and therefore greater rates of photosynthesis and growth.
• Increases the weight and shelf-life of fruit due to the physical accumulation of silica in plant cells.
• Increases plant tolerance to heat stress or “wilting”.
• Increases resistance to fungal diseases particularly mildews and botrytis. It resists fungal ingress by accumulating around the points of fungal attack.
• Improves the healing rate and neatness of pruning wounds. This property is especially beneficial in the commercial cropping of plants such as tomato and cucumber. Regular pruning of these species threatens the plant's survival due to the risk of disease penetration through the site of the pruning wound.

• SilikaMajic produces healthier & stronger plant growth
• Increases the weight & shelf-life of fruit
• Increases plant tolerance to heat stress (wilting)
• Improves the healing rate and neatness of pruning wounds
• SilikaMajic contains 15% potassium silicate (NPK 0-0-10)
• Fully soluble and indefinite shelf-life
• For use in hydroponics, soil or coco
• Use during vegetative & flowering
• Dose rate 0.2ml/L (0.8ml/Gal)
• Available in 250ml, 1L, 5L, and 20L

STEP 1. Dosing

• Fill the nutrient reservoir with low EC water then add GREEN DREAM ‘A’ followed by GREEN DREAM ‘B’ then the additives. Add in the sequence shown in the chart (left to right) and stir thoroughly after each addition. Never pre-mix nutrients and additives in concentrated form. Pre-dilute SILIKAMAJIC 10-fold with plain water before adding to the reservoir. *BUDGENIE: For increased weight use up to 5ml/L for heavy feeders (yields “Final EC” 2.25mS/cm).

STEP 2. pH Control

• Check pH is between 5.0 and 6.5 (below 6.0 may enhance nutrient uptake).

STEP 3. Feed frequency

• Generally use this nutrient solution with each watering.

STEP 4. Maintenance

• Maintain nutrient temperature between 68-77 deg F (20-25 deg C). Cover the reservoir to prevent evaporation and exposure to light.
• ‘Recirculating' hydroponic systems: Maintain pH as in Step 2. Keep reservoir topped up with water. Do not allow EC to fall more than 0.3mS (maintain by adding GreenDream A and B). Discard, flush, and replace the nutrient solution every 7-10 days.
• Coco Coir or Soil systems: Flush the medium every 1-2 weeks with plain water.
•  Apply Pythoff for root problems such as root browning or fungus gnat infestations

TopWet Wetting Agent increases the effectiveness of foliar sprays such as foliar fertilizer, fungicides, and pesticides.

• Wetting Agent
• Improves penetration through the leaf’s surface.
• Maximizes leaf surface coverage and reduces waste
• For use with both acid and alkaline sprays.
• Fully biodegradable and 100% non-ionic.
• Very economical
• Application: 1 to 2ml per Litre

NITROZYME 

To produce a heavy Laden Harvest a plant must first develop a profuse & powerful fruit bearing structure.
Nitrozyme has been proven to effectively relieve stress, provide a more vigorous and healthy plant, which increases yields and profits.


WHY USE NITROZYME?
Crops under normal growing conditions achieve only 30-40% of their genetic potential. Growing conditions such as low or high moisture levels, hot or cold temperature variations, soil imbalance and nutritional deficiencies contribute to plant stress and result in underperformance of the crop.
Plants under stress are unable to produce sufficient cytokinins, the natural plant growth hormones which are necessary for plant growth, nutrient mobilization and distribution, germination, cell division, root development, flowering and seed formation. These naturally occurring hormones have a very pronounced effect on the growth of plant cells and regulate delicate physiological plant processes.
After many years of research and field testing, the natural cytokinins in Nitrozyme can be put to productive use on your plants. Natural cytokinins such as those found in Nitrozyme will help control and regulate: germination – root development – nutrition uptake – plant tissue composition – tillering – flowering -seed and fruit set.

HOW DOES NITROZYME WORK?
Plants progress through a cycle of growth stages. Using the example of wheat, the plant starts out as a seed, germinates and goes through the seedling stage, through the three, five and seven leaf stages, and finally forming a head and producing new seed.
When a plant is under stress at any given stage of growth, reduced levels of cytokinin growth hormones are produced. If this reduction occurs at certain key stages of growth such as the tillering stage, yields can be affected.
By making available extra hormone to the plant at these stages, you can influence the crops final yield.
Timing of the application is essential.  If you apply a hormone to a plant, the result will be stimulated growth of the type which the plant is currently undergoing.  If the plant is forming roots, more root growth can occur. If tillering is underway, more tillers will be formed. If stem growth is in progress, that is what will occur.  If flowering is in progress more flowering will occur.

WHAT ABOUT NITROZYME AS A SEED TREATMENT?
Nitrozyme is very effective as a seed treatment. Many gardeners and researchers have been experimenting with Growth Plus as a seed treatment because it contains certain hormones which can help promote early seedling vigor, and up to 40% increase in root mass. More root mass leads to a healthier and a more vigorous plant.

APPLICATION
Best applied early morning or late afternoon.
Mix only for immediate application.

FOLIAR SPRAYING
Use in conjunction with normal fertilizer program.  Dilute 3 ml Nitrozyme to 1 Ltr water.  For a more effective treatment use a wetting agent (surfactant).  Spray plant early (2-4 Leaf). Continue weekly for 2-3 weeks.

HYDROPONIC NUTRIENT TANK ADDITIVE
Add 1 ml per Ltr.  Monitor pH levels closely as pH will drop.

Do not foliar feed Nitrozyme if you are adding it to a nutrient tank.

IMPORTANT
It is most advisable that Nitrozyme applications are ceased prior to the flowering period

Optic Foliar REV is an exceptional nutrient solution for fast-growing plants. After the application of Optic Foliar WATTS, the plants will grow markedly faster and require additional nutrients. This is where Optic Foliar REV steps in to provide additional nutrition to the plant to help supplement the high rates of growth created by WATTS. REV is best used with TRANSPORT Optic Foliar REV helps the plant maintain its highly accelerated growth and flowering rates, resulting in greener and healthier plants, as well as higher-quality crop yields, by providing most of the micronutrients, organic vitamins, amino acids, as well as carbohydrate sugars and B1 as key additional building blocks for flower development, quality, taste and flavour.
Best used with distilled water

• Shake products well before use
• Spray while lights are on
• Do no adjust pH of foliar spray
• Avoid spraying any electrical or lighting
• Long term stability when mixed
• Can also add atak or natural pesticide (link) to mix for multipurpose solution
• Can also add pesticide / fungicide
• Can also be used on cuttings/seedlings

Optic Foliar WATTS allows the plant to utilize additional energy provided to the plant through sunlight and supplemental HID lighting. Thus allowing the plant to optimize the Calvin Cycle and exponentially increase growth rates that lead to improved yields! High quality hydroponic lights and ballasts are key to growing plants successfully. Using Optic Foliar WATTS will allow for better light usage and efficiency within the plant, and dramatically increase growth rates. WATTS stimulate chlorophyll/ chloroplast production, increasing the ATP cycle in the leaves also known as the ‘molecular unit of currency of intercellular energy’. Optic Foliar WATTS can thus be used to turbocharge plant growth and light efficiency within the mesophyll layer of the leaves, resulting in faster and greater nutrient uptake. WATTS is the most concentrated and cost-effective light energy spray on the market, and will not curl, damage or burn leaves — it works with your lights to affect increased growth and nutrient uptake from the root zone. This results in bushier healthier plants, being ‘pushed’ into early development of flowers for bigger yields at harvest.

1. Measure 1 Liter or 1 Gallon of water.
2. Add 7.5 ml/1.5 teaspoon of TRANSPORT, WATTS & REV for each liter of water. For Gallon Mixture add 30 ml/1 oz of Transport for each Gallon of water.
3. Mist cuttings and seedlings on alternating days. After transplanting into Grow stage. Spray leaves until covered and wet 2-3 times per week throughout growth stage and up to week 4 of flower.
4. Can be mixed and stored long term. Store in a cool dark place away from heat and light.

Optic Foliar transport is a spreader and wetter that allows anything you combine with it to be absorbed by the mesophyll palisade layer inside leaves – directly to where the chloroplasts are that complete the photosynthetic functions for the plant.

The thing that makes transport stand out over other foliar additives is the fact you will be able to spray your plants WHILE LIGHTS ARE ON! without the risk of any adverse impact on your plants. No scorching. No burning. No residues. No post-spray wash.

Gone are the days of making special visits to your garden when the lights are due to go off, by using transport you can spray plants during your normal day-to-day visits and checks, with no risk to the health of the plants.

Not just a nutritional spray, Transport is an efficiency spray as it allows your active ingredients to penetrate the leaf surface, so you don’t have to make as strong a solution. Optic foliar recommend using your pesticide or fungicide at ¼ strength as transport boosts the efficiency so you don’t have to use as much & it’s still as effective as a full dose.

Nutrition passes through plant structures such as the stem at a very slow rate while ingredients in optic foliar allow the compounds to be delivered directly into the plants structures where it’s being used. The growing tips of plants consume most of plant resources in active growth and spraying these sites will facilitate growth in these areas. The almost immediate uptake also allows you to treat deficiencies much quicker than via nutrient solutions fed to roots.

Designed to work with any other foliar products from any nutrient range, transport facilitates your chosen ingredients uptake by the plant. It doesn’t replace your nutrient range but actively increases the available nutrients for the plant. If your just feeding nutrition to your plants via the roots, your missing out on an entirely different route of feeding and you should consider adding optic foliar’s range to your arsenal.

Optic foliar Transport should be used if you intend on mixing it with other ingredients. If you want a ready to use spray, check out Optic Foliar Overgrow which combines several products into a RTU spray that has a wide range of action.

How to use:

Mix 7.5ml of transport to each 1l of water.

Mix with distilled or Reverse osmosis water.

Use any additional products at ¼ strength.

Do not adjust the pH of the solution.

You only need to spray the tops of leaves.

Maintain healthy plants throughout veg and into late flower with OPTIC FOLIAR ATAK,, ATAK will ensure your plants receive all essential trace minerals to optimize plant health in all stages of growth including late bloom.

1. For each liter of water add : 10 ml of ATAK concentrate & 10 ml of TRANSPORT
2. Shake well and apply to plants every 7-10 days

CANNA RHIZOTONIC

CANNA RHIZOTONIC is a powerful, algae based, vegetative stimulator for plant roots. It contains multiple vitamins and is 100% natural. RHIZOTONIC adds more than 60 microbiological substances that considerably speed up the growth of a balanced root environment.

Benefits of CANNA RHIZOTONIC:

• Stimulates new root growth on cuttings and transplants.

Besides stimulating root growth on plants that are already rooted, RHIZOTONIC also stimulates new root growth on cuttings and transplants. The various trace elements and vitamins such as B1&B2 stimulate the production of hormones and root growth, thus providing beautiful, strong white roots.

• Speeds up the germination process when used to soak seeds prior to planting.

If you dilute RHIZOTONIC (40ml/10 litre), you can use it to soak seeds. RHIZOTONIC softens up the seed skin, making it easier for the seed to burst and germinate.

• Enhances overall plant growth and chemical reactions in the plant to ensure a healthier, powerful and stronger plant.

Good results start with a healthy plant. Because RHIZOTONIC stimulates root growth, it improves the strength of a plant. This is especially important during the first weeks of a plant's life, since young plants are the most vulnerable. RHIZOTONIC stimulates further root development, increases the plant s resistance to diseases and promotes its inner and outer strength.

• Aids in the recovery process of any plant or cutting that has been subjected to stress in any way whatsoever.

Many growers agree that plants recover much quicker from stress situations if the leaves have been sprayed with RHIZOTONIC. Such stress situations could for example occur during transport and re-potting plants. RHIZOTONIC will also improve plants that are unhealthy or poorly developed.

Furthermore, RHIZOTONIC is often sprayed on leaves and can be used as a simple means for raising the pH level in fertiliser tanks.

RHIZOTONIC can be used regardless of the type of medium. It is suitable for cultivation in potting mix and hydro culture. You can use it during the whole growth cycle. From seed to harvest!

• Shake bottle well before use
• Dissolve 40 ml concentrate per 10 litre of water (1:250)
• Spray the cultivation medium 1-6 times daily. Spray directly on the leaves until a strong root system has developed
• When re-potting, one should pre-treat the growing medium with this solution
• Set the pH of the nutrient reservoir after adding RHIZOTONIC as it will slightly increase the pH

Storage, health & safety and other directions

• Over-fertilisation has a negative effect on the substrate and the plant
• RHIZOTONIC is 100% vegetable-based and suitable for all growing media like potting mix, coco and hydroponics
• Store closed in a dark and frost-proof place
• Keep out of reach of children