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General Hydroponics vs Fox Farms side by side

Hey guys haven't updated in a while so here we go. I am at day 90 from planting the seeds and just switched the bulb from metal halide to hps and turned the timers back to a 12/12 cycle yesterday
 
So like I said I haven't posted in a while and it's mostly because I have seen absolutely ZERO difference in the way each of the pools are growing. I am slightly disappointed with this because I had really hoped that I would be able to look at one side or the other and say without a doubt that one of these companies had a superior product over the other but really the plants are neck and neck with eachother up to the flower transition. I will say that the fox farm nutes come with a foliar spray called flower kiss. Gen hydro does not offer a foliar spray that i am aware of so I do like having/using that and probably will end up working that into my master nutrient schedule when I am done comparing all of these nutrient lines that I want to compare
 
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I use Fox Farm harvest next week!
 

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With all that being said about things being even throughout the vegetative stage I would say that for vegging general hydroponics is the way to go. They cost less, are easier to use, and take less ph down to get the same results. But as stated above I do like the FF flower kiss. I did learn that from the first half of this experiment and will work that specific part of the FF line into my master nutrient schedule when this is all over.

But as all growers know the vegetative state is all prep work and the really exciting times come in the flowering stage and there is still a lot that can change as these girls start budding I am still keeping to one pool being gen hydro nutes only and one pool being fox farms only. Just because there wasn't much difference between the two in veg is no indicator to me that they won't have different results in the buds. Who knows maybe one side will make a more potent bud and one will make bud that's smells or tastes better. Or maybe they will follow the lead from veg and I won't be able to tell the difference and it'll all be for nothing but satisfying my own curiosity. Either way i am excited to see what happens and I hope you guys are still folowing. Sorry it's been so long since the last post but now being in the flowering stage things will be moving more quickly and i would imagine I will have more frequent posts from here thru harvest
 
90 days in and only just switching to flower? Must have been doing some pretty good training within that time. Got any pics?
 
I don't know why because I have loaded up pictures before but I have spent the last 20 minutes trying to upload the photos to show u guys where the progress is on the grow but it's saying the files can't upload so I'll try agin later 😡
 
I was having trouble too. You can take a snapshot on your phone and post that since it's a smaller file. Or what I Been doing is posting in Instagram then I use the pics from the Instagram file.
 
Wow, interesting stuff, thanks for taking the time to let us know how it's turning out. Maybe during the stretch there will be a noticeable difference.
 
In some respect, i am not overly surprised. The raw ingredients used by each company is roughly the same, with perhaps slightly different ratios involved. If i were to expect any difference, it would perhaps be in the flower stage.
There has been huge grounds made in horticulture, with one area in biostimulants that interests me the most. I have discovered aspects where you can push a plant to its genetic potential. This i believe is the new foreground for horticulture advancements.
 
Can you post some pics of each pool we would love to see em:) and thank you for doing a side by side it's very helpful to many people who wanted to know the same thing :)
 
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