I have been doing some enzyme shopping recently and I’m curious to know if any @growopowners, @GrowOpEmployees, @mastergrowers or @EquipSuppliers or @EquipManufacturers have any enzyme suggestions and why?
How will these enzymes be used?
Roots, media, and hopefully equipment cleansing applications
For growing we recommend Natures Force Organics https://naturesforceorganics.com/ , for Cleaning https://www.realzyme.com/
Nice! Thanks for the recommendation, @neville!
When you say enzymes what do you mean?
I’ve been rocking Hygrozyme for 7 years. Tried a few others out there, but their enzymes always seem to perform best for me. Cleanest root zone and healthiest plants.
By enzyme I mean the microorganisms that catalyze dead biological matter
I’ve also used Hygrozyme for the almost the last decade, @Nate. I used it this morning on some newly rooted clones because it is familiar and I know how well it works. I recently started a small trial with some Z7 from Flying Skull at the recommendation of some colleagues (stand by). I’ve used Enzymes Komplete in the past and have been pleased with the results. I love getting input from other growers here on the forum because we all like to know what everyone’s favorite products are. Thanks!
If you are speaking in terms of adding microbes to produce enzymes I would recommend a product called iNvigorate®. It is a consortium of 10 different families and 22 different strains which are co fermented together in 10,000 gallon tanks for consistency. It has bacteria which produce enzymes for breakdown of salts and organic matter. This product has been used in conventional and organic agriculture for 14 years, it is 100% OMRI certified. It has bacteria which work in the rhizosphere and induce plant responses to insects, pathogens, will increase N-P-K Ca uptake, increase denitrification, breakdown salts, and dramatically increase root growth. I can send you table of its MOA and supplemental labeling for your analysis. I started working with this product using it in SOPs in Cannabis and then they offered me a position. As we have been entering the Cannabis Market the biggest comment we receive is not only the results but the low cost for a complete package. Let me know if anyone would like any information on this or our other Shrimp products? I will tell you what I know and what I don’t! I really enjoy the wonderful topics that come out of growersnetwork.
I would try the different products and just see which one you like.
Just keep it simple. I just follow NPK,Micros,Macros. Humic/Fulvic. thats it. for there is no need to keep adding more and more things to the plants. for me atleast, i also domt need to flush so…
Depends on the media I am growing in.
i mean i guess. im soilless hybrid
I probabally have something filling that void. who knows anymore. the convicts have taken over the prison!!!
Nate over at Growers House has that hydrozyme on sale right now. lol speaking of that just came in my email.
Nick,
I have been using SLF100 lately and I find that it works really well. My last grow I ran Nectar for the Gods and they recommend using their SLF100. Really low in terms of cost and results IMO were good compared to other enzymes on the market. You can check the product out over at http://socascade.com/
Thanks,
Chris Grunenberg
In a soilless media with composted pine bark. I don’t think you need anything. I really like composted pine bark in my media.
If you have something like promix, I almost also add something that is symbiotic with peat. The pasteurization of peat kills the things I like add some pine bark.
In hydroponic substrates I use something with every feed.
Soil inside would never happen in my lifetime. So I can’t speak to that situation.
my favorite is BIG TIME EXTERMINATOR
I think something to keep in consideration with any media it is important to focus on efficiency and availability. Using direct inputs even with media turnover will result in salt build up and eventually more consistent problems with irrigation lines, any AI control systems, plant stress, and added runoff. It helps to become efficient, sustainable, and produce quality which equates into dollars. This is not new to the industry we have been dealing with this in all types of crops for decades. Learn from Big Ag and Horticulture don’t make the same mistakes. Using microbials offer a balance they make the plant more efficient and nutrients more readily available. Therefore you use less nutrients, get a better foundation in veg, and produce better quality flower. I have farmed conventionally and organically if you do not have some sort of biology to help mediate (for lack of a better term) the uptake of nutrients in a plant then you are just feeding the wallet of your nutrient supplier. Its like feeding 4 candy bars to your kid. I appreciate everyone has their own potion but at the end of the day what keeps you in business is efficiency and how much you can put in your pocket. There are a whole host of other reasons to look beyond simple inputs, beneficial microbes and fungi have inherent attributes that boost plant health, reducing pathogen infections, insect damage, increase metabolic pathways, and the need for less nutrient input. Results in less sprays, lower input costs, less mechanical maintenance, lower impact on the environment, less labor, and better quality product. Consider the big picture at the end of the day this is business efficiency and sustainability is the key for the long haul. But I truly believe there is more than one way to get there so keep the opinions flying!