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Mad Farmer NUTS

In prehistoric times, the Earth’s topsoil was incredibly rich with humic and fulvic acids. As a result, plants were able to absorb high concentrations of minerals and grow to immense sizes. Adding Mad Farmer NUTS to your nutrient program allows you replicate these conditions, creating biologically available elements, transporting nutrients, and increasing nutrient availability to the plants.

Mad Farmer NUTS works by chelating nutrients such as calcium, magnesium, iron, cobalt, lead and potassium. Once these ions have been chelated they cannot react with other ions and precipitate out of solution. Because the molecular weight of Mad Farmer NUTS is so low, it can easily transport nutrients in the plant. In fact, it is able to hold 60 or more trace elements and minerals in a single molecule. This ensures that all the nutrients are made usable and readily available to the plants.

Extracted naturally from humic shale,  Mad Farmer NUTS is naturally pH buffered, OMRI certified, and can be applied as a foliar spray and/or used in conjunction with any regular feeding schedule. Suitable for all soil, soilless, and hydroponic gardens, each bottle of Mad Farmer NUTS is UV filtered to ensure consistent quality and results you can count on.

To unleash the power of fulvic acid to your garden, use Mad Farmer NUTS to supercharge your nutrients and optimize the health of your plants. Its natural buffering, chelating and ion exchange properties will result in increased vitality, resistance to stress, and improved harvest quality and yield. Enjoy increased flower sites, stronger stems, and strong, hearty crops abundant in fruit rich in nutrients and minerals.

Algen Extract from House & Garden Nutrients is a cold processed seaweed extract that contains a full range of essential nutrients and natural growth hormones that plants require for healthy, vigorous development. Harvested from the cold, clean waters of the North Atlantic, Algen Extract can be absorbed immediately and promotes accelerated growth under all conditions.

Seaweed extracts are naturally rich in vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, and natural plant hormones (auxins, cytokinins, and gibberellins). Hormones are very small signal molecules that help steer the growth and development of the plant. They are essential for cell division, root development, and bud initiation. Natural amino acids and vitamins are also present, providing for the entire spectrum of  the plants’ needs.

Using only fresh, high-quality Norwegian Sea Kelp, Algen Extract is made by compressing the seaweed’s cell wall by using a high-pressure process, rupturing the cell walls of the kelp without using any chemicals or heat and releasing all of the cellular components in their natural state. The use of this technology allows the release of the plant growth substances in an active form with naturally occurring ratios, keeping the organic compounds as intact as possible while creating a 100% water-soluble product.

Algen Extract can be used in conjunction with any nutrient program or as a foliar feed. When using Algen Extract, it is very important to follow the dosage and application directions carefully. As with all products from House & Garden Nutrients, it is are very powerful, even in small amounts, and using too much can have a negative effect on the plants.

Shooting Powder from House & Garden Nutrients is the absolute best in the field of bloom boosters. Designed to create extraordinary bud density, Shooting Powder triggers the plant to produce rich, tightly packed flowers with a significant increase in harvest weight. This flowering booster actually generates a new flowering cycle after the regular flowering phase, increasing overall output up to 20%.

Shooting Powder provides optimal level of phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) with minimal salts and other residue buildups. These elements play an important role during the flowering phase of fast growing plants. Phosphorus plays an essential role in metabolism and energy transfer. It assists in converting energy and other chemicals, such as nitrogen, into usable food. Potassium is necessary for many activities, including nutrient transportation and the overall quality and rigidity of the plant. It is involved in the manufacture and transport of all oils, starches and sugars.

When used correctly, Shooting Powder will enable your plants to achieve maximum floral development during the fruiting/flowering phase. Shooting Powder works rapidly and is immediately available to the plant, allowing the plant to focus its full energy on blossoming and produce larger, heavier harvests. Shooting Powder can be used in all soil, soilless, coco, and hydroponic systems both indoors and outdoors. It can be used in conjunction with any existing nutrient program and will noticeably improve results. Only apply Shooting Powder when your plants are healthy, as it is a very strong agent. Do not use in combination with other PK boosters such as Top Booster or Mother of All Blooms (MOAB).

Directions: Simply apply one sachet of Shooting Powder into 25 gallons of water three weeks before harvest. Use two sachets per 25 gallons the last two weeks before harvest, then one sachet during last two weeks. As with all House & Garden products, Shooting Powder is extremely concentrated. Do NOT use more than the recommended amount or for longer than the recommended time duration. Also lower the base nutrients when adding Shooting Powder to prevent fertilizer burn.

The top showpiece of the House & Garden nutrient line, Roots Excelurator is the most effective plant root stimulator available. Promoting explosive root development and protecting the plant against root disease, Roots Excelurator works by forming a film around the roots that acts as a protective membrane, keeping harmful diseases and germs out of the root zone but allowing vital nutrients in.

With Roots Excelurator, roots can quickly develop enhanced branching, density, and mass. This allows for increased efficiency of nutrient uptake, maximizing growth and flowering for a bigger, better yield. It contains a complex blend of ingredients specifically formulated to produce accelerated growth under all conditions.

Roots Excelurator is packaged in a lightproof aluminum container with a sealed lid to guarantee that the plant root stimulator product stays fresh. The beneficial bacteria remain in state of hibernation inside in the bottle. Once water is added, the bacteria reanimate and will stay alive as long as there is enough food and surface area to populate. In an ideal growing environment, they will also reproduce on their own.

For the maximum development of roots on your seedlings, transplants and clones, start using Roots Excelurator once plants start showing roots and continue use through the first three weeks of the flowering cycle. The mix rate is always the same at 1.1 ml per gallon. Its low dilution rate makes it the most cost effective product of its type on the market.

Roots Excelurator can be used for all plants in soil/soilless mixes, coco blends and hydroponic applications. It can be used in conjunction with and will noticeably improve any existing feeding program. Do not use in conjunction with hydrogen peroxide (H202) or similar sterilizers, as they will harm the beneficial bacteria present in the solution. For optimal results, follow the House & Garden feeding schedule.

An enzyme is an organic substance made up of amino acids, proteins, or RNA. Enzymes carry out specific chemical reactions by acting as catalysts, speeding up reactions tremendously and lowering the amount of activation energy required by the plant for these processes. Therefore delivering enzymes to your plants promotes increased growth and helps sustain beneficial microorganisms.

Knowing more about what enzymes are and do is important to keeping plants healthy. It is necessary to balance mineral applications with enzyme mixtures so plants will be capable of absorbing all the nutrients possible. In fertile soil, the plants’ roots would be surrounded by billions of beneficial microorganisms that produce enzymes. These enzymes are the main reason outdoor plants can get so big. When you add living, thriving, concentrated amounts of these enzymes into your root zone, you can create the same vigorous, enzyme-rich environment for your roots.

Favored by Dutch growers for decades, House & Garden’s Multi Zen enables your plants to unlock their true potential by providing them a concentrated blend of enzymes that support many important functions. These enzymes break down old root material and nutrients to make them more readily available, strengthen the plant’s natural immune system, and help to dispose of excess residuals in the substrate. Providing Multi Zen helps the plant absorb a complete array of vitamins and minerals, enabling it to build a strong nutrient delivery system for a bountiful future harvest.

Every living thing uses enzymes to function. Having the correct blend of enzymes available ensures the most efficient growth of your plants. To reach your garden’s maximum potential, provide your plants with the exact enzymes they require.

Directions: Multi Zen can be used in conjunction with any existing nutrient formula. Multi Zen can be used throughout the vegetative stage and through the first three weeks of flowering. Use at a rate of 3.8 ml per gallon once plants are over 10 days old. As with all products from House & Garden, we don’t recommend using hydrogen peroxide, chlorine based sterilizers, or water conditioners with Multi Zen as they will kill the enzymes present.

Originally designed to keep drip systems running optimally, Drip Clean has quickly become the industry standard for all hydroponic and aeroponic systems. When used at every feeding, Drip Clean prevents nutrients from binding and solids from forming, keeping your reservoir clean. Drip Clean also keeps your soil or growing medium at an optimal EC/TDS level, so you won’t have to flush it as often as it will remove salt buildup.

What are the Benefits of Drip Clean?

House & Garden’s Drip Clean prevents blockages and clogging within your gardening system while providing plants with a vital boost of energy. This product is highly concentrated and therefore very economical to use. One liter of Drip Clean will treat up to 2,500 gallons! It also helps to reduce flush times at the end of every harvest, so you can flush for only 3-4 days rather than a full week.

How Does Drip Clean Work?

Drip Clean contains potassium and phosphorous compounds, two very useful elements. By removing one of the electrons and altering the state of these molecules, they will seek to form ionic bonds with oppositely charged ions in the nutrient solution to become stable. When Drip Clean is run through the system, it grabs the excess salt molecules and flushes them out with it. This provides your nutrient program a clean slate to work on, without excessive salt build-up or nutrient lockout.

When Should I Use Drip Clean?

Use Drip Clean at every feeding throughout the entire life of the plant at a rate of 0.4ml/gallon (about 20 drops per gallon of water). Drip Clean is compatible with all organic and synthetic nutrient lines. Recommended for soil, container gardening, and hydroponic systems.

Can I use Drip Clean Late in the Growing Cycle?

Drip Clean is a preventive agent and should be added from the very first day of growth. Be cautious when introducing Drip Clean late into the cycle, as it will release salt that is built up in the containers, the tubing, or the medium, and flush it through the root system, possibly burning the plant. We suggest introducing Drip Clean slowly to avoid nutrient burn if adding later in the cycle.

House & Garden’s Magic Green is the leading foliar spray fertilizer that provides essential nutrients and protects the plant against external threats such as insects and mold. With every spray, Magic Green forms a protective film on the leaves to prevent insects and mold from damaging the plant. This product will nourish your plants from the outside in, helping to green-up plants in all phases of growth.

Magic Green contains all macronutrients and trace elements, and is particularly useful for minimizing stress in plants, optimizing nutrient uptake and encouraging bigger, healthier plants. This mild, organic plant fertilizer is absorbed directly by the leaves and naturally restores the plant’s deep green color and vitality.

Spray Magic Green when your light is off and cool to avoid burning. Magic Green should be applied as a fine mist so that the entire leaf surface is wetted. Spray all leaf surfaces – particularly the tops and the undersides – until the liquid begins to drip off the leaves. Use sparingly on bud sites. Keep proper air circulation moving around your plants after application for optimal results.

As with all House & Garden products Magic Green is highly concentrated. All nutrients and additives are made with pharmaceutical and/or food grade ingredients in small batches to ensure optimal consistency. Magic Green is packaged in lightproof packaging ensuring its quality, with a sealed lid to guarantee that the product stays fresh.

Apply 5-10 ml per gallon of Magic Green as a spraying solution on a regular weekly basis, or when the crop comes under high nutrient demand, such as early fruit set and heavy fruit loading. Often the greatest response to foliar feeding will occur during the active growth phases of plants, when leaves show a particularly high ability for absorbing nutrients.

Magic Green must be used within 6 hours of mixing, as the solution becomes anaerobic after this point. Some gardeners prefer to set the pH of the solution between 6.0 and 7.0, with the water around 75°F (24°C) for best results.

Imagine a lobster’s claw made of carbon and hydrogen atoms holding an ion. The more bonds that form between the ion and the carbon atoms, the stronger the ion is held within the chelate. The strength of the chelate’s hold on the ion determines, as pH increases, how long the element will continue to be available to plants.

Many micronutrients are unavailable to plants in their basic forms. This is typically due to the fact that these metals, such as iron, are positively charged. The pores or openings on the roots of the plant are negatively charged. As a result, the element can’t enter the plant due to the difference in charges. However, if a chelate is added, it surrounds the metal/mineral ion and changes the charge into a neutral or slightly negative charge, allowing the element to easily pass across the cell membrane and travel into the plant.

There are several chelating agents that are commonly used in commercial fertilizers. The chelating agent can be identified on the label beside the trace element it serves to make available to plants. If the label has EDTA written next to a trace element, the fertilizer contains ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetate, the most commonly used chelating agent. Higher quality grades of fertilizers may also contain DTPA (diethyle-netriamine-penta-acetate). EDDHA (ethylene-diamine-dihydroxy-phenylacetic-acid) represents the highest quality of synthetic chelating agents available and are the most effective across all growing environments.

EDTA is the most common chelating agent and is used for both soil and foliar applied nutrients. It has four points of connection. Like other synthetic chelates, EDTA is a foreign compound and is therefore not absorbed by the plant. When the chelated element is required, the plant will remove the element, for example iron, from the chelate and absorb the element. However, since the chelating agent is foreign to the plant, it will give up the chelating agent (EDTA) back into solution where it is free to chelate other elements. EDTA is better suited to slightly lower than neutral pH levels, as high pH conditions will cause it to release the element back into the nutrient solution instead.

DTPA is a chelating agent better suited for high pH conditions. It has five points of connection to the element it chelates, allowing it to hold the element more tightly. DTPA is more costly than EDTA and is less soluble so it is found in smaller quantities than EDTA in most synthetic fertilizer formulations.

Types of Chelating Agents and their Stability at Different pH Levels

The graph to the right shows the level of iron stability with different chelating agents at different pH levels. As you can see, EDDHA is the strongest chelate of any of the commonly used materials and maintains iron availability to plants past pH 9.0. However, other types of chelating agents can be used as long as pH conditions are suitable. EDTA is better suited to slightly lower than neutral pH levels. DTPA is most effective at slightly higher pH levels.

The strongest and therefore most effective of the synthetic chelating agents is EDDHA. It is found only in select fertilization formulations because of its relatively high cost.  House & Garden Nutrients uses EDDHA chelates to enable maximum absorption of their nutrients, making them the most unique and effective nutrient line on the market. Plants supplied with adequate levels of EDDHA are able to absorb more zinc than plants supplied with EDTA, which is very important as zinc is often locked out in the later part of flowering due to excessive phosphorous levels, causing plants to yellow.

There are also natural chelating agents available, such as fulvic acid, which is derived from the decomposition of organic matter. Unlike synthetic agents, fulvic acid can be absorbed into the plant, adding to the mobility of the nutrients within the plant. Fulvic acids can be most effective when the growing environment in the rhizosphere is above or below optimal. Even under adverse conditions, plants supplied with fulvic acid have been found to be remarkably free of signs of stress and deficiency.

For best results, use only high quality fulvic acid products such as Mad Farmer’s Nutrient Uptake Solution (N.U.T.S.). N.U.T.S. is sourced from ancient, organic humic shale, which is then extracted using only pure, cold water. This extraction process avoids the use of chemicals, heat, and pressure, which can destroy the quality of the fulvic compounds. N.U.T.S. is also UV filtered before bottling to ensure quality. N.U.T.S. can be added to the nutrient solution and/or used as a weekly foliar spray until one week prior to harvest.

To optimize growth in your garden, use several sources of chelation in your nutrient solution. This allows for more efficient nutrient absorption, transport, and other biochemical reactions. Look for nutrients that offer a range of chelating compounds, so that nutrients will be available through a wide range of conditions, including those above or below optimal. For increased results you may consider the addition of fulvic acid. When used properly, chelating agents can maximize nutrient uptake and increase photosynthetic response, greatly increasing plant performance and yields.