AG Liquid Nutrients request

Hopefully MiracleGro will listen. It seems a no-brainer to continue to sell the nutrients to the large population of AG gardeners who like using them.

I did, during a random search for Aerogarden stuff (in case of deals) while shopping online yesterday, spot this:

HiThrive - 32oz Aeroponics & Hydroponics Liquid Plant Food

I have absolutely no idea if it's any good or easy to use or not or pH buffered like the AG nutes. Not too many reviews and I have never heard of the brand. I'd say stock up on the AG nutrients and hope that Miracle Gro will provide a product, or third-party offerings will appear.

I've heard FoxFarm liquid hydroponic nutrients are good, but I don't know anything about them.

Depending on your water source, you might be able to use GH Maxigro fairly easily if AG nutes work without monitoring. The Aerogarden Experiments guy on YouTube uses Maxigro and he proclaims he is lazy. He has also been using AG nutrients, so when his supply runs out, he might perhaps do some more videos on the subject of nutrient alternatives.

Making up liquid Maxigro isn't bad. I measure mine into a Mason jar, add a little warm water from my electric teakettle, put a lid on and shake up. Then, when dissolved, I add to cool water in a gallon bottle. (I use empty/rinsed cleaning vinegar gallon bottle, and just label with painter's blue tape.)

Aw man, I REALLY hope that they either keep selling it or a third party appears. I don't like the thought of buying and mixing multiple products, my reasons all being identical to yours. I bought 5 bottles of it to add to the 3 I've already got, so I should be set for quite a while. But when that's all gone if they've discontinued it I'll certainly be searching for something similar!!

I use 1/2 teaspoon MaxiGro per quart Kratky jar, which may be too much. Maybe I should cut that in half. I've been using AG nutes in my Aerogardens.

When adding to an Aerogarden between R&Rs, say you want to add 1 teaspoon MaxiGro to a Bounty, the equivalent of 12 ml AG liquid nutes. You need to dissolve the 1 tsp to a small enough amount of water to top off your garden and not overflow it. If you want to do four gardens at once, say, and only want to mix one batch, you can add 4 teaspoons to a volume of water, but then you need to measure the solution and provide 1/4 of it to each garden so each gets its 1 teaspoon.

I just did some calculations to see if I could make up a stock MaxiGro solution with a concentration equivalent to AG nutes, but it doesn't seem possible because it would take so much of the powder, I don't believe it would dissolve in the required amount of water. Maybe I should do a test on a small sample.

Yeah, that's more or less what the AG Experiments guy does. I don't think it would work as well for me, because of my tap water situation. I'd far rather adjust pH in a separate bottle than hope and pray by just dumping some nutes in the AG bowl. Plus, I have to add a little CalMag, so for me, it's easier to just mix it all separately.

But for those who have more reasonable tap water, I'd say mixing small quantity and adding to the AG unit directly is the way to go.

Warm, near to boiling water helps dissolve the Maxigro nutes, but I would let the solution cool before adding to an AG unit.

Well, I just added your link to my "garden" list on Amazon. I didn't realize there were different formulations. I just spotted a comment on Reddit about the Ionic Grow, went to Amazon, and found what I found, LOL!

Glad you feel it's good stuff, I might be tempted to try it at some point, see if it works out any better than the AG nutes, which didn't actually do that good a job of buffering for my problematic water.

I was definitely reassured by finding an actual feed chart, and when I googled further, I could find several Reddit comments about it, so it seems a very valid option for those who like the convenience of an all-in-one liquid nutrient. 

Me, I'll happily listen to your experiences with it!

Oops, so I was way off on the current pH. I used a "drinking water test strip" and got:
Alkalinity 180 (high!)
Hardness 120 (high)
pH 9.0  (eeek!)

I use CalMag every other week (feed one week, CalMag next week, etc.) on everything.  It just makes it easier for me.  Plus, I read an interesting agriculture paper on the importance of calcium and magnesium for all green plants, which is why I use it on everything (indoors and out).

Thanks for sharing how you use it; that's helpful for me.

Or when they it shows up in your price drops on Tuesday for prime day - whichever comes first. lol!