FloraNectar Use Has Increased Resin Production 50%

[LolaGal]

Well, I have bad news on the FloraNectar Berry Infusion flavor!

It works too well! It DID change the taste of my buds! My White Rhino is normally juicy fruit smell, very distinct, but now after havesting and tasting, no juicy fruit, more like Fruity Pebbles or something berry flavored. i dont like it!

Fair Warning! Your buds may taste like Berries! I really did not think it would do that.

 

[Castelvetro]

ODD THAT WHEN U ADD THINGS TO YOUR STERLIE MEDIUMS THAT ARE NATRUALLY IN DIRT YOUR WEED IS BETTER, WHO WOULD OF THOUGHT??

 

[indifferent]

Berry flavour eh? Sounds like a good reason to keep on using plain ole molasses. Sorry to hear you don't like the taste lola.

 

[budlykush]

Ok Lola. I noticed you said it was soil this time. I have always had earlier trich production with soil than soiless (coco). Just wondering if the living soil is making any diff.

 

[LolaGal]

ODD THAT WHEN U ADD THINGS TO YOUR STERLIE MEDIUMS THAT ARE NATRUALLY IN DIRT YOUR WEED IS BETTER, WHO WOULD OF THOUGHT??

Haha... You are such a know it all huh?

I don't know of any spots of dirt in my yard that have high levels of carbohydrates and complex carbs.

Ok Lola. I noticed you said it was soil this time. I have always had earlier trich production with soil than soiless (coco). Just wondering if the living soil is making any diff.

I am comparing soil run to soil run with the only difference being Floranectar.

Yes, I did see marked increased resin production, but THe berry flavoring sucks.

If you love the smell of FloraNectar, you will love the taste.

I would hardly call Miracle Grow soil a sterile medium... hahahaha.

I am not going to use it again, I like the flavors of my weed to be pure, not adulterated with berry flavors.

I assume the pineapple version would give you pineapple flavor buds, should have went with pineapple.

good luck.

 

[indifferent]

Ah, some soil growers just refuse to admit you can grow great buds with anything else!

Why do they make flavoured versions? Why don't they just do one, unflavoured version?

 

[opt1c]

I loved all the information in this thread. I picked up some FloraNectar recently and was eagerly looking forward to the anticipated benefits. However, within 24 hours of adding FloraNectar to my reservoir I had a nasty brown algae breakout. I don't think that the FloraNectar directly caused this breakout, but rather that it was in there laying low and the extra sugars in the FloraNectar are what was needed for it to kick into overdrive. I stopped using the nectar, scrubbed the rez completely, and used a light regimen of Dutchmaster Zone and the problem's gone. It had stayed mostly in my top res and never made it out to my plants so I think I was very lucky.

From other peoples' experiences in this thread, this sounds like a great product but I wanted to add in my 2 cents here so other people can keep an eye out for potential difficulties.

i wouldn't add it to a res in anything other than a drip or e&f hydro setup... anything that is deep water does not do well with extra carbohydrates in the mix

 

[LolaGal]

Yes, I did not know I was ordering berry flavor. I am going to bitch at my hydro salesman.

they should make it without flavorings. then it would be an ideal product.


I am growing in soil because it is convenient and forgiving. I feel hydro would not work well in my situation. But I like hydro growing too. Everyone has their own environmental conflicts that makes them choose a particular method.

Miracle Grow soil is a little harder to grow in, but once you learn how to use it, it is a good medium, easy to get, and cheap as well. Dolomite lime is your friend.

I have happy plants with good yields, I can't complain about much but the berry flavor.

yuck.

I am switching back to Sugar Daddy or regular molasses, maybe give them some corn syrup or experiment with multi sugars and malts myself. Shouldn't be that hard to duplicate something better tasting than this stuff.

 

[indifferent]

Hi Lola

I recommend trying out these sugar/card sources:

Molasses
Solidified raw sugar cane (called Panela/Panocha in S America, Jaggery in India)
Malt Extract

If you have the time/space/inclination, I'd try using those 3 together and individually, see what gives you the best mileage, probably all 3 together, but you never know.

 

[Grigori]

Hi Lola

I recommend trying out these sugar/card sources:

Molasses
Solidified raw sugar cane (called Panela/Panocha in S America, Jaggery in India)
Malt Extract

If you have the time/space/inclination, I'd try using those 3 together and individually, see what gives you the best mileage, probably all 3 together, but you never know.

indifferent, FloraNectar already has those 3 in it...
17.5% cane sugar
7.5% malt extract
5% molasses

 

[ShroomDr]

Does anyone else wanna chime in on Flavor change?

i thought i read that the 'berry fusion' was a limited release. Ive also read that the 'pineapple fusion' can mold. That is why i went with the original formula.

I didnt notice a flavor change, and i never have with Sweet Berry, Sweet Citrus, or the original. Ive never done side by side testing, so idk. Im not saying its doesnt happen, but it just not something ive noticed.

FWIW Ive seen advertisements for Sweet Raw.

@Lola, I think you said you are not going to continue using it? That fact seems incompatible with the thread title.

 

[Thundurkel]

FWIW Ive seen advertisements for Sweet Raw.

I JUST saw this at the shop the other day and was a bit excited over it compared to the other sweeteners. I'm shocked at the results using Floranectar as my buddy's ALL stopped using it when they switched to Sweet by Bontanicare and now Bud Candy is what they all swear by except one likes Sweet more. I personally have been using Cutting Edge Solutions new 100% organic Sugaree with good results and increase in resin. Much better than the Floranectar and hasn't gone bad on me like FN...

 

[indifferent]

indifferent, FloraNectar already has those 3 in it...
17.5% cane sugar
7.5% malt extract
5% molasses

Yeah, that's why I suggested using all three, Lola likes the results FN gives but not the taste, so why not try to copy it without the didgy flavouring?

Don't suppose you have a full list of the ingredients of FN?

 

[opt1c]

carboload is an interesting product from a scientific standpoint; very neutral in color and smell and loaded with a lot of different carbohydrate formulations... from what i've read most, if not all, carbohydrates and sugars in the plant are produced by the plant... supposedly sucrose can be absorbed by roots but i don't really understand how the plant uses, processes, or stores any sucrose absorbed by the roots.... there is a lot more to be said for what adding sugars to a soil medium does in regards to the microbes in the soil and where that could benefit the overall health of the plant and trich production i don't see that big of a stretch scientifically.

It'd be interesting to see a study done with radiological dyed sucrose and how it travels through a plant; let alone a cannabis plant but i'm not able to find anything on google scholar and my jstor access has long since expired(college students where u at?)

i've never noticed a flavor or taste difference from using or not using floranova, i use the berry one, i've just found that it brings the natural taste of the plant out whatever that may be as opposed to adding or changing anything... i do flush with water the last week or two and i don't add sugars when i flush

 

[indifferent]

Does anyone actually know what's in Carboload? I wouldn't be surprised if it was nothing more than dextrose powder disolved in water.

 

[B. Friendly]

carboload is an interesting product from a scientific standpoint;

pretty sure carboload is just dried dextrose suspended in water. Alot cheaper if you buy it yourself and mix in water. Molasses works better in my opinion
I am FloraNectar fan, but the regulare is better than the other which tends to mold

 

[LolaGal]

Then they have a berry free flavor? That would be good to have.

I always hafta order stuff over the net. No hydro stores around here at all.

But yes, on some of my strains, it altered the flavor.

Some like Grape Krush, it did not change the taste.

Some tester threads I have, I wonder if it has altered the flavor on them, but I don't know.

I believe I will go back to Jack's Classic, Sugar Daddy and Northern Lights Fat flower.

I got a much sweeter bud with this combo, although not as much resin.

I may try a run with Kool Bloom and Molasses or other sugar additive.

I added Kelp powder one grow and my weed tasted like sea weed !

 

[opt1c]

carboload
15%...deoxyribose
15%...lyxose
20%...ribose
20%...xylulose
20%...xylose

 

[indifferent]

I added Kelp powder one grow and my weed tasted like sea weed !

What? I've been using powdered seaweed extract for a decade and nothing has ever tasted of sea weed. I think you must have done something wrong there, sorry.

How much did you use? I use 2ml per litre every watering.

 

[LolaGal]

What? I've been using powdered seaweed extract for a decade and nothing has ever tasted of sea weed. I think you must have done something wrong there, sorry.

How much did you use? I use 2ml per litre every watering.

I used one tablespoon per gallon through the whole grow, even bloom. yuck.

I think I will use it again in veg, but not in bloom.

It was food grade ground kelp powder. It was sea weed for sure! It was a bagseed grow of mexi brick.

I don't want to sound as if I am braggin or anything, but I think I have a very good taste palate, and maybe I can detect some flavors that maybe others don't notice? I know I can smell perfumes from hundred feet away from me sometimes.

It makes me a good test grower, but I can definitely compare the taste of the weed with and without additives and can taste a difference.

anyways, I don't like the changes in flavor from this FNectar, so no I ain't gonna use it again...( I compare to same cuts but this is only difference)