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Choosing the right plant nutrients with our simple icon guide

If you’re new to gardening, you are probably overwhelmed by the choices of plant nutrients. You might have questions about the nutrients you’re using. “What are base nutrients?”, “Is it mandatory to use additive nutrients?”, “How can I alter my pH?”, or “What is the best nutrient system for me?” As a more experienced grower, you just want to know what you’re buying.

Quick Video Explainer of our icons

Being growers ourselves, we get you. We know how hard it can be to find the right products for your growing situation. With our icon system, GreenPlanet Nutrients has made it super simple for you to figure out what you need.


OUR PRODUCTS

GreenPlanet Nutrients includes many types of fertilizers in our lineup, including dry and liquid fertilizers. These fertilizers include base nutrients, additive nutrients and maintenance products. Whether it’s to provide a base level of nutrition, increase resin and aroma in flowers, and maintain your growing environment, each fertilizer is designed to optimize performance

GreenPlanet Nutrients has a product for you, no matter your style. We’re passionate about formulating the best, cleanest, and most highly bioavailable nutrients on the market. High quality nutes = happy and healthy plants.

You can learn about all our products by checking out our shop or reading our online nutrient booklet:

DOWNLOAD THE GREENPLANET NUTRIENTS PRODUCT ICON GUIDE TO VIEW ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICE, COMPUTER, OR PRINT AT HOME.

Fertilizer Type

Dry Fertilizer Icon

Dry Fertilizer

This icon symbolizes dry fertilizer.

If you’re a “leave it and forget it” type of person, dry fertilizers are for you. Dry plant fertilizers consist of small beads or pellets that release nutrients into the soil. They also allow you to feed less often apart from watering. 

An image of dry fertilizer being applied to the topsoil. Dry Fertilizers are excellent for potted plants and garden beds, as well as large-scale outdoor grow operations such as farms.
Dry fertilizers are excellent for potted plants and garden beds, as well as
large-scale outdoor grow operations such as farms.

Outdoors, potted plants, flower beds, and large-scale outdoor farms are ideal growing situations for using dry fertilizer. GreenPlant Nutrients’ Dry powder fertilizers and granular fertilizers come in base nutrients such as BackCountry Blend, and additive nutrients such as Horti hortirawK.

It is important to note that dry plant nutrients can cause nutrient toxicity and burning if used too often. In some cases, it is better to use less fertilizer, as warm and wet climates will accelerate nutrient release into the soil. Follow the recommended feed program and adjust your nutes to your climate to avoid this undesirable situation!


Liquid Fertilizer or Liquid Product Icon

Liquid Fertilizer

This icon symbolizes liquid fertilizer.

If you’re all about indoor growing and hydroponics, liquid fertilizers are probably your go-to type of plant nutrient.

An image of liquid fertilizer being poured into a measuring cup. 

Measuring liquid fertilizer for a hydroponic system. Liquid Fertilizers are useful for most types of farming.
Measuring liquid fertilizer for a hydroponic system.
Liquid fertilizers are useful for most types of farming.

Liquid fertilizers have the most variety out of all our products, and are useful in all styles of gardening. GreenPlant Nutrients’ liquid fertilizers come in base nutrients such as GP3 and additive nutrients such as Massive Bloom Formulation.

Under no circumstances should you pour liquid nutrients directly from the bottle into your garden! Liquid nutrients are highly concentrated. Always mix your solution first.

Please check our feed programs to see how you can use our vast array of liquid plant nutrients.

Nutrient Type

Like all living organisms, plants have life cycles. Their life cycles happen in three stages: seedling (or cutting), vegetative, flowering, and in some cases fruiting. 

A plant’s stages of growth have different requirements. For instance, indoor gardens need different lighting and nutrients for grow and bloom cycles. GreenPlanet Nutrients formulates fertilizers tailored to two specific growth stages: vegetative and flowering.

Growth Stage

You may be wondering how to use our products, or what kind of feed program is suitable for each product. Thankfully, we have a means of indicating that.

On the back side of our labels, we have icons that show how these products can be used.

For Use In

Understanding our Icon EXAMPLES

Here are a few examples to help you with to use our icon system

Base Nutrient Example – Medi One

Additive Nutrient Example – Bud Booster

Maintenance Product Example – pH Down

SUMMARY

Whatever style of growing you decide, we want to help you achieve the best results possible. Our icon system aims to aid you in choosing the right product to suit your individual growing needs. If you need to figure out which feed program is right for you, take a look at our predetermined feed programs:

Check out our Resource Centre for more product information

Read More


  • What are Additive Nutrients?
    An additive nutrient, or nutrient supplement, can be described as any plant food product that seeks to enhance natural patterns of development. Unlike base nutrients, which are designed to progress and maintain healthy patterns of growth and bloom, additive nutrients and supplements aim to promote specific actions, whether it be the development of large,
  • Why Testing the pH of Your Runoff Can Save Your Crop
    If you’ve recently noticed some leaf discoloration, mutation, or poor growth, it’s quite likely an inadequate pH range is the culprit behind these issues. pH is among the most important factors in the garden. But to understand it, we must first look at the basic biological functions of plants. In total, there are 16
  • What’s the Difference Between Dry and Liquid Fertilizer?
    Unfortunately, not all fertilizers are created equal. That’s not to say that one product or feed program won’t perform as advertised, but as we’ve learned from experience, there are a mountain of factors that go into producing a bountiful harvest: plant genetics, environmental controls and growing systems usually trump the list of important inputs
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  1. I have been mixing the General Hydroponic Nutrient for three or four years and was looking for something less complicated. But the more I read about your Product the more confused I get about how to proceed from start to finish of growing my plants with your products.

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