I am new at keeping live plants in fact I am waiting on my first order. I purchsaed this plant food but was also told I needed Flourish Excel, the ingredients are organic carbon. Are the these the same thing, ( plant food) ? and do I need to use both at the same time? Thank you! I am new at keeping live plants in fact I am waiting on my first order. I purchsaed this plant food but was also told I needed Flourish Excel, the ingredients are organic carbon. Are the these the... » Read More I am new at keeping live plants in fact I am waiting on my first order. I purchsaed this plant food but was also told I needed Flourish Excel, the ingredients are organic carbon. Are the these the same thing, ( plant food) ? and do I need to use both at the same time? Thank you! « Show Less
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I used this and the API plant tabs and it worked great for my planted tank. Hope this helps as I don't know how this works as a stand alone fertilizer.
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Nope they are not the same. This leaf zone prevents your the leaves of your plants from getting transparent due to lack of potassium. I would get this leaf zone and flourish excel. And skip seachem flourish. Flourish and flourish excel is not the same. I know kinda confusing at first.
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They're not the same. From what I understand the Leaf Zone is fertilizer and the Excel is like liquid carbon dioxide, something all plants need to take in to survive. Land plants absorb it from the air thru their leaves, and the water plants absorb it from the water. If you aren't using forced Co2 from a canister then this is something you can use in addition to the fertilizer to help your plants grow.
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I have found the following to be helpful. If you are comfortable with the API products you will also want to order API co2 booster. Every four months I also insert into the soil API plant food. I used these two products for the past year with my planted tanks. I currently have three planted tanks. All are flourishing and doing great.
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There are two different products. One organic and the other is not. The organic one cost a little more
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I doubled all my early weeks of their grow schedule to fit my time frame for what I was growing. (their chart is not very helpful) I did what made sense for me. I made up my own feeding chart in an excel spreadsheet and went from there. I feed once, then water once and repeat, I am growing in coir. Hope this info helps.....
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I purchased the larger one to save money because it is so much cheaper on Amazon. I did purchase the smaller ones originally from my local Vitamin Cottage and on the 1 oz size I have which I use to only put smaller amounts in from the bigger size says Certified organic, "Non GMO project verified". I hope this is helpful. If you have not used this product before, it comes with a tiny little spoon. Its important to use it. Because you don't use very much of this product. I use one mini spoon in my coffee so this product lasts a long time. Well worth the money. Have a great day!
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I never ordered again because I saw no difference. Opposite not needed, good feeding watering DOES make cactus grow like mad and yes, good organic food.
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My seeds that have just sprouted do have red stems, as far as organics concerened, I am not sure if the seeds are or not, but what does it matter if your plant is grown organically?
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You do not absolutely NEED anything else but a liquid fertilizer is helpful. You can pick up a basic weekly use fertilizer (I use flourish by Seachem) or look into EI dosing (more work, better results). Depending on your plants you may want to look into root tabs (small fertilizer tablet in the substrate under the plant), CO2, and better lighting systems.Research into your plants will determine if you need to upgrade lighting and use CO2.All told, I do well with eco-complete and the weekly dose of Flourish. I do just as well in my sand substrate though. I prefer eco-complete for size and color. I have not found anything comparable in those factors near the price of eco-complete. You do not absolutely NEED anything else but a liquid fertilizer is helpful. You can pick up a basic weekly use fertilizer (I use flourish by Seachem) or look into EI dosing (more work, better results). Depending on your plants you may want to look into root tabs (small fertilizer tablet in the substrate under the plant), CO2, and better lighting systems.Research into your plants will determine if you need to upgrade lighting and use CO2.All told, I do well with eco-complete and the weekly dose of Flourish. I do just as well in my sand substrate though. I prefer eco-complete for... » Read More You do not absolutely NEED anything else but a liquid fertilizer is helpful. You can pick up a basic weekly use fertilizer (I use flourish by Seachem) or look into EI dosing (more work, better results). Depending on your plants you may want to look into root tabs (small fertilizer tablet in the substrate under the plant), CO2, and better lighting systems.Research into your plants will determine if you need to upgrade lighting and use CO2.All told, I do well with eco-complete and the weekly dose of Flourish. I do just as well in my sand substrate though. I prefer eco-complete for size and color. I have not found anything comparable in those factors near the price of eco-complete. « Show Less
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Hi Catt,here's the ingredient I pulled up from Eminence's website. I don't have the box and info that contains the ingredient, but this is what I can find out for you. Hopes this help. Also, Eminence is all organic products and if it has glycol then it's an organic plant alternative for glycol :) Key Ingredients: Stone Crop: hydrating and nourishing for uneven skin tones Lemon: high amounts of Vitamin C, antioxidant Bioflavonoids: enrich, nourish and moisturize the skin Corn Germ Oil: softens and enriches the skin BiocomplexTM: an antioxidant booster of Vitamin A, Vitamin C Ester, Vitamin E, Coenzyme Q10, Alpha Lipoic Acid Hi Catt,here's the ingredient I pulled up from Eminence's website. I don't have the box and info that contains the ingredient, but this is what I can find out for you. Hopes this help. Also, Eminence is all organic products and if it has glycol then it's an organic plant alternative for glycol :) Key Ingredients: Stone Crop: hydrating and nourishing for uneven skin tones Lemon: high amounts of Vitamin C, antioxidant Bioflavonoids: enrich, nourish and moisturize the skin Corn Germ Oil: softens and enriches the skin BiocomplexTM: an... » Read More Hi Catt,here's the ingredient I pulled up from Eminence's website. I don't have the box and info that contains the ingredient, but this is what I can find out for you. Hopes this help. Also, Eminence is all organic products and if it has glycol then it's an organic plant alternative for glycol :) Key Ingredients: Stone Crop: hydrating and nourishing for uneven skin tones Lemon: high amounts of Vitamin C, antioxidant Bioflavonoids: enrich, nourish and moisturize the skin Corn Germ Oil: softens and enriches the skin BiocomplexTM: an antioxidant booster of Vitamin A, Vitamin C Ester, Vitamin E, Coenzyme Q10, Alpha Lipoic Acid « Show Less
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The directions are on the bottle when you receive it. It will be a dose of 5ml per each 20 gallons. But I would also recommend Seachem's "Trace elements" to go with this. In my experience, just adding the CO2 did not give me good plant growth. If you are not also using a nutrient supplement with this, your results will be limited. I also used a potassium supplement, and using all three of these together brought my nearly dead, yellowed plants back to life within a week, and they are doing very well, now. I don't know how much you know about any of this, so forgive me if I seem to over-explain all of this. One last thing that I would add is that if you are having problems growing plants in your aquarium, the proper ph is very important for some plants. Because most cities/towns put chlorine in the water to kill harmful bacteria, the ph of your tap water will be slightly alkaline. If you are setting up a salt water tank, that's not too bad. But a freshwater tank will need to be slightly acidic to neutral in the ph. This is important. I hope this helps, and yes, the flourish excel works very well if you use it with the other supplements which I mentioned.
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Hey Orianna - What I intended to 're-order' was the following brand: 'Nature's Elements' Activated Charcoal which does contain veggie caps. Not sure why I went with Nature's Way instead. I just now attempted to pull it up on Amazon's website and it looks like it's been deleted altogether by Amazon. I found a link where we can both purchase this product: http://www.homesteadmarket.com/product/221/brand_natural_elements?utm_medium=shoppingengine&utm;_source=googlebase&cvsfa;=2958&cvsfe;=2&cvsfhu;=323231&gclid;=CP_9m4_SrboCFdJj7AodcnAA5w
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Some of the differences that I noticed when looking at the two to make my decision was that the Perfect food RAW is non GMO, RAW, Vegan, Dairy free, no fillers or added sugars and 34 organic products in it. The Green Superfood doesn't claim non-GMO, it's vegetarian, it has stevia and maltodextrin in it also for sweetness. I've never tasted the superfood, but the RAW isn't sweet, very "green" tasting and it doesn't list any vitamin info on it. Some of the other things I see is Raw has 100 mg probiotic and enzyme blend and the superfood has 7mg probiotics. Veggie & fruit blend in superfood is 500mg and RAW is 3.2 g. They're both for people who want more greens in their lives-I need more RAW in my diet without the added sweeteners.
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You really should use the appropriate food for cactus. The ratio of the ingredients is different in he cactus formula.
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It's not so much Amazon as it is GH, I'd imagine. And it's probably because they added ingredients that got them banned from being sold in a couple states. Mislabeling is a no-no; these are NOT 100% organic nutrients. It's true, they'll break down and feed your soil (microorganisms), which will in turn feed your plants. That's the concept behind organic growing and organic fertilizers... there's just some extras they throw in that don't meet the cut. You'll be "growing organically," by definition because you aren't using chemical fertilizers, but what you grow would not meet accepted standards of organic by many associations. It's not so much Amazon as it is GH, I'd imagine. And it's probably because they added ingredients that got them banned from being sold in a couple states. Mislabeling is a no-no; these are NOT 100% organic nutrients. It's true, they'll break down and feed your soil (microorganisms), which will in turn feed your plants. That's the concept behind organic growing and organic fertilizers... there's just some extras they throw in that don't meet the cut. You'll be "growing organically," by definition because you aren't using chemical fertilizers, but what you grow would not meet... » Read More It's not so much Amazon as it is GH, I'd imagine. And it's probably because they added ingredients that got them banned from being sold in a couple states. Mislabeling is a no-no; these are NOT 100% organic nutrients. It's true, they'll break down and feed your soil (microorganisms), which will in turn feed your plants. That's the concept behind organic growing and organic fertilizers... there's just some extras they throw in that don't meet the cut. You'll be "growing organically," by definition because you aren't using chemical fertilizers, but what you grow would not meet accepted standards of organic by many associations. « Show Less
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They both have the saccharomyces boulardii but I personally have never tried this product, so you might address the question to Nutricology as to which product has a feature over the other or why the 2 formulas. Let us know via Amazon!Actually just saw the answer posted...Personally a very knowledgeable Health Food Store Owner in Redwood CityCa,David Stouder, who has a radio show had recommended both Jarrow and Nutricology's SB. which has been in our "arsenal" for years and is tried and tested for us!MLG
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I have this on automatic order and just got this. I looked all over the bags of flour and no mention of organic. The only thing I find the bag saying is no preservatives and all natural ingredients.
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Hi...I understand your indecision. It's difficult to make a decision on this type of product.I normally go by the claims, how it is processed, and have a good look at the nutritionallabel information. I've used #1 nutrition krill but not the Now brand. Hope this is helpful!
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Hey there,This is part of the Kelp meal as we add nothing to the Kelp. I used Kelp Meal and Blood Meal in my garden last year and it was exceptional produce! Be assured that this does work!Thank you,Andrew Hemmer