Who's using or tried Bushmaster or Carboload?
Well I'm a cabinet grower so height ia a big issue of mine. I read all about Bushmaster and even talked to suppliers and the company itself about it. I decided to try it on my sativa grow (Grapefruit by Femaleseeds.nl). After I applied the product as directed, the plants did in fact stop growing vertically for a while and began early flowering. The plants looked like I had hit them in the head with a bat, stunted, and confused. I knew that the bushmaster was doing something.
However, after I changed the reservoir to flowering nutes (as directed), the plants perked back up and began to STRETCH as usual. In fact they stretched about as high as they would have normally without the Bushmaster innoculation. It didn't seem to affect my plants negatively in the long run, but there was no benefit to using it.
I am curious about this product though. Possibly it is better suited to Indica plants with less height traits. Perhaps the base nutes you use have a lot to do with the compatability and functionality of a Bushmaster like product.
Maybe it's possible that the nitrogen content of the flowering nutes after the rez change kicked the plants back to a stretch phase.
I think this product has a different effect on different genetics. It would be nice to see someone document a succesful experiment with this kind of product. If you could get it dialed in right it could be a handy technique.
Any thoughts?
Who's using or tried Bushmaster or Carboload?
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Originally Posted by Passage to Indica
Well I'm a cabinet grower so height ia a big issue of mine. I read all about Bushmaster and even talked to suppliers and the company itself about it. I decided to try it on my sativa grow (Grapefruit by Femaleseeds.nl). After I applied the product as directed, the plants did in fact stop growing vertically for a while and began early flowering. The plants looked like I had hit them in the head with a bat, stunted, and confused. I knew that the bushmaster was doing something.
However, after I changed the reservoir to flowering nutes (as directed), the plants perked back up and began to STRETCH as usual. In fact they stretched about as high as they would have normally without the Bushmaster innoculation. It didn't seem to affect my plants negatively in the long run, but there was no benefit to using it.
I am curious about this product though. Possibly it is better suited to Indica plants with less height traits. Perhaps the base nutes you use have a lot to do with the compatability and functionality of a Bushmaster like product.
Maybe it's possible that the nitrogen content of the flowering nutes after the rez change kicked the plants back to a stretch phase.
I think this product has a different effect on different genetics. It would be nice to see someone document a succesful experiment with this kind of product. If you could get it dialed in right it could be a handy technique.
Any thoughts?
LST (tieing down) and topping are always going to better in my book then introducing a chemical or fertilizer that stops vertical growth. I know a small handful of people that use it...however they use it in conjunction with normal topping and in my opinion they are only using it out of habit...not because they really need it. good luck.
