Well I don't want to say too much about where I'm from, but I don't have a very good grow store near where I live. I don't get a good vibe from the guy that owns/runs it so I don't go there. Something about him makes me not want to trust him and I trust my gut on stuff like that. I just buy online. I honestly haven't even gone into that shop to see if they have the new pH Perfect nutrients in or not.

But I've heard a lot about problems with the Pacific NW, Oregon in particular, with regards to their crazy labeling laws. Don't quote me on it because I'm no expert on it, but if I understood what I read about it right they have all these rules and lists about what they think does and doesn't help plants and if it's not on the list you can't claim it's in the bottle, yadda, yadda, yadda. Basically they have the rules set up so that unless you can afford to run a massive study to scientifically prove something you can't get anything better than farm fertilizers approved. Big agriculture fertilizer companies don't like the little guys trying to horn in on their business (even if it's not for growing corn or whatever) and they use their muscle to make all kinds of trouble. That and all the political BS about MMJ where even in decriminalized areas half the authorities are still trying to throw everyone nearby in jail... it's just a big mess. Oregon's the worst. It's not just Advanced Nutrients that has trouble there, all the quality nutrient companies have trouble with the obstacle course of red tape that state uses.


And then you get guys like (not pointing fingers at the obvious) who use that as fodder to fuel their irrational (or paid) hate towards particular companies.