Yea I know what you mean...

Just let us grow plants and learn without the bullshit laws.


As for the ingredients, I am sure you can interchange many ingredients...but these I know are the best I have used and are time tested and safe from top to bottom.

As for the corn syrup VS. honey.....don't be fooled. Refined corn syrup is far more pure and there aren't any minerals to clog the delicate flow tubes in the stems of the plants. This is the big danger with using sugars on plants.

Regular Coke would be better, for example, than honey.

Egg Shells vs. Calcium supplements... I would be careful on this one. Here you cross the line from natural to man made, even if its coral calcium. In all things there are balances and egg shells, while providing calcium as a first line mineral, also has many other beneficial factors in a balanced spectrum.

Singleling out individual minerals while ignoring nature's natural balances can do more harm than good...too much calcium and too little magnesium can be a very bad thing.

Egg shells are safe...thats what I know. A balanced spectrum of minerals as opposed to imbalanced spectrums.

The alcohol? Sure I know of people who swear by Gin...some by Jack, some by others. I have even used beer...plants love beer too btw....Use caution as alcohol can stunt the growth of plants. This is why it is used when it is...and not before...

As for the soap, I am a big fan of soap on plants but the Johnson's purity has its benefits only on the foilage of plants, not much else. Its a very weak soap for the particular benefits of soil that liquid palmolive offers.

The reason for a more aggressive soap is the density of soil of a plant container can get pretty high over time. Some soil molecules become actually resistant to water.

The aggressive nature of dishwashing liquid vs. gentle soap is far more efficient at getter the water to the roots where it is needed.

You want the aggressiveness of the liquid dishwashing soap. Otherwise, lighter soaps will cease their flow at about 2 - 4" deep and thats all.

Aggressive soaps force the surface tension of the water to be reduced and thats all that is needed to get these nutes to the micro places in the root system.

So yes, it acts as surfactant...but...it also keeps IRON in the soil from forming fungi...which can be critical in flowering stages. Its good if its got some strong anti-bacterial properties.

Finally, it heps the soil retain far more water on a molecular level. Your soil will actually hold more water with soap in it that without.

The rums I think are prolly a pretty good idea and maybe one day I would try that. But then again, I know what does work...however, I am far from being fearful of trying new things.

I just dont have the time i used to have to fuck around with everything under the kitchen sink.

Anyhow, feel free and have fun...yet be careful...I only know what I have tried and the concoction prepared and administered as prescribed produces a sweet, savory flavor and makes good weed great weed.

HAVE FUN KIDDIES.