Comment from Ragnar
Time May 7, 2009 at 12:06 pm

I wonder if GH offers promotional samples, just enough to have one complete run a small system? I think winning customers with products apart from direct nutrition (where everybody knows the benefits) is harder and is more a thing of seeing. Since I’m not in the USA I would approach GHE instead, so this is more a question for the overseas customers.

Comment from Red Icculus
Time May 7, 2009 at 4:25 pm

FP is one of the only supplements I use. I have tried every supplement I could get my hands on after 10 years of growing and this is in my top 3 additives.

Comment from Jack
Time May 8, 2009 at 3:25 pm

I don’t trust the product because they don’t want to even tell you what it is that they are offering. Imagine a restaurant that wanted to feed you without letting you know what they were going to put in your mouth or let’s say your sending your kids to camp and the camp wouldn’t tell you what they were feeding your kids. Makes no sense and I wouldn’t support it.

Comment from Tiger Lilly
Time May 12, 2009 at 11:07 am

Hey Jack, The formula is a proprietary blend, that we keep as a trade secret. But I can share that it is a vitamin complex with L-amino acids, carbs, and a blend of seaweeds. The entire formula has upwards of 50 different unique ingredients.

Comment from Lady Green
Time June 8, 2009 at 12:24 am

I love this stuff!
I use Floralicious Plus along with MaxiBloom in my ebb and flow coco garden.
I am curious about a couple of things…
The bottles used to say 20% sea kelp and now they don’t.
Also, I have seen in some literature that it contains bacillus subtilis, but now the literature no longer mentions it.

What is the scoop?

Comment from Tiger Lilly
Time June 8, 2009 at 11:45 am

Hi Lady Green!
So, here’s the deal: The formula of Floralicious Plus has never changed. You can count on the kelp and the b.subtilis. But, complying with state labeling regulations is intricate. Each one of the 50 states has a different set of rules for label restrictions, and those rules are often changing. Therefore, we have to have a label that complies with the most strict laws. And so sometimes we have to change our wording, but I can promise we have not changed the formula.
I’m glad that you love the Floralicious Plus, and I’m also glad that you are using the Maxi formulas. Maxi is a great ecological choice because of reduced packaging and lower shipping impacts!

Comment from Lady Green
Time June 15, 2009 at 11:57 am

Thanks for the info.
Does Floralicious Plus contain both humic and fulvic acid?

Comment from Tiger Lilly
Time June 15, 2009 at 12:08 pm

Yep, both!

Comment from noah
Time June 20, 2009 at 4:48 pm

Hi,

I also find the claims of floralicious and florablend to be vague and a little shady seeming. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE GH products (flora all the way baby!) and would like to use some of these supplements but again, the claims are overly broad and there is nothing to back them up but marketing style claims.

Where are some research papers I can read? Test grows pitting say flora only against flora+floralicious or flora+florablend or flora+floralicious+florablend? I will probably eventually try a small research grow to do the above but surely GH has already done this.

I might try it just because it would be a good source of fulvic and humic acids and isn’t that expensive.

It’s kind of like Superthrive but with a slicker label and less outrageous claims…What does it do?

Help me out GH. Convince me. I want to believe…

Thanks,
noah

Comment from noah
Time June 20, 2009 at 5:02 pm

I should amend my last comment. After re-reading this blog post, the claims are definitely not as vague as I said. Also, it was not fair to say the marketing was shady. It certainly is not.

But, I would still like to see the results of some tests and some proof of it making a difference. Anecdotal evidence is not enough for me

Thanks,
noah

Comment from Tiger Lilly
Time June 22, 2009 at 12:29 pm

noah- I read your comments, and I read them to Kristina, our VP, and we are both stoked that you wrote! We started the blog to gather real feedback. And what’s great, is that we do have tons of documented tests. Some we did in house, and some were done at University of California at Davis. So, I want to let you know that I’ll compile a set of test results to post. And Kristina wants to make the release of these tests a regular blog feature. Thanks for writing, and please, check in soon for some data!

Comment from noah
Time June 23, 2009 at 8:14 am

Tiger Lilly,

Excellent! Thank you for looking into this, and so quickly. I’m looking forward to any info you can provide.

Just a reminder, I am interested in both Floralicious and Florablend.

Thanks Tiger Lilly and thanks Kristina!!!

-noah

Comment from Hay
Time August 29, 2009 at 11:57 pm

Hi,
there are 2 things that make me feel unsure about using Floralicious Plus.

1)I use pure fulvic acid [FulPower] and also a kelp extract [Nitrozyme] that contains the highest concentration of cytokinin (400 ppm). The dosage for both of these liquids (10 – 30 ml/gallon) makes me feel that the 1 ml/gallon dosage of Floralicious Plus couldn’t contain much fulvic or kelp extract. Can I continue to use fulvic acid and kelp extract in addition to Floralicious, to get the special ingredients in Floralicious but also be using a high enuf quantity of fulvic and kelp ?

2) about 3 weeks into flowering I usually use one of the bloom-stimulator type products [BudXL, Greenfuse Bloom Stimulator, Canna Boost]. Because Floralicious is used from early veg to the end of flowering, I feel unclear whether it would be considered a bloom stimulator and whether I can use it along with my usual bloom stimulator [ex: BudXL] without duplication.

Great product, but I’m always looking to maximize my hydro garden. It is my first impulse to use Floralicious in combination with the above products (but I have not combined yet out of uncertainty).
thanks

Comment from Tiger Lilly
Time September 3, 2009 at 10:12 am

Sorry it’s taken me so long to reply to your comment. I’ve been away from the office for a bit! Ok, so here’s the deal with the Floralicious Plus:
You can use it with those products. Even though it does contain fulvics and humics, Floralicious is not meant to be just a fulvic supplement. The primary benefits of Floralicious are the vitamin complexes. The fulvics and humics are included in the formula because they assist in the plant’s ability to uptake the other ingredients.
It is a vitality booster. It is not intended to be just a bloom stimulant either. You may use it with the other bloom supplements without doubling up.
The fact that it’s 1ml per gallon and the others are 10 to 30 means that it is much more concentrated.

Hope that helps!

Comment from HydroGardener
Time January 24, 2010 at 11:01 pm

Hi,
I was wondering what amount of humic and fulvic acid exactly are in floralicious plus? on the back it says 2% humic acids derived from micronized leonardite. I’m particularly interested in fulvic acid.

Comment from JB
Time January 26, 2010 at 7:35 am

Besides the obvious fact that it would destroy the beneficial bacteria, would there be any other side effects from using floralicious plus with products such as dm zone or other chloramine products?

Comment from Tiger Lilly
Time January 27, 2010 at 3:00 pm

Hi JB, thanks for writing with your question. I talked to one of our techs and here’s what he had to say, “Dutch Master’s “Zone” is a root cleansing product. I would think your best results from this would be a run of Zone and Water, because this product is to be used to correct/protect root zone issues. However, it will only affect bio-actives in Floralicious Plus. Chloramine is a bonding between Chlorine and Ammonia and sometimes can have trace amounts of Nitrogen in solution. Depending on your nutrient regimen, this could cause pH imbalance, however Chloramine itself, does not cause pH imbalance.”

Comment from Tiger Lilly
Time January 27, 2010 at 3:03 pm

Hey HydroGardener! I’m bummed that I can’t give you more information, but due to regulatory confinements, the amount of fulvic and humic acids in our products are proprietary. All we can tell you about ingredients is what we’ve put on the bottle.

Comment from Ralph
Time March 9, 2010 at 11:43 am

Hi,

Is it ok to use fp in an organic soil set-up or should it just be used on a foliar basis in such a grow? Thanks.

Comment from Jay
Time March 9, 2010 at 11:26 pm

Hi,

I just recently added this to my garden but i’ve notice a ph imbalance ever since i’ve used it. Does this product make my ph go down if i’m doing Recirculating DWC? My ph was very stable until i added this to my garden. I’m using a 2 part mix for my base nutes and for my additives i got root excel, big bud, cannazyme, and cal mag. Any of this product make a difference with floralicious plus? I’m also using RO water if that makes a difference. Thank you

Comment from Tiger Lilly
Time March 16, 2010 at 2:41 pm

Totally, Ralph! FP is the perfect product for soil! It will help you build healthy, thriving soils because it promotes abundant beneficial microbes!

Comment from Tiger Lilly
Time March 16, 2010 at 2:58 pm

Hey Jay, thanks for writing! Your question is great, thanks for including the other nutes and sups in your note, because that information helped. Basically, the Floralicious Plus combined with the Root Excel are very likely the culprits for your drop in pH. The two products together will really trigger the growth of beneficial microbes, and an explosion of microbes can cause your pH to drop. If you’re plants are well established, try dropping the Root Excell. Let us know if that helps!

Comment from Red Myst
Time September 16, 2010 at 4:41 am

I am bubbling some AACT using Ancient Forest and Floralicious Plus. Can I add General Organics Bio Thrive Grow/Bloom and/or Bio Bud to this tonic without detriment to the claimed tens of thousands of probiotics (which remain my primary focus)? I want to inoculate but need to fertilize soon, too.

Thanks for the help!

Comment from Tiger Lilly
Time September 20, 2010 at 12:17 pm

Hi Red Myst! Thanks for writing with such an interesting question!
The most simple answer to your question is YES! Adding GO will not harm the delicate microbial life in your compost tea.

But, the more complex answer is that depending on the specifics of your grow, it might be better to add FloraNectar.

I’d love to know what you are planning on feeding with, and what kind of media you are growing in. If you are fertilizing with GO, then Randall suggests not adding GO products to the AACT.  He recommends adding FloraNectar instead. This is because FloraNectar provides many types of high quality sugars and carbs for the micorbes in the Ancient Forest to eat. The more they eat, the more they multiply—> the focus of the pro-biotic AACT from Ancient Forest (AF).

The types of crops you are growing should also be taken into consideration. FloraNectar is great for a bacterial dominated AACT, which is ideal for soft tissued plants, herbs and veggies.  By adding GO BioWeed (highest quality sea kelp) instead of FloraNectar to the AACT, you provide food for a more fungally dominated tea, which is ideal for hardwood treas and shrubs.

Hope this helps, good luck!

Comment from Red Myst
Time September 20, 2010 at 2:44 pm

Thanks for the response!

I am growing in a home-mixed organic soil that’s based on 50/50 mix of cocotek/sunshine peat moss. Added to this base was earthworm castings, Ancient Forest, perlite, pumice, Fox Farms Ocean Forest, Organicare Indoor Aeration Mix, Royal Gold Basement Mix, and a blend of dry organic fertilizers including a 4-3-6 ‘Tomato Tone’ fertilizer, Peruvian seabird guano, Jamaican and Indonesian Bat Guanos, Kelp Meal, Dolomitic Lime, Green Sand, and MgO. It is a rich soil that will usually get me into early flowering without need for extra feeding, but I still like to add Bio Root and Superthrive(drop a gallon) to at least every other watering and administer foliars using Nitrozyme marine algae product every 7-10 days.

I am now 1/3 to 1/2 way into fruit production I am alternating watering with a G.O. BT Bloom, CaMg+, Bio Bud combination and a Jamaican or Indonesian bat guano tea. I alternate between these two cocktails. I just recently decided to brew up the humus tea, figuring it could only help break down and make available whatever still remains in the soil, and I really wanted to introduce Floralicious Plus to see what kind of a difference it makes in flavor.

This brings up a question I’ve been contemplating. The Ancient Forest humus tea instructions say to brew at least two or three days. If I want to go longer, can I(or should I) add a little black strap molasses to the brew to ‘feed’ the microbes, or will they be okay without it. If so, how often and how much? Also, how long can the tea be brewed (and maybe topped off with fresh H2O, humus and/or Floralicious Plus) before you would recommend starting a fresh batch? Okay, so maybe I have a few questions;-)

Lastly, I just took some of the 2-day humus tea brew today (1 gallon) and added it to 2 gallons of straight R.O. water. I then added BT Bloom, CaMg+ and Bio Bud at moderate label rates. The pH of this mix was pretty low (around 4+/-), so I raised it back to 6-6.2 using Potassium hydroxide. So, the question is: Did I kill off or injure my microbial population with this move?

Okay, that’s it for now. Thanks for your magnificent support!

Comment from Tiger Lilly
Time September 30, 2010 at 11:47 am

Hi! Ok, so we put together an entire post to answer your questions! Check out Randall’s thoughts on your brew, and good luck!

Comment from homer
Time December 29, 2010 at 2:55 pm

If feeding at 1ml per gallon, isnt 5-10 ml a bit much for foliar feeding?

Comment from Tiger Lilly
Time January 10, 2011 at 11:07 am

I know that it seems like a strong solution, but it’s not too strong for foliar application. There are not enough mineral elements to cause your leaves to burn. Good luck!

Comment from mamasbush
Time February 5, 2011 at 12:01 am

I’m currently using floralicious plus with the biobizz line!! Having great results!! I’m currently in 12/12 about 6 weeks in, have about 2 weeks or so less. Currently feeding with fish mix, bio bloom, top maxx, floralicious plus, floranector, primortial solutions!! I started using floralicious plus an floranector in the start of flowering. I was wondering if flushing with floranector for the final 14 days will make em sweeter? I’m going to do a test run with canna bio-vega,bio-floras, not bio-boost ima use the sause baby regular boost with floralicious plus and floranector an maybe a little pk 13/14 in about week 6. Going to run a biobizz run again with adding the regular with floralicious plus
an floranector with bloombastic! I just love adding floralicious plus and floranector, I only use in flowering. Have never tried in veg, was wondering what benifits I would get with the floranector? I see that floralicious plus helps with overall plant production and I swear it’s sause that brings out the beautifull oil production!! I have used just about every line out there and I will continue to use the plus an nector! I currently own a hydro store in Fresno and we stock GH to the fullist!! VEGAS trade show this month baby!!! Can’t wait.
Thankyou for continued research to provide bigger an better fruits!

Comment from mamasbush
Time February 5, 2011 at 12:06 am

I’ve always stayed safe an used floralicious plus at 5ml per 5 gallons and nector at 10ml per gallon. Can I bump up the plus? How about a flush with jus the floralicious plus? Hum I think that might b a new experiment

Comment from Tiger Lilly
Time February 6, 2011 at 12:27 am

Mamasbush! Honestly, the Plus is so concentrated that you don’t need to add any more. It’s just not worth the $$ to add any more, since it’s ridic strong. Save the supplements and your cash. And yes, flush with the FloraNectar!

Comment from Tiger Lilly
Time February 6, 2011 at 12:39 am

Hey Mamasbush! Fresno, that’s pretty close to where we are! NorCal is the bomb! What’s the name of your store? I’d love to feature it on our site!

So, for during veg, you should absolutely be adding Floralicious Plus and FloraNectar as soon as you want. By introducing them early, you will feed the microbes in your reservoir and in your media. The plant’s root zone will totally love a thriving microbial environment.

To answer your question about finishing, you can totally flush with FloraNectar. Since I’m a hippie girl, I still will always use pure water at the end tho.

My trick to the perfect finish is the Dry Kool Bloom tho. Add it before you start your flush. Measure it out on your scale so you get the weight in grams. Don’t over do it, but it’s my fave.

Let us know how it goes!! Cheers, Tiger Lilly

Comment from masterreefer
Time June 23, 2011 at 12:32 pm

Doing outdoor and I just picked up FloraNova, FloraBlend and Floralicious Plus. Plants are just under 2 feet and just started today. Ill post some updates as they grow. Any other additives you guys think i need for now? I’m following the chart you guys have and started at “Growth”.

Comment from Man with Tool
Time September 9, 2011 at 7:56 am

i am growing in roots organic coco using gh micro/bloom @ 6ml/9ml per gallon. along with florablend, floralicious +, koolbloom, hygrozyme, and great white. i alternate feedings using micro/bloom blend and +, and micro/bloom hygrozyme w great white. am i doing the right thing here? can i use them together?

Comment from Man with Tool
Time September 9, 2011 at 7:57 am

oh forgot to mention also with every feeding using cal mag +

Comment from PennyWize
Time September 12, 2011 at 10:16 am

Hi “Man with Tool”. Thanks for the great question. The enzymes in Hygrozyme do damage the fungal hyphae in Great White. But, I know a lot of people like Hygrozyme and use it with many other products. Try using Alaska Humus to make tea or Flora Blend instead of Hygrozyme. The biology (bacteria) create the same enzymes that are in Hygrozyme but in much lower concentrations so it does not damage the beneficial fungus.

Comment from corey haugh
Time October 1, 2011 at 7:01 am

I am new to the hydro grow game inherited a system from a relative. Has floranova grow, floranova bloom, and floralicious plus…kinda understand floralicious easy to figure out but can I use it in the first stage of growth as well as bloom and fruit stage. Also sorry to ask so many questions but wanna learn as much as I can about product and got no instructions with this system. When exactly do I switch the floranova bloom as soon as I switch to 12/12 light cycle? Also should I flush between the two products or just at the end and what do I use. Should I add to the floranova blends or are they enough on their own. Again thank u for ur time reading this and if u reply

Comment from ViridisVixen
Time October 3, 2011 at 4:22 pm

Hi Corey. Glad you are getting into hydroponics. Welcome! To answer your questions: you can use Floralicious Plus from start to finish. However, some people prefer to switch to the Floralicious Bloom about half way through the flowering stage because it has less nitrogen. Yes, you can make the switch to Flora Nova Bloom as soon as you go into a 12/12 light cycle. Here is the pdf of our new catalog, which has our most up to date feeding schedules in it: http://generalhydroponics.com/site/index.php/resources/product_catalog/
Also, you don’t mention which system you are using but you can find pdfs for all of our systems here: http://generalhydroponics.com/site/index.php/resources/instructions/
Also, just an FYI: It sometimes takes us a day or two to respond to comments and most of us don’t work over the weekend. But we do always respond so keep those questions coming! Thanks! VV

Comment from asil
Time October 21, 2011 at 1:36 pm

Hi, i am undecided on using floralicious plus,i am using dynabloom,a bit of dyna grow to keep things green and kool bloom liquid,i am in second half of flower and i am in da air if i should finish second half with db,kb and using floralicious plus?oh i forgot i use dg protect too.

Comment from PennyWize
Time October 25, 2011 at 1:59 pm

Hi Asil,

Sure, you can use Liquid Kool Bloom along with the other products you mentioned. However, in the last two to three weeks prior to harvest (minus one week for flush prior to harvest) you should stop using Liquid Kool Bloom and switch to the dry Kool Bloom. At that point you may not need to use the Dynabloom either. Thanks!

Comment from Eric
Time October 29, 2011 at 1:24 pm

I have been using Floralicious plus as part of my feedings and have loved it. I AM attempting to revamp my feedings to incorporate the G.O. line so as to save time on the volume I work with. From above, it sounds like using an AACT as a supplement to that line is a definite GO (no pun intended). Is it safe to use a low NPK tea as my flush?

Also, I have been using a variety of other ingredients to try some new tea blends and have been real hit and miss. Perhaps you can tell me what kind of products work best with Floralicious Plus in such a tea.

If you don’t mind, one more quickie – are products like F+ and Biobud redundant? Is there such a thing as TOO many aminos and such?

Comment from Eric
Time October 29, 2011 at 2:43 pm

That’s awful news about the Hygrozyme. It makes me want to stick with Humboldt Honey since it has volcanic ash (trace amounts of a huge variety of minerals). Does GH or GO make a product with volcanic ash to complement the F+?

Comment from ViridisVixen
Time November 2, 2011 at 4:34 pm

Hi Eric,

Sorry for the delay in answering your questions! With the launch of our new website, all our techs have been occupied. We do try to answer blog comments in a timely fashion. Thanks for your questions. I think we can answer them all. Here we go:

Yes, it’s safe to use a low NPK tea as a flush. Our General Organics nutrients are ideal for use with organic microbiology, which is what most homemade teas consist of, most of the GO line will actually enhance microbial growth by providing an additional food source! Floralicious Plus is ideal for use in compost teas as it provides a food source for the microbes as well as containing a small amount of microbiology. Things to add to a tea would be additional food sources, organic materials, carbs and sugars, as well as additional microbiology. My personal favorite tea combo with the Floralicious Plus is our Alaskan humus product, Ancient Forest, which is alive and rich with organic microbiology. Other products to consider would be the BioWeed, BioMarine, Diamond Black and Subculture. There is so much variety to the ingredients in Floralicious Plus that it really isn’t redundant with anything. Floralicious Plus and Bio Bud, despite some similar ingredients are quite different and serve different purposes. I don’t know if there is such a thing as too many amino acids but if our products are used correctly and according to the recommendations I sincerely doubt you will run into any problems.

I hope that answers your questions. Thanks!

Comment from ViridisVixen
Time November 2, 2011 at 4:37 pm

Hey again Eric,

We do not, to my knowledge, have any products that utilize volcanic ash. Rare Earth contains organic rare earth minerals derived from ancient seabeds, that’s the closest product to what you are looking for that I can think of.

Comment from ViridisVixen
Time November 2, 2011 at 4:38 pm

We do not, to my knowledge, have any products that utilize volcanic ash. Rare Earth contains organic rare earth minerals derived from ancient seabeds, that’s the closest product to what you are looking for that I can think of.

Comment from MARC D
Time January 17, 2012 at 11:05 pm

Can fp+ be used with atamis bcuzz bloom?

Comment from pennywize
Time January 18, 2012 at 11:21 am

Yes, Floralicious Plus is compatible with all other brands of nutrients and supplements.

Comment from Kevin
Time January 21, 2012 at 3:10 pm

I currently run the complete House and Garden line and was wondering if Floralicious Plus would be alright to run with their complete line without complications? I have heard very good things about this product and am going to stop using their Amino Treatment which seems to be a similar product. Do you guys believe this could be a suitable replacement?

Comment from pHTestKitten
Time January 23, 2012 at 4:43 pm

I don’t know everything that goes into that product line, but it is very unlikely that there would be any problems running Floralicious Plus. The concentration and broad spectrum of benefits from Floralicious Plus will enhance any garden. As far as replacing another product with Floralicious Plus, I can only really speak to the benefits of Floralicious Plus, it does contain amino acids and additional amino products may be redundant, but I don’t know the other products well enough to say for sure.