hey everyone you're here with mark batwell at perfectgardens.com so today we're going to get
into the lotus nutrients i'm going to be going over what's in the back of each of the bottles
as well as the nutrient feed schedule giving my own opinion and all that other stuff
next i just want to also say thank you so much to lone wolf for just pointing out the fact
based transparency of approach of what i'm doing with this stuff and once again all i'm doing is
i have my own core value system because i have been swindled every which way from sunday i have
learned to interpret [ __ ] i'm would probably have to say i'm one of the foremost experts on
interpreting [ __ ] and i don't mind getting my hands dirty per se you know i i really don't mind
really just getting in there taking a big old whiff of it and just being like hey guys i know
you might think this looks good but this is [ __ ] and and i don't mind getting the arrows
in the back pointed all the cognitive dissonance decision making processes because i've i've went
through these things myself you know i've had to work through my own ideas thinking that that
was the best idea and come to realize later down the road i'm i'm causing the issue thing about it
though is that a lot of these nutrient lines a lot of companies right when they make an investment
it's difficult for them to change once they start or they think it's difficult for them to make it
make a change so let's go ahead and dive into this nutrient line and see what they're all
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problems arise we are here for you okay so the first thing let's go ahead and get into just the
first thing the the marketing a name okay so if i was walking down a fertilizer nutrient line in a
hydroponic store i would definitely have to say that i would be attracted to this nutrient line
for two reasons this stimulates me in two different ways first on the marketing sides first
they're using the geometric shapes and that makes me think that we have a similar thought process
second they use the word lotus lotus and lingam are words for the vagina and the penis so when
they use these two things together it makes me think that they have it's not just a flower you
know i know it's a flower and i know it's this but there's other meanings behind this beyond just
the lotus and the flower so just those two things would stimulate me sexually and
also would make me wonder more about what they are thinking and their interpretation toward
life because i'm not just this person that's like oh lotus oh you know vagina oh you know
like i'm sexually stimulated i'm gonna buy it and that's the sad thing is is that i because i seek
deeper than a superficial mindset around these things i know what entrepreneurs think i know what
business people think i would love to get into the conversation with the owner of this company
and ask him why he or she created the name lotus use the word lotus and flower because if they know
what i know i would have think that they are also trying to capitalize on the sexuality portion of
their nutrient line or bring a sexiness to it uh anyways which is marketing to me and it it's also
one of the first red flags because you know i'm not saying anything about men or women
i'm just saying that a lot of times people that really care about their products don't really
get caught up in the marketing and because that reason they don't make attractive labels and they
don't make attractive things so when someone's trying to make something sexy and attractive
for me it's a flag because i've been duped like that before i don't want to say been dude but i
because of my own addictions i was i got all caught up in the situation and then lo
behold regretted my decision and then reflecting back on why i made the decision i realized that
i got caught up on the shininess of it all versus getting caught up in the depth you know will end
with being willing to take the time to really comprehend what i was getting involved with
i just got caught up on the storyline i was gonna make a shitload of money or you know i was going
to get the opportunity to hook up with this chick or whatever i didn't look deeper in realizing that
to make that money i would have to screw someone over or to hook up this chick i would have to make
decisions outside of my value system whatever so that's the first red flag for me personally
it would attract me but it would also put a flag up because i have had bad experiences just doing
stuff like that okay next thing let's go ahead and get into the nutrient feed schedule and see
if there's anything else that kind of pops out at me okay so i what things i do like about it is it
has only five products in the whole in the whole nutrient line so it's trying to keep things very
simple for everyone and i like that so well rooted clones and seedlings a week one they're going
recommending you use a half teaspoon per gallon you'll have a ec rate of 0.9 ec and a parts per
million of 450 parts per million so they're also recommending to use ro water don't use tap water
so week one and week two will actually be the same recommended dosages for well-rooted clones
or seedlings vegetative stage week one you'll be using grow at a rate of one teaspoon per gallon
and no cal mag you'll be looking for an ec rate of 1.9 ec or parts per million of 900 parts per
million okay so right at the very beginning you're having approximately 900 parts million if you've
watched some of my past videos i've talked to you guys a lot about when your microbiology begins
to shut down and your microbiology begins to shut down roughly at a rate of 900 pressure per million
when you're using synthetic fertilizer i don't know if this product line is
synthetic i haven't dive into that yet i will be diving into that in the next couple videos
so just stay tuned so week one and week two at vegetative state it will stay the same you'll
be using grow only at a rate of one teaspoon per gallon no cal mag your ec rate will be 1.9 ec or
your parts per million is 900 parts per million week three you'll be increasing the growth to one
and one quarter teaspoon per gallon no cal mag looking for a ec rate of 2.4 ec
or a partial million of 1200 parts per million okay so that's the first thing this is another
flag that i start to see so they're using geometric shapes they're using ancient language
and i hate to say ancient language because of lotus and lingam it's just a different terminology
and once again you know they're using the flower and it's a flower right here and i know it could
they could say oh it's a lotus it's a flower yeah but it's more than that there's more things being
said here and so when they're using geometric shapes and now they're using a particular 1200
parts per million and i know they're still getting past the point of shutting down the microbiology
that is not a higher consciousness decision making process you know and they're using geometric
shapes so now i'm starting to kind of wonder a little bit more about this nutrient line are they
actually making decisions in line with their core values do they have core values why are
they using these symbols because their parts per million are not creating a healthy root system or
soil system really for microbiology but again i don't know if they're a synthetic nutrient line or
a nutrient line that is set up to grow with microbiology so we'll dive into that later but
i'm starting to think this is a synthetic nutrient line all together week four you'll be using grow
at a rate of one and a one quarter teaspoon per gallon and you'll begin to use cal mag
at a rate of a half teaspoon per gallon your ec rate is going to be 2.8 ec and your parts
per million you're looking for is 1350 parts per million okay as you go into flowering you'll begin
to reduce the grow at a half teaspoon per gallon you'll begin to use the bloom at a three quarters
of a teaspoon per gallon and you'll begin to use cal mag at a rate of a half teaspoon per gallon
no boost and no carbo-flesh you're looking at ec rate of two or a partial million of
a thousand all right so what i see here is you you get up to 1350 and then also in firing you
get up to 1300 so that's not too far off from 900 this might be a half synthetic microbiology
nutrient line we'll see what's in what's in this these bottles once again in the next video
okay so week two you will stop using grow 100 you will increase your bloom at a rate of one and a
quarter teaspoons per gallon you'll use calmac and a half teaspoon per gallon and you'll begin to use
boost add a half teaspoon per gallon your ec rate is 2.3 your parts per million is 1150 parts per
million okay so i think they're doing a great job they're backing down to grow the nitrogen they're
transitioning during the this week so i like what they're doing and once again they're only having
a couple products so i actually kind of like what they're doing here as well keeping it simple for
the clients week three no grow bloom will be at a rate of one and a quarter teaspoon per gallon
cow maggots will be at a half teaspoon per gallon and boost add a half teaspoon per gallon so week
two and week three will stay the same once again looking for a ec rate of 2.3 and a parcel million
of 1150 parts per million week four five and six just so i don't repeat myself will actually stay
100 the same so i'll just say it week four five and six no grow you'll be using bloom at a rate of
one and a half teaspoons per gallon no cal mag boost at a rate a half teaspoon per gallon no
carbo flush and your ec rate will be 2.6 ec looking for parts per million of 1300 parts
per million when it changes it will be week 7 when it changes whether you're using a growing a
8 week or a 10 week or 12 weeker this week four to week six could go also week seven week eight
week nine if you had a longer flowering strain plant so the week before you flashes when you're
going to transition whenever that is for you and your strain so it at that time you're going to use
no grow your bloom will be at a rate of one and a half teaspoons per gallon no cal mag no boost and
you'll begin to use the carbo flesh at a rate of three quarters teaspoon per gallon your ec
will be 2.2 ec and your parts per mil would be 1100 parts per million last week whether it's week
eight or whenever your final week flowering is you'll be using no nutrients and you'll be using
the carbo-flesh at a rate of three and a quarter teaspoons per gallon okay so i think overall
when i first look at the products there's a couple flags i'm seeing but it's not too bad
and i'm interested to see what's in the back of these bottles and breaking them down
through their guaranteed analysis and see if they're making good decisions in line with the
values or they're living in a cognitive dissonance reality please give me a thumbs up share and
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the reason honestly why i don't have a large subscriber base is because i'm not really
making the most popular videos that have lots of flashiness and i'm not doing all that stuff i am
answering questions individually one at a time which takes a lot of time
and then when i get into the videos and editing and so on sometimes i could be answering one
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please look forward to the next part two as we get into the grow and the rest of the nutrient line