Advanced Nutrients Bud Candy Runs at 2 mL/L From Week One of Flower
Plants burn through stored energy fastest in the back half of bloom, when the canopy is heaviest and photosynthesis alone stops keeping up. That is the gap this fills. The guaranteed analysis is short, 0.5% water-soluble magnesium and no N-P-K, because the real work happens in the sugars. There are five of them: 7% D-ribose, 4% glucose, 1.6% maltose, 1% D-xylose and 0.5% D-galactose. Run it at 2 mL per liter, roughly 7.5 mL per gallon, through grow weeks 1-4 and bloom weeks 1-7.
How the Bud Candy Carbohydrate Supplement Fits Your Mixing Order
Order matters more here than with most additives. Add it once the base nutrients are already diluted, never into concentrate, and skip it on days you are running Bud Factor X. It is a root-zone formula, so it belongs in the reservoir rather than in a foliar spray. Beyond that it is forgiving: pH Perfect, non-pH Perfect and competitor bases all take it, across coco, soil, NFT and DWC. The 1 L and 4 L bottles cover a tent or a small room, while 10 L and 23 L suit multi-room sites. From 57 L up you are into drums and totes, sized for fertigation lines rather than hand watering.
Key Features
- Five-Sugar Carbohydrate Blend: D-ribose, glucose, maltose, D-xylose and D-galactose feed the microbes working the root zone, which is what a single-source molasses product cannot do.
- 0.5% Water-Soluble Magnesium: Magnesium sits at the center of the chlorophyll molecule, so the supply keeps photosynthesis running while the plant is spending energy fastest.
- Grow and Bloom Coverage: The same 2 mL/L rate carries across vegetative weeks 1 to 4 and flowering weeks 1 to 7. Nothing to recalculate between stages.
- Covers the Carb Additive Slot: It does the job a separate carbohydrate product would. It is not a PK booster, though, and will not replace one late in bloom.
- No Banned Plant Growth Regulators: Free of paclobutrazol and daminozide, which keeps it usable where residue testing applies.
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Guaranteed Analysis | 0.5% Water-Soluble Magnesium (Mg); no N-P-K |
| Carbohydrate Fraction | 7% D-ribose, 4% glucose, 1.6% maltose, 1% D-xylose, 0.5% D-galactose |
| Application Rate | 2 mL/L (approx. 7.5 mL/gal) |
| Feeding Window | Grow weeks 1-4; bloom weeks 1-7 |
| Application Method | Root zone / reservoir only (not a foliar spray) |
| Compatible Media | Soil, coco coir, aeroponics, drip, NFT, flood and drain, DWC |
| Base Nutrient Compatibility | pH Perfect, non-pH Perfect and competitor base lines |
| Plant Growth Regulators | None (no paclobutrazol, no daminozide) |
| Sizes | 1 L, 4 L, 10 L, 23 L, 57 L, 208 L, 1000 L |
