What Is in the FoxFarm Nutrient Trio
Three bottles, three jobs, one cycle. Grow Big reads 6-4-4 and carries the vegetative stage, where nitrogen is doing most of the work. Tiger Bloom reads 2-8-4 and takes over at the first signs of flowering, dropping the nitrogen and putting phosphorus in front. Big Bloom is the odd one out at 0-0.5-0.7, derived from bat guano and earthworm castings rather than salts. Its numbers look almost irrelevant until you understand it is not there to supply the macronutrients. It runs through every stage of growth alongside the other two, and it is the bottle most growers underuse. This pack carries all three as quart bottles. That is the size that suits a home garden or a small room rather than a commercial bench.
Rates That Separate Fox Farm Nutrients From Each Other
The rates are not the same across the three bottles, and that is where most mistakes start. Grow Big and Tiger Bloom both run at two to three teaspoons per gallon every other watering, or four teaspoons for heavy feeders. Big Bloom goes in at four tablespoons per gallon on the same schedule, or half a cup per gallon once a week when feeding hard. That is roughly six times the volume of the other two. A quart of Grow Big at ten millilitres per gallon stretches to around 94 gallons of feed. A quart of Big Bloom at sixty millilitres covers closer to 16. Plan for Big Bloom running out first rather than being surprised by it. Big Bloom also works as a foliar at one tablespoon per gallon weekly during early growth, away from direct light. Seedlings and transplants take the same rate every other watering.
Key Features
- Three Stages Covered: Grow Big for vegetative growth, Tiger Bloom from first flower, Big Bloom throughout.
- Published Analyses: 6-4-4, 2-8-4 and 0-0.5-0.7, so you can see exactly what each bottle is carrying.
- Guano And Castings: Big Bloom is derived from bat guano and earthworm castings rather than mineral salts.
- Quart Bottles: Three quarts is the size that fits a home garden or a small room rather than a bench.
- Foliar Option: Big Bloom goes on as a foliar at a tablespoon per gallon weekly during early growth.
- Simple Schedule: Every other watering for all three, with a heavy feeding rate published for each one.
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Contents | Grow Big, Tiger Bloom and Big Bloom, one quart each |
| Grow Big | 6-4-4, vegetative growth |
| Tiger Bloom | 2-8-4, from first signs of flowering through harvest |
| Big Bloom | 0-0.5-0.7, all stages of growth |
| Grow Big Rate | 2-3 tsp per gallon every other watering; 4 tsp for heavy feeding |
| Tiger Bloom Rate | 2-3 tsp per gallon every other watering; 4 tsp for heavy feeding |
| Big Bloom Rate | 4 tbsp per gallon every other watering; 1/2 cup per gallon weekly for heavy feeding |
| Big Bloom Foliar | 1 tbsp per gallon weekly in early growth, away from direct light |
| Seedlings | Big Bloom at 1 tbsp per gallon every other watering |
| Big Bloom Inputs | Bat guano and earthworm castings |
| Pack Size | 3 quarts |