rhodes68answered grow question 5 years ago Expense is a relative condition, and yes anything designated for cannabis is like buying something for a wedding, pricey.
You can use almost anything if money is dire, tomatoes (best) are an excellent substitution when looking for nuets as are most flowering plant mixes.
Dr Earth is very reasonable and organic also available though amazon if not local. It a top dress type but dont let that scare you people been doing it for hundreds of years and it works.
Bio-Bizz like most liquid organics is pricey but it lasts, know a lot of folks like it I am not so sure. It works fine just not entirely happy with it this summer.
Here is the deal:
Tomato dry organic is cheap and only requires a bit of thought, any deficiencies can be addressed as normal you just dont add more nuets but rarely.
Two packages the veg (grow) and bloom (flower) could take you through a whole grow, that aint bad.
All you normally after the dry is applied is add some cal-mag and PH the water and feed. Everything else is in the pot.
Cal-Mag in soil is something you must deal with apart if its needed I fear. Some coco nuets like cocotek have it there already.
I will be using Dr Earth outdoors this summer.