BuildAFlower Top Dress Kit Reviews

I only gave it a 3 star rating because I have nothing to compare it to. This is only my 3rd attempt at gardening so my opinion basis is limited. Was it great? It didn't kill anything for starters. So I win. I split the 12lb. bag between four 5gal. fabric pots after about 5-6 weeks when the initial soil has settled some. It has an unusual aroma I haven't smelled since I was a kid but, my dog likes it. The plants aren't finished yet so I can't say the dressing will be a benefit to the end but the new growth it inspired short term at least was, well, inspirational! Thank You. I also cannot answer the questions below. Appearance? Moisture? Consistency? Brown/damp/mushy. I don't know how that fits with "Poor to Excellant" as choices.

I ended up thinking 'more is better' and added about 3 inches to the top of my pot, this was added In the first week of flower too. The problem with that was when I watered only the top half of the pot was now getting wet and after 1 week of this (especially during the fast growth during stretch), all my plants began having issues with the lower half of the pot not getting water down there. So just be sure the day you first water in this product that you water heavy, to be sure the whole pot is saturated and avoid deficiencies like I had. For an organic soil smaller pot situation like mine, this isn't really an ideal product. I feel if your indoors in pots of soil, you should be using 7 gallon pots, or if your using 5s you should flip right after final transplant.

This might be quite beneficial but there does seem to be quite a bit of wood filler in it. I am using 5 gallon air pots. I am using it in conjunction with the Fox Farms trio and the Fox Farms Ocean Forest soil. I have been growing for 16 years but have never really dabbled in organics or varied my regimen much at all.

The plants responded well to it generally, but there are an awful lot of wood chips in the bag, I'm guessing from the O.M. compost. The problem is, the thicker wood chips and sticks are not composted. Difficult to impossible to break them open (composted chips should be soft or crumbly), and fresh looking wood inside. I've never seen this in the Malibu compost, so maybe a recipe change?

Its definitely a good product but for $20 for 1/2 cu/ft. Plus shipping. Uggg. Not really digging it.