To plants, carbs and sugars are very much the same thing, and that is energy. In basic terminology, its food for plants.  While plants do produce their own carbs and sugars, they do only what they “think” they will need for full production.  In hydroponics, however, the goal is to produce higher yields and more flavor than would be produced by nature left to its own devices.

This is especially true during the later phases of flowering.  Plants will store some carbs and sugars, but they don’t have expandable storage like a chipmunk gathering nuts for winter.  Plants have limited storage capacity, and therefore it is essential to add carbs and sugars to your feeding regimen.  This is to boost the available carbs and sugars to the plant to push the yield and flavor to its maximum potential.  Carbs and sugars are the building blocks for pushing to the limit.  Much like a runner will “carb load” before an event, you want to do the same for your plants while they are running the last leg of their race.

Carbs and sugars are also important when it comes to hydroponics simply because they help the plant fend off osmotic shock.  The reason for this is that the process of hydroponics is to push the limits of what the plants are capable of.  Think of it like this, you are pumping in all kinds of nutrients, forcing light changes, pumping C02…  All these things can shock a plant.  Carbs and sugars provide energy, and allow the plant to withstand all these shocks while continuing to grow and produce.

Whatever growing medium you are using, beneficial microbes are hard at work. These are extremely good to have as they help breakdown nutrients to make them more readily available to the plant roots and inoculate the roots as well.  They need energy to keep thriving, and that’s where carbs and sugars come back into action as they feed them as well.

We have quite a few different carbs and sugars products, come on in and we’ll be glad to help direct you to the best carb and sugar additives to your regimen.  Remember…We Grow better.