FEATURESTORY
Garden & Greenhouse Grow Test
Future Harvest Development
Easy Grow + and Easy Bloom +
T
he folks at Future Harvest Development, a
Canadian company, were kind enough to
send me samples of their one-step fertilizers
Easy Grow + and Easy Bloom +. The Easy
Grow and Easy Bloom fertilizer lines are one-step, all-
inclusive fertilizers that are pH stable and contain all
the micro- and macronutrients plants need to thrive.
The Easy Grow + and Easy Bloom + fertilizers con-
tain all the same great micro- and macronutrients as
the Easy Grow and Easy Bloom, but also have ben-
eficial microorganisms added; hence the “+”. These
added beneficial microorganisms reside in the soil or
medium and help keep the plant’s roots happy and
healthy.
I decided to use the Easy Grow + and Easy Bloom
+ in an outdoor grow test and photo document the
growth. Now for my official disclaimer: this test was
conducted outdoors, which means I could not pos-
sibly control all of the variables, including rain (which
we will discuss later). In other words, this was not a
highly scientific test, but was rather a test conducted
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out of pure curiosity to see how Future Harvest Devel-
opment’s one-part fertilizers would perform.
The Test
I filled 16 three gallon planting containers (Future
Harvest Development’s three gallon plant life plastic
containers) with basic, store bought, pre-packaged
potting soil. Two varieties of pepper plants were used
for the test: red rocket cayenne peppers and anaheim
peppers. I planted eight red rocket cayenne pepper
plants and eight anaheim pepper plants for a total
of 16 test subjects. The 16 planting containers were
separated into four groups of four. Each group of four
had two red rocket pepper plants and two anaheim
pepper plants. Each group of four was to be fertilized
differently.
The Control Group
The control group included two red rocket cay-
enne pepper plants and two anaheim pepper plants.
This group received only plain water and did not
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