Advanced Nutrients Bud Candy - Carbohydrate and Terpene Feed Booster
Best for: growers who want to boost flavour, aroma and resin production without running separate carb and terpene additives.
Our thoughts
Bud Candy is one of those additives that quietly does more than one job. Instead of buying a carbohydrate feed and a separate terpene/flavour booster, this rolls both into one bottle. It's not going to transform an average grow into an exceptional one on its own, but as a finishing-touch additive on top of a solid base feed, it earns its place.
Bud Candy is a blend of simple sugars - including xylose, maltose, glucose, galactose and arabinose - combined with organic acids, vitamins and amino acids. The carbohydrate blend gives your plants and any beneficial microbes in the root zone extra readily-available energy, while the vitamin and acid content is aimed at supporting resin, flavour and aroma development in the later stages of bloom.
It's dosed at 2ml per litre and used with every feed from week 1 through to around week 6 of the bloom cycle, working alongside your existing base nutrient rather than replacing anything.
How it compares
Bud Candy competes with both dedicated carb feeds and standalone flavour/terpene boosters by combining the two.
- Compared with Canna Boost Accelerator, a broader bloom-boosting additive, Bud Candy is more specifically focused on carbohydrates plus flavour and aroma compounds.
- Compared with a single-purpose carbohydrate feed like Botanicare Sweet, Bud Candy adds the vitamin and amino acid content on top, saving you running two bottles.
- Compared with skipping a carb/flavour additive entirely, adding one at this stage is a low-risk way to support resin and aroma without altering your core NPK feed.
It's a two-in-one additive rather than the cheapest single-purpose option, which makes sense if you'd otherwise be buying both anyway.
Usage guidance
Simple to slot into an existing bloom feed.
Dosing
Add at 2ml per litre with every watering or feed from week 1 through to around week 6 of the flowering phase.
Mixing
Add to your reservoir or feed water alongside your base nutrients and any PK booster you're already running.
Timing
Most useful from early bloom onward - stop dosing in line with your usual pre-harvest flush schedule.
Technical specifications
- Format: liquid concentrate
- Dosage: 2ml per litre
- Use period: weeks 1-6 of the flowering phase
- Key ingredients: xylose, maltose, glucose, galactose, arabinose, organic acids, vitamins, amino acids
- Compatible media: hydroponics, coco coir, soil
- Brand: Advanced Nutrients
Who this is for
- Growers wanting to support flavour and aroma without running two separate additives
- Anyone already using a base feed and PK booster who wants to round out the finishing stages
- Hydro, coco and soil growers alike
Our take
Bud Candy earns its shelf space by combining what would otherwise be two bottles into one - a carb feed and a flavour/aroma booster - at a sensible dose rate that's easy to build into any existing schedule.
Worth picking up if you want straightforward feeding without the hassle of juggling multiple finishing additives.
