House & Garden 1-Component Aarde - One-Bottle Mineral Feed for Soil
Best for: soil growers who want a single-bottle mineral base nutrient that covers the whole grow, from early veg through to the last week of flower.
Our thoughts
This is House & Garden's answer to "I don't want to juggle six bottles." One bottle, one dose range, done. It won't fine-tune every micro-stage the way a full multi-part programme can, but for soil growers who just want consistent, well-fed plants without a spreadsheet, it's hard to beat for simplicity.
House & Garden 1-Component Aarde is a one-part mineral base nutrient developed in the Netherlands specifically for soil cultivation. It supplies the full spread of macro and micronutrients your plant needs across both the vegetative and flowering stages from a single bottle, so there's no switching formulas as the plant develops.
The formula is built around purified mineral nutrient salts including chelated iron (Eddha-Fe), with added humic acid and fulvic acid to support nutrient uptake and soil microbial activity. It's used at a rate of roughly 1ml to 5ml per litre depending on plant size, growth stage and how depleted the soil already is, so dosing scales with the plant rather than staying fixed.
How it compares
Aarde sits in the same "one-part soil feed" category as products from CANNA and BioBizz, but takes a purely mineral approach rather than an organic one.
- Versus CANNA Terra Vega/Flores: CANNA splits veg and bloom into two bottles for tighter stage control, while Aarde stays in one bottle throughout.
- Versus BioBizz Grow/Bloom or All-Mix feeding: BioBizz leans organic with a slower, biology-driven release, while Aarde is a fast-acting mineral formula for more immediate uptake.
- Versus House & Garden's own Bio - 1 Part Aarde: the Bio version blends organic inputs with minerals for a soil-biology angle; standard Aarde is the straight mineral option.
If you want one bottle and predictable mineral feeding without over-thinking soil chemistry, Aarde does the job with less faff than a multi-bottle system.
Usage guidance
Aarde is designed to be simple to dose by hand or through a drip-fed system.
Dosage
Use between 1ml and 5ml per litre of water, adjusting upward as the plant matures and its nutrient demand increases. Start at the lower end with young plants or seedlings.
Feeding method
Works equally well hand-watered or fed through a drip system, since it's a fully liquid formula with no bulking agents to clog emitters.
Boosting further
Pair with House & Garden's Roots Excelurator or Top Booster/Top Shooter during the relevant growth stage if you want to push root development or late-flower density beyond what the base feed alone provides.
Technical specifications
- Type: One-part mineral base nutrient
- Growing medium: Soil only
- Use: Vegetative and flowering stages (single formula)
- Key additives: Humic acid, fulvic acid, chelated iron (Eddha-Fe)
- Dosage range: 1-5ml per litre
- Format: Liquid concentrate
- Sizes available: 1 litre, 5 litre, 10 litre
- Manufacturer: House & Garden, Netherlands
Who this is for
- Soil growers who want to avoid running a full multi-bottle nutrient line
- New growers who'd rather get dosing right with one bottle than juggle several
- Hand-waterers and drip-fed setups running natural soil or soil-based mixes
- Anyone already using House & Garden boosters who wants a matching base feed
Best suited to soil-only setups; it's not formulated for coco or hydro systems.
Our take
Aarde earns its place by doing one job properly: feeding soil-grown plants a complete, balanced diet without demanding a cupboard full of bottles. It's a mineral formula, so it acts fast, and the humic/fulvic acid inclusion means it's not just NPK in a bottle.
If you're growing in soil and want dependable, no-drama feeding, this is one we sell a lot of for new growers.
