Why amended soil runs down
An amended soil starts loaded. In a container, a fast-growing plant and the soil life use that charge, and watering moves some of it out. By mid flower many pots are running on empty, just when the plant needs most.
Feed the plant and the life
- KICKOFF once a week keeps the biology topped up.
- ÉLAN every stage brings aminos, seaweed, humic, fulvic and carbohydrates for plant and soil.
- UPTHRIVE in veg and PROSPER in flower, at 40 to 60% of the chart, as the charge runs down.
- Keep top-dressing if that’s your routine. Liquid feeding works alongside it.
Molasses, sugar and teas
Simple sugars feed microbes fast and briefly. We prefer carbon that lasts, like the carbohydrates in ÉLAN and the beet vinasse in UPTHRIVE. Teas can help when they’re fresh and aerated, but they vary batch to batch. A bottle crafted the same way every time is easier to repeat.
Feed properly, not blindly
Read the plant. Pale lower leaves in mid flower say the charge is running out. Dark, clawing leaves say back off. Start low, read your plant, then climb.
Where our products fit
Start with what the soil already supplies
An amended soil is part of your feeding program. ÉLAN contributes bio-inputs alongside nutrition; it does not replace the nutrients already in the medium or any base feed your crop needs.
ÉLAN in the growReviewed 8 October 2026. Research cited here explains plant science in general; it is not a trial of a Crazy Hills product. How we handle evidence.