
When it comes to feeding your plants, the true cost of your feeding schedule goes beyond the price tag on a bottle. At Kaiju Nutrients, we’re committed to transparency and efficiency, which is why we’ve taken a deep dive into the economics of feeding schedules across several popular nutrient brands to produce Kaijunomics - how much do your nutrients really cost?
As our flagship product Megaflora is designed to replace the multi-bottle ranges currently so prevalent, in this article we will compare Megaflora against each of those ranges in their totality.
For simplicity we will add up the diluted price per litre of every product in each brands line for coco mediums to get a total price. All brands data on the maximum recommended dosage taken from their own feeding schedules as provided on their websites. The contenders are as follows:
Kaiju Nutrients - a new brand but not new to the scene. formerly producing products as Green Hand Organic. We started Kaiju Nutrients in order to be able to offer great products to all growers, not just organic growers. One bottle solution only.
UK Brand X - a respectable middle of the road company with history on the scene that pushes a ten bottle line up for coco, soil or hydro. we have included the coco base nutrients and left out the soil and hydro base nutrients from our workings out. their usage rates are similar though so it wouldnt influence any comparison.
Popular UK Brand - A relative newcomer thats been around for approximately 2-3 years and is everywhere on social media currently. 8 bottles in their line up.
Leading UK Brand - The brand that everyone would expect to find in any hydroponics store in the UK. Another 8 bottle lineup.
Popular premium American Brand - You'll know this brand, they are very popular in the UK currently. Their's is a seven bottle lineup.
Please Note all the above are based on their coco base nutrients plus every product in their coco line, we have not included similar products from the same brand where they have similar boosters for different methods or systems.
We know different stages require different dosages but we have stuck with maximum dose to keep things simple. We have also priced based on each brands medium size bottles to avoid the criticism that they can be bought cheaper in larger amounts. So for everyone except Kaiju we've priced based on bottles around 5 litres or nearest to where there is a mid size option. Here’s what we uncovered when comparing Kaiju Nutrients to other leading brands.
The Cost Per Litre of Diluted Feed - how much do your nutrients really cost?
Kaiju Nutrients' MEGAFLORA shines with a cost of just 4 pence per litre of diluted feed, setting the gold standard for affordability. In comparison:
UK Brand X: 45 pence per litre (over 10x more expensive)
Popular UK Brand: 67 pence per litre (16x more expensive)
Leading UK Brand: 45 pence per litre (over 10x more expensive)
Premium American Brand: 43 pence per litre (over 10x more expensive)
This difference is a direct result of Kaiju Nutrients' efficient formula, which requires only 1ml per litre, compared to much higher dosages from competitors.
Visual Comparison
This chart clearly shows the significant cost advantage Kaiju Nutrients provides.


Total Buy-In Costs
This is the total cost of buying every bottle in their coco or soil nutrient line. What you'd pay if you walked into a shop and bought every product each brand says you need to grow a plant hitting its maximum genetic potential. To address concerns about larger bottle sizes being cheaper, we selected the medium sizes for all brands to ensure a fair comparison for the other brands (nearest size to 5L bottles used for competitors data wherever possible). Despite this, Kaiju Nutrients still leads in affordability. Here's how the total buy-in costs stack up:
Kaiju Nutrients: £40
UK Brand X: £621.50
Popular UK Brand: £1565.28
Leading UK Brand: £619.92
Premium American Brand: £715.93

Time Savings in Mixing
Time is money, and Kaiju Nutrients saves both: estimate based on 1.5 minutes mixing per product across a year.
Annual Mixing Time (Hours):
Kaiju Nutrients: 9 hours (1 product)
UK Brand X: 91 hours (10 products)
Popular UK Brand: 73 hours (8 products)
Leading UK Brand: 73 hours (8 products)
Premium American Brand: 64 hours (7 products)
The True Cost of Time
Assuming an average labor cost of £10 per hour, this translates into annual costs of:
Kaiju Nutrients: £90
UK Brand X: £910
Popular UK Brand: £730
Leading UK Brand: £730
Premium American Brand: £640
Kaiju Nutrients saves growers not just money, but valuable time that can be spent on other aspects of growing.
Visual Comparison
This graphic illustrates the substantial time and cost savings Kaiju Nutrients offers.

Final Thoughts
When we started Kaiju nutrients it was as growers with a mission to circumvent the green tax put in place by retailers and suppliers to capitalise on peoples need to grow their own medicine. MEGAFLORA, our flagship product does this very well. At a maximum dose rate of 1ml/L in soil and coco, and .5ml/L in hydro it outperforms any other nutrient we've looked at. More than just a one bottle solution - it’s an investment in efficiency, affordability, and sustainability. By choosing MEGAFLORA, growers can:
Save hundreds (or thousands) of pounds annually depending on scale.
Drastically reduce packaging waste and their environmental footprint.
Cut down on shipping costs and time spent mixing.
But don't take our word for it, add up the cost of the bottles you use to get your buy in price, and work out how much the dosage costs you per litre of each product to arrive at your total price to compare.
Arguably, there is a saving on potential mistakes too, where the multi bottle ranges have to be mixed in certain orders there is room for wastage or if growers cant remember what they've put in; possibly doubling up and having to start over.
With early adopters and testers over the last two years stating that MEGAFLORA is as good as, if not better than other premium brands. The question isn't are you ready to make the switch? It's can you afford not to!
Join the Kaiju revolution and discover how powerful premium cannabis nutrition is more cost effective than you think.
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