Start. By Canna. 

Everyone wants a big finish. Lush foliage, impressive yields, flowers that could make a Victorian botanist weep. But very few seem to grasp the blindingly obvious truth: it all begins at the beginning. And that’s where most people go wrong.

Enter Start by Canna – the only sensible option if you actually want your plants to survive the early weeks without turning into something yellow, wilted and deeply embarrassing. 

Designed For Young Plants. 

Start by Canna is not your average nutrient. It hasn’t been lazily diluted from a veg formula and slapped with a cheerful label.

It’s been designed, from the molecular level up, specifically for seedlings and cuttings. That’s the key. Not adult plants. Not semi-mature ones either. Just babies – tiny, vulnerable, root-twitching organisms with no appetite for guesswork or overfeeding. And yes, it matters.

Like Mary Poppins in a Bottle.

Where most growers go wrong is assuming you can simply take your standard grow nutrient, halve the dose, and hope for the best. You can’t. All you’re doing is starving your plants of the precise elements they need at this stage - micronutrients like iron, copper and manganese - which are present in correct ratios in Start by Canna, and almost entirely missing from your diluted veg feed.

The result? Chlorosis. Yellowing. Weak stems. Dead dreams. But with Start by Canna, everything is accounted for. The balance is spot on. No guesswork, no compromise.

Perfect for Cuttings & Seedlings.

This is a one-part nutrient - just one bottle, no A and B nonsense. It’s clean, efficient and engineered to slide seamlessly into the rest of the Canna programme.

Once your cuttings or seedlings are ready to move into their final medium, you simply transition to the appropriate Vega line (Canna Terra, Hydro, Coco or Aqua), and away you go. No nutrient shock, no upset, no drama. Just vigorous, consistent growth from day one.

For Proper, Proper Propagation. 

Available in 500ml, 1L, and 5L bottles, Start by Canna works beautifully with all common propagation media - rockwool plugs, Jiffy pellets, seed mixes, Fleximix cubes, you name it.

It’s not for recirculating systems or clone machines, but for rooted cuttings in a propagation tray or freshly germinated seeds in a small pot, it’s as close to perfect as science has managed so far.

Because Grade A Plants Don't Just Happen. 

For first-time feedings, a modest 2ml per litre will suffice. More adventurous types might go to 4ml, depending on the plant’s enthusiasm for life. Mix thoroughly, adjust pH (ideally between 5.2 and 6.2), and apply with enough run-off to ensure uniform absorption.

And no, you mustn’t mix it with other concentrated nutrients. This isn’t some chemical jambalaya - it’s a precise formula, and should be treated with the respect it deserves.

Ultimately, Start by Canna is about doing it right from the outset. Because strong, healthy plants don’t just happen - they’re engineered, nurtured and built from the ground up.

Start with the right feed, and everything else just works. Skip it, and you’re gambling with weeks of your life and the fate of every crop that follows. Not clever. Not worth it. Choose Start by Canna - and for once, get the beginning right.