I don't consider Maxi to be complete, so not surprised you need calmag. I've used all kinds of coco over the years and have often reused my coco, which I will wash throughly and usually buffer with a 50% strength nute solution. I prefer band of Canna Coco, which if pretty much good to go out of the bag.
I do not use any calmag with flora trio or ever and soon will probably be able to say the same with maxi like many around here like to flex with over a cabinet full. What else does it need? I am curious if I can be fine with canna coco and a one part. Yes some overlap feeds into flower for a week or two but aside from that.
Presuming this is an actual inquiry and not another of your rhetorical questions I'll put forth my answer to this.
Yea I was enhanced in perception to see one say what I still do not see said often, that coco was not the same 15-20 years ago. I prepare my coco from brick, cannot find anything cheaper to reward my willingness to buffer and prepare, they all seem to claim buffered and rinsed.Presuming this is an actual inquiry and not another of your rhetorical questions I'll put forth my answer to this.
My first attempt with coco about 20 years ago failed because I was using cheap coco that came in an unwashed compressed brick. I had no idea I was supposed to flush it to remove salts before use so that attempt went to shit.
Last year I bought a big bag of Canna coco I have yet to use but will do a little side-by-side with it against the promix and see how it fares.
Unlike ProMix HP there doesn't seem to be any added sources of Ca in it unlike HP which has both calcitic and dolomitic lime added to offset the natural acidity of peat plus adds that essential element and more.
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I guess "pre made" = prebuffered, got it. Yes, the bricks need to be rinsed pretty throughly. Also the bricks often have a more coarse texture compared to the Canna Coco bags. I consider growing in coco vs peat to be two completely different animals, with coco being basically a hydroponic medium and peat being similar to soil. Each is obviously going to need a different feed style. I haven't had any issues with needing to add calmag with coco when using base nutes which include some form of CalNit and ample mag. Something like Jacks 321, Mastercrop, or Athena work great with coco.Presuming this is an actual inquiry and not another of your rhetorical questions I'll put forth my answer to this.
My first attempt with coco about 20 years ago failed because I was using cheap coco that came in an unwashed compressed brick. I had no idea I was supposed to flush it to remove salts before use so that attempt went to shit.
Last year I bought a big bag of Canna coco I have yet to use but will do a little side-by-side with it against the promix and see how it fares.
Unlike ProMix HP there doesn't seem to be any added sources of Ca in it unlike HP which has both calcitic and dolomitic lime added to offset the natural acidity of peat plus adds that essential element and more.
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I've always liked the idea of a one-part, but frankly have never found one that works well. I personally avoid GH products (and anything else owned by Hawthorne) out of principle, although I do admittedly still have an old bottle of GH ph down..
True but just another hassle with pumps/timers/power to fail, feed tubes to slip out of place or plug and screw things up. I prefer the KISS principle whenever possible.
I would tend to agree with you, except that my plants grow better this way.
is it true Gh is owned by santo now? is that what you mean? What do you use, the brands you mentioned?
No. GH is owned by Hawthorne, who is a subsidiary of Scotts -- the primary North American distributor of Monsanto's Round Up. So, they are a different company, but part of the same evil.
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I reuse my HP but add 50% fresh to already used stuff with no flushing. I don't feed too much and just give water the last couple weeks usually so my fan leaves are going yellow telling me the plant isn't getting much in the way of nutes from the pot anymore and is stealing what it needs from the leaves. Just a little epsom salts and K the last few waterings to boost bud and resin production.
This is kinda cool.
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Interesting, I saw a lot of people give good reviews. I already have it and am trying it out next time. I heard Flora trio is better for auto feed lines with salt build up. Is jacks powdered any better or worse for that?No. GH is owned by Hawthorne, who is a subsidiary of Scotts -- the primary North American distributor of Monsanto's Round Up. So, they are a different company, but part of the same evil.
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I ran Jacks with drip emitters, and never had any issues with clogged lines. I replace my emitters every couple of grow cycles, they are cheap enough.
Reach out to Athena on Instagram and ask for a sample. They sent me around $600 of their powder line for free, they even covered shipping. I'm not sure that I would buy their product or not, as it's very expensive, but I do like it better than Jacks. This "sample" will last me quite a while.
MonSatan supplied the cash to Scotts to buy GH, Gavita and a bunch of other companies involved in pot/plant growing. Now Bayer owns MonSatan so the whole Bayer/MonSatan/Scotts/Hawthorne/Roots etc companies are all under the same corporate umbrella and should be shunned by aware growers. Takes a little investigation to find out what all companies have been bought out by them but they tend to brand products with one of those names so just read the labels before you plunk down your money.No. GH is owned by Hawthorne, who is a subsidiary of Scotts -- the primary North American distributor of Monsanto's Round Up. So, they are a different company, but part of the same evil.
Hawthorne Gardening Company - Wikipedia
Yeah, they also own Botanicare too. I used to really like their Liquid Karma back in the day. Now a days I've replaced LK with Kelp and Fulvic Acid.MonSatan supplied the cash to Scotts to buy GH, Gavita and a bunch of other companies involved in pot/plant growing. Now Bayer owns MonSatan so the whole Bayer/MonSatan/Scotts/Hawthorne/Roots etc companies are all under the same corporate umbrella and should be shunned by aware growers. Takes a little investigation to find out what all companies have been bought out by them but they tend to brand products with one of those names so just read the labels before you plunk down your money.
GH in particular NEVER supported pot growers and still doesn't. Only AN had the balls from their start to announce they made their nutes specifically for growing pot and they got trolled everywhere by people paid by the other companies too chicken shit to admit that pot growers were their biggest market. For that alone I would recommend AN over any of the others. Plus it's Canadian in origin and made in the states too. Not worrying about pH is just a big bonus.
GH has always and still sources it's base minerals from the cheapest bidders over the kind of quality control AN uses for it's nutes. Can you say China? I knew you could.
Yea a big market exploding, everyone is eager to find someone to sponsor, could only dream of working with weed for a living. Or even be sponsored in general in a fully legal market as a hobby grower/content creator.