Do you use bloom from seed to harvest or add some maxigrow in veg?
I use MaxiGro until the end of stretch then begin using maxibloom. Usually 21 days into flower is safe to switch to flowering formula. I never liked using maxibloom start to finish. Both formulas are cheap. I run 1 EC in veg 1.2-1.6 EC in flower 5.8 pH no runoff in 5 gal pots of coco/perlite.
My idiot theory, broscience theory is that the bloom formula is very rich in P&K but low in N, so what typically happens is you feed heavier bloom fertilizer to compensate for lack of N and end up with P&K toxicity/buildup etc.. Better to use grow formula when the plant is really growing a lot of branches/stretching and then once it starts to stack buds give it the P&K it needs with maxibloom formula.
My favorite way to mix maxi is
for veg I set EC to 8.0 using GH Pro UP
mix in maxigro until I hit 5.8 pH usually around 1.0-1.1 EC with RO starting water
for bloom I set pH to 8.0 and bring EC to 1.4-1.6 range at 5.8 pH.
Maxi is quite acidic, so in purified/distilled water it will require a lot of ph up. You want to add your ph up early off because if you add it in later on to adjust upwards, your chances of your reservoir clouding up (falling out of solution) are so high within 24 hours. I was getting clouding within 24 hours in my res from pH adjusting after mixing everything.
