Yes, I am seeing alot of people who claim 1gpw..on their first 5 five grows. I really find that very very hard to believe.
What makes it even harder is they use GHE nutes..
I mean I was so shyt in the beginning and I am not a dumb guy. Its only now after 2 years indoor, that I am dialing in my skills.
I've seen General hydro's three part continually score 1gpw shows for second and third attempters, some people just have really good friends that show them the ropes and walk them through it(basically doing everything except being 24/7) to help out a brother in need.
Any newbie without real help will not get anywhere near 1gpw without doing a freaking lot of homework, regardless of their using generals three part or not.
All chemical ferties are similar. Like you said you had to dial it in, just like you have to dial in the gh three part. After ten years of doing this, I've tried almost all the fertie lines, and with results and money spent on nutes, gen hydro wins. Guarantee if you run all the nute lines side by side and all lines dialed in, they will all do damn near the same weight, thc output, flavor, etc; with only minute difference in total dry weight. It is all about locking in the right mix.
Not trying to put you or anyone else down in anyway, and I hope no offense is taken. What works for one may not work for the other.
Just tired of hearing people blame GH for their own mistakes and bad results. It's the same with guitars. You know how many times I've heard people say fender strats suck, cheering on the $2-3 thousand dollar guitars(like LP's and PRS's), then I ask them how long have they been playing "uh, about year and a half". Dude, that ain't very long at all.
I get golden, fat tones out of my amer. standard Fender stratocaster; just like I get golden, fat buds off the american standard General hydro.