Thanks for the compliments bro..the lucas was based off the General hydroponics line which is a chemical/salt based fertilizer,i dont buy coco specific nutes ,the GH line works for coco,soil and true hydro,,due to the nutrient profile of cannabis,a standard ppm/ec could be used to feed the plant from start to finish with as little as one bag( maxi bloom) or one bottle( flora nova,i think) it can also be done as a two part with GH products...back to nutrient profiling,now lets say the "window" of ppm is( and these are just random numbers to illustrate the point) 1000-2000,the 1000ppm would be the low end to grow a healthy plant without causing deficiencies,and 2000 would be the high end which could cause lockout and burn,the best option for best growth and cost would be 1500ppm,this is what the Lucas formula shows,there is no need to add other stuff,but the nute companies package and promote "stuff" so well that people think they have to buy the latest and greatest thing,well we as consumers really dont,and the plant dont really need it if the primary Macro nutrients are good to begin with( with good levels of micro nutrients),remember,we as growers acount for the best temps and light,now all the plant needs is a good organic soil or a good nute plan and they will grow well,they have made it millions of years without us,right? I may have missed a few details about lucas but the key points are ,low cost,adequate nute levels,and most inportant ease of use!! Since i am in coco i add cal mag,and silica for cellular strength ,everything else i add kinda defeats the purpose of the lucas/kiss method of one bag( of nutes) but when i was growing photo plants,i only used the one bag of maxi bloom start to finish( but at different ratios for veg and bloom)..hope that helps some..ill gladly discuss further if need be...peace bro
Thank you for the compliments ,and yes the small bags 2.2 lbs/1kilo,if it was just one plant that would be way more than enough and the lucas pages break it down to a cost per feed of something like .06 cents or something..powder nutes are just as easy as liquid,but they are more concentrated so they end up being cheaper than liquids,,remember i am in coco so i never straight water,always nutes and multiple plants....
Awesome bro,you didnt know i was stalking your thread huh!!! I was in the same boat with the multiple bottles for veg and multiple for bloom!!! Arrrr what a pain...what ive noticed is that with the maxi bloom mixed at full strength,the ppm is around 1600,which may not be bad for a photo and i have ran it at that strength with auto plants in the greenhouse,i believe this is due to photosynthesis being more optimal,at that strength it burns my indoor plants...db003,did you study the nutrient profiling page from angelfire-dot-com and learn to use the calculator? What this does is allow a profile to be made using any brand/nutrient line that will equall the N-P-K ratios of the Lucas Formula..there's not many of us that use the lucas and again i believe this is due to good marketing from the nute companies,would you be interested in a lucas comparative co-grow??
