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Anyone use MaxiBloom in coco?

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puff adder

Member
Good to hear! I've been running 0-6-9 for years, but just switched to Maxibloom in one of my rooms. Tap (well water) is 200, I'm trying just the Maxibloom in coco, probably use my usual addatives later in flowering (liquid Koolbloom, Floralicious Bloom, molasses, powdered Koolbloom at the end).
 
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blaster528

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I'm using 7g per gallon of tap water. pH is 5.7 going into botanicare coco and I'm a first time grower. So far my plants look so happy and healthly so going to stick with it till they tell me otherwise :)
 
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OneTokeOver

1350 ppm Maxibloom & Dripclean in coco from rooted clones to flush for me.

I just had several plants germinate in the same set up, 1350 ppm from seed with no issues. Not recommending it, just sayin.
 
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michmedclones

Member
I love it in coco, once my plants have a root ball that fills the 12oz beer cups they get full strength 7g per gal. My cycle has been pushed back so my first run of what I though were going to be pop the seed veg for 4-5 weeks then flip turned out to be having the plants in veg for about 4 months now, I'm going to flower them all out on just MB and then get some of the additives mentioned; molasses, koolbloom, etc and see how I can take it to the next level. MB is easily one of the cheapest options per gallon on nute cost, and the results speak for them selves. No more magic snake oil for me
 
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Ny2CaFuse

Member
I'm currently using it in my diesel grow that I started documenting today. I was previously using anything and everything I could throw at them, and the maxi seems to be better in that it's almost all they need and a hell of a lot cheaper/simpler. Seems to pair well with coco too. Simple as all hell when you combine the two.
 
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budleydoright

Member
Another satisfied customer! I use the maxigro for veg as well. FL+ Kool Bloom Dry.

.75 tps per gallon DTW 3g smart pots. blumats are definately in my future....
 
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blissfest

Member
7 grams per gal. Maxibloom, 1 tsp per gal Protekt, .4 ML per gal. Dripclean with R.O water gives me 2.1 EC and a PH of around 5.6 I feed everytime in Hempy's and my plants love it. I run at least 6 different strains at a time and they all like that combo.
 
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blissfest

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ninjagaiden said:
5.6 PH? how high will it swing up? Id imagine PK being real low.
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Who knows? But in 3-5 gal Hempy's you water every 2-3 days with good sized plants.

I would not be afraid to feed at 5.3 PH in COCO, hell probably 5.2 to 6.2 would be fine:)

The protekt acts as a PH-Up, so you can PH differently by how much you use.

Here is a post by "delta9nxs" that explains alot, and im a believer:)

Hello, people!

“it is a fact that cal mag is necessary for optimum growth. Just ask any commercial or professional grower.”

Well, yes, that's true, but I am a professional grower and I don't use any calcium or magnesium supplements because I don't have to. That's because I use a nutrient that already contains more than adequate amounts of each and I run ph at levels that allow for sufficient uptake. In the greenhouse hydro industry growing tomatoes with drip irrigation in perlite culture many operations use bulk nutrient preparations that are dry and come in two parts. One part contains everything but calcium nitrate, the other part is calcium nitrate. They keep them separate to prevent magnesium sulfate and calcium nitrate from interacting. Just as the gh flora series, techniflora nutes and many others do, liquid or dry. The one part flora nova gets away with everything in one bottle as it is a colloidal suspension that separates during storage, thus preventing the interaction. However, there are many nutrient packages that don't contain sufficient cal-mag. Pure blend pro is a classic example. You absolutely must use cal-mag with it to avoid disaster.

I am currently using maxibloom for flowering. It is a one part product that does not have any reactions until you put it into solution in water. It contains ample amounts of cal-mag.

The calcium/magnesium deficiency most folks run into eventually using hydro nutes is caused by ph being maintained at levels that don't allow for decent uptake. Not by the nutrients being low on either calcium or magnesium.

I know I run the risk here of opening up a whole can of worms on proper cannabis hydro ph, but here goes anyway.

Most of the ph charts you see are incorrect or misleading. Most would have you believe that if you don't run at a specific ph you are running the risk of lockout of one element or the other. Some depict uptake of elements at different ph points that don't even overlap with their recommendation for ideal ph, usually at around 5.8.

The truth is that there is no such thing as ideal ph and there are no finite points where lockouts occur. Every application is a compromise. However, the 5.8 recommendation is right in the middle of the range where you get the least calcium and magnesium uptake. You are still getting some, but usually not enough. You either have to get above 6.0-6.1 or below 5.5 to get adequate uptake of calcium or magnesium. I believe that above 5.5 phosphorus availability starts diminishing so I start my input solution at 5.2. As nutrients are used and evaporation/transpiration occur the ph will climb. The girls love it and show no symptoms of deficiency.

So, if you are using ro or distilled water and your nutrient shows calcium and magnesium on the label try running your ph between 5.1 and 5.4 for a while and see what happens. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

If you are using ro water it is probable that you have very hard water from your tap and you decided to use ro water to solve the problem. If your tap water is over 200 ppm at the .5 conversion (milwaukee meters), you probably have too much calcium in your water. The calcium in your tap water plus the calcium in your nutrient solution can add up to an over abundance of calcium. An excess of calcium can cause a magnesium deficiency. You see the mag deficiency first and you think you need more magnesium so you add cal-mag thereby aggravating the situation. You can run into a similar scenario adding epsom salts (magnesium sulphate) to your solution. Too much of one nutrient can cause problems with uptake of another.

If your tap water is below around 150 ppm and doesn't contain more than 70 ppm calcium (only a water analysis can tell you this) try correcting ph to 5.2 for a while. With Ro water, if your nutes show Mg and Ca on the label, try 5.2 for a while.
Or you can blend ro water and tap water in proportions that get your tds below 100 ppm, then try 5.2 for a while.

My tap water is slightly over 200 ppm most of the time, so I blend tap 40%/ro 60% and end up with a reading of around 80 ppm before nutes are added. I chose this ratio because of the ph buffering capability inherent in the tap water mixed with ro at this ratio allows me to get away without using ph adjusters, either up or down. 2 gals tap plus 3 gals ro plus 2 level tablespoons maxibloom gives me 5.2 at around 950 ppm every time. I have visually perfect plants showing no signs excess or deficiency.

Well, I hope this little discourse helps someone be a better grower. Later delta9nxs​
 
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burns1n209

Member
very interesting, ive been trying to think outta the box lately, like trying the 1 part maxibloom which everyone says is impossible to use a 1 part, also experimenting in De-foliation. will definitely give this a try if i feel like my plants need somethign different. right now i run maxi at 5.7-6.0 and have not seen any difference, all is well...... burns
 
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blissfest

Member
5.2/5.6

And I never cared for CalMag, the shit kills plants, I think it sucks.

DripClean is a must, for anyone that cares,
 
Desert Hydro

Desert Hydro

Active member
Veteran
i wonder how maxibloom would work with blumats?? i bet if i put and extra screen over the dripper valve stem in the rez and kept a small circulating pump going it would be fine. does it eventually dissolve completely or do you find chunks in your rez?

would be nice to go cheap and simple for once lol
 
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Caravaggio

Member
Been using it straight. 1tsp gal, veg through Flower.

i have been flushing but hear you don't really need it with Maxi. Any of you NOT flushing?
 
Yuno.Who

Yuno.Who

Active member
I use botincare coco in hempy buckets too. I use 3.5gMaxibloom/gallon of tap water, left out 24hrs and PH'd to 5.8; for my seedlings and clones, work them up to 7gMB/g all the way through flower. Everything looks beautiful.
You could need cal/mag or Epsom salts depending on your water, or strain.

For an additive, you can use koolbloom. you dont really need it, maxibloom alone does the trick.

here's some links, read the whole thread, all the answers are there.
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=191645
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=147954
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=98419




....just maxibloom at 7g's a gallon all the way, 2-3 week flush. Seems too good to be true, right? Simple.

Good luck
 
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