Hey Guitar Man, doesn't sound like you ran into any issues with MG soil. I'm not running into any issues myself except in the beginning because I failed to realize the soil would burn the roots if I watered the soil too much. So I cut back my watering to every 3 days instead of every 2 days. She's back on track and doing very well. Only been about 10 days into Veg so far.
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I used MG MC Soil last year, and I did have some issues. But hey, who doesn't have issues the first time they grow MMJ. Don't listen to any of the BS on here that says, "Weed grown in MG won't taste good." This is pure bullshit! I cured my bud for almost 3 months, and the taste and smoke was KILLER! I also had VERY experienced growers, who produce more bud than you or I would know what to do with, tell me that my MMJ was AWESOME!
Now, my issues on the first round were these: Like you, I did have nute burn, but not that bad. I found out that MG has built in nutes that will last through your Vegging. I had fungus gnats last time, but they could have come from our other plants around the house. My closet was also over-crowded, so I cut 1 plant out of this grow.
This time: no fugus gnats (yet). I'm 6 weeks into my grow and no sign of any bugs. No nute burn (yet). I just started adding nutes, but only Bloom Nutes. I started adding last week, the smallest dose recommended. The plants responded nicely, with NO burn. I did not PH my water last year until half way through my grow. I've PH'd my water since the beginning this time, trying to add slightly "Base" water, as MG is acidic.
I've been flowering for 10 days, and all the ladies have shown their "Colors" and are budding nicely! My grow isn't perfect, but I'm expecting a nice harvest this year. I've been using MMJ for years, not counting the many years smoking weed when I was young, and I know what good or bad weed is. I know, I could easily get top dollar for my product, but I'm not interested in making any money; I just want good "Medicine".
With all of this said, who knows, I might try something different next year. That's the beautiful thing about growing MMJ, there is no, one single way that is perfect, and trying something new can be a great experiment.
joking lol
I forgot how to get to the final answer from that info
, I have always wanted to timelapse my own plants and watch them grow...Now I finally can! eeek so excited