I've ran it with hard water , soft water and ro. It is a very underrated product. I use the veg+ bloom with
heavy 16 roots and
heavy 16 fire. That way you only have 3 products from start to finish. Oh ya, I also use caps benes and make tea's. I have been running with veg bloom since 2011. my reason for switching was the costs of nutrients for each cycle and ease of use. It will give great crops as a stand alone. I have been testing different nutrient brands for quite some time now. These are the companies I can remember off the top of my head that I've ran start to finish.
All the names In that list and the brands that really worked best where
veg+bloom and
heavy 16. I think veg bloom gives the most bang for your buck. 5 lbs is 100$ and that will do quite a few grows or a big grow an keep your nute costs low and keep you very high!
Veg+bloom
Heavy 16
Advanced complete line
H&G complete line
green planet complete line
delta 9 complete line
Gro high Cal complete line
Metrop complete line
Botanicare complete line
General hydro
Dutch nutrient formula
Soul synthetics complete line
Moonshine park farm's
Sns
Atami
Techniflora
X nutrients
Age old organics
The list goes on and on