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I was wondering what people thought of Cyco in terms of PH stability, concentration, consistency, price, flavor, smell, yield, deficiencies, etc. Please do not post topics relating to "biker muscle" and all the other anti-propaganda I have found on the net. Let's look at this from a growers perspective using empirical evidence if available.
My experience: Chem Dawg X OG Kush and Obama Kush were switched to the complete Cyco lineup 2 weeks before flower. So far, they are just beginning week 5. The medium is 25% coco, 25% peat, 30% pumice, and 20% perlite. Plants are fed daily via drip while maintaining 10-20% runoff each feed. Thoughts so far:
Chemical Structure of the nutrients are high quality amino acid chelates instead of acid chelates.
Price compared to House and Garden, Canna, and Advanced Nutrients- Least expensive when using all products listed under each company's full lineup nutrient calculator. I have made a spreadsheet and calculated costs for the flowering cycle only. If you like to mix and match nutrient companies, then the base nutrient is still the least expensive.
Concentration of the base nutrient is about 8ml/gal which is the same as H&G Aqua Flakes and Canna Substra. The additives are 4ml/gal in flower.
Consistency of the entire lineup is very fluid. I have a 150 mesh screen on my drip system, and there is less than 5% obstruction after 100 gallons. This 5% is attributed to the B1 product. I have not ran the other nutrient lineups with this drip system, but after years of use with each companies' full lineup, I would have to say that Cyco takes the ticket for the most fluid consistency without particulates as evident of the reservoir side-wall. Things that should be taken into consideration are H&G's over-concentrated Algen Extract and the new thick Amino Treatment. Canna's lineup is quite fluid except the Canna Boost.
PH stability is not as good as AN's new "PH Perfect" line. Ph stability is better than House and Garden on my water system, but not as stable as Canna.
Flavor is yet to be determined.
Smell is yet to be determined.
Yield is yet to be determined, however the flowers look bigger than when I have ran these strains on the other nutrients listed.
Deficincies, or lack their of is what I am liking the most out of this line so far. The plants have remained green and happy without a spot, discoloration or curl. Even after figuring the NPK of each lineup, Cyco still seems to have the lowest N concentration, but the plants remain more green than when using the other lines on past tests with these two strains.
Final Comments: Although I am not done with this round, I will definitely be buying the entire lineup again for next cycle to determine compatability with other strains. I will post my results when finished, or if I forget, poke at me.
Cheers, Medi
My experience: Chem Dawg X OG Kush and Obama Kush were switched to the complete Cyco lineup 2 weeks before flower. So far, they are just beginning week 5. The medium is 25% coco, 25% peat, 30% pumice, and 20% perlite. Plants are fed daily via drip while maintaining 10-20% runoff each feed. Thoughts so far:
Chemical Structure of the nutrients are high quality amino acid chelates instead of acid chelates.
Price compared to House and Garden, Canna, and Advanced Nutrients- Least expensive when using all products listed under each company's full lineup nutrient calculator. I have made a spreadsheet and calculated costs for the flowering cycle only. If you like to mix and match nutrient companies, then the base nutrient is still the least expensive.
Concentration of the base nutrient is about 8ml/gal which is the same as H&G Aqua Flakes and Canna Substra. The additives are 4ml/gal in flower.
Consistency of the entire lineup is very fluid. I have a 150 mesh screen on my drip system, and there is less than 5% obstruction after 100 gallons. This 5% is attributed to the B1 product. I have not ran the other nutrient lineups with this drip system, but after years of use with each companies' full lineup, I would have to say that Cyco takes the ticket for the most fluid consistency without particulates as evident of the reservoir side-wall. Things that should be taken into consideration are H&G's over-concentrated Algen Extract and the new thick Amino Treatment. Canna's lineup is quite fluid except the Canna Boost.
PH stability is not as good as AN's new "PH Perfect" line. Ph stability is better than House and Garden on my water system, but not as stable as Canna.
Flavor is yet to be determined.
Smell is yet to be determined.
Yield is yet to be determined, however the flowers look bigger than when I have ran these strains on the other nutrients listed.
Deficincies, or lack their of is what I am liking the most out of this line so far. The plants have remained green and happy without a spot, discoloration or curl. Even after figuring the NPK of each lineup, Cyco still seems to have the lowest N concentration, but the plants remain more green than when using the other lines on past tests with these two strains.
Final Comments: Although I am not done with this round, I will definitely be buying the entire lineup again for next cycle to determine compatability with other strains. I will post my results when finished, or if I forget, poke at me.
Cheers, Medi