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Hello everyone,
as someone that has been using Masterblend for years now with great results i decided to deep dive into the nutrient composition of both Masterblend and Jacks, both well known brands and i was wondering if anyone knows if theres any real difference between these two brands final recommended combinations, when i look at the nutrient breakdown on Jacks 5-12-26 formula:
and on Masterblends 4-18-38:
it seems like Jacks 5-12-26 is basically just Masterblends 4-18-38 with added magnesium sulfate, to the point where Masterblend has its own 5-12-26 product that is just the 4-18-38 + epsom salt premixed in it and looks almost exactly like Jack's:
since both these brands instruct the addition of the same amount of calcium nitrate theres nothing interesting there so i wont mention it going forward just assume i include it, what i do find interesting and where the differences show up is the addition of epsom salt (magnesium sulfate),
if you use Masterblends 4-18-38 they advise that you add epsom salt at a 2 to 1 ratio, for every 2 gram of masterblend 4-18-38 add 1 gram of epsom salt, or if you buy the premixed version of 5-12-26 you dont have to add anything besides the calcium nitrate,
on the other hand with jacks 321 setup, you start with the 5-12-26 that already has magnesium sulfate in it much like the premixed 5-12-26 masterblend only jacks has a tad more magnesium sulfate 6.3%/8.5% vs masterblend 4.1%/5.4% and on top of this they tell you to add even more magnesium sulfate at a ratio of 3 to 1.
So which formulation has it right? should i be adding more magnesium sulfate to my Masterblend 5-12-26 formulation similar to the Jack's ratio? and since the 5-12-26 formulation is just the 4-18-38 with added magnesium sulfate at a 2 to 1 ratio does this mean that the touted 12g/12g/6g per 5gal of water that MPHgardener made so popular on youtube all those years ago should have actually been 12g/12g/12g per 5gal? or am i just not reading this properly and its actually the same for both brands?
also both these brands recommend a ph between 6.4 and 6.7 and yet i've been told again and again that cannabis needs 5.8 or no higher then 6, any thoughts on this?
thanks :D
as someone that has been using Masterblend for years now with great results i decided to deep dive into the nutrient composition of both Masterblend and Jacks, both well known brands and i was wondering if anyone knows if theres any real difference between these two brands final recommended combinations, when i look at the nutrient breakdown on Jacks 5-12-26 formula:
and on Masterblends 4-18-38:
it seems like Jacks 5-12-26 is basically just Masterblends 4-18-38 with added magnesium sulfate, to the point where Masterblend has its own 5-12-26 product that is just the 4-18-38 + epsom salt premixed in it and looks almost exactly like Jack's:
since both these brands instruct the addition of the same amount of calcium nitrate theres nothing interesting there so i wont mention it going forward just assume i include it, what i do find interesting and where the differences show up is the addition of epsom salt (magnesium sulfate),
if you use Masterblends 4-18-38 they advise that you add epsom salt at a 2 to 1 ratio, for every 2 gram of masterblend 4-18-38 add 1 gram of epsom salt, or if you buy the premixed version of 5-12-26 you dont have to add anything besides the calcium nitrate,
on the other hand with jacks 321 setup, you start with the 5-12-26 that already has magnesium sulfate in it much like the premixed 5-12-26 masterblend only jacks has a tad more magnesium sulfate 6.3%/8.5% vs masterblend 4.1%/5.4% and on top of this they tell you to add even more magnesium sulfate at a ratio of 3 to 1.
So which formulation has it right? should i be adding more magnesium sulfate to my Masterblend 5-12-26 formulation similar to the Jack's ratio? and since the 5-12-26 formulation is just the 4-18-38 with added magnesium sulfate at a 2 to 1 ratio does this mean that the touted 12g/12g/6g per 5gal of water that MPHgardener made so popular on youtube all those years ago should have actually been 12g/12g/12g per 5gal? or am i just not reading this properly and its actually the same for both brands?
also both these brands recommend a ph between 6.4 and 6.7 and yet i've been told again and again that cannabis needs 5.8 or no higher then 6, any thoughts on this?
thanks :D
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