lol yeah, I see where you're getting.
I may have been a bit unclear, but you're completely right.
The irritation, I guess, that I get is from new growers that insist on using a ton of different additives just because they came in a pack. Kind of a ''I saw x, y, and z from someone else's grow and their plants were amazing.".
I see a lot of posts in new grower areas of forums with guys on their first grow with 3-4 different additives. It's like tuning a car before you've ever driven it. It's the American way of more is always better, and I'm unsure if that's always the case. It's similar to seeing someone on their first grow trying to supplement CO2 by using yeast+sugar or even those myco bags.
I just think that for a new grower, and any new strains, it's best to start basic. The more variables you add to your grow, the more difficult it is to single out which one is causing any sort of issue.
I'm a HUGE fan of single part formulas, it's what I like to do. I've been working with a single part for a really long time now, and there are quarks and issues with it, but that's where I think additives should be used. Additives should be used to amend to the basic grow formula if your plants suffer deficiencies.
Now, the biggest hole in this entire post is the fact that I really don't have experience with additives. I've always been a bare bones kind of guy. Hell, I have been living on brown rice for the past 3-4 months and I only drink water, it's just who I am. Of course some additives will have benefits, but is should all be taken with a grain of salt. Of course Nutrient Company X's brand of Super-Sonic-Massive-Ninja-Bloom-Booster will say that'll increase your buddage 900% by weight... but they are a business, of course they'll say that.
The internet is a beautiful thing. Before I ever consider buying any nutrient or additive, I do extensive research to see who's using it and their results. Since marijuana cultivation has so many different forums, it's fairly easy to source information. I think it's what everyone needs to do. The problem comes when someone see's one guy with excellent looking plants and just decides to copy his regimen.
There's so much variability. Once you start to slowly get rid of some of that variability, you may be getting somewhere!