I'd like more people to try my method.
I absolutely will take one right through to the end, Bill284-style,
if and when I come out the other end of this do-or-die chore list I've suddenly been handed.
Also, part of the broken bones club
Ouch, sorry to hear it. Me too!
Green House Girls
9/29/23
So, I discovered that Green Leaf (MC's maker) also had the cheapest AND
best (for me) PK booster-type product. With it I can drop my MC dose down to 1gr/gal. or less, and substitute in some of their "Sweet Candy" product. It's about the same price by weight as MC, (25lb bags for $75-80 CAD) and I think it's superior to terp/purpinator, straight MPK etc. It's designed for soil and includes grape and cranberry, plus sugar cane extracts to feed microbiology, has the fulvic acid, a full vitamin B complex, the same kelp extract as in MC, other humic acids, and a full L-Amino acid complex. Works really well to drive secondary metabolite production, by my observation (used it on all veg and weed for last 365 days) I use it in increasing ratio to MC throughout entire grow.
But, critically, it has some MKP in it too. It's overall NPK is actually 0-26-26. So, it's potent, but I've tried pushing the levels above the recommended, here and there just to get a feel, and had no burning. I bought 2x 25lb bags, that's how much I like it. It's an absolute steal given the full range of useful ingredients it contains, and it makes an excellent flower nute.
You still need just a pinch of MC, I think, to make sure all the things like manganese, boron, etc., are in the mix, but I've run 1 gram MC, 3-4 grams Sweet Candy and not seen any deficiencies. For last 2-3 weeks I stopped the MC altogether. You could always buy a bottle of GH Micro or something, but it has nitrogen in it too. IMHO there are often enough leftover micros in the peat/coco for a couple of week's growth.
Mebbe you'd get on with too, every grower and grow are different, but I thought I'd share my joy.