I've been doing a lot of homework on HCO's Purple Maxx and going to change my original plan from the other day.
For those who aren't familiar with Humboldt County's Own Purple Maxx, it is supposed to do one and/or two things:
- For all plants, it will increase crystalization
- For certain strains, it will turn your plants into a dark purple.
The problem you read about over and over again with Purple Maxx is that people have killed entire crops with this super juice. It significantly increases your plants' nute intake so you can burn the crap and/or kill your plants very easily. Not only that, but I have yet to read about anyone successfully adding this to reservoirs in Hydro set-ups. They only recommend foliar feeding.
Okay, so with all that said, I'm going to take a little adventure with Purple Maxx. Here's my plan...
Bushmaster definitely worked and the plants have stopped stretching. They have remained the exact same height since using BM on Saturday night. The plants didn't burn at all and seem healthy and have really taken off with flowering. With the plants flowering so heavily, I'm going to introduce them to Purple Maxx on Friday (if it weren't Thanksgiving tomorrow, I'd start tonight).
For the Master Kush and Super Lemon Haze, I will continue adding only plain pH adjusted water to the reservoirs (originally said I would add more nute soup to increase the ppm). With the White Widow, I will actually drain some of the reservoir and top it off with pH adjusted water in order to drop the ppm. I want the ppm for all three to be around 700 ppm, max.
From what I've read, it sounds like 1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) of Purple Maxx per gallon is a good start. So I will go with this amount and do a foliar feed after the reservoir is changed. I will be monitoring the girls closely from Saturday through early next week and will be prepared to flush if it looks like I'm burning the plants.
A bit of a lengthy post, but like I said, I am really scared of using Purple Maxx and killing my girls. Any feedback from anyone who have used PM is more than welcome.
Happy Thanksgiving all.