Nute strength I don’t feel should be static. Start lower strength. Ramp up as needed then taper back off. The plant color, and Heath will dictate to you where you should be at. Learn to read the signs. I’ve always felt it easier to treat a deficiency, over a lockout. Less is more. Happy growing
I have used MC for years. Works great for me. I’ve never tried anything else with it. But I did buy their sweet candy for my next grow. It finally came back in stock after many months and I figured WTH.
You might think about the two part MC though. I hear good things about it and as stated...
If anyone wants to stand by popping seeds on a full moon,I urge you to create a sealed environment, and lower the atmosphere to the Himalayas. Grow a land race strain. Use only rain water, simulate weather, and sleep in your back yard. Just sayin.
I always scale down my nutes later in the flower stage. My plants always seem to draw up less water as they age. I find I start at about 50% strength, and end around that. I don’t have a magic formula or chart, some weeks I bump it up/down depending on what they ask me for. Late fade is ok...
I feel like you’ll get the top picture to root. I think the stem above the node is wasted vegetation. If it does grab it’ll grow from the node. Let us know either way. I’ve pulled off some really funky clones from tricky plants and scrnarios