I think a lot of folks worry too much about ramping up the dosage to full (I think a lot of folks worry too much about lots of shit, in my experience growing is EZ). I clone in plain water, and once they have roots they go right into full strength (1300 PPMs but my water's 250 PPMs right out of the tap). Sometimes I give em a week with half strength but I've never noticed a diff either way.Full strength from seedling to harvest??
MaxiBloom is Lucas formula all by itself without adding anything.
7 grams/gal:
N 92
P 121
K 215
Mg 65
S 74
Ca 92
I've never had a problem with Maxigro or Bloom dissolving. It takes 5 minutes with an occasional stir, in tap or rain water. Maybe that's considered an issue by some but I couldn't see anything like "dissolves instantly" on the packs so...
And yeah, the numbers for GH Flora Lucas are different from Maxibloom. I think it's quite a stretch to say Maxibloom alone is Lucas formula. Look at the N for starters. 92 vs 130. That's what, a 30% difference in ppms?
The point is that MB is close enough...