have you tried b'cuzz? worth ever cent of the few bucks more per bag...don't look past a dollar while scrambling to save a penny. being penny wise and pound foolish can mess with the best of us.
I used to use Botanicare blocks, but I feel that the quality has gone downhill the past couple of years. I have to flush the shit out of it to get it where i like, and all the sand....jeez.
Using the same protocol I always have, I can't even keep a plant green in it.
It caused me to switch over to organic soil. A little slower to start vegging, but the quality and yield has been exactly the same as coco for me.
I might have to give b'cuzz a shot when I switch to tables.
Here's the way Cheffy looks at it; if it costs a few bucks more to have an out of the bag product that is pre-buffered, and it yields just a slight amount more in the end...I have saved money and a pain in the ass. Difference in cost per kw planted between the best bagged and compressed coco is no more than $20. If it yields a zip more with the really good bagged, you have lost money buying the bricks.
Always said that if the bag of bcuzz that costs $2 more than the canna yielded even a gram more because of difference in quality, it ends up costing more. Simple as that. Side by side, bcuzz always beats out canna etc... Tried all available locally.