Well your grow suggests not AJ. All I went by was the directions on the back and cut it down from there. They suggest 28 drops (1/2 tsp) per gallon of water if you use it every time you water. I don't. But this time I cranked it up a little because I wanted to hammer this thing and either kill it or do some good. The reaction it had so far was that it was a good thing to do. But if you're saying you only used 1.25 - 2 drops per gallon that's like nothing. But again, the size of your buds suggests that you're doing something right!