Well, I can only tell you my experience...

I grew 4 mother plants... ok, one turned out to have balls... so, three mother plants.

Anyways, these 4 plants where pretty, um, Monstrous. They weren't tall, but they had BIG stems, lots of leaves... shitloads of secondary growths, etc.

What did I feed them?

Brita filtered water.
SuperTHRIVE
Schlutz Cactus Juice

Both nutrients at about half (0.5) of the recommended dosage (following their instructions). With these nutrient mixes, my plants grew pretty strong.

Again, I didn't flower these plants... nor will I. So, I guess your needs will change a little bit.

But for me, it worked.

Best,

-turtle420
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