The thread is still accessible, top result on google for ask lucas still.
The "hysteria" about the "lucas formula" is that it's a very easy, inexpensive, simple, maintenance free, headache free, less error prone, less pH/ppm sensitivity, easy to clean , etc... Its just a very simple all-in-one solution to growing from a small to a very large quantity of herb with the least amount of headache.
Since the Internet is flooded with a lot of truly worthless pure shit, newbies get confused with high tech and dont understand the fundamentals. Lucas's mentors system that is named after Lucas now, is in that it teaches the fundamentals of a better grow room environment to fuel better results.
I disagree with pH (Lucas's mentor) on two issues, though.
1.) I dont feel that maintaining the same ppm over the entire grow cycle is smart. He says that if a plant uses 40oz of liquid nutrients, that you should put it in 5oz dumps for 8 weeks. That's just stupid. The plants grow faster in different areas at different stages of its lifetime. Hence why most grow charts show you with lower ppm at first and higher ppm during the max peaks of flowering then taper off to harvest. So while the 0-8-16ml/gallon solution works (but sucks for vegging!) I feel you can yield better results otherwise.
2.) Lack of his use of any additives. Lucas himself says 1.75lbs/lamp is great for him. That's why others can pull 2.25lbs/lamp instead, by using additives. Lets face it too, what does it cost us for one 1000w lamp for nutrients per cycle, $50? $100? Woopie-doodoo. Lucas simply experiences strong results for naturally easily grown marijuana because his environment is always perfect. He knows res temps, light distances, to use 60watts/sqft, how to maintain ppm/pH perfectly, and how to balance nutrients. And all of the technical aspects of the knowledge and how each aspect changes multiple dynamics of others. That's why he's excellent, he was a great student and translated that method to the world. If additive usage was shown to provide no benefits, nobody would buy or stock them. We would all know additives would be a waste of money because we would all see no differences either way. Lucas refuses to acknowledge that they can work and admits he has no experience using them. It isnt wrong of him, its just his style, which I dont agree with that part of.
Yeehaw.
