How to improve the taste and smell of hempy
rkymtnman
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not true. i run a sterile reservoir i.e. nothing alive good or bad.
Zackk
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What does this accomplish?
yankeetransplant
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When doing Water culture style hydro, your best off with sterile rez...microbial activity/beneficials, Are PRIMARILY for soil grows...assisting in breaking down organics to salt form, so the plant is able to uptake nutes out of it....hydro nutes in water cultures offer all the nutrients in salt form already, so there is really no need for and microbial activity..So Its best just to use an organic disinfectant, such as SM-90....that just kills all bacteria...I found with a PASSIVE hydroponic system, such as hempy style growing, wick systems, and some drip systems where the roots are anchored in some form of inert medium, That products like aqua-shield, voodoo juice etc, work quite well....there in a medium that is wet with nutirent rich water...Beneficials can colonize and certainly feed off dead, broken, roots, AND attack any bacteria that might pop up, and potentially cause root problems...Last yr, I swapped back to a modified (airstone infused) Hempy Buckets, from yrs of water culture growing...And I use aqua-shield and wouldn't grow a hempy bucket without it....last cpl pages in 'world of hempy', has a BUNCH of my recent hempy grows...regards, Y.T.
If u just follow the Organic disinfectants for water culture and bennies for plants in soil, OR, hydroponic type mediums (especially perlite/vermiculite blends) your roots will thank you...other proper rez maintenance chores always helps, like aeration and chillers...chillers not an option with hempy style growing, so your buckets internal res is basically ambient temp, subjecting it (moreso than a chilled DWC rez) to bad bacterias, but I have never had root issues using aqua-shield, or other similar products....
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glockdoc
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sulfur is key! that with some good genes go hand in hand. that and a proper cure.
how do you cure zack?
I'mBatman
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I'm seriously thinking about trying snow cone syrup.
I was told to use unsulfured molasses because molasses with sulphur will kill your plant. Did you try something with sulfur and did it work?
Thanks
UOTE="rkymtnman, post: 13679745, member: 894814"]as for taste/smell, try something with sulfur in it. epsom salts, some nute brands, etc.[/QUOTE]
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I was told to use unsulfured molasses because molasses with sulphur will kill your plant. Did you try something with sulfur and did it work?
Thanks
UOTE="rkymtnman, post: 13679745, member: 894814"]as for taste/smell, try something with sulfur in it. epsom salts, some nute brands, etc.[/QUOTE]
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yankeetransplant
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I think I tried every concoction over the years, and now use an unrefined coconut flower sugar....It is a granular sugar made by grinding up the coconut flower....It has FAR SURPASSED anything I have ever used...sweetens, AND ADDS noticeable finish weight...I make a concentrate by adding a cup into a quart of water...I start it 2 weeks prior to harvest at a 2 tbsp per 5 gal...I mix my solutions in a 5 gal bucket, so u can adjust for what your using....Then for the last week, I double the dosage...So essentially, thats the only thing in pH'ed water that last week or so....My tops usually start leaning hard the last 5 days prior to harvest....
I'mBatman
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