Botanicare Hydroguard works great but.....

[redzi]

I have used Botanicare Hydroguard to keep a healthy mix of bacteria that along with air will keep a batch of water with nutrients from turning into a smelly mess that will kill or harm your roots, fish, ect.. This involves live bacteria and their spores. Every bottle has a manufacture date and the instructions that it is good for 6 months after opening. I have seen pictures of bottles that had altered dates and in my case bottles that had no date at all. I took the bottle that you see with the date and was able to wipe it off the date without any damage to the label.

 

[redzi]

I bought both bottles from Amazon. The one without a date has been sent back to Amazon at no expense to me. Every bottle that I have bought has the same looking date as the bottle on the left. I had all kinds of problems with rot until I used HG. I am guessing that someone else likes it too...1 quart is $28.

 

[fragileassassin]

ive seen a lof of people talk about this southern AG stuff, ive been considering trying it next crop considering how expensive the hydroguard is for how much i need.
Read some of the reviews
https://www.amazon.com/Southern-Ag-Friendly-Biological-Fungicide/dp/B00VXQG23O

 

[rkymtnman]

southern ag: same strain of bacteria, half the cost and one million times stronger than hydroguard.

 

[macsnax]

southern ag: same strain of bacteria, half the cost and one million times stronger than hydroguard.

Really! I know that you know your shit. So your saying this is a better alternative? Because I was just getting ready to order some more hg.

 

[rkymtnman]

Really! I know that you know your shit. So your saying this is a better alternative? Because I was just getting ready to order some more hg.

way better. way cheaper. way stronger.

try it. when you use it, it looks like iced coffee instead of a clear liquid.

 

[macsnax]

way better. way cheaper. way stronger.

try it. when you use it, it looks like iced coffee instead of a clear liquid.

Thanks for the heads up, I'm going to give it a shot.

 

[thenasty1]

southern ag gff is whats up
dirt cheap, same strain as hydroguard, way more concentrated. i run it at 1ml/21 gal, and i suggest mixing that dosage into a gallon or two of water before putting it in your res

 

[shawnery]

Not to mention it smells and looks like a sweet frappuccino.

 

[Big Perm]

I'm a big fan of hydroguard as well, good to know about the potential scammers. I'm not going to use it this run and instead use Dyna-Zyme to test it out. I'm a little nervous to be honest, but excited to see how it works.

 

[Hot Diggity Sog]

southern ag gff is whats up
dirt cheap, same strain as hydroguard, way more concentrated. i run it at 1ml/21 gal, and i suggest mixing that dosage into a gallon or two of water before putting it in your res

WOW!

 

[Hot Diggity Sog]

When you guys are using this stuff, what is the strategy you use when topping of your reservoir? Are you adding more of these products or do you only add them when you do water changes?

 

[shawnery]

I mix it, when used, at 20:1 and then 1ml per gallon.

 

[fragileassassin]

When you guys are using this stuff, what is the strategy you use when topping of your reservoir? Are you adding more of these products or do you only add them when you do water changes?

I personally use a barrel to keep the res level up. I keep that barrel with nute solution in it and I just throw the hydroguard in the control res every friday. No water changes here.

 

[Hot Diggity Sog]

I personally use a barrel to keep the res level up. I keep that barrel with nute solution in it and I just throw the hydroguard in the control res every friday. No water changes here.

That sounds like a well oiled machine. I'm not at that point and am doing water changes still. I manually add 1 gallon 2 or 3 times a day and was just wondering if I should be adding hydroguard or not. Right now when I mix up a fresh batch of nutes, I put in 20 ml of HG for 10 gallons of water but then like I said, am adding 2 to 3 gallons more water daily.

 

[Hot Diggity Sog]

@redzi - Did not mean to hijack your thread. I in fact just ordered a jug of Southern from Amazon.

 

[shawnery]

I'd be careful we don't use it to long. It is so concentrated that the chace of using it all before it goes bad must be pretty bad.

 

[rkymtnman]

That sounds like a well oiled machine. I'm not at that point and am doing water changes still. I manually add 1 gallon 2 or 3 times a day and was just wondering if I should be adding hydroguard or not. Right now when I mix up a fresh batch of nutes, I put in 20 ml of HG for 10 gallons of water but then like I said, am adding 2 to 3 gallons more water daily.

i do auto feed waterfarms. i give them 1mL once a week. right into each waterfarm. maybe twice if i remember. they drink about a gal/day.

 

[Hot Diggity Sog]

i do auto feed waterfarms. i give them 1mL once a week. right into each waterfarm. maybe twice if i remember. they drink about a gal/day.

Ok...this is my 1st time doing DWC/RDWC and 1st time using bennies - my only other limited experience with hydro was sterile.

 

[rkymtnman]

Ok...this is my 1st time doing DWC/RDWC and 1st time using bennies - my only other limited experience with hydro was sterile.

i did sterile for about 5 years. then switched over to southern ag. each way works great. this is easier i think even though sterile is easy too. lol.