DWC Chicken soup for the soil question!

I have just mad my first five gallon DWC bucket complete with an adjustable airpump, clip on net cup, clay pebbles and a high quality clone from a good feminized seed. she's in the bucket as of now with the roots just submerged about an inch under the water level which is ph'd to about 5.9. the nutrient solution I'm wondering will work in DWC is this: Dr. Jimz "Chicken soup for the soil" Jim named it that because it feeds the microbial life and soil responds to it like a child does to chicken soup hence the name. it says it works in hydro and soil indoor and out the ingredients are derived from Alfalfa meal, Cane mollases, Rock phosphate, Milk, Whey, Seaweed Extract (from Ascophyllum nodosum and potassium hydroxide) and Langbeinite. no blood bone marrow or chemical preservatives. non leaching all ingredients sourced in the U.S.A. even says on the bottle it grows herbs and lists marijuana! wowzers!! there is nothing on the internet about what im asking so don't bother I've already looked. I don't know if this will work in hydro because organic matter can be iffy but I did stick a tad in my cloner and my roots took off like rodger rabbit a day later. does anyone with experience in growing marijuana in DWC or hydro systems have any input or advice as to whether I can run this in hydro? they also have a flowering product called bloom kaboom very similar also organic in composition I also want to use in soil and hydro it says it works but I have no Idea whether it will work in a hyrdo DWC setup and I dont want to kill a precious darling baby.. yall know what Im saying..! If this won't work or will be problematic can somebody recommend any solutions or advice? much love in the spirit my friends and give a thanks to Jah for His herbs in the name of His son Christ !!!Peace!!!!
 

myke

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Short answer no,You dont want "living" in your water where it will be aerated .Root rot is the common cancer for hydro.There several liquid brands available for the purpose. A simple 3 part and some calmag will work wonders.Keep your jimz for your soil.
 
thank you for the swift reply! okay.. good to know I already filled her up but I suppose she'll be allright for a couple days in that solution till I can get some Hydro nutes from my buddy tomorrow?
 

F80M4

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Short answer no,You dont want "living" in your water where it will be aerated .Root rot is the common cancer for hydro.There several liquid brands available for the purpose. A simple 3 part and some calmag will work wonders.Keep your jimz for your soil.
He can use bennies.....
 

F80M4

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Yeah I should change my short answer to it’s possible. It’s been done. Just having all the shit in your pail plugging up the air it’s messy.
Nah all he has to do is run drip clean from H&G and he's good to go.
 

Coalcat

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I don’t understand people wanting to run beneficials rather than a sterile dwc. Nutrients are chelated so they aren’t helping with uptake. They aren’t buffering anything, they don’t change the mechanics of the system. I can only see them fighting bad microbes but that’s not necessary. You want good microbes run soil. What do you see as the benefit?
 
The fast growth of hydroponics coupled with the benefits of running an fully organic grow with no flushing. Which are better taste and perhaps density depending on the soil. Growth speed and bud quality
 

F80M4

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I don’t understand people wanting to run beneficials rather than a sterile dwc. Nutrients are chelated so they aren’t helping with uptake. They aren’t buffering anything, they don’t change the mechanics of the system. I can only see them fighting bad microbes but that’s not necessary. You want good microbes run soil. What do you see as the benefit?
If you can keep everything clean and what not then run sterile but there's a risk. Running bennies is much easier.
 
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