Heavy 16 sterile?

[bellyofthebest]

Hello all, running Heavy 16 Veg A and B in 5 gallon individual DWC buckets. My question is, are the flower nutes sterile? The bloom line is composed of Bud A and B, Prime, Fire, Roots and Finish.

I need to keep a streile rez (currenty run UC Roots with H16 Veg A/B). Thanks in advance.

 

[kingromano]

if you want to run "sterile" try to do it simple
just the base nutrient, some booster if needed for bloom and that's all
not additives

 

[calvin.m16]

Heavy 16 A&B bases are pure chemical fertilizer there are no organics in it. The only products that are remotely natural that they offer is the Fire & Prime as it has kelp and some other stuff in it like molasses.

As for it being sterile you should use h2o2 (Hydrogen Peroxide) to sterilize your buckets & equipment between nutrient changes and always add supplemental h2o2 to your reservoir directly per instructions. PREVENT PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY OCCUR (AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE)

A product that will ensure your water & nutrient solution stays clean is UC Roots by Cultured Solutions. It's 1% Hypochlorous acid, used at a rate of 5-10ml per gallon in an active system and 25-30 ml in an inactive system (between grows).

Personally my water has a tendency to cause brown roots even when ran through the Hydro-Logic RO-150 system with updated filters.. It's well water so probably a bacteria or virus getting past the RO membrane. I've bleached everything past the RO membrane so other than that it'd have to be airborne.

Good luck with Heavy 16 I ended up discontinuing it when the quality was kinda shit. The appearance is almost like PGR weed on the strains I grew and the buds were like ROCKS. Decent weight but definitely bumped my Medical grade down to a recreational grade in my book. Flavor wasn't there and neither was potency.

 

[bellyofthebest]

Thank you for the replies everyone. I ended up running Heavy 16 Veg A/B along with Canna CalMG and UC Roots. Day 1 of flower is today and they all turned out very healthy. I will be compiling a journal with pictures once I reach harvest.

For flower I have opted to use GH Micro and Bloom (Lucas) along with Canna CalMG, UC Roots and possibly Dutchmaster Potash if they show signs of needing heavier PK numbers.

 

[kingjackpot23]

Heavy 16 A&B bases are pure chemical fertilizer there are no organics in it. The only products that are remotely natural that they offer is the Fire & Prime as it has kelp and some other stuff in it like molasses.

As for it being sterile you should use h2o2 (Hydrogen Peroxide) to sterilize your buckets & equipment between nutrient changes and always add supplemental h2o2 to your reservoir directly per instructions. PREVENT PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY OCCUR (AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE)

A product that will ensure your water & nutrient solution stays clean is UC Roots by Cultured Solutions. It's 1% Hypochlorous acid, used at a rate of 5-10ml per gallon in an active system and 25-30 ml in an inactive system (between grows).

Personally my water has a tendency to cause brown roots even when ran through the Hydro-Logic RO-150 system with updated filters.. It's well water so probably a bacteria or virus getting past the RO membrane. I've bleached everything past the RO membrane so other than that it'd have to be airborne.

Good luck with Heavy 16 I ended up discontinuing it when the quality was kinda shit. The appearance is almost like PGR weed on the strains I grew and the buds were like ROCKS. Decent weight but definitely bumped my Medical grade down to a recreational grade in my book. Flavor wasn't there and neither was potency.

What did you start using once you discontinued to heavy 16?