tom_420, I just did what you said not to. I added 8oz. hydrogen peroxide to my dwc/bubble/drip system with a new batch of nova nutes. My ph is a little low but I think that will raise after the peroxide breaks down, my concern is the damage to the nutes. Any answers besides the obvious of dump and start over?
DWC & Peroxide ? If you Know whats up come post info! If you dont know, shut up =)
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TheSalesman
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Interesting article.
Do you guys leave your water out for a week before changing it? I hear this is good when you're using tap water. Perhaps I can add the peroxide then and let it break up during that time.
Do you guys leave your water out for a week before changing it? I hear this is good when you're using tap water. Perhaps I can add the peroxide then and let it break up during that time.
Roseman
Elite Rolling Society
TAP water is OK for hydro, not best, but OK. If you leave water sitting around a long time, the elctrolites leave and if LIGHT hits the water, you
are inviting pests, and algae.
LegalizeCannabisHemp
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the more I read about hygrozyme the more I would agree with you on that ..
so whats the difference between hygrozyme, hydroguard, or a product like sensizyme from AN
from my understanding u cant buy hydroguard anymore
lilmafia513
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Is the Foxfarm trio considered organic nutes?
What is reccomended for letting the chlorine evaporate from the water Roseman?
By that logic CO2 is ok for humans, or grape juice is ok or plants.
Water Softeners/Conditioners are best kept away from plants. Water softeners work by essentially replacing calcium, magnessium, iron and manganese with salts. The prior four are all vital to plant health, the last we try to avoid build-up of and is the reson we flush our pots.
Reccomened time to allow chlorine to dissipate is ~24hrs, I wait 48 just to be safe
. STAY AWAY FROM WATER SOFTENERS. If you insist on pure(r) water, get some distilled or RO water.
lilmafia513
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LOL...thanks man but i'm not a clean RO water kinda guy! I use tap water for everything, let it sit out one night to the next and adjust PH. Works fine for me.By that logic CO2 is ok for humans, or grape juice is ok or plants.
Water Softeners/Conditioners are best kept away from plants. Water softeners work by essentially replacing calcium, magnessium, iron and manganese with salts. The prior four are all vital to plant health, the last we try to avoid build-up of and is the reson we flush our pots.
Reccomened time to allow chlorine to dissipate is ~24hrs, I wait 48 just to be safe
Thanks guys!
I used tap when I was using soil. Works fine even with my hard water (350PPM using a 0.7CF). Switched to distilled for some bubblin' buckets as I have no idea what that 350PPM in my water is. Could be 90% calcium for all I know. Using distilled I know exactly what my babies are drinking. Plus that 350PPM takes a chunk out of the nutes I can add.
When my plant gets to the point it can be cloned, I'm gonna try a little experiment with one clone in tap water, the other using distilled.
lilmafia513
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a little side by side grow is always fun!
Did one awhile back with RW cubes and soil plugs for cloning. RW had major shock when transplanted into bags and the soil plugs showed no shock. It was fun to learn something that way.
I live in an area with LOTS of limestone and quarries mining it. Hard water has always been an issue. I tried using a brita filter and it did absolutely nothing, PPM came out the same.
On top of that our water company purposefully makes the water hard. Claiming that moderately hard water helps build a protective layer of calcium carbonate on the inside of pipes to protect people who might have lead plumbing in their homes. Softened water is more corrosive and has been linked to heart problems is behind their reasoning as well.
Heh, no. Would be a good business plan though
. There is some truth to their reasoning though. The increased salt in softened water makes it more corrosive to plumbing, and drinking all that salt can lead to heart problems.