Optimize Your Growing Environment (New High Times Article)

[Alex Kelly]

Came upon this new article in High Times the other day talking about different ways to maximize your grow room. ALL of this info can be found on this forum but this is just full of tips and tricks that some may not already be aware of; they definately divulge some of our secrets here !!!! Haha. They even go into some of the topics that WE have been discussing on here recently!!!!! You know who you are So read up if you like RIU.

 

[Alex Kelly]

FORGOT THE LINK!!!!! LOL ya im a stoner. Here it is:

http://hightimes.com/grow/ht_admin/6940

 

[Sr. Greensea]

great article !!!!!

 

[norcali]

View attachment 1411141great article answered alot of questions i had

 

[R. Duke]

whats exactly are the digestive enzymes that they talk about it the article?

 

[CaptainCAVEMAN]

whats exactly are the digestive enzymes that they talk about it the article?

Hygrozyme, Sensizyme, Prozyme...All are different brands of enzyme products. The plants use enzymes to digest nutrients and quickly deplete them(enzymes).

 

[Alex Kelly]

I am not sure I have never used anything like that, at least knowingly. Here is a quick reference to beneficial bacterias and fungis by Everest quizzes water culture expert, Daniel Wilson from Current Culture H2O, but i dont believe this really relates to digestive enzymes. Hopefully someone else can help.

"There’s a bit of a fork in the road philosophically when it comes to“bennies” or no “bennies” ((Beneficial Bacteria)). In my experiences both tend to work but I lean towards more of a sterile aqueous root zone. It is possible to use a more carbon-based substrate for a plant’s root crown cultivation. It’s this beneficial habitat that could harbor and allow colonization of a plant’s mutualistic organisms. The solution itself has little potential for colonization of anything other than bacteria, which while useful, don’t offer the benefits of fungi’s, which share a more direct relationship with the roots themselves."

 

[Alex Kelly]

Oh haha. Ya that's why I said knowingly lol I was thinking that it was probably part of some products out there already. Cool tho.

 

[Luger187]

whats exactly are the digestive enzymes that they talk about it the article?

heres a great link to a beneficial bacteria thread. i just found it today, and learned a TON

https://www.rollitup.org/dwc-bubbleponics/361430-how-breed-your-own-beneficial.html

enzymes r basically "juices" that a bacteria secrets. these enzymes break down organic materials(leaves, dead roots, soil nutes, etc) into the basic building blocks that the plant needs to survive. when in soil, the enzymes break it all down, then those basic nutrients can be dissolved into water. the plants roots can then suck it all up, together with the water.

there is a symbiosis among the plant and the bacteria(in soil). the plant will detect the bacteria there, and in turn bring sugars down to the root system. the bacteria use these sugars to survive on, and enable them to break down more material for the plant. hence, symbiosis...
*if the bacteria arent there, but basic nutes are(in hydro for instance), i dont think the plant brings sugars down to the roots. i dont remember reading about this, but i would think it is true. i dont believe a plant would waste energy like that.)

edit: im drunk, so sorry if that didnt make any sense lol i just learned it today so bear with me

 

[legallyflying]

For those not in the know, hydro nutrients are all water soluble right out of the bottle so hoping that enzymes will convert medium based nutrients in hydro is not the smartest. That said, plant roots are always dieing and regenerating. So adding enzymes to your system every other week or so will break these roots down and help keep things "clean".

I use hygrozyme for my first veg rez as it is very effective at cleaning the left over roots from the previous harvest. Hygrozyme is much cheaper than sensizyme (surprise) as it is more concentrated.

I really liked the portion of the article that detailed co2 ppm's. Confirmed what I read in several threads from knowledgeable growers. Co2 isn't a set it at 1500 and forget it situation.

 

[Alex Kelly]

Ya i agree. I've always hated that everyone just says keep it at 1500 ppm. We can do better than that.

For those not in the know, hydro nutrients are all water soluble right out of the bottle so hoping that enzymes will convert medium based nutrients in hydro is not the smartest. That said, plant roots are always dieing and regenerating. So adding enzymes to your system every other week or so will break these roots down and help keep things "clean".

I use hygrozyme for my first veg rez as it is very effective at cleaning the left over roots from the previous harvest. Hygrozyme is much cheaper than sensizyme (surprise) as it is more concentrated.

I really liked the portion of the article that detailed co2 ppm's. Confirmed what I read in several threads from knowledgeable growers. Co2 isn't a set it at 1500 and forget it situation.

 

[researchkitty]

Hygrozyme, Sensizyme, Prozyme...All are different brands of enzyme products. The plants use enzymes to digest nutrients and quickly deplete them(enzymes).

ProZyme I use every week from start to finish, Humboldt says to do it. The charts tell me to use none while flushing.................

Sidechat: High Times still publishes useful shit? Thats the first nice article I've EVER seen there, the site is so full of shit and garbage and ads its the brown stinky asshole of marijuana publications.