Best DWC nutrients and your reasons?

geronamo

geronamo

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Hi guys, Im doing my first DWC grow and was wondering what nutrients you would suggest and why? Any help would be great, I have been looking at CANNa nutrients but would be interested to see wat u have??
 
fitzyno1

fitzyno1

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You're looking at the right nutrients (Canna) that are compatible with Hydrogen Peroxide (H202).
 
happyface

happyface

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i use GH (gereral hydroponic) what sold me was that NASA uses it for its reliabillity and soperior results. i use a 2 planter bubbleponic and 2 5 gallon bubblers.
 
tea tree

tea tree

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it has to be gh. the three part like lucas formula gives me the most reliable ph control I have ever seen. I ust tried flora nova and botanicare and the ph drifts.
 
ganjaman87

ganjaman87

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Advance Nutrients sensi A/B, big bud, budcandy and overdrive....Trust me YOU CANT GO WRONG with Advanced Nutes....
 
mr. green thumb 01

mr. green thumb 01

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been searching on DWC nutes and this is the main thing that keeps coming up. Also does did a lot of reading about root slime/rot... which I seem to be getting now. I have always used R/O, botanicare cal mag, flora nova grow/bloom w/ GH feeding chart, sweet or bud candy, white shark, and prozyme in a recirculating dwc. I always get great quality with these so im weary to switch nutes. Well recently I went to the store to get more cal mag and they only had gh cal mag which is organic/fermented molasses. I reluctantly bought some and bought sub culture b&m cuz thats all they had and added it into my recirculating DWC. I have been out of white shark n prozyme for quite some time now but until now have seen no problems, I just havent wanted to mail order any nutes n been short on $ but I found one with a great return address. Well I added the gh cal mag and the sub culture according to the directions and then started to get the root slime...went back to the store bought more enzymes thinking this would clear it up and no it made it worse. After reading about root rot and slime I am realizing by the end of flower I usually have a lot of brown roots. I use to think the nutes I used just stained them until I read about organic material in dwc. So I am now thinking of switching my base to technaflora because my local store carries it, its specific for hydro, and it keeps the water clear or colored not brown. For the past 2 weeks I have been cleaning roots using h2o2 no brown nutes or enzymes, only adding sub culture b (to keep water clear n monitor roots) and it seems to be clearing up after it killed a tub in transition stage.

So should I switch nutes all together and stay away from brown water or just stay away from the gh cal mag which I think started the whole black slime root problem. Really just want more peoples opinions about DWC nutes before I switch. What is the best recirculating DWC nute? Are full-synthetics better than organic or semi-organic? Do you get the same results using no organics? Will changing your nutes negatively effect the taste or production? Is it best to use nutes that keep you water clear not brown in dwc? Can organic nutes cause root rot in dwc?
 
lordjin

lordjin

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I've had more than acceptable results with GH Flora for seven grows straight.

I've lost all my 'new grower fears' through the experience, so I'm gonna switch to AN Sensi on purpose for my next to compare. There is so much back and forth regarding GH vs. Advanced that I'm gonna put it to the test myself. And once my next journal, run on AN Sensi is done, let the argument be settled.

Based on what I've seen, here's my prediction. I think AN will do really well in my system just like GH did. The real test is to see if there is a discernable difference between the two. I'll be comparing not only in overall yield, but also bud density, aroma, trichome coverage, and of course flavor and potency.
 
lordjin

lordjin

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mr. green thumb 01 said:
been searching on DWC nutes and this is the main thing that keeps coming up. Also does did a lot of reading about root slime/rot... which I seem to be getting now. I have always used R/O, botanicare cal mag, flora nova grow/bloom w/ GH feeding chart, sweet or bud candy, white shark, and prozyme in a recirculating dwc. I always get great quality with these so im weary to switch nutes. Well recently I went to the store to get more cal mag and they only had gh cal mag which is organic/fermented molasses. I reluctantly bought some and bought sub culture b&m cuz thats all they had and added it into my recirculating DWC. I have been out of white shark n prozyme for quite some time now but until now have seen no problems, I just havent wanted to mail order any nutes n been short on $ but I found one with a great return address. Well I added the gh cal mag and the sub culture according to the directions and then started to get the root slime...went back to the store bought more enzymes thinking this would clear it up and no it made it worse. After reading about root rot and slime I am realizing by the end of flower I usually have a lot of brown roots. I use to think the nutes I used just stained them until I read about organic material in dwc. So I am now thinking of switching my base to technaflora because my local store carries it, its specific for hydro, and it keeps the water clear or colored not brown. For the past 2 weeks I have been cleaning roots using h2o2 no brown nutes or enzymes, only adding sub culture b (to keep water clear n monitor roots) and it seems to be clearing up after it killed a tub in transition stage.

So should I switch nutes all together and stay away from brown water or just stay away from the gh cal mag which I think started the whole black slime root problem. Really just want more peoples opinions about DWC nutes before I switch. What is the best recirculating DWC nute? Are full-synthetics better than organic or semi-organic? Do you get the same results using no organics? Will changing your nutes negatively effect the taste or production? Is it best to use nutes that keep you water clear not brown in dwc? Can organic nutes cause root rot in dwc?
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GH is brown, and the stronger you mix it the browner it gets. GH turns your roots brown...period. even healthy slime-free roots turn brown in GH. Though this is normal and an accepted fact among GH users, I'd like to try something that doesn't stain the roots. Brown staining on the roots is an indication of something the plants aren't using that is buidling up on the roots. I don't want that anymore, so I'm trying AN next and will try something else if I'm not blown away by it.

IMHO, res environment has a stronger influence on root health than nute brand A vs. nute brand B. Keep you res water cold and oxygenated and you won't get slime.
 
vapedup

vapedup

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Technafloras BC line, dosent clog, and my girls LOVe it! But I still want to try others, don't ever get stuck with the same thing, switch it up some
 
MoonRaver

MoonRaver

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Lolololol!!!!

Try this concution:

Veg
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Dutchmaster Advance Grow A&B
Techniflora Thrive Alive B1 "The green bottle" or SuperThrive
Botanicare Liquid Karma as a floiar spray

Flower
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Dutchmaster Advance Flower A&B
Botanicare Hydroplex "AWSOME MICRONUTE AND BLOOM BOOSTER"
Botanicare Sweet Raw
Botanicare Liquid Karma as Foliar Spray

I have to say that when you change out you resivoir and put fresh nutes in it, you dont even have to adjust the ph because its already at 5.8 and will drift upwards to about 6.3 over a span of 7 days.
 
BeaverHuntr

BeaverHuntr

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Advanced Nutrients is pretty good its expensive but backed up by research you can say all you want about GH ( i used them ) but I challenge anyone of you to call them and ask them if they ever tested their nutrients on cannabis and they will say " NO" they will tell you their nutes are for vegetables , beans and sprouts. Hate on Advanced all you want ( I dont even use them right now) they may plug the shit out of their product but the did design their nutrients SPECIFICALLY FOR CANNABIS
Canna is a good brand so is House and Garden they are from the Netherlands and I'm sure they were designed for cannabis as well..
I'm not knocking the other brands just saying Advanced Nutrients has the research to back up their product.
 
BeaverHuntr

BeaverHuntr

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lordjin said:
GH is brown, and the stronger you mix it the browner it gets. GH turns your roots brown...period. even healthy slime-free roots turn brown in GH. Though this is normal and an accepted fact among GH users, I'd like to try something that doesn't stain the roots. Brown staining on the roots is an indication of something the plants aren't using that is buidling up on the roots. I don't want that anymore, so I'm trying AN next and will try something else if I'm not blown away by it.

IMHO, res environment has a stronger influence on root health than nute brand A vs. nute brand B. Keep you res water cold and oxygenated and you won't get slime.
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True.. I always had brown staining on my roots from GH.
 
smokebros

smokebros

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I'm using supernatural nutes. I am a predominantly soil grower but I have been trying my hand at hydroponics lately (based on the massive yields you can achieve). Supernatural nutes seems simple (grow and bloom) 2 parts. Simple. Keep your PPM appropriate according to the plants stage of life. They also self buffer according to the grow shop guys. anyone ever tried em?
 
VoidObject

VoidObject

DWC/Bubbleponics Mod
I manage to not have problems using organics ;)

Though I don't recommend it, Earth Juice gives my plants everything it needs.
 
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