RDWC+Big Up Powder+Over 100 gallons of water

ramen86

Well-Known Member
Ok guys, I need a little help with something here because the math just doesn't add up, or maybe it does and its EXTREME. I just went out and purchased some Big Up powder for my RDWC system. I am running an 8 site, 13 gallon Undercurrent setup, which comes out to about 117 gallons (including the epicenter). On the labeling it says to add 1/2 tsp for every gallon in my system. Now most people will ALWAYS say "always use half strength when it comes to DWC". Fine and dandy, but even at 1/4 tsp for every gallon, thats 29.25 tsps!! :shock:. I definitely am cautious when adding nutes to my RDWC because I know that when I go to top off with water and add the nutrients, 300 ml(dutchmaster a&b) will take the ppms to over 800 (when my system is almost near empty).

So now my question is this. For anyone who owns an Undercurrent system or any other type of RDWC (or even DWC), how many tsps of Big Up powder do YOU put in your water per gallon? Thanks!
 

ELWOOD73

Member
I wish I could answer I use only H&G nutes and bitonaicare ,aquasheild,calmag and silica blast but I do run half strength nutes though so it would be safe to say run half strength IMO .
 

ramen86

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I wish I could answer I use only H&G nutes and bitonaicare ,aquasheild,calmag and silica blast but I do run half strength nutes though so it would be safe to say run half strength IMO .
Elwood, appreciate the response. After talking it out with a few others I've decided im gonna take it one scoop at a time. Like, for the first feeding I am only gonna use 6-8 scoops and see how much that brings up my PPMs. There is just no way though that the label suggesting all those scoops is correct. Thanks though!

I would say find a different product, maybe one made for hydro and not a powder.
superstoner... I've been using powder in my DWC for years now (great white for example). Thanks for the input though.
 
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