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  1. nicksol86

    Basic grow info

    Hydro dwc I'm growing. I found all this on the internet and wanted to share on one page. If I'm wrong correct me please. I will edit my post if your right and I'm wrong. Ph for hydro 5.5 to 6.5 with 5.8 to 6.2 the best range. PPM chart hydro from Hanna... Seedlings/early sprouts: 100 to...
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    General Hydroponics CaliMagic

    GH CaliMagic. I'm using ro water. 0ppm, high ph I think it's like 8 or 9 range in ph but at like a 7ph tap on the bluelab. Anyways how much Calimagic should I be using? It's brings my ppm way the fuck up like 600ish when I followed instructions on the bottle. How many ppm should I add...
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    Adding humidity in grow room?

    Hygrometer stats: right nows humidity is 37 percent. Low of 33 and high of 40 percent which was earlier today. Air temp is 57 degrees now which is the lowest it's been and high of 70 with electric heater running but it cooled down quick. Water temps run from anywhere 58 degrees to 65 the warmest...
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    2nd grow

    My first was illegal a few years back. Only did one run and stopped out of paranoia. Running 1000 watt light racked my power bill up fast and made me feel nervous cuz of it. That and the loud pumps running my dwc system vibrated my whole house, LMFAO. I had no ph meter. I used the Lucas...
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    Seedlings with Pythium

    They are all starting to get past the seedling stage now. There's four leafs with new growth on top of three of my baby girls, and the fourth is many more leafs than those 3, it's outgrowing the rest. There loving life with what I'm feeding them so I'm not gonna stop doing what I'm doing cuz...
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    Sterile or Bennie's?

    No thanks , I appreciate the feedback. You nailed it I think on what I was asking. My friend uses sterile everytime with sodium hypoclorite and has great success. But you have some valid points. So far I'm digging the Bennie route myself just using hydrolysed. I hear great things about...
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    Sterile or Bennie's?

    Do you run sterile? hydroguard? brew your own beneficial tea? or do you not use the sterile route or Bennie's and just wish for the best? What do you use and why do you go that route? I'm using hydroguard currently but plan to brew some tea when I get some mollases and zho powder or great...
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    DWC Root Slime Cure aka How to Breed Beneficial Microbes

    Are there any products on Amazon that I can order in place of the mycogrow soluble or zho powder or great white? I couldn't find the mycogrow or zho powder on Amazon. I found great white but read bad stuff about making tea with it. Is there any products with a link to something on Amazon...
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    DWC Root Slime Cure aka How to Breed Beneficial Microbes

    Organics and non organics don't mix together though right ?
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    DWC Root Slime Cure aka How to Breed Beneficial Microbes

    I made the same mistake with the florablend tea. Wasted money for no reason. Whoops. Lesson learned
  11. nicksol86

    DWC Root Slime Cure aka How to Breed Beneficial Microbes

    Don't use anything organic in hydro unless you use as a foliar spray. 1 and 2 don't use in hydro but OK in soil. The 3rd one I'm not sure about the diamond nectar, do research. If it's not organic I'd say go for it. Organics and hydro dont mix
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    Seedlings with Pythium

    I just replanted them cuz I didn't like how long the roots were taking to poke through the net pots. Now there rock and rolling
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    Seedlings with Pythium

    The roots are growing white and good now. They were not before when I battled and defeated pythium. There seedlings so taking a bit longer than clones. Getting some og Larry and blue dream clones from a friend too so those should probably finish before my seedlings.
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    Dissolved oxygen help

    OK well what kind? Submersible or not submersible? Which is better or the best? Got a link to something I can see so I got an idea for when I shop
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    Dissolved oxygen help

    Hi, wondering what the best way to aerate res? Currently have 2 general hydroponics dual diaphragm pumps cuz they're quiet when they run. I have one 4 inch air stone per 5 gallon bucket. Is this sufficient? Or is there better ways to add oxygen to my res? Ran my first dwc grow a few years...
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    Seedlings with Pythium

    I re potted my rapid rooter plugs so that roots were going down the holes in the net pot today. It was like a week since i transplanted into single buckets and no roots grown into the water yet so I fixed that this morning then lowered the water level below the net pots so my plugs don't get...
  17. nicksol86

    DWC Root Slime Cure aka How to Breed Beneficial Microbes

    Running GH nutes three part with ro and calimagic n hydroguard now. Rot is gone now caused by moving my plants in the hottest room in the house like a newbie idiot. Lol but it's fixed now and new growth but curious it this tea would even work in my setup for prevention and help at all or just...
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    DWC Root Slime Cure aka How to Breed Beneficial Microbes

    Low 60s, 62 degree res temps. Dwc. Will the tea work in that cold of water?
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    DWC Root Slime Cure aka How to Breed Beneficial Microbes

    Unsulfered blackstrap mollases? Is this the right stuff i need? I got the ancient Forest n hydroguard. Ordering great white. Unsure about kind of mollases? Help please
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    Root rot Pythium help

    Thanks all for the replies and help. I have picked up some 34% hydrogen peroxide which I followed the instructions on the bottle and rinsed my rooter plugs in them. Let the plants chill for a day in the h202 bucket. Next day I changed the res with a new clean one, added CaliMagic, then GH Micro...
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