Wouldn’t recommend megacrop in dwc. It runs far too dirty.Mega Crop. I just started using it in soilless but will try it in DWC one of these days.
I've used AN for almost 20 years and still have lots of it left. The 3-part is no more expensive than others and you don't need all that other junk but some Big Bud and Rhino Skin if you want silica. Anybody's CalMag will do and Epsom salts are cheap.
Running low?
Really? Seems to completely dissolve in water for me. I do my DWC in single Rubbermaid tubs and there's no tubes or emitters to get plugged up with anything if there was anything.
Yes. AN isn't anything special. The only thing that sets them apart from most other companies is the money they spend on marketing and their fancy labels. And the fact that they leave things out of their base nutes so they can sell you the other dozen bottles of products they have on their feeding charts. But other companies have followed their lead.
It leaves muck all over res. I’d imagine it do the same to the buckets making it a breeding ground for bacteria.Really? Seems to completely dissolve in water for me. I do my DWC in single Rubbermaid tubs and there's no tubes or emitters to get plugged up with anything if there was anything.
The list of goodies in it seems quite impressive but I only got mine on Monday. I won some in a recent contest here for us Canadian growers. I've been growing in soilless the last couple years but have done about 50 DWC grows since '01.
Worth trying when I get around to it I think.
Now I have to try it in DWC! lol
i had major pH troubles with MC. would go up to the 6's then plummet into the low 5's.Now I have to try it in DWC! lol
I use a DIY chiller to keep the temps down to 65F just so those bad bacteria don't grow in there.
No great loss if it doesn't work. Losing a few clones in pursuit of knowledge is little to pay. I start my clones in soilless promix and always have a bunch of that on the bottom of my tubs that stays for the whole grow and hasn't caused problems before.
Thanks for the heads up tho.
I've tried the Bud Ignitor and didn't notice any difference doing a side by side so sure won't buy it again. Got a 500ml jug of the Bud Factor X for free almost two years ago but haven't really done an experiment with it. Used some but had a pollination boo boo and spider mites with that grow so sure can't use that to judge. lol
Really? They claim it's pH stable and I've been feeding it to plants in soilless this week without checking the pH. I guess I should dust off my pH pen and see what's up. I only use RO water so don't need to bother checking it's pH.
there was about 4 or 5 of us that had the same problems. i think it was because of aeration via waterfall in my stand alone feed res. i'd set at 5.8 , would stay there for a day or 2, then up to the mid 6's and by the 4 or 5th day would be high 4's low 5's. MC tried to help me figure it out but nothing helped.Really? They claim it's pH stable and I've been feeding it to plants in soilless this week without checking the pH. I guess I should dust off my pH pen and see what's up. I only use RO water so don't need to bother checking it's pH.
My largest plant will need a feed in the next couple days so will check the pH before feeding it the MC.
I've always run sterile tubs. I used to use peroxide then built a chiller out of a water cooler so stopped that practice. IMO organics and bacteria are for dirt farmers.
Good to know. Thanks.
duh of coarse it does, dwc, ebb n flow .. all hydroponics :/I've always run sterile tubs. I used to use peroxide then built a chiller out of a water cooler so stopped that practice. IMO organics and bacteria are for dirt farmers.
That video has nothing to do with DWC so what's the point of it? He's just making his own liquid fertilizer to feed plants grown in soil outdoors. Totally different than an indoor hydro grow.
Thanks for the effort tho.
