BENNIE'S 'V' STERILE

bradburry

bradburry

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GrowerGoneWild said:
Ugh.. I dont care much for chlorine, or chlorides, eventually that ends up in your plants and in my opinion lowers quality. And you have to keep dosing the res. Yes I understand that other corrosive, chemicals are used to control PH etc.. I gotta draw the line somewhere. Seems like I had alot less problems too when I stopped using sodium thiosulfate to neutralize chloramines. And its cheaper not to use it. Could have been noob technique back in the day but who knows?..

The only method I find acceptable for running a sterile res is an inline UV sterilizer. But since I'm not concerned with pathogens and I understand that roots should have a defense system in the rizosphere there should be no need for one.
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i think uv only kills the floating bacteria...
 
GrowerGoneWild

GrowerGoneWild

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bradburry said:
i heard it doesnt damage all.idk
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Doesnt have too, its ment to supress pathogens or other wierdness. My friends turtle tank had one of these and it kept the funk down. I know its unusual to suggest this type of sterilization but after seeing UV on large RO systems and aquarium hobby people using them to keep tanks cleaner, it must be working.

Should work for the sterile application we want.. however I think its overkill.
 
GrowerGoneWild

GrowerGoneWild

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UV sterilization benefits outweight the possible dammage to the solution. I'm sure that there are several variables involved, time the UV sterilizer is used,Output of the UV, how many times the solution is passed over the UV.

When introducing strong oxidiers to a solution, its possible to cause unwanted reactions to the fertilizer. Im still poking at the math at this.. not really my strong point..

Here's a practical example, a commercial greenhouse using UV to sterilize hydroponic solution.

http://dnr.alaska.gov/ag/Grants/ChenaHotSpringsFinalReport2008.pdf
 
bradburry

bradburry

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GrowerGoneWild said:
Doesnt have too, its ment to supress pathogens or other wierdness. My friends turtle tank had one of these and it kept the funk down. I know its unusual to suggest this type of sterilization but after seeing UV on large RO systems and aquarium hobby people using them to keep tanks cleaner, it must be working.

Should work for the sterile application we want.. however I think its overkill.
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uba expensive .
 
bradburry

bradburry

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GrowerGoneWild said:
UV sterilization benefits outweight the possible dammage to the solution. I'm sure that there are several variables involved, time the UV sterilizer is used,Output of the UV, how many times the solution is passed over the UV.

When introducing strong oxidiers to a solution, its possible to cause unwanted reactions to the fertilizer. Im still poking at the math at this.. not really my strong point..

Here's a practical example, a commercial greenhouse using UV to sterilize hydroponic solution.

http://dnr.alaska.gov/ag/Grants/ChenaHotSpringsFinalReport2008.pdf
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i couldnt read this pdf im on my xbox but im sure uv only does harm to certain types of bad stuff......im sure jiji will explain all (i think shes one of those microbe organicy babes ).lol
 
waterdawg

waterdawg

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GrowerGoneWild said:
UV doesn't kill, it damages DNA of microbes, viruses etc so they cant reproduce.

I'll take that over a gnarly chemical like chlorine... Or sodium hypochlorite..
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Ummm are you sure this is correct? My water and furnace has a uv light to kill pathegens so I dont drink or breath them, so I thought. Can you explain this for me?
 
waterdawg

waterdawg

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^^^ Well its a mute point but the article did say kill lol. I'm not feeling very safe if all it does is stop them from breeding lol.
 
bradburry

bradburry

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i think all these strelizing methods are correct and work if applyed correctly and none of them damage plants ...... So im going the simple sterile route. :).
 
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