Botanicare nute questions.

sfl420

Member
I am currently a week away from chop on my 2nd grow (first hydro) and love it but want to make improvements to the next one.

First some background:
-I am using an 18 gallon stealth hydro bubbleponics system that I wish I would have built myself (hindsight is 20/20) It has two growing pods and a reservoir.
- I vegged under a 4 foot, 4-bulb t5 fixture
-600w hps cooltube for flowering
-Nutes are: Botanicare Pureblend Pro Grow, Botanicare Pureblend Pro Bloom, Liquid Karma, Cal-mag, and the Fox Farm's tri-pack (open sesame, cha-ching and beastie blooms)
-Using R/O water

If I left anything out, just ask and I'll answer. I'm going to write up a journal after harvest.

I started the grow without anything to combat pathogens but got a little scared when roots started browning so I drained and filled with plain water and added some H202 for a day. I then drained and filled and started using hygrozyme.
My main question is: Can I use H202 regularly with botanicare nutes? I know that organic grows should steer clear of H202 but I don't know if botanicare falls in that category. They claim "premium natural and organic based plant food" So is organic based organic? If anyone has used H202 with botanicare nutes, please enlighten me with your experience. I like hygrozyme, it has worked really well for me but I have to order it and it is expensive. If I can use H202 instead, I would prefer that. If anyone else has any other suggestions, I'm all ears.

My plants vegged for about 5 weeks and then fell over during flowering so it has been a mess of strings to keep everything good. I was told the clones were OG Kush x Trainwreck which to my understanding is Kandy Kush. Here are a couple of pictures from 12-12-10:
 

r1tony

New Member
I use Botanicare nutes in my aero stinkbud setup and they are excellent. Very forgiving and really good for the plants if you want to know what I use and what dosage check out my signature.
 

sfl420

Member
Your journal looks great. those are some tight nodes. Per gallon my nute rates have been about 10ml of grow or bloom, 10ml of liquid karma, 5ml cal-mag, 10ml hygrozyme and 1/4 teaspoon of the solubles based on fox-farm schedule. I check E.c. rather than ppm and its been between 2.1 and 2.5 the whole time. The plants seem to love it. I have actually only changed the res water twice. Once when I did the H202 in veg and then when I transitioned to flower. I havent had any problems and I feel a lot better about not wasting so much water. Especially running R/O.
 

Banditt

Well-Known Member
Using an organic based nutrient such as PBP I would suggest running beneficial Fungi and Bacteria as opposed to running a sterile res with H202. The beneficials will help break down the organic parts of the nutrient mix as well as protect your roots from pathogens. H202 and other sterilization products kill the beneficials that is why you cannot run them both.
 

sfl420

Member
I knew the reasoning I just didn't know whether botanicare is actually full-on organic. I suppose I will continue to use the hygrozyme because it has been working thus far. What's $30 per grow i guess. All of the additives have a common goal but are any better than the others? I guess I should stick with the "if it aint broke why fix it?" philosophy.
 
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