What's better than Canna Aqua?

I've been using Canna Aqua for my DWC grow, for growth,bloom,boost,p/k...the whole lot.
No complaints, Canna's been great, but other nutrients out there that are way more £/$/£/$z and I'm wondering if they are worth the extra?
I'm so sold on this new(ish) hobby of mine I don't mind throwing some money at it but I don't want to be throwing it away; I want to throw it at my plant.
As ever, all opinions well come...

sworth said:

I've been using Canna Aqua for my DWC grow, for growth,bloom,boost,p/k...the whole lot.
No complaints, Canna's been great, but other nutrients out there that are way more £/$/£/$z and I'm wondering if they are worth the extra?
I'm so sold on this new(ish) hobby of mine I don't mind throwing some money at it but I don't want to be throwing it away; I want to throw it at my plant.
As ever, all opinions well come...

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Hi dude, I am in DWC and have been using CANNA's Hydro line-up.. however I have just switched to the Aqua, now that I've finished the Hydro bottles.. IMO Dutch Pro is a step up from Canna, my mate uses there stuff and he swears its better! So once I have used all my Canna nuits I will be changing to "DUTCH-PRO" too...

I would surgest replacing CANNA's PK 13/14 bottle, for HAMMERHEAD 9/18 .. as hammerhead is intended for indoor plants!

Other than that there's loads of extra nuits etc available.. I like Cha-Ching, ROX, and Bud-Candy...

Most importantly genetics (quality of seeds) is no.1 then environment.. then nuits etc etc ..

What is your grow-room like ?? How many plants are you growing ?? add some pics if possible - STELTHY

Nice one! It's not going to bust the bank either at £10 a litre.

I have a 1 metre grow tent tent, 600w hps cool tube, all DWC except one in soil (for insurance purposes against power cuts/society end! ) A couple of gallons of wine brewing for the Co2.
And chuck in the odd cock up; that's my set up.
The only other things that go into my tent are ladies...and advice!

You should give Dynagro Bloom formula a try with some cal/mag and Protek. Simple cheap and works better than Canna products in DWC and RDWC. We tried Canna products agaisnt Dynagro and the Dynagro formula's out performed them everytime!

Dynagro was one of the inventors of a formula made for hydroponics and have been on the market for over 30 years now.

Peace!

Thanks. Going to check Dynagro out now...which saves me from doing some actual/real work, so thanks again!

Found people saying some good things about it here on RIU, but what is the cal/mag and Protek for? Is it absolutely essential?
Cheers for your help...

We have found that through the 2 years we spent testing nutrients in the RDWC system that number one, this fast growing plant does NOT need 2 seperate formulas (grow and bloom). So that led to looking for a "nutrient profile" or good ratio. When we tested House & Garden Nutrients and several others, we noticed they used one formula for both veg and flower cycles.

After much testing we came to test using just the Dynagro Bloom formula to cover BOTH veg and flower cycles. This is where the cal/mag comes in which is to supply the needed nitrogen and calcium and magnesium depending on the stage of growth (veg or flower).

Using the Bloom only formula, and cal/mag with Protek for added silica and also to help stabalize the PH to where we wanted.

No root agents or anything is needed and the root systems during our test showed the biggest and best roots EVER!!

With rooted clones you can start at 1 to 2ml Dynagro Bloom with RO water and after 7 to 10 days increase to 2ml Dynagro Bloom and 1ml to 2ml Cal/Mag and PH with Protek to 5.2 to 5.8. Also use 29% H202 to keep a sterile res at 1ml dosage per gallon on a bi weekly basis.

You increase up to around 4 to 5ml Dynagro Bloom and as much as 5ml Cal/mag depending on strain using about 4ml Protek all the way up until about 2nd week of flower.

This formula has beat hands down everything we have thrown up agaisnt it so far and it is super easy to use and cheap!

You can use any brand cal/mag and silica you choose. Some say that Yellow Bottle Silicia is a better buy because of higher concentration silica but we have no experience with this product as of this posting.

Technaflora Magical is what we ended up staying with as it is cheaper and very clean which is good for DWC.

Also note that using these products allowed us to eliminate so many other products such as a complete vegatative formula. You also do not need any exspensive rooting products when using this formula starting with rooted clones.

Dynagro is a one part formula that is COMPLETE with ALL Micros and Macros in ONE bottle! The bloom formula has the MOST P and K in it than any other formula out there! They use NO UREA for a nitrogen source which is NOT good for DWC. UREA is mammal piss for starters, second UREA is not in a form that is immediately available to the plants and must be broken down by bacteria before it is usable to the plants. UREA is also very strong and is known to BURN plants roots when "soaked" in it as a DWC enviroment does to the roots.

UREA is ok for soil if your into URINE and all but not ok for DWC unless your into pissing into your tanks! Yikes!!

Lots of nutrients out there claim they are made for both soil and hydroponics....they clearly forgot to say "Not DWC or RDWC"....as they should IMO. There are many other sources for nitrogen than urine IMO is all Im really saying.....the results speak for themselves as we did countless test and UREA in DWC just does not do well! The plants were always yellow and deficient looking and then would later in the cycle seem to pick up as they finally get nitrogen from the UREA or an alternate source of it from a booster.

Peace!

I should add that if you are a DWC user and do use UREA for your nitrogen source, you should be using Tea's and other bacteria "innoculants" as you will need a micro-herd to break down the UREA and feed your plants nitrogen. Lots of DWC'ers have issues by trying to run sterile and then using organic compunds for nutrient sources. If you are using bacteria then you will need to provide a "home" and "food" for them by adding a biofilter or similar modification to your DWC system. Another over looked factor in DWC and also why running sterile can be easier to maintain and cheaper for DWC.

Cheers! Is this the Cal/Mag?
It's not readily available in the UK, even on Ebay.
http://orchidaccessories.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=34&products_id=155

Hopefully in twelve years he figured it out lol

Fat Rambo said:

Urea used in fertilizer isn't from "mammal piss" lol

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He hasn’t logged on in 11 years

I heard he was kicked to death collecting urea

bk78 said:

He hasn’t logged on in 11 years

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You never know, today might be the day he's like "hey I wonder if anything has changed on RIU"

Common occurrence here and id be lying if i said I’ve never fell for it