Recent content by budafinger

Sorry to bump such an old thread but I'm just starting out using pool shock but took the advice of 1oz to 1 Gal, did the lower dose work for you? I've been running the higher dose for a week now and can't say I've seen any ill effects, just wondered if you upped your original dose or stuck with...

20 ml per gallon? Seems quite a lot, anyone else used as much as this with good results? My res is a total of 12 gallon which would mean putting 240ml per week? Surely at that strength it'd be toxic to plants?

Any recommendations on using pool shock?

Looking all over the net I'm finding conflicting rates at which I should be running bleach in my res, some people use as little as 0.25ml per gallon (U.S) while others are saying upto 1.5ml? I'm guessing as most people suggest every 2-3 days it will need repeating. I'm just curious to see how...

Are you in RDWC?

Genesis formula all the way mate, no extra calmag, trace mix, enzymes or any other shit the hydro "SHOP" tries to sell you. I've used it for years and have never suffered defences etc, just adjust your feed for each stage of growth and remember not to phase out the grow part until past week 2 of...

Yeh obviously growing wrong.. Pulling 20 oz crisp and dry of each plant in a 2 aquafarm RDWC Heath Robinson style grow, only reason for root rot was pump in res failed and within 2 days roots starting browning. The system when running like it has been for over 2 years gives me an average of...

Anyone here ever used bleach in res to kill root rot? Random question I know but just keen to see if anyone else as done this as I'm quite impressed with the results, thinking of starting a thread if anyone could express opinions good or bad?

18-19c using a chiller in flower but when vegging sometimes creeps to around 22ish, without the bleach in veg I'd be screwed for sure

Amen to that

Bleach is by far the best and easiest method for killing Pythium, slime and plants love it, well in moderation anyway. I run fully synthetic nutes in RDWC and apply 5% household bleach at 5ml per 50L every 3 days, I had a really bad case of root rot some time back and tried many enzyme based...

Standard household bleach (5-6%) first application if experiencing slime and rot issues = 10ml per 50 L, allow 3 days for evaporation/gassing off etc, 10ml per 50 L again, dump res after another 3-4 days, new nutes (no organics and definitely no ezymes) 5ml per 50L repeat twice a week, no need...

Sounds good, for me personally though after battling with Pythium for a good few months I'm keen on now keeping things as sterile as possible to avoid the problem again, I run my chiller at 18-19 degrees C, have a 1000lph pump gushing in external res for aereation, no air stones, EC runs at 1.2...

Anything live or organic seems to just cause a shit load of problems RDWC, I'm just gonna keep it simple, synthetic nutes and bleach... DONE! Do you use bleach yourself? Would be interested to know how much you run and how often? Cheers

Yeh.. Moment of madness I'm afraid, back on track now though I think