hydro solution frothy

StealthBud

Active Member
I have a 2 gallon set up which i want to move my clones to after they show roots protruding.

Must note is my first hydro set up, but have 4-5 soil grows with very decent results.

I have a decent handle what the plants need as lights go, temp and humidity, venting and air momement and such everything else like that.

But how to mix a hydro solution to replace the dirt still is confusing. I understand the mechanics of giving the plants roots oxygen and its nutrients through a moving medium(the water) instead of soil

Heres my solution i mixed according the the directions on the bottles

I ph'd the water from about 7 down just below 6.0 then added
Earth Juice Grow 45mL/gallon
Earth Juice Bloom 5mL/gallon
Earth Juice Catalyst 5mL/gallon
Earth Juice MicroBlast 10mL/gallon
Was mixed for a Vegative cycle

That solution was added to a 2 gallon Rubbermaid tote with 2 5inch diameter bubblers making bubbles as a DWC system. This system is setting next to my cloning rubbermaid which I have several clones rooting. Each tote was made to hold 15 2inch baskets

Well as my heading said I had a big brown frothy mess, the hydro solution I mixed boiled over like a pot on the stove with a Brown Nasty Foamy Water.

CAN I GET SOME INPUT ON MIXING OF HYDRO SOLUTIONS
 

JohnnyPotSeed1969

Well-Known Member
Well first off, you need to adjust Ph after you add your nutrients, as most nutrients have a Ph buffer. Second, for plants that young, you are putting an awful lot of nutrient additives to your reservoir. At this point, you should be following the addage that less is more when it comes to nutrients with young plants. Start off with the grow, bloom and micro at quarter strength, and leave out the catalyst for now. Adjust Ph after adding nutrients, and wait and see if that helps your frothing situation.

:peace:
 
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