Nutrients and Additives Needed?

T.C. Bosby

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Pardon my ignorance, I'm new to hydro and new to Autos, so if anyone has a moment, I could use a little guidance.

Current nutrients I have are a A & B mixture for Grow and Bloom. One additive I have is essentially a bud booster/hardener. The other can be used in hydro or as a foliar spray; it is for silica.

I'm assuming at the very least I'll need a root stimulator and something that keeps the water/pipes clean in between cleanings. Are there any recommendations? I've been looking at a product called H2O2, but am unsure if it covers my needs. If I'm totally forgetting anything, please let me know! Any help is much appreciated.

Note: The hydro system I will be using is an Autopot (4 x 3.9 gallon pots).
 

Yesdog

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What brand of nutes are they? Dutchmaster?

Also- do you still need to germinate? And what type of water do you plan to use? tap/ro/di ?

Depending on the nute brand, you should just follow the schedule- some companies offer feeding schedules for different types of hydro. Not totally sure what the autopot is considered, but you probably want to find a DWC/recirculating schedule.

As far as H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide), that's a sterilizer for your rez- kills the bacteria. (you can have a 'live' or 'sterile' rez, you'll probably want to start with sterile (h202).

Just keep it simple as far as adding anything else- just use the base nutrient line, and a sterilizer. Also depending on your water, you might have to do some other things. If you're planning on using tap water, get your cities water report and find out the: hardness (as ppm CO3/carbonate), total TDS, chlorine, chloramine (if any)

also, you really need: a pH meter (or 2), temperature meter (reservoir temps) and probably a TDS/PPM meter (nutrient concentration).
 
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