Sterile rez?

Bucsfan80 said:

This grow nothing is working and ready to just throw on the towel.

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never let a plant win.

rkymtnman said:

i don't bother watering it down: my bottle lasts about a year.

while we're talking about it though, have you ever heard/read if it expires at some point once the seal is broken?

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Six months after opening is what I read somewhere

Blazin Budz said:

I've been sprinkling .02 grams per gallon of pool shock into my res every 3 days. My res is in my grow room so it stays 80+ degrees F. The pool shock has worked like a charm.

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I've heard so many different ratios and I scared to hurt her. I'm doing a rez change tonight and I'm gonna fill it up full (13gal.) And start with .13 and check free chlorine and ppms and try to get about 2ppm.

I'd like to hear from someone that has used UCroots then tried shock and get their opinion. Anyone used both?

curious2garden said:

Household bleach is sodium hypochlorite, you want calcium hypochlorite as sodium can cause lockout.

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I use household bleach with no problem (as long as I do not over do it).

Bucsfan80 said:

I'd like to hear from someone that has used UCroots then tried shock and get their opinion. Anyone used both?

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If shock doesnt work for you, in tap water, it might be worth the expense instead of using RO.

Bucsfan80 said:

I'd like to hear from someone that has used UCroots then tried shock and get their opinion. Anyone used both?

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I had issues this run, I used ucroots, shock and peroxide. Uc roots and shock had no results in my scenario, peroxide has my vote. If I had no contamination and wanted to run preventative, I would run low dose uc roots or shock, if problems arises, 29-35% peroxide. I have had problem while using roots or shock, not the case with peroxide.

I briefly tried bennies but couldn’t wait for shit to work or not work so aborted that, I’m not sold on those yet.

I will be going back to back this run and I plan on just doing a res change and going again. I’m dosing very little peroxide 2-3 times a week currently, roots look great so I will stick with what’s working.

RO, cal mag, floranova bloom, running about 85 gallons.

FloraNova Grow and Bloom contain 3-5% organic substances fora hybrid of mineral and organic gardening.

I copy and past that from the web....

If true floranova is a Benny only nute. Anything with organics in it will not work well in sterile.

Same shit with AN. They say it is not organic...but it has organic compounds in it. So if you try to run it in a sterile res...womp womp problems.

Failmore said:

Same shit with AN. They say it is not organic...but it has organic compounds in it. So if you try to run it in a sterile res...womp womp problems.

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I'm pretty sure you can run kelp extract (organic compound) in a sterile res without issues.

PJ Diaz said:

I'm pretty sure you can run kelp extract (organic compound) in a sterile res without issues.

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First I heard of the above claim, regardless, plants are loving fnb sterile right now.

J232 said:

First I heard of the above claim, regardless, plants are loving fnb sterile right now.

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Why do you believe that a sterile res would be an issue for kelp extracts? Fulvic acids are also organic, and I believe should also not be an issue in a sterile res. Is it your belief that micro organisms are necessary for the plant to intake the naturally occurring hormones and micro nutes in kelp extracts?

PJ Diaz said:

Why do you believe that a sterile res would be an issue for kelp extracts? Fulvic acids are also organic, and I believe should also not be an issue in a sterile res. Is it your belief that micro organisms are necessary for the plant to intake the naturally occurring hormones and micro nutes in kelp extracts?

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Sorry I meant the comment above yours, I’m running floranova sterile.

PJ Diaz said:

I'm pretty sure you can run kelp extract (organic compound) in a sterile res without issues.

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Not saying you can't. I just personally had poor results with anything that had organics at all.

Honestly I may just have to much light and that was my issue.

Running jacks now and things are going good.

Failmore said:

Not saying you can't. I just personally had poor results with anything that had organics at all.

Honestly I may just have to much light and that was my issue.

Running jacks now and things are going good.

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I haven’t run jacks yet myself but it’s something I should prob try out one of these time’s.

J232 said:

First I heard of the above claim, regardless, plants are loving fnb sterile right now.

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pretty sure fnb claim to fame is just humic acids (brown sludge like stuff lol) which peroxide "shouldn't" do anything to. i'm not positive but i think i ran fnb iwth pool shock

rkymtnman said:

pretty sure fnb claim to fame is just humic acids (brown sludge like stuff lol) which peroxide "shouldn't" do anything to. i'm not positive but i think i ran fnb iwth pool shock

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I have to take a peak at those acids, I used big bud last time with the trio, see if I need it again, it’s pretty much show time. Fnb is such a odd ball with it’s liquid solid thing it’s got going. I haven’t seen any reactions, I notice a smell after I dose peroxide in the room.

does the fnb have sulfur? i don't remember

rkymtnman said:

does the fnb have sulfur? i don't remember

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Yes, it lists sulphur at 2%.

Whenever I do a res change after adding nutes and ph'ing I have always added 1 ml per gallon of bleach to however many gallons of water I have in my reservoir. I've been doing this for years and never had any issues with rot. I run flood and drain tables keeps the tables clean and the roots white. I may get me some pool shock at Walmart now... Also forgot to mention earlier that I dose the res again every 3 to 4 days...