J. Killroy13
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In a Nft system with a 15 gal. Tank, we add 5mL of Clorox bleach every other day to help prevent root rot. Now I have heard different things on this but what the correct dosage? At what level does Chorine become toxic?
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Roger A. Shrubber
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when i use it, its only in a small cloner, and i use 8 drops per gallon...i know thats not very scientific, but thats actually the best answer i could find when i was looking for the info.
i use it every other day as well, and as far as i can tell it has no harmful effects at all at that level
i use it every other day as well, and as far as i can tell it has no harmful effects at all at that level
Lordhooha
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High grade peroxide or some mycorrhizae product
J. Killroy13
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Am I the only person who does this? Somebody has to have some info?
Roger A. Shrubber
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i think you're doing fine, just add more, i actually tried to find this same info months ago, and the best i could find was 8 drops per gallon, i've tried more and less, less doesn't work, up to 16 drops per gallon works just fine for a few days, then i dropped back down to 8, it seems to work pretty well and as far as i can tell does no damage to the plants over extended periods
tusseltussel
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I always used h2o2 or hygrozyme when I did hydro. That was a almost a dozen years ago though. Id never put clorox in my res so not sure what to tell you there
Grojak
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Flying Skull Z7, it's a 2part solution and only requires .5ml of each per gallon. Buddy swears by it in his hydro system, I can not say how well it works in soil yet.
http://www.flyingskull.net/Z7.html
http://www.flyingskull.net/Z7.html
Grojak
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I think you are, I've know peroxide works but never used chlorine for anything but a weekly cleanse of reservoir and flood table.
Roger A. Shrubber
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then why do they sell metric tons of pool shock to people doing hydro? pool shock is bleach...doesn't matter if it comes in a bag or a white bottle, its the same thing
h202 looses effectiveness in hours, chlorine takes over 24 hours to dissipate.
h202 looses effectiveness in hours, chlorine takes over 24 hours to dissipate.
Roger A. Shrubber
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https://www.rollitup.org/t/how-do-i-use-h202.920891/
read the second page
read the second page
