Has anyone used GH floral nectar hydro? PH and EC swings

[bongboy8200]

what's up guys. Before I get flamed for throwing every nutrient under the sun. It's my little experiment.... I feel like the floral nectar sweetener is causing swings and its not root rot but gunky roots.
Here's my line up. I started with just trio and added with different plants

roots/clones - clonex
General Hydro - armor si, calmag, micro, grow, bloom, floralicous plus, kool bloom, rippen, floral nectar
Advance nutes - big bud and bud candy
southern AG - Bennies

I know I am doubling up on supplement's. They all do the same thing but have different things in them ie; bud candy and floral nectar, same thing but different. Big bud is strong K and P so I cut back on Bloom.

I've had no issues before the floral nectar and I'm not a fan. Its stick AF from the molases. I know it's meant for soil and not hydro.
Pics are on my phone. Im going to reply with them

 

[RootFarmer]

The Lucas Method_/Recipe might be worth looking into. It's deceptively simple but effective. I used it when i was doing hydro.

What kind of system are you using?

Molasses is not recommended for hydro. It clogs up your system and could potentially provide a breeding ground in the lines for bad bacteria.

 

[Thatoneguyyouknow_]

The Lucas Method_/Recipe might be worth looking into. It's deceptively simple but effective. I used it when i was doing hydro.

What kind of system are you using?

Molasses is not recommended for hydro. It clogs up your system and could potentially provide a breeding ground in the lines for bad bacteria.

Molasses would be an absolute nightmare in something like DWC.


With that one, the kind of setup your running is going to make a huge difference. In something like DWC or bucket drippers, you want sterility if possible. Many of the good bacteria are just as nasty in such a setup as they are beneficial in soil.

 

[RootFarmer]

Agreed @Thatoneguyyouknow_
Hydro takes advantage of a different method of nutrient uptake by roots than they use in soil. The microbes help establish a more efficient system in soil. Given that, you might be better off investing in some Ful-Power. It's an enzymstically extracted fulvic acid. It can help transport nutes thru the plant more efficiently. Same general idea but a different feeding system. You need less nutes for a bigger impact. It won't effect your pH, either.

 

[Thatoneguyyouknow_]

Agreed @Thatoneguyyouknow_
Hydro takes advantage of a different method of nutrient uptake by roots than they use in soil. The microbes help establish a more efficient system in soil. Given that, you might be better off investing in some Ful-Power. It's an enzymstically extracted fulvic acid. It can help transport nutes thru the plant more efficiently. Same general idea but a different feeding system. You need less nutes for a bigger impact. It won't effect your pH, either.

Ive seen some crazy full organic hydro loops in my time lol.


Im talking, "entire building smells like catfish bait, but the buds were fire" organic hydro loops.


Those systems were not your common drip buckets or DWC though, thats for sure lmao. And the growers pulling that off make most of us look like children tbh. I was mesmerized by the fact anyone has even figured out how to nail Full hydro grows in full organics at all, and entirely without just turning it into a fungal liquid culture or bacterial bloom.


Sorry for the off-topic-ish-ness OP.

 

[bongboy8200]

The Lucas Method_/Recipe might be worth looking into. It's deceptively simple but effective. I used it when i was doing hydro.

What kind of system are you using?

Molasses is not recommended for hydro. It clogs up your system and could potentially provide a breeding ground in the lines for bad bacteria.

DWC right now but RDWC

 

[bongboy8200]

Agreed @Thatoneguyyouknow_

Hydro takes advantage of a different method of nutrient uptake by roots than they use in soil. The microbes help establish a more efficient system in soil. Given that, you might be better off investing in some Ful-Power. It's an enzymstically extracted fulvic acid. It can help transport nutes thru the plant more efficiently. Same general idea but a different feeding system. You need less nutes for a bigger impact. It won't effect your pH, either.

isn't that the idea of using beneficial bacteria in hydro, because they are natural in soil so we have to add it to help break down nutrients for the roots to uptake? Thats why theres hydro guard? It's just a matter of doing it right or not and a lot harder than sterile? I wasn't sterile before I just changed res weekly, temps were in check and lots of air. I had a little root rot one time from light and peroxided it. I'm DWC. RDWC as soon as I can harvest in hopefully 1-2 weeks. Just too see I think the entire run I did I complete res change 3 times when it was a major change it in nutes, like flipping. Things were moving something I guess I need to ditch the nectar. I prob have a 1/4 bottle left so... Directions are to use a ton of the stuff. Same with bud candy. Bud candy doesn't have molases though just different carbs.

I have peroxide ready to go if i need to salvage it. The only thing I lose going sterile is the sweeteners which I wanted to play with :{ pics to come

 

[bongboy8200]

Here’s so pics. The 2/3 in flower are 1-2 weeks out waiting on more amber to flush.

The new batch is with the floral nectar from veg. Everything seem to stabilize. I think I was under feeding and over feeding K. Using the least aggressive feed chart from GH and cutting it by 30%. Any ways the root pic shows the brown at the top but you lift them out and they are perfectly white