Hydro Guard with Great White?

Kngtigao79 · Dec 21, 2024

I was using Great White to prevent root rot and give microbes. Then I read an article saying synthetic nutrients nulls great white…so I then added hydro guard. Is that ok?

DillyTrying2Learn · Dec 21, 2024

Why not just do a res change and start with the hydroguard?

RootFarmer · Dec 22, 2024

Hydroguard is Bacillus Amyloliquifaciens., a bacterium also found in Great White, so it won't hurt.

Kngtigao79 · Dec 22, 2024

So , does the synthetic nutrients cancel out the Great white ?

RootFarmer · Dec 22, 2024

Cancel? No that's not how things work. In organics, bacteria convert organic compounds into inorganic compounds. Plants can only take up inorganic compounds. "Synthetics" are inorganic compounds. The same thing that bacteria are busy making in organic growing. One is made by organisms (humans) above ground, the other by organisms (bacteria) below ground, i.e., in soil. So if inorganics killed off microbes then soil bacteria are all committing suicide. Sound absurd?

If you are doing hydro, then Great White is of little, if any, benefit. Also if your main concern is simply potential root rot then Hydroguard is the better option.

One_Bell · Jan 3, 2025

RootFarmer said:
If you are doing hydro, then Great White is of little, if any, benefit. Also if your main concern is simply potential root rot then Hydroguard is the better option.

Would you suggest something like Orca or King Crab (both from plant revolution just a Great White)? Or is it better to use something else in hydro? Asking this because I just started my first hydro grow.

amneziaHaze · Jan 3, 2025

Kngtigao79 said:
I was using Great White to prevent root rot and give microbes. Then I read an article saying synthetic nutrients nulls great white…so I then added hydro guard. Is that ok?

shouldnt cancel out.just not as much food as with organics.but population will be alive

OldOneEye · Jan 3, 2025

A product like hydro guard is primarily for those using synthetic nutrients. It breaks down dead organic material. Trcyhoderma grows into the roots, eats dead organic material, digests it into a form the plants can use, then poops it into the root.
Trcyhoderma is for soil, HydoGuard is for Hydro.

RootFarmer · Jan 4, 2025

One_Bell said:
Would you suggest something like Orca or King Crab (both from plant revolution just a Great White)? Or is it better to use something else in hydro? Asking this because I just started my first hydro grow.

Those are unnecessary in a synthetic hydro grow IMO. If you keep everything squeaky clean and sterile you shouldn't need anything. Hydroguard and Bt wouldn't hurt if you prefer some preventative measures.

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