I didn't recommend shit. I said DON'T use
HYGROZYME. Here is my recommendation. Change out water and disinfect with physan 20, drain and rinse, add base nutes and aquashield. FTW KISS!
Better yet ghettogrow can go with your 12 step recipe for disaster and end up worse then he already was and be a few hundred dollars in the hole. Looks like he knows what he is doing by the way that tote is filled with roots.
I applogize to everyone for having to read primeform and I rant. I get really really irritated when people give bad advise because it has caused me problems in the past and I don't like seeing people go through the same stuff that I went through.
On a side not primeform why don't you ask all the UC and MPB growers on this site about your instructions and see what they say. I invite anyone who is currently growing in RDWC to comment on the use of
hygrozyme in RDWC. Mr.Dizzle and MediMary have already expressed their opinions about
hygrozyme. I have a funny feeling you won't find anyone with anything good to say about
hygrozyme in RDWC bro.
LOL. You are RECOMMENDING that people DONT use something. You have 0 factual information to back up any of your claims. Ill post a few comments by people from another site.
"I run my own version of a DWC. I fight high res temps 73-76 degrees, and for DWC I’m probably way under enough air, so not the best environment. I use
Hygrozyme now. I have had both success and failure with it. Since i have been on both sides of the boat, let me share my findings..
This is my old way #1:
Before I ever bought
hygrozyme, I ran a complete sterile res. No bacteria, regular use of 29% peroxide. I would get pyth up high once in awhile, probably because of my low air and high temps, but the peroxide would keep it held at bay. Roots would be "white enough" and yields and completion were fine. Basically keep everything dead in your res (sterile).
Then I bought some
hygrozyme. I cut out my peroxide and replaced it with
hygrozyme. Bam, HUGE problems. 3 ladies almost brought to death. very slimy roots, not dark like my pyth before, just very slimy and weak (and not sucking up any water). was able to barely save them by cutting out
hygrozyme (sound familiar).
Hygrozyme is used to create a perfect environment for the roots to attract and colonize bacteria. This is what i was told, and it makes perfect sense to me in my situation. Since i didn’t use any good bacteria, the littlest bad bacteria was multiplied and made perfect to live on my roots. I didn’t use peroxide anymore so the bad bacteria wasn’t killed.
this is my new way #2:
I bought some "
great white" beneficial bacteria. I use that with
hygrozyme and no peroxide. Now, beneficial bacteria multiply and live in my roots. So instead of killing everything, i promote good bacteria and let them thrive. This has turned out to be quite amazing. Silly white roots, even in my semi-harsh environment. And as long as i keep the good bacteria up, bad bacteria cant thrive. You can even use a touch of peroxide to supplement to kill of any little bad bacteria left, but not enough to affect your good bacteria colony. (like they mention on the
hygrozyme bottle)
Hygrozyme eats dead roots thru enzymes, but it also creates a perfect environment on your roots for bacteria (good or bad). So if you use
hygrozyme, you better make sure you have good bacteria colonies or you will be screwed. I have noticed this applies to clones in a areo cloner as well. either go good bacteria w/
hygrozyme or go peroxide only in the areo, this changed my areo success percentage from like 50% to 95%."
"this is exactly how
hygrozyme is used.
when you drop an enzyme product in your rez without established bene bacteria, you are creating a recipe for dissaster.
been there, done that.
before i followed the above advice, like others i had mixed success with
hygrozyme.
when you learn
hygrozyme isn't like h202, isn't a cure all, & isn't going to solve any root rot problems, you've reached the top of the bell curve.
i've lost several of my ladies due to the incorrect application of
hygrozyme. & people that dont like it, or have had little success with it, don't know how to use it.
as stated in multiple parts of this thread, enzyme products are food for both good & bad bacteria.
when using
hygrozyme, you need to start with a fresh rez & innoculate your root zone with beneficials.
hygrozyme will keep the benies feed... which keeps the nasties at bay"
"I LOVE
HYGROZYME.... I use it in the first weeks of flower only... after that i flush before every weekly water change with some peroxyde and water ph'd at 5.8.
Hygrozyme if used properly is a great all around product. I used it when my clones were new and rotting and it helped get them strong again.
hygrozyme vitamax are excellent products for the health of your plants b-52 will also keep your plants green and healthy looking but i prefer
hygrozyme over sensizyme
