The Uk Awesome Member And Growers Thread

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I'd also like to know. Didn't know what to get to prevent in dwc, was looking for hydrogaurd but couldn't get it in UK so ended up going with Dutch masters zone

BOX K+AMINO has more pathogen inhibiting microbes than either of those products. Hydroguard is this some BCA, canna do a leaf cover, canna cure is it? I would use monosilicic acid and root fungus, I have never had any Phytopthora infestans or other.
How KAMINO works is via a bunch of natural microbes which inhibit the actions of such rots, preventing them from getting a foothold. KAMINO restricts most forms of Rot, both root and fusarium type

eg http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00851.x/full

Here is addtional KAMINO microflora report on BCA for such rots and those pests carrying the infection. Not including the ones mentioned above

Verticillium spp. Only Lecanini is found, a useful bio control for soft bodied insects. A member of the cordyceps family, many of which we are finding have some awesome pest control attributes. we are working with other Cordyceps to solve other problems with biting pests etc. More to follow in this area.

Coniothyrium species are known as a biological control agent against Sclerotinia spp. If you grow lettuces or sunflowers, then this is your buddy for sure.
Biological control agents (BCAs) are potential alternatives for the chemical fungicides presently used in agriculture to fight plant diseases. Coniothyrium minitans is an example of a promising fungal BCA. It is a naturally occurring parasite of the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, a wide-spread pathogen which substantially reduces the yield of many crops. If we hurry up, we might get a lic for this LOL please mr EBIC give me a sole lic :)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0953756209805881


Gliocladium spp. is also well knowe biological control agent.
Gliocladium virens is a naturally occurring, ubiquitous soil saprophyte found throughout the United States in various soil types. This common soil fungus has been shown to suppress a variety of soilborne plant pathogens, including Pythium spp., Rhizoctonia solani, and Sclerotium rolfsii that cause damping-off, root rots, and various other seedling diseases on a wide variety of host plants.

G. virens is a hypomycete with no confirmed sexual stage (possibly Hypocrea gelatinosa). It reproduces asexually, producing conidia that are held in masses of moist spores. It survives as thick-walled vegetative segments of mycelium, termed chlamydospores, usually embedded in organic matter. The spores are dispersed only in water or carried in soil or organic matter, and are not airborne.
This fungus is one of the first to be registered for biological control of plant diseases. The strain GL-21 was first registered as a biological pesticide in 1990 by W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, MD) for controlling damping-off diseases, particularly those caused by Pythium and Rhizoctonia, of greenhouse ornamental and food crops.

 

[mancdank]

It was a un even floor that fucked me mate water was sitting in a few of pots problem fixed now though

 

[Limonene]

It was a un even floor that fucked me mate water was sitting in a few of pots problem fixed now though

yeah i was actually gonna ask you if there was stagnant water in root zone after flood, I've never tried flood and drain but i hear that can be quite a problem. FOR NOOBS.

 

[Mast3rgrow]

regular checking of your P.H helps you spot the onset of root rot in hydro. if it starts dropping off add some h202 to your tank, leave it for 24 hours, do a tank change the next day and all will be good. And obviously cool tank temps and good aeration of the root zone are essential.

Everything seems good so.far in my system just asking the questions incase. Ph rising slightly but that's fine. I change my res once a week always. Temps are around 20-21 sometimes 22. Hope shit stays all good for the next 10 weeks or so

 

[mancdank]

yeah i was actually gonna ask you if there was stagnant water in root zone after flood, I've never tried flood and drain but i hear that can be quite a problem. FOR NOOBS.

Lol I broke my hydro cherry with flood and drain it's real easy and straight forward if I was caretaker of it I would have found it a lot sooner but rule of thumb with em is a even surface for sure :)

 

[Limonene]

Everything seems good so.far in my system just asking the questions incase. Ph rising slightly but that's fine. I change my res once a week always. Temps are around 20-21 sometimes 22. Hope shit stays all good for the next 10 weeks or so

sounds good mate, what system u got again?

 

[Mast3rgrow]

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sounds good mate, what system u got again?

It's iws rdwc

 

[Limonene]

It's iws rdwc

Have u got a bubbler in your main tank? That could cause your ph rise. Your system and new lights should give u a monster crop!

 

[Mast3rgrow]

Have u got a bubbler in your main tank? That could cause your ph rise. Your system and new lights should give u a monster crop!

There's 2 stones in the res, one in the brain pot and one in each bucket. Didn't know that could rise ph. Aye I hope she's a good one, not sure how long to veg these tho. Maybe flip at the weekend well see, decisions decisions

 

[Limonene]

There's 2 stones in the res, one in the brain pot and one in each bucket. Didn't know that could rise ph. Aye I hope she's a good one, not sure how long to veg these tho. Maybe flip at the weekend well see, decisions decisions

yeah I've only found that out myself recently, i bet if u take that stone out of the brain the p.h will stop rising.

 

[Ecompost]

It was a un even floor that fucked me mate water was sitting in a few of pots problem fixed now though

Aloe vera might help mate, its a saponin so anti bacterial http://medicalinvalid.com/experts/expert/title.cfm?artID=945

 

[Limonene]

i was getting over night p.h rises from 5.4 to 7 in my recirc coco and i couldn't work out why. Turns out most nutrients don't like being oxygenated, I'm going to swap my stones with a pump for each tank that will just agitate the solution. Although when i did dwc with 4 stones in each tank i never had ph rise

 

[mancdank]

There's 2 stones in the res, one in the brain pot and one in each bucket. Didn't know that could rise ph. Aye I hope she's a good one, not sure how long to veg these tho. Maybe flip at the weekend well see, decisions decisions

Apparently instead of a air stone use a pump to move the res this stops the ph rise I really hope it works tbh ph rise in hydro is a pain and would be awesome without it

 

[Mast3rgrow]

i was getting over night p.h rises from 5.4 to 7 in my recirc coco and i couldn't work out why. Turns out most nutrients don't like being oxygenated, I'm going to swap my stones with a pump for each tank that will just agitate the solution. Although when i did dwc with 4 stones in each tank i never had ph rise

Mine rises about 0.1 a day atm, so when I change the tank I ph a little low, well about 5.5. When next res change comes it's about 6.2. Well that's happened the last two weeks which is also the first two weeks in this system. Abit worried about temps in summer tho. Well see

 

[Limonene]

Mine rises about 0.1 a day atm, so when I change the tank I ph a little low, well about 5.5. When next res change comes it's about 6.2. Well that's happened the last two weeks which is also the first two weeks in this system. Abit worried about temps in summer tho. Well see

5.5 - 6.2 thats sweet mate! A little budget trick i used to do was to get 6 x 2 litre pop bottles, freeze them all and put them in the tank every few hours to help keep the temps down. And again h202 as a preventative will work.

 

[mancdank]

Mine rises about 0.1 a day atm, so when I change the tank I ph a little low, well about 5.5. When next res change comes it's about 6.2. Well that's happened the last two weeks which is also the first two weeks in this system. Abit worried about temps in summer tho. Well see

Get them bags to make your own ice cubes and fill em with ph water for summer always seemed to do the trick for me when it got ridiculous

 

[Limonene]

is there an echo in here here here here here?

 

[mancdank]

5.5 - 6.2 thats sweet mate! A little budget trick i used to do was to get 6 x 2 litre pop bottles, freeze them all and put them in the tank every few hours to help keep the temps down. And again h202 as a preventative will work.

Fucker u type too quick u keep beating me to it the pop bottle is good en though im guna have a go of that

 

[Mast3rgrow]

Aye I've read about frozen bottles. That'll Def be given a go, that and I can turn my fan up a whack

 

[Ecompost]

i was getting over night p.h rises from 5.4 to 7 in my recirc coco and i couldn't work out why. Turns out most nutrients don't like being oxygenated, I'm going to swap my stones with a pump for each tank that will just agitate the solution. Although when i did dwc with 4 stones in each tank i never had ph rise

vertical lift is probably the best way to mix nutrient tanks. I have a liquid Oxygen product, means you can skip the airstones. Most airstones are coral or limestone so add low polar ++ base cations.
Most nutrient companies actually state not to aerate, see H&G for example