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Striker
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blackstrap
#667139 - 04/22/13 09:26 PM (11 years, 5 days ago) |
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so i just added some blackstrap to my water yesterday (hydro) and i check it today and theres all kinds of gunk built up on the roots and the water was all foamy.....is that normal
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Hawksresurrection
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Re: blackstrap [Re: Striker]
#667167 - 04/22/13 11:03 PM (11 years, 5 days ago) |
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Yeah. I wouldn't use black strap for hydro man. Thats what sweet is for. Although it's not going to hurt really.
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Stoneth
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Yeah I wouldn't use it either. I use AN's Carbo Load. At 2ml per gallon. The shit last forever.
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SmokeSomeHash
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Re: blackstrap [Re: Stoneth]
#667240 - 04/23/13 02:36 PM (11 years, 5 days ago) |
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No dude...dont use molasses. Use sweet like hawk said.
If you have an aerated solution it will make bacterias grow and youre essentially making a compost tea in your reservoir. Over time, you WILL fuck up your system. And that time will be pretty short. Fully organics like that dont work well in hydroponics.
Most molasses say specifically on the bottle "not for hydroponics". I know botanicares does.
Molasses is great but i really think its one of the most over applied and least understood additives that people just dont take time to realize what it does. Im not gonna start a rant...but flush your system, clean it, refill and do not add ANY molasses. Use a synthetic sweetener.
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Striker
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i have like 2 tsps to 4.5 gallons right now so a very small amount i think i am gonna leave it i already flushed out my res since i wrote this i put pretty strong nutes and a little molasses and ph'd down with sulfuric acid to provide sulpher i wanna see how they do the water isnt all foamy anymore just a caramel color the roots look good... iduuno maybe the idea is to put just a little in
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Hawksresurrection
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Re: blackstrap [Re: Striker]
#667281 - 04/23/13 05:35 PM (11 years, 4 days ago) |
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No, you are not supposed to use Blackstrap in Hydro man.
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Striker
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yeah im thinking about taking it all out my roots are getting a little bit of slime on them again
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SmokeSomeHash
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Re: blackstrap [Re: Striker]
#667386 - 04/24/13 08:34 AM (11 years, 4 days ago) |
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Like i said...youre making a compost tea. Whatever microbes are in that tiny 2 tsps are going to multiply and spread all over your system. In time itll get slimy and eventually froth up again.
The botanicare molasses bottle says "not for hydroponics, for hydro use sweet".
I had to say it twice but if you think that youre gonna figure out somethin new with one of the oldest additives around, youre wrong. Youre not listening to what were reccomending and youre not reading the bottles youre buying so dont be surprised when your system fails because of slime and all kinds of other shit.
Flush it AGAIN, and remove All molasess...use synthetics
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Striker
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i just said i was thinking about taking it all out and i did i did a res change last night took out all molasses my roots were looking really beat up and scraggly
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Striker
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Re: blackstrap [Re: Striker]
#667388 - 04/24/13 08:53 AM (11 years, 4 days ago) |
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Ok for the record if i would have left that shit in there it would have destroyed my roots completely i flushed and put my bloom nutrients in there and a tsp of rooting hormone to help the roots back along along with some Epsom salt and a couple of tums believe it or not after all the research i did it looks like calcium carbonate is available to the plant, agriculturalists have been using it forever they even sell big bags of it for farmers to put on their feilds and can be used as a foiler spray
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Edited by Striker (04/24/13 08:54 AM)
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Hawksresurrection
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Re: blackstrap [Re: Striker]
#667391 - 04/24/13 09:45 AM (11 years, 4 days ago) |
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Good to know. Now you just are going to have to figure out how to dose it out so you know that they are getting the right amount.
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Striker
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i had a few yellowing leabes today and im not sure where theyre coming from
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Hawksresurrection
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Re: blackstrap [Re: Striker]
#667462 - 04/24/13 08:57 PM (11 years, 3 days ago) |
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Well I'd need a whole lot more info to answer that for ya.
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