EWC tea in DWC? and some other questions..

jestermite

jestermite

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Having been destroyed in the past by root disease in DWC, I learned about the benefits of AACT. It was a miracle when nothing else worked.

Years later and in a new climate I have started up another couple of DWC tubs. I was thinking that the tea would be a good preventative and generally beneficial and am ready to brew and use it all the time. But my first dose went into the tubs last night and today they're pretty mucked up and cloudy and covered in the brown coating and the pH was wayyy off this morning. Up around 8 after only 2 cups of tea in a 7 gallon res.

So, I'm wondering if anybody else runs tea in DWC for preventative/ general benefit reasons and if it's really all that helpful in hydroponics anyway (aside from beating back an active root disease)? There are so many additives and opinions out there that I'm just plain lost on what to actually use in my tubs.

I'm also starting up some hempys and coco/perlite pots and am wondering, again, if it would benefit me all that much to run tea in those?
 
vostok

vostok

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jestermite said:
Having been destroyed in the past by root disease in DWC, I learned about the benefits of AACT. It was a miracle when nothing else worked.

Years later and in a new climate I have started up another couple of DWC tubs. I was thinking that the tea would be a good preventative and generally beneficial and am ready to brew and use it all the time. But my first dose went into the tubs last night and today they're pretty mucked up and cloudy and covered in the brown coating and the pH was wayyy off this morning. Up around 8 after only 2 cups of tea in a 7 gallon res.

So, I'm wondering if anybody else runs tea in DWC for preventative/ general benefit reasons and if it's really all that helpful in hydroponics anyway (aside from beating back an active root disease)? There are so many additives and opinions out there that I'm just plain lost on what to actually use in my tubs.

I'm also starting up some hempys and coco/perlite pots and am wondering, again, if it would benefit me all that much to run tea in those?
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Understanding on how AACT works is vital

I and many others use it as a 'soil' improver

improving the bacteria and fungi in the soil

in the organic sense it does very little directly to the plant

but does improve the communication between rootlet and nute source

in soil/ water and air mix ...in water only is too dilute

the one advantage you do have over other DWC guys is you can add fresh chlorinated water direct to the rez

as your ACCT will contain several Humics that will block the effectiveness of Chlorine in your water

for DWC issues a propriety recipe is in order

good luck
 
jestermite

jestermite

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Thanks Vostok. No doubt it's good in soil and I will continue to use it in the organic dirt. For DWC it seems like maybe more trouble than it's worth until it's really needed. My pH is still wacked out which I don't understand.
 
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