Strange Smell in Rez!

hello to all. Im currently growing hydropinically in a 2x4 flood tray with hydroton. I Use R O Water in myrez and do a change and a flush every week or two. I recently added some molasses to the rez to add some carbs. well about 4 days later and now i have weird lugi chunks and a awful smell coming from my rez. I have used molasses in soil and it never did that but it didn't sit there like that. is this a good time to go get more R O water and do a short flush or will the molasses hurt anything?

I'd chunk the RO water and use tap water. The chlorine and minerals are good for your system,
and don't hurt the plants unless you have HUGE amounts of chlorine (enough to be harmful to people)


Basically, you've created an Ideal environment for harmful bacteria and fungal growth, and adding more sugar
just gave them the food they needed. If you feel compelled to do your water like this, add 1 TBS of hydrogen peroxide
per gallon of water to help disinfect !

From what I've read, you are not supposed to use molasses in a hydro system. If you're looking for a sweetener or carbs for instance, there are products out there. GH FloralNectar or Botanicare's Sweet are 2 highly rated one's from what I've absorbed.

Also, be careful on the H202... I would just flush out everything, throw in straight water for 48 hours and go from there. And don't use H202 if you're going Organic Hydro.

Hope this helps. Good luck and get those chunks outta there. Peace.

yeah that was some good advice at least on the tap water part the ro water is so expensive after awhile i just realy thought i was supposed to use it. I saw the Sweet product at the local shop and was told it was good. I will clean the rez very well although my system is running like a champ it is probally better to replace it. So if i just switched to like tap water and made my solution for the rez and let it bubble for like 48 hours before i feed with it it should be ok? even though for the last two months iv'e been feeding ro or distilled?
what should the ideal ppm be after adding flowering nutes like cha-ching from foxfarm or big bloom after using tap water with ? The other note on the hydrogen peroxide? can i use regular store bought hydrogen or do i need the 30% solution that i see at the hydro store? I jsut checked the local tap and it is7.03 PH and 225 PPM if i adjust the PH this water can be used with no problems?

Dopedogcapone said:

yeah that was some good advice at least on the tap water part the ro water is so expensive after awhile i just realy thought i was supposed to use it. I saw the Sweet product at the local shop and was told it was good. I will clean the rez very well although my system is running like a champ it is probally better to replace it. So if i just switched to like tap water and made my solution for the rez and let it bubble for like 48 hours before i feed with it it should be ok? even though for the last two months iv'e been feeding ro or distilled?
what should the ideal ppm be after adding flowering nutes like cha-ching from foxfarm or big bloom after using tap water with ? The other note on the hydrogen peroxide? can i use regular store bought hydrogen or do i need the 30% solution that i see at the hydro store? I jsut checked the local tap and it is7.03 PH and 225 PPM if i adjust the PH this water can be used with no problems?

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You're missing the point, but it's cool.

The point is not that they've been drinking nicely for a couple of months... The point now, is that you messed up the reservoir with the freakin' molasses. You're not supposed to put molasses in hydro, only soil. I think I've read that like 8 times. I'm not jumping on you, just ... hey... let's stay on point.

Clean reservoir, is the best advice of my post, not whether you use tap water or RO water... Get that molasses gunky shit outta there. And quick! And I would just check the pH of the water coming out of your tap and go from there. I got lucky, my water is the 'tits'... You may have to pH up or down it, but that's cake eh...

Not sure on the PPM/pH... I never check mine. Just change the res out every 5 days (I recycle the old nute solution outdoors on my 'other' plants)... and mine are jumping. (check out my grow for pics).

And remember, if you introduce Sweet, or any other organic NUTRIENT or CATALYST solution you shouldn't use H202. I've never used H202 so I can't answer that.

I'm using, straight well water, which is near perfect coming out of the hose... with Botanicare's PureBlendPro & Liquid Karma, and GH's FloralNectar & Diamond Nectar. All Organic, and I don't check anything but the water level.

P.S. - I can also suggest going to the DWC Hydro section of this forum... Finding the 'Stealth Hydroponics' thread by ROSEMAN and start on page 1. I read from page 1 to about page four hundred something and learned more from that post than any other jibberish I've come across. Roseman is king, knows his plants man. Trust me. Get to the page about the '8-step recovery process' and you'll see what I'm talking about. Works like a charm for me.

Dopedogcapone said:

hello to all. Im currently growing hydropinically in a 2x4 flood tray with hydroton. I Use R O Water in myrez and do a change and a flush every week or two. I recently added some molasses to the rez to add some carbs. well about 4 days later and now i have weird lugi chunks and a awful smell coming from my rez. I have used molasses in soil and it never did that but it didn't sit there like that. is this a good time to go get more R O water and do a short flush or will the molasses hurt anything?

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Wow... I'm pretty sure the molasses trick is for soil plants... You are gonna have to flush it all out. Good Luck

Dopedogcapone said:

yeah that was some good advice at least on the tap water part the ro water is so expensive after awhile i just realy thought i was supposed to use it. I saw the Sweet product at the local shop and was told it was good. I will clean the rez very well although my system is running like a champ it is probally better to replace it. So if i just switched to like tap water and made my solution for the rez and let it bubble for like 48 hours before i feed with it it should be ok? even though for the last two months iv'e been feeding ro or distilled?
what should the ideal ppm be after adding flowering nutes like cha-ching from foxfarm or big bloom after using tap water with ? The other note on the hydrogen peroxide? can i use regular store bought hydrogen or do i need the 30% solution that i see at the hydro store? I jsut checked the local tap and it is7.03 PH and 225 PPM if i adjust the PH this water can be used with no problems?

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I'd think about using half and half on this flush depending on how far you are into flowering

thanks again i already changed the rez and got that nasty shit water out and changed with ph tap water. Should be an instant fix. Sounds like i got lot of reading to do on that stealth dwc section. thanks again for the help i really appreciate it.