Hydroponic food that can be found at home depot or lowes

getthatskunk

getthatskunk

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any one kno of any known food for hydroponics that is sold at homedepot or lowes plz help...i dont have hydro stores around here and dont have credit card to order stuff online plus i rather pay cash:wall:
 
getthatskunk said:
any one kno of any known food for hydroponics that is sold at homedepot or lowes plz help...i dont have hydro stores around here and dont have credit card to order stuff online plus i rather pay cash:wall:
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When I read this post I had to sign up
and share my experience.

I have been using Peters 20/20/20 ( with micronutrients,) it must say this on the package- you will need other chems
than just N P and K, like boron, iron ,manganese to name just a few.

I currently have 3 seedlings growing from a 5 gallon Deep water culture bucket. I have seen vigorous growth of all 3 seedlings and they are about 10 days old. I have hard water so I mix less than the recommended amount of nute . I change the water every
5 days to a week.


Peters with micronutrients works with hydroponics!!!!

Any other experience or questions?

here is a link to a tutorial on how to build a simple DWC system using store-bought nutes. This is when I got started.. IT WORKS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah3zrGRmx80
 
I am already on a 12/12 cycle just starting 3 days ago so I have to wait all day for the lights so I can work.

I am using bagseed. The DWC bucket I have is a 5 gallon with a huge net pot. I so far have 3 seedlings in it spread out. There is enough room for 2 plants in the bucket. I have 4 other seedlings in soil. I should come out with a female or 2.

It is possible to gently under warm water wash the dirt from the rootball of a seedling and transplant it right into my bucket.

Not much more I can say till I can get some pics and see another week's growth.
 
im thinkin on goin wit the air stone idea....if i do does the air pump stay on all day and if not how you time it cuz i build a flood a drain system and i have to time it
 
ive been experimenting with a chelated iron nute thats commonly available at pet stores for aquatic plants. nowhere near strong enough to be used as a primary nute for a dwc system, it however seems to be an excellent supplement for providing iron, boron, mag, and other trace elements. as im still experimenting i dont really have any hard numbers on yields yet BUT im running the experiment on 3 plants, 2 subjects and one control. all 3 plants were germinated on the same day and planted (in organic soil, my own mix) both subjects receive the same treatment, the single control gets nothing but soil and water.
so far the 2 subjects have outgrown the control by 2 nodes! much more compact growth too.
heres the stuff:
http://www.hagen.com/uk/aquatic/product.cfm?CAT=1&SUBCAT=121&PROD_ID=01076750030101
 
yea i look into the peters product.....but could not find it at home-depot site or lowes online......where did you buy it /place or site and if so give info...thank you
 
2-7-7 cactus food with hardwater!!! The damn bottle was just sitting there. I have added a little but I do confess I have not tried it out completley. I like the flower ratio. I am feeding it to a plant in a one gallon as a lollipop, off topic, and it worked. I confess to using pure blend pro and free sample BIO BIZZ I got.


Also I just bot a bottle of alaska fish emulsion. I am trying it with harwater. 0-10-10. The cost is 4$. I only found it al lowes. I found the veg one 5-1-1 at home depot.
 
getthatskunk said:
im thinkin on goin wit the air stone idea....if i do does the air pump stay on all day and if not how you time it cuz i build a flood a drain system and i have to time it
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Your nute solution must be oxygenated or roots will die. I have a 8" long airstone I picked up at wal mart. It runs all the time, it is NOT on any timer and stays in the main nute reservoir.

One problem I see is that my solution, since I don't have an accurate way to measure PPM, is kind of hard on seedlings. I put a few seeds down in the medium and one came up, though it's looking burned.
 
im on a ebb and flow system might go for the air-stone idea but still need food thats known at home depot and lowes store since i dont have hydro stores around here
 
ive seen it used for veg and for flowering im currently using it for flowering but i started off using it for veg and it works fine for me :-)
 
The major problem with nutrients like Peters and Sterns or Chevron is they all have a butt load of ammonical nitrogen in them. This is very bad during budding as your pH of your nutrient will fall drastically every day if your growing in a soil less media. They are good formuals for growing under poor low level lighting however as ammonical nitrogen is easily taken up even with low level lighting.
 
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