useing sweetners in resivoir

i currently have a 18 gal res and im useing flora nova flowering nutes and was wondering how to add the flora nova nectar sweetner along with flowering nutes and how much. i am useing 1/4 tbl per gallon on the nutes right now. any help would be great

Doesnt it say on the bottle or check the flora nova website for a chart and/or calculator

heres the link.http://www.generalhydroponics.com/genhydro_US/feeding_charts/GH_ExpertProgram_Recirculating.pdf

I addition to your Flora Nova schedule, add 5ml/gallon in veg. 10ml/gallon in flower.

Keep an eye on it, in my DWC it raised by PPM levels to unacceptable levels, just FYI

newathydro said:

i currently have a 18 gal res and im useing flora nova flowering nutes and was wondering how to add the flora nova nectar sweetner along with flowering nutes and how much. i am useing 1/4 tbl per gallon on the nutes right now. any help would be great

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I hate to break it to you but FloraNectar sucks. It's 30% carbs/sugars with a very small dose of minerals that your plants can actually use. Look into Sweet from Botanicare. It has 3 times the amount of magnesium and 4 times the amount of sulfur and it's also supplying sugars to feed your microbes. Even if you're not running beneficials, your plants can really benefit from the mineral content of Sweet. I've also found FloraNectar to be unstable as mine actually fermented in the bottle and almost exploded on me.

In the future, read the labels of your products and compare those items to competing products. I think you'll find two things: You can save money and get more bang for your buck by purchacing another product and the last thing you'll find is that your plants don't need any of them.

Not to be the naysayer but don't expect miracles from sugar solutions. From what I have read, your plants can only uptake very simple, short chain monosacchrides due to the root barrier layer..what the hell is the name of that layer? the Casparian layer.

At any rate, you will get more uptake by foliar feeding. Just keep your humidity in check..

Here is one of the articles I was talking about, lest I be accused of being full of shit..

http://urbangardenmagazine.com/2010/07/expert-eye-carbohydrates-and-amino-acid-products/