Love the podcast! Been growing indoors since 2011, had friends I used to help with their grows & make runs to the grow store for them back in the late 90’s – late 2000’s. I’m in South Fla. Close to where you guys talk about & have been to some of the same places & Mountain bike trails that you talk about and IMO Markham park is the sickest place to ride in S. Fla!
But anyway I was wondering if you guys know what the difference is between DTW nutrients vs. Recirculating nutrients? I’m old school and am still using GH 3-part along with the new millennium secret sauce formula (budswell wk5-flush & the other nutes the week before flush only) with noticeable results so I know GH 3-part can be used for both, Athena pro is DTW only while Athena blended can be used for recirculating, new millennium & floraflex are also DTW only. I want to switch nutrient lines but using clay pebbles with a recirculating system is set it & forget it easy I don’t have to worry about over watering or checking runoff Ph or ppm, just the reservoir. I’ll probably try Athena blended line bcuz it checks all the boxes but was wondering why some can & some can’t be used for recirculating.
Also I am like the dude when it comes to spraying for bugs, I usually don’t spray till I see them. I’ve also learned that when I do have an infestation that a GH azamax root drench (systemic) once or twice, a week or 2 before bloom along with spraying micronised sulphur (1 tbs. Per gallon) up until week 1-2 of bloom will take care of whatever bugs you got for moms, veg & bloom! I also have green clean & captain Jack’s deadbug brew (spinosad) in my arsenal!
Sorry I got a buzz going & am rambling a bit! Speak to you guys later & stay Irie!
Thanks, Mike LOWREY!
P.S. Scotty, can I get you to say “this is Wolfman Jack” one time! LOL!
Recirculating is like putting a bowl full of dog food out for the whole day while dtw is like putting out smaller meals breakfast, lunch and dinner. You wouldn’t want to put a can of wet dog food in a bowl for the entire day but dry food you can. The dtw only formulas just can’t stay stable enough to be recirculating in a reservoir. Often more organic based. It’s all about stability. You don’t want your nutrients falling out of solution or combining with other nutrients and becoming unavailable to the plant.
The difference between the two systems is the ratio and concentration of elements over time. DTW provides the same ratio and concentration of elements each feeding. Recirculating system’s elemental concentrations and ratios will change each feeding as elements in the mix are used. DTW better for plant while recirculating is better for wallet and environment.
Thanks for asking this. I’ve been wondering the same thing, playing around with the idea of setting up a flood table for quick clone to flower monocrops and I’m trying to weigh the difference between just having it drain to res or running the drainage to a separate tank. I’m certainly not gonna use liquid nutes but small scale(4×4 table) with something like jacks 321, masterblend or mega crop waste shouldn’t be to hard on the wallet.
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