Floraseries with 70 gal res

WannabeWizard2003

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Soooo I don't post much anymore, but I came across this question which gave my head a spin. I am trying to switch my nutes from DNF to something I can order to my door step with little effort (I live in Canada btw).

Some very nice people on this forum suggest I look at General Hydroponics FloraSeries which you can find the nutrient schedule here:

But the problem is that they call for a res change every week. Which with such a huge res, it is not ideal to drain and refill every week. With the 70 Gal res I usually only change once every 4 weeks and DNF allows me to do this as formula doesn't change every week.

Does anybody have any insight as to how to get the FloraSeries to work in this manner (The equation I am trying to put together is way complicated, I would like to keep it simple)? Oooooor is there another nutrient line that I could look into that is easier to obtain than DNF (it seems it's very rare on the interwebs for some reason)? Or hey even a link to a distributor where I can get the DNF but won't kill me on shipping (free shipping over $150 would be perfect)?
 

mytwhyt

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Have you looked into using GH Maxi bloom, or Flora Nova Bloom.. as the sole nute.. Feed as Luca formula.. That's all I ever use, start low ppm and raise higher over the grow.. I'm lazy, it's simple. Just add back water as it's used..
 

Herb & Suds

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I ran GH Flora for years before I switched to Megacrop
It is a good product but GH nutrients while lower in cost to many seem more diluted
Still nothing wrong with GH if you are of that mind
 

Wastei

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i had horrible pH issues in hydro. version 1 at least.
I totally get that. I dont have that many issues with MegaCrop 1-part or 2-part but they're nowhere near as pH stable as when I was running Dyna Gro.

If I were living in the states I would still use liquids, it's just not affordable enough where I'm at. Cheers!
 

WannabeWizard2003

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i had horrible pH issues in hydro. version 1 at least.
Did I read that right? With Hydro?

Hard to beat MegaCrop 1-part in containers. Easy to use and affordable and results speak for themselves.
Someone suggested this before but I was turned off because of the label. (it kinda looked like a bag of dirt). Does it dissolve in water like a sports drink? I wouldn't mind if it looked like dirt if I was certain it would dissolve like other powders (I just worry about things like my pump and drains). Maybe you could elaborate as to what to expect?
Thank you kindly for your time
 

WannabeWizard2003

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I leave a big res of GH for 3 weeks all the time. Everything stays very stable in that time that's' why I never worry. I'm sure it can go 4 weeks if you need it to and I probably already did.
AWESOME!!!!! Okay how do you mix your big res. You mix the one time for 3 weeks?!!! You add certain things every week?
I am super excited about your reply Thank you very much.

yes. after about 3 to 4 days.
Ahhh I see. I wonder how bad your numbers were fluctuating. I wonder what type of hydro. Seems like you moved on from that project though eh?
 
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