I use Botanicare as well... I don't use the Karma or the Cal-mag. I replaced the calmag with mollasas only in soil. I use the bloom and the grow.. Have been for 2 years. It's better than over fertilizing.. You can easily do that with other nutes. Lemon will make the mix acidic.. ph would work at 5.8,even lower. Not much though.

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GaGrown Reviewed by GaGrown on . New to hydro, looking for tips from experienced hydro. I have built a continuous flow system with a 30 gal reservoir, 400 gph pump feeding two 6" pvc channels with five plant sites each. Think I have the nutrients figured out with the help the local hydro store guys. Lighting is under control, i think, using ten 10W LEDs that change from blue to red for differant stages of growing and about 200W of full spectrum cfls. Was just looking for helpful hints, do's and dont's. I have done a lot research on this, but have found in life that nothing Rating: 5