Drip clean is phosphoric acid and potassium oxide. Pekacid is the same thing but much cheaper and in crystalline form. I got some when I started using Blumats because I heard they can clog. I never had that issue with clogging so I never used it. I suppose I can use it as pH down.
Can I use the pek acid while my plants are during cycle? Or better remove all the emitters and cycle through into a bucket?Drip clean is phosphoric acid and potassium oxide. Pekacid is the same thing but much cheaper and in crystalline form. I got some when I started using Blumats because I heard they can clog. I never had that issue with clogging so I never used it. I suppose I can use it as pH down.
Drip clean has the same ratio but the PeKacid is much stronger because it hasn't been diluted with water and put in a bottle.
Drip Clean 0-0.18-0.6
PeKacid 0-60-20
"Features
This fully-soluble and highly acidic (pH=2.2) fertilizer is formulated for injection and fertigation applications. With “acid in the bag” PeKacid will clean lines and neutralize high bicarbonate content irrigation waters. It may be used for soil-less media as well as open-field horticultural fertigation applications. PeKacid is easier, safer and more effective than using the conventional application of phosphoric acid."
"Anti clogging action Enhances nutrient uptake Provides acidity to neutralize and dissolve bicarbonates, avoiding clogging of pipes and drippers."
distilled white vinegar.
It's used to keep lines clean during the growing cycle. It's extremely strong so a little goes a long way.
I use floraflex b1 and b2. Do I add before or after? I use 75% phosphoric acid as ph down right now.
I don't know anything about FloraFlex. Does it require using a pH down product to lower the pH after mixing? If so then you would replace the pH down with the PeKacid after mixing the nutrient solution. If you're already using phosphoric acid for lowering the pH then you are already using the main ingredient in PeKacid.
I have very hard water. My water starts at 0.7 to 0.8EC. Do you think flora flex is a putting dirt in their nutrients??
H&G drip clean wouldn't be a bad option either to help the keep clean.
That's a big one right there. Some nutrients are going to leave a buildup no matter what you do. That's why I only run clean highly water soluble salts when running any grow that uses a reservoir or lines. Anything with any organics is going to have issues with buildup potentially clogging lines and drippers/emitters, etc... And some well known nutes that have no organics can cause problems as well. That sludgy GH Micro was one that I had to stop using years ago. Same thing with the one time I did a run with botanicare. Made a mess of everything.
PeKacid is the same thing. Phosphoric acid and potassium oxide. It's just in a much more concentrated form and significantly less expensive. You can pay $20 a bottle for Drip Clean or $15 for a pound of PeKacid and make gallons and gallons of the same thing.
You should get an ro filter I have no experience at all with flora flex.. dutchmasters and athena are what I run
good call. once the nute companies get their hands on something, it goes up in price 110%. lol.PeKacid is the same thing. Phosphoric acid and potassium oxide. It's just in a much more concentrated form and significantly less expensive. You can pay $20 a bottle for Drip Clean or $15 for a pound of PeKacid and make gallons and gallons of the same thing.
Drip Clean label
Sometimes much more than that. Another one is silica products derived from potassium silicate. You can buy a pound of Agsil 16H for the price of a couple of beers and make a 50 gallon drum full of solution or you can pay $20 for the same stuff mixed with water and put in a liter bottle.
