TechShaman
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Is it possible to use fruit juice instead of bottled nutrients for hydro? If so what would be the most ideal juice and at what amount for optimal nutrients and flavor?
Fruit juice instead of normal nutrients
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kinddiesel
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if your trying to flavor te cannabis. then I suggest . sugar free . drink mix. it works great. I made grape before on a bull shit plant. total bs I ad no smell . so I did my normal flush . and the day before I harvested I put the drink mix into half gallon water so its very strong ! so strong you gag on it if you drank it. poured it in the soil and next day mmmm it smelled like grapes. people were impressed . in hydro run water low as possible put drink mix into water . for a day. it will suck it up. it might be a bitch to clean though depending on your set up .
TechShaman
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I'm talking about normal fruits I can juice and use to provide nutrients for a hydroponics system instead of bottled nutrients
TechShaman
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Could I add fruit juice to the mixture then?
JoObJoOb
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have you tested the ph of fruit juice?,i used fresh squized lemon juics for 2 days before harvest,the weed def has a lemony mellony taste n smell,dont know much about hydro,but it worked on my last grow,its also very very smooth after cureing,and super high,i did pick a few branches beforee the lemon experiment,and they taste smell and smoke way differnt
TechShaman
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I don't even know much about ph.... I'm trying to learn all I can about growing before I start
i second this i dont do it with my other garden and never herd of i tbefore so i would suggest just buying nutes
TechShaman
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If I could find the right nutrients in various fruits could I just throw it all into a blender and then drain out the juice and throw it in there?
silviomanuel
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Offtopic 
So if i will water or flush the plants before harvest with some natural flavor or juice it will pass taste to the plant?
Thx.
So if i will water or flush the plants before harvest with some natural flavor or juice it will pass taste to the plant?
Thx.
churchhaze
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Yes, of course you can use fruit juice instead of nutrients. Why didn't I think of that. 
AimAim
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Hell yeah you can. I water the last two weeks with a mixture of coconut milk and pineapple juice and it smells and smokes exactly like a Pina Colada.Yes, of course you can use fruit juice instead of nutrients. Why didn't I think of that.
TechShaman
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I'm a mildly green thumbed fellow with no knowledge... I think I'll do well with knowledge
DeeTee
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I'm sure adding fruit juice towards the end of flower may give the plant some flavor, but the op is asking abt growing the whole plant with just fruit juice, and in hydro to boot, there's where I tend to think it can't be done, it doesn't have the proper nutrients for growth.
churchhaze
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Sorry if it wasn't obvious, but I was totally being sarcastic. I thought the OP was trolling with such a ridiculous question. I wouldn't put fruit juice anywhere near my roots for any reason.
Fruit juice is for foliar feeding only!!
Fruit juice is for foliar feeding only!!
tallen
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Yes, only foliar feed with fruit juice!! use Milk in the root zone.
LakitusKloud420
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Yeah I notice autoflower tend have range 5.5-6.5pH and photoperoid plant teens have range 6.5-7.0 pH of water with nutrient.
Actually, it's not the plant or its age that dictates what the pH should be. It boils down to nutrient uptake and the medium you're in.
Soil: 6.0-7.0 pH
Soilless/Hydro: 5.5-6.5 pH
Coco and peat products are examples of soil-less mediums.
Moving up and down within your specific range every few feeds as opposed to aiming for a single number each time is wise as this will ensure that all nutrients are at one time or another within their peak pH for uptake.