I want to flush my hydro system how much bleach per litre of gallon should i use?
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sup@baked
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Hey bro, we use Hydrogen peroxide. It won't kill the plants if you have some residue left on the equipment. In fact some put H2O2 in the noot water as it helps prevent root rot. The stuff from the drug store will work, but is like %3. Your grow store should sell it. Sorry I did not really answer your question. But Bleach scares me. I want no bleach near my plants. gl.
lifesgood
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well my runn is done and i just want to flush my system out because i have a feeling i may have bacteria and germs that cause root rot, the grow store told me to use bleach and water i just dont know how much bleach/water ... u say 10%
lifesgood
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hey bud, yea i was thinking the same thing as i have h2o2 but the grow store guys told me to try bleach ??? i dunno is h202 as god as bleach in killing off germs and bacteria?? i just came down so i dont have any plants thats why i wanna do all my sanitzing right now while i can, outta curiousity how often do u use h202 like once a week in bloom and veg or just bloom?
NLXSK1
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Yep, as long as plants are not involved 10% is great. It will kill everything. Scrub down as much as possible, flush through tubes and stuff and then rinse thoroughly. Unfortunately you may have some residue buildup in the tubes and without a brush it may not come out. But if the bleach water comes into contact with any organics they are bye bye...
lifesgood
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sweet thats great to know because i got some of my equipment used so i have a feeling it may have lots of use before me and those germs and crap is what is affecting my results....would u reccomned i scrub the tables then run the 10% bleach through it so it drains back into my rez then pump it out into the sink.... and ohh what about the lil remaining water at the botton of the rez the pump cant pump out, is it reall y important i get it all out cuase i got a huge 100 gall rez it would be a bitch to move
sup@baked
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I breakdown my set up twice a grow and submerge everything in H2O2. I run the pumps and flush all tubing out. Yes I think it is important to get ALL old noot water out. If it's too hard to move, may be get a shopvac? But if you think you have root rot you gotta get that shit out. I searched hydrogen peroxide and found a lot of info. Might try searching bleach as well, but NLX seems to know whats up.
lifesgood
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nice whats the % of water to h2o2 when u run the pumps and flush all tubing out... sweet dude u are the man the shop vac is a great idea i got all this nasty water at the bottom with residue from the rockwool cubes that craps defintaly gootta go... i may do both bleach and h202 to be extra sure im killing all the germs
sup@baked
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I try to make it strong. But I do not want to spend a lot of money on it,lol. You should of seen me my first time at Wallgreens buying 8 hydrogen Peroxide bottles. Try to get a shop vac with the plug you can take out at the bottom. Hook a hose up to it and let the hose go outside or in the toilet. Otherwise you have to keep emptying the vac.
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