Cleaning
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TexasToker
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bleach and water solution. 1:5 or 1:10.
I do 5% (19:1)
Yes, I agree Bleach is great for sanitizing the room and equipment,
but don't ever bleach your expanded clay rocks (hydroton, leca stone etc) or lava rocks if thats what you're using as a hydro medium.
It's very hard to get rid of trace amounts of chlorine that soak into the stuff and dry, only to re-emerge later when you run the rockage again.
Better off just rinsing the rockage with water to clean off the root bits so the benes don't get killed off totally.
Otoh, if the last grow had a root disease like pythium.
Then sterilizing the rocks with h202 or boiling them is much a better route than bleaching ime and imho.
but don't ever bleach your expanded clay rocks (hydroton, leca stone etc) or lava rocks if thats what you're using as a hydro medium.
It's very hard to get rid of trace amounts of chlorine that soak into the stuff and dry, only to re-emerge later when you run the rockage again.
Better off just rinsing the rockage with water to clean off the root bits so the benes don't get killed off totally.
Otoh, if the last grow had a root disease like pythium.
Then sterilizing the rocks with h202 or boiling them is much a better route than bleaching ime and imho.
Balarama67
Member
I know plenty of growers who hate bleach because of the film it can leave behind.
Have a think about the baby bottle sterilising fluids instead - leaves nothing behind,
best for all your babies in the noisy and green senses!
Have a think about the baby bottle sterilising fluids instead - leaves nothing behind,
best for all your babies in the noisy and green senses!
