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Fox Farm Dirty Dozen lathering up in bubble bucket?

TTerpz
TTerpzstarted grow question 3 months ago
My fox farm dirty dozen nutrients are lathering up as to if there was soap in it is this normal? I have 2 2.5” airstones in each bubble bucket. Water temp is around 73°F and air temp is around 70
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 3 months ago
I agree it might be a wetting agent as when I use one in my grows Yucca, it froths up like a dish soap. It could also be from something growing in your res, bactera and stuff make things and that stuff froths. but if the plant is ok and looking healthy I would not think to much about it.
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Sit_Ubu_Sit_Good_Dog
Sit_Ubu_Sit_Good_Doganswered grow question 3 months ago
edit: "either way, shouldN'T be an issue, unless it foams out of the bucket."
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Sit_Ubu_Sit_Good_Dog
Sit_Ubu_Sit_Good_Doganswered grow question 3 months ago
Fox Farm ... these guys are easily recognizable for new growers, but in my opinion there are far better options. Do the suds breakdown quickly? even if not losing a few mL? I doubt it is soap, but could be related to a wetting agent. The bubbles would still hit the roots, and heck talk about maximized O2 content wiht surface area to volume ratio of a bubble... either way, should be an issue unless it foams out of the bucket, lol. Fertilizer is generally made of a specific pool of ingredients that are ubiquitous commodities. Premium prices or grandiose claims are just smoke. Some things help, some don't and more is not always better. Generally, simpler is far better than complicated. 12 products? Holy shnikeys! You've heard of inflation and shrinkflation? this is bottleflation. Breaking up dissolved ingredients and splitting them up unecessarily in order to maximize profits. Some things do need to be isolated to avoid risk of precipitates at higher concentrated levels, but 12 is well beyond overkill. AN does this nonsense too.. can have a whole cupboard full of products that could take anywhere from 3-5 products, and preferably not paying for a bunch of water-weight.
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Grey_Wolf
Grey_Wolfanswered grow question 3 months ago
certainly something I have never encountered when growing in dwc is it organic? might be something to do with that
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