Phantom

With regards to the citric acid/suger addition for hydro.... Just got the first crop coming through now that had treatment for whole grow and the smell and taste is greatly improved... gives the buds a more earthy wholesome smell instead of the sickly sweet that this strain has previously had and the taste from a sample was much smoother....

Phantom
Ghost Who Smokes

Takshaka

That sounds interesting...where can I find out more? I just did a search for citric but couldn't find it.

OzGrowa

Gudday Phantom/Takshaka,
Glad you got some benefit from that, I gleaned it from alt binaries pot cultiation about 5 years ago and have stuck with it ever since.

You get 1 litre (1/4 of a gallon) of warm water then add 1 ounce (28gms) of Raw sugar and 28 gms (1oz) of Citric Acid. mix it up till all the crystals disolve then store it in a opaque bottle. Add at the rate of 1 ml per litre or 1 coke capful per Gallon

It will get the secondary metabolic pathways opened, the citric acid donates a protein to the raw sugar (Glucose) so the plant can absorb it, we get a symbiotic soup that does wonders for taste and smell in our hydro crops. For the last wek of a hydro grow you can use it with just fresh water, it works real well.

Regds,
OzGrowa

{Mod Note: I just fixed the recipe from '(1oz) of Raw brown sugar' to '(1oz) of Citric Acid' like it should have been. }

Aerobuds

I'll be adding this one to my recipe book along with OZs h202 recipe.

How often do you add this to your nutes.


Hey Oz got any more good recipes we can try.

Aerobuds

Takshaka

OzGrowa - what about the citric acid? Did you miss it out from your recipe or am I missing something?

Can you start doing this at anytime?

What was the H2O2 recipe?

Thanks for the info

OzGrowa

Sorry people thats 1 oz citirc acid, 1 oz of raw sugal to 1 litre (1/4 of a gallon) if water.

I actually use it once per week from week one till finish.

Regds,
OzGrowa

Takshaka

Thanks, where can I get hold of citric acid?

vader

This sounds like a cheap and easy way to get better crops.

I was just wondering what exactly it does to the taste and smell?

OzGrowa

Gudday again,
You can buy citric acid at the supermarket or convienience store as Americans like to call them

Regds,
OzGrowa

Not a Mongoose

citric acid = synthetic lemon juice.

My guess is you could use real lemon juice. Dunno what difference this'd make if any, but it does contain a lot of citric acid so it'd do the job.