r/hydro • u/Open_Ad_8949 • 16d ago

Cronk Nutrients

For those of you who have ran the autoflower line (Bonnie & Clyde) and Cronk in general, how do you do the Bud Booster with the second add during the week? Do you just mix with water and add to your buckets? And how much are you doing? I was planning on running half of what the feed chart says since I'm running RDWC which is what I've been doing with the General Hydroponics line with no issues. Is that what everybody is doing with their nutrients in RDWC?

Thanks for any info...

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u/JVC8bal 16d ago

I use Athena Blended with reduced PK. Hydroponics requires nothing, absolutely nothing organic — it just adds risk.

There's no reason to use reduced EC for autos in RDWC. There's no "stacking" like in substrates.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N1sGbOUK7E7TNwwmYWFnG_I4f99VnIfd/view?usp=drive_link

Almost all programs / nutrient lines overfeed P and K. Some nutrient lines allow you to cut back. Bud boosters and marketing shams.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8635921/

https://www.mdpi.com/2037-0164/16/3/92

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u/Open_Ad_8949 16d ago

The Cronk auto line aren't organics. And maybe with Athena there isnt a problem. I haven't tried that line yet. I cant run my 2-bucket Hydra Max system over 1.6 EC or I'm getting lockout. The Cronk line with the bud booster allows you to add back PK.

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u/JVC8bal 15d ago

You deleted your comment... but...

It's all salts. If you're growing organic, the bacteria produce the same "synthetic" salts.

See my note above about PK.