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Old 11-03-2008, 06:47 AM   #22
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I'm still not convinced you need ferts. Honestly. Are you saying that Chuck is wrong?

Seriously, consider the tanks that are immersion started. So far as I know, they don't dose anything except good old fashioned water to keep 'em wet.
Who is chuck? Chuck Norris?lol

Yes you add ferts to emersed setups unless you have a nutrient rich substrate
http://www.barrreport.com/estimative...osing-etc.html

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you can mist the plants if you use flourite black etc with a NPK and trace solution 2x a week otherwise


You cannot grow plants w/o nutrients, its not possible. That's like driving an internal combustion engine automobile w/o fuel, not happening
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