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Organic Nutrients FAQ's
Its nutrition comes from once-living material — seabird guano, kelp, worm castings, insect frass, plant proteins, fossilised deposits — rather than manufactured mineral salts. That changes how it works. Organic inputs are mostly not directly plant-available, so bacteria and fungi in the root zone break them down first. You are feeding the biology, and the biology feeds the plant.
Some, with care. Two things go wrong: undissolved organic matter blocks drippers and settles in lines, and the carbon feeds slime in a warm reservoir. Products built for hydro solve it at the source — BioGuano+ is milled to five microns so it dissolves completely, and FloraMax OrganaBud isolates the useful kelp molecules to avoid blocked drippers and foaming. Dry inputs never go in a tank.
Only where the product says so. BioGuano's organic liquid nitrogen states an Australian Certified Organic Allowed Input number on its label. Everything else in this collection is organic by ingredient rather than by a certification scheme, which is normal for hydroponic inputs. If certification matters for your situation, check the individual product page before ordering.
In soil, the microbes are usually already there, and healthy soil releases organic inputs on its own. In fresh coco, sterile media or a rebuilt bed, biology is thin, and adding an inoculant speeds up how fast organic inputs become available. Beneficial bacteria and mycorrhizae are sold separately from feeds — they carry no meaningful nutrition themselves.
Yes, and plenty of growers do. A common approach is a mineral base for control plus organic boosters for flavour and resilience. Watch two things: total EC, because organics contribute less to an EC reading than they do to actual feeding, and reservoir hygiene, since organic carbon in a mixed tank still feeds slime. Mix fresh and do not leave solution standing.
Yes. Organic inputs move pH less abruptly than mineral salts and soil buffers a great deal, but the target range does not change and coco and hydro have little buffering. The Professor's Organic Growers Kit ships with organic pH Up and pH Down for that reason. Check at mixing and again the day after in recirculating systems.
Treat them as perishable rather than shelf-stable. Organic concentrates carry sugars, proteins and often live biology, so heat and sunlight degrade them and an opened bottle left warm can ferment or separate. Store cool, dark and sealed, shake before use, and buy the pack size you will finish inside a season instead of the cheapest per litre.