u/FitPolicy4396

basically the title.

How much difference will I likely see in my final result if I use something like fragrance free Hill Country Fare/generic brand vs say, Tide Free and Gentle, both liquids and boosted with febu. Hard water, regular dirtiness, some sweatiness.

Or is it just that the Tide Free and Gentle is less likely to need something like febu whereas the generic is likely to benefit from the addition of febu?

I recently tried washing the washer with citric acid.

Used 3/8 cup or so, but basically got nothing out. Checked the filters as well, and didn't see anything significant either. Water wasn't really bubbly/foamy either.

However, this washer was purchased in like 2007/2008. It's never been cleaned except every half decade or so with the Tide or affresh washing machine cleaner, so I feel like there should be something visible, so I'm wondering where I went wrong.

I did notice it filled with water and then drained relatively early on in the cycle, so I'm wondering if that took all the citric acid out, so it wasn't really getting cleaned. But I'm not sure how to go about fixing that since that's just part of the cycle.

I have a LG front loader and did the tub clean cycle. 1/8 ish cup citric acid in each the softener, detergent, and drum.

since MaxiGro is a 1 part powder, will it form a precipitate if it too much powder is mixed into the liquid?

For example, if I mixed 25 tsp into 6 cups water, I know it won't fully dissolve, but if I just take the liquid part out and keep adding water and mixing, will it dissolve in roughly the same (total) amount of water it would take to dissolve if I put it in that volume to begin with or will some parts of it form a precipitate that has a much lower solubility?

Hopefully my question makes sense. I know it's not worded super well.

I'm kinda wondering about two different situations and how I should adjust the nutrients to get the right EC/amount of nutrients.

Currently, I have tap water at around 450 µS/cm. If I add 1 tsp/gal of MaxiGro, I get around 2000 µS/cm, and so far it's working for my indoor plants.

I'm wanting to use MasterBlend for outdoor plants, but with bottom watering, the heat, and the hard water, but wanting enough nutrients, I'm not really sure what EC to target. I'm going to use one mix for all the plants (cucurbits, tomatoes, peppers, some flowers, chard, soybeans, etc). I was thinking like a 50% mix, but it also gets pretty hot around here (TX), so not sure if I should go even lower, like 25%, but I'd also like the plants to thrive/not be lacking nutrients. I'm also wondering how much substrate plays into the answer. I have both soil and soil free containers connected to the same res. Soil free is half coir/peat and half perlite, and soil is half each of perlite/soil.

Thoughts/ideas?

Recently germinated some sunflower plants, and one of them has no roots. Like, there's literally nothing there. Just a stem, and then less than half a cm of "root," but it's the same everything as the stem, just brown. It's not soft or anything. It's still growing fine and putting out new leaves, but is it just going to be root free or will it eventually grow roots?

It is growing more slowly than the others, which I'm guessing is since it has no roots, but it is growing. Currently in soil/perlite that I make sure to keep damp. Been there a week or two so far? Is it just going to be root free or will it eventually grow roots?

Recently accidentally dropped a VFT, so ended up repotting, but it seems difficult to make it neat and also get the rhizomes all close to the substrate. (I didn't change the substrate.)

Looking for hints/tips on how to (preferably neatly) repot and how to make sure all the rhizomes are properly placed.