untangling roots

havn't run into this problem yet, but that sounds like a good way of going about it, underwater would make sense.

what has been your reasoning for needing to untangle roots out of curiosity if it wasn't a male?

I started a bunch of diff strains from seed at the same time.... 4 per bin is what they're in now... and the differences (mostly from sativa to indicas.... but also a couple of runts).... well, cause they've been growing so differently ...I've had to shuffle them around to keep the tallest ones from growing from the center into the light...

That and I had to remove some males that got intertwined with their neighbors.

one of them recently took me about 10 minutes to untangle ...but it was successful and only broke like 3% of the roots... pretty good imo...

I had the same thing happen to me,I just untangled what I could and cut the rest,6 weeks into flower now and no root problems yet.just on 1 that I cut a little to short, 1 that was a runt anyway but its flowering a few weeks behind but that will be fine.I use h2o2 when adding water or nutes and so far its going good,this is my first indoor hydro grow and my 2nd indoor grow and I have learned alot along the way.

I had to root out some males a few weeks ago. The roots were unimaginably tangled. If this happens to you, don't stress and have a smoke first _ , as you are going to need some patience for the next part. A technique i found invaluable was to take 4-5 roots at the side of the pot and pull them out gently from the rest of the tangled root mass preferably just above the water level so they can be dipped in the drink while you complete your task. Individually they don't have the tensile strength, but any more than 5-10 at a time can cause roots to knot and snap Continue in this way until you have all 1000+ roots done. I'll be surprised if your plants even noticed what happened. Mine didn't! ** Good luck **

Haven't needed to do this, but it is a good idea.
Also giving the roots a lil hair cut won't hurt either. As long as there's enough mass left to grab some water.

One up on all ya'll...............

My last 2 grows, when I chopped my males around week 2 of bloom, I left their stumps covered in the net pots AND their entire root system together, entangled and living with the female(s) in bloom until harvest !!!!!
Check the C99 sig for pics and shit !!
Just because you/we chop them doesn't mean they die.
As long as there's enough dissolved oxygen and some food, the roots and stump will thrive.

NO ODORS, BACTERIA, FUNGUS, INSTABILITY WITH PH / PPM / TEMPS OR ROOT DECOMPOSITON AT ALL IN EITHER GROWS !!!

If need be, I'll do it again with my current grow too.


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niiiice!!!

lmao....just waiting for the nay-sayers !!