DWC Root Slime Cure aka How to Breed Beneficial Microbes

Well I have successfully purged the slime from my set up. Using a lava rock for housing worked great to colonize a fresh res. I prepared a new res just as I did the last one, which almost immediately got slimed, and this time things are beautiful. 24 hours so far an no signs of slime. My small clones have recovered and have pristine white roots. Root mass has nearly doubled. My veg plants which were infected now have the after-slime but are making lots of new roots.

Interesting to note. I placed one clone in h202, did nothing to sterilize the rest besides rinsing them. The one clone I sterilized is slime free just like the others, but producing almost no roots. I think h2o2, even at 1% is too hard on roots and should be saved to sterilize air-stones and equipment.

Now I will attempt to take cuttings again and see how that goes. The clone trays are what brought the slime to me n the first place this time. We'll see if lava rocks help it out.

Thanks for the help guys, much appreciated. i asked a simple question in a thread i started and got an arrogant dickhead telling me all the things im doing wrong even though i didnt go into detail on my setup. Its good to know there are experienced people here that dont think they are mother natures advisor and think they know everything about everything.

Originally Posted by 2easy

http://www.h2grohydroponics.com.au/i...k=1&Itemid=108

is this the bio bugs you speak of? that would be a good start.

actually i just read a few reviews sounds like pretty good stuff. if you could can find the other 2 i mentioned i would use all 3

Yep thats the stuff, weird ive been googleing for days and couldnt find that page lol.
Yea we have bunnings but none near me, i'll check their site or give them a ring and see what they can do.
Mitre 10 has a Mycorrhizae product i was looking at, cant remember the name but would that help too or does the bio bug have mycos in it?

Hey everyone,
I am looking for a little bit of guidance. I have skimmed and read a lot of this forum and figured this is the best place to start. I am running 5 plants in an Aero/DWC setup with an air pump, humidifier on a switch, fan 1000w light. The nutrients I am running are Dutchmaster nutrients A&B with the Add.27 and the Root Zone conditioner. The problem is that the plants have just stopped growing and there seems to be a dark brown slime on the roots. I first attributed it to the seaweed additive I was using before as it turned my solution to a merky puddle. My roots seemed to have stop growing and same with the plants. I have since stopped using the seaweed and have been running the Root zone for over a week now with little to no improvements. I am wondering however if I could use all of my current nutrients with a tea like that of which Heisenburg has described. Also I have another question, as I am short on cash like most these days, is there a single product I could buy to get all the micro bacteria and fungi I need like in Heisenburgs Tea? I dont have the money for additional air pumps and stones or the space to make it in. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Originally Posted by Heisenberg

Well I have successfully purged the slime from my set up. Using a lava rock for housing worked great to colonize a fresh res. I prepared a new res just as I did the last one, which almost immediately got slimed, and this time things are beautiful. 24 hours so far an no signs of slime. My small clones have recovered and have pristine white roots. Root mass has nearly doubled. My veg plants which were infected now have the after-slime but are making lots of new roots.

Interesting to note. I placed one clone in h202, did nothing to sterilize the rest besides rinsing them. The one clone I sterilized is slime free just like the others, but producing almost no roots. I think h2o2, even at 1% is too hard on roots and should be saved to sterilize air-stones and equipment.

Now I will attempt to take cuttings again and see how that goes. The clone trays are what brought the slime to me n the first place this time. We'll see if lava rocks help it out.

I,m still battling away. My mothers are growing well in buckets but still with some evidence of afterslime. I have successfully rooted a few clones in my aero/sprinkler cloner but they seem to slow and stop between each application of tea.They show signs of rooting then stall untill I add more tea.
I'm worrking on a new design of cloner based on yours but scaled up a bit.
I have placed a heavily rooted plant in there to help house some bennies, and I plan to place some lava rocks in my tea bucket for the next batch then put them into the cloner.
would you recommend just dropping them in there; or I thought it might be better to put them in a wire basket so that the sprayers pour over them giving them more oxygen and dripping back into the bottom of the res.
I'm brewing tea with earthworm castings, great white, and canna aktrivator, am I missing anything with these ingredients? as I can't seem to get anything else in the uk. If anyone knows where I can get other products over here let me know.

found a product, AU 60 root repair, liquid additive, does anyone know the ingredients or if its any good, sounds like it does the same thing as tea, your meant to add 1ml per litre at changeover. But I guess if it multiplies in the tank theres a risk of it feeding the slime.
Has anyone ordered mycos soluble to be delivered to the uk. Europes a bit tetchy about importing live stuff. I,m trying to find out if it will get through customs.

Originally Posted by bobhopetoo

found a product, AU 60 root repair, liquid additive, does anyone know the ingredients or if its any good, sounds like it does the same thing as tea, your meant to add 1ml per litre at changeover. But I guess if it multiplies in the tank theres a risk of it feeding the slime.
Has anyone ordered mycos soluble to be delivered to the uk. Europes a bit tetchy about importing live stuff. I,m trying to find out if it will get through customs.

AU 60 root repair is a organic microbe suppressant. It can not be used in conjunction with any microbes. Sounds like an interesting product, but I can not give you any reports on it's effectiveness with slime. Slime does not attack a plant directly, so I am not sure if this can help.

The technological breakthrough came when we were able to isolate the very substance that the plants use to fight disease...To put quite simply, AU 60 ROOT REPAIR fights disease FOR the plant.

As for the mycogrow, best to email and ask them directly. http://www.fungi.com/contact.html

Ok guys I am going to edit the front page to include suggestions for products users in UK and AU can use. If you are from these places, please list any products that have worked for you to make an effective tea. I have seen suggestions in the past but i'd like to know which ones worked.