DWC Root Slime Cure aka How to Breed Beneficial Microbes

Good idea and something I'll have to test when I get bigger facilities. I imagine it would work okay for a batch or two but again, eventually you would lose diversity. I suppose the question is, would it be enough of a loss to let the slime take hold.

Battling root rot too: So, should I use this the tea in my res with some Hygrozyme? I've already got tea in my res, but the root rot (I think) is still coming back. I know, I know- its redundant, but I don't know what else to do at this point. Yes, my res is aqua chilled to 65F and I have plenty of O2 in the res. So I guess I'm wondering, is it possible the for the Hygrozyme to help me if I were to add it with the tea to my res?

PS- I haven't had any cytaobacteria for a while, so that's a win. I might just start giving you rep every day I can Heis for that.

My quest for white healthy roots is still on, but I think I'm getting closer. Battled root aphids, brown slime algae, mites, and root rot now....so hopefully this is the end of it. :ear Bob- please give me healthy plants!!:: /endprayer

This post really really deserves to be a sticky. Can we get a sticky up in here?

Hey I just started a thread about using bene-microbes in ez-clone machines over in hydro/aero and wanted to get the opinion of people here on it

Anyone try mycorhizae in their EZ-Clone ???

Thanks!

Originally Posted by smithmds

Battling root rot too: So, should I use this the tea in my res with some Hygrozyme? I've already got tea in my res, but the root rot (I think) is still coming back. I know, I know- its redundant, but I don't know what else to do at this point. Yes, my res is aqua chilled to 65F and I have plenty of O2 in the res. So I guess I'm wondering, is it possible the for the Hygrozyme to help me if I were to add it with the tea to my res?

PS- I haven't had any cytaobacteria for a while, so that's a win. I might just start giving you rep every day I can Heis for that.

My quest for white healthy roots is still on, but I think I'm getting closer. Battled root aphids, brown slime algae, mites, and root rot now....so hopefully this is the end of it. :ear Bob- please give me healthy plants!!:: /endprayer

So the man doesnt have to repeat again. No hygrozyme, it feeds the slime. the tea needs between 70-75 degrees for the bennies to do their work. thats the great thing about it, no water chiller needed. info gold from page 1-3.

Originally Posted by smithmds

Battling root rot too: So, should I use this the tea in my res with some Hygrozyme? I've already got tea in my res, but the root rot (I think) is still coming back. I know, I know- its redundant, but I don't know what else to do at this point. Yes, my res is aqua chilled to 65F and I have plenty of O2 in the res. So I guess I'm wondering, is it possible the for the Hygrozyme to help me if I were to add it with the tea to my res?

PS- I haven't had any cytaobacteria for a while, so that's a win. I might just start giving you rep every day I can Heis for that.

My quest for white healthy roots is still on, but I think I'm getting closer. Battled root aphids, brown slime algae, mites, and root rot now....so hopefully this is the end of it. :ear Bob- please give me healthy plants!!:: /endprayer

It's extremely unlikely you have root rot with your res conditions. Does it smell like rot? Are your roots still growing? You may just be seeing the "after-slime" some of us get when treating infection with bennies. If you do suspect rot, the best thing is to start over and meticulously sterilize before re-inoculation. Make sure the tea is ready to go with a new res; don't clean the res and then start brewing the tea. That would give any nasty stuff time to get a head start.

Originally Posted by poindexterous

Hey I just started a thread about using bene-microbes in ez-clone machines over in hydro/aero and wanted to get the opinion of people here on it

Anyone try mycorhizae in their EZ-Clone ???

Thanks!

It works great in an EZ cloner. The mycorrhizae will not take hold until roots actually form, but the bacteria will keep the water safe until then. You can also spray a diluted solution on the clones to deter mold.

Originally Posted by dangledo

So the man doesnt have to repeat again. No hygrozyme, it feeds the slime. the tea needs between 70-75 degrees for the bennies to do their work. thats the great thing about it, no water chiller needed. info gold from page 1-3.

The tea was brewed at 70-75F, so the bennies should be alive and well.

I believe I'm battling pythium (my first words in my last post were "Battling Root Rot too: ", so 70-75F water is out of the question.

I'm not sure Dangledo if your sentence referring to Heis repeating himself was meant with any sort of attitude, so I'll assume not. But honestly, I think you missed the fact that I'm battling root rot (pythium) and not slime, of which you were kind enough to remind me is fed by Hygrozyme. This is exactly why I asked Heisenberg: I wanted to hear his opinion of my situation fighting pythium because of his knowledge of the cyanobacteria.


Thanks for your help though, kudos.

Originally Posted by Heisenberg

It works great in an EZ cloner. The mycorrhizae will not take hold until roots actually form, but the bacteria will keep the water safe until then. You can also spray a diluted solution on the clones to deter mold.

Hey Heis, inspired by this thread I'm adding the myco's to all my solutions now, moms, veg, bloom, cloner, everything. What I'm wondering is how long they survive in the nutrient solution? or in the case in my ez-clone, in plain water? I want to re-add them often enough to keep them present and at optimum levels, but no so much as to waste them. Do you have a sense of their lifespan in water/nutrient solution? Thanks!