RDWC root rot HELP!

so i have my RDWC on a timer to circulate every 2 hours for 30 mins and i accidently switched the pump cord running all day and the air stones into the timer! SHIIIIT! Well the roots are now covered in brown and black sludge and im wondering what some pros think i should do??? Rinse the rootballs off clean the res and start over with clean nutes and add subcultures m and b maybe?? Idk any help is appreciated!!

I've only done one round in hydro, but when I ran into your issue, I cleaned my roots off, ran some H2O2 to sterilize everything, then a couple days later after the h2o2 evaporated, I added hydroguard (beneficial bacteria) to out compete the pythium. Kept adding hydroguard with water changes and I didn't have root rot issues anymore. With dwc, you either need to sterilize your environment, or run beneficial bacteria imo.

this is what i use http://www.skunklabshc.com/microbe-tea-info.html

you can also make your own https://www.rollitup.org/t/dwc-root-slime-cure-aka-how-to-breed-beneficial-microbes.361430/

personal lux said:

so i have my RDWC on a timer to circulate every 2 hours for 30 mins and i accidently switched the pump cord running all day and the air stones into the timer! SHIIIIT! Well the roots are now covered in brown and black sludge and im wondering what some pros think i should do??? Rinse the rootballs off clean the res and start over with clean nutes and add subcultures m and b maybe?? Idk any help is appreciated!!

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I use subculture M in veg. Should i add subculture B? It says to use in flowering. What about rinsing or cutting off bad roots?

That's all it takes. 1 mistake. And BAMM!

Shit load of probs. this is why I don't do DRO PEEPS!

just sayin.

Sorry bro. Try Hempy. Don't worry. Be happy.

I run 13k watts of veganic soil. 4k watts of hydro. 3k ebb n flow which looks beautiful. 1k RDWC. But the mistake was completely idiocracy on my part.

personal lux said:

I run 13k watts of veganic soil. 4k watts of hydro. 3k ebb n flow which looks beautiful. 1k RDWC. But the mistake was completely idiocracy on my part.

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If it were me. I would take those plants and make Hempy buckets and just drop the net pots in it and go Hempy bucket. Of course be careful transplanting and try to spread the roots and fill in the perlite medium to save as much of the healthy as possible.

GrowUrOwnDank said:

If it were me. I would take those plants and make Hempy buckets and just drop the net pots in it and go Hempy bucket. Of course be careful transplanting and try to spread the roots and fill in the perlite medium to save as much of the healthy as possible.

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I guess i should mention this is an undercurrent style recirculaing system. Not top feed

i know the tea works in dwc if your in veg. maybe able to save them
today

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personal lux said:

I guess i should mention this is an undercurrent style recirculaing system. Not top feed

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Maybe the tea. I knew what you meant. But, your mistake caused all of these bad little microbians to take over and infect your roots. They were born in an aquatic environment. Putting them in a passive hydro environment like Hempy, perhaps. I don't know for sure. Will give the healthy roots a chance to survive as the bad little things die off. I dunno tho.

personal lux said:

so i have my RDWC on a timer to circulate every 2 hours for 30 mins and i accidently switched the pump cord running all day and the air stones into the timer! SHIIIIT! Well the roots are now covered in brown and black sludge and im wondering what some pros think i should do??? Rinse the rootballs off clean the res and start over with clean nutes and add subcultures m and b maybe?? Idk any help is appreciated!!

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So it was the heat from a pump running 24/7 that caused this?
An op that size without a chiller?
I'm with blackforest and say kill all with h2o2 and then either control temps and use an enzyme or beneficials as you have been.
Ful-power for the health of the bennies if you choose. I use flying skull z7 and control temps .

The rooms temps and water temps are not an issue. This happend because the air stone was accidently plugged into a timer ment for the pump to recirculate. So they only got aeration for 30 minutes every 2 hours :/

personal lux said:

The rooms temps and water temps are not an issue. This happend because the air stone was accidently plugged into a timer ment for the pump to recirculate. So they only got aeration for 30 minutes every 2 hours :/

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Ah , thanks for clarification but I've run my air pump cycled and didn't see that problem.
And you'd think with an undercurrent the water being constantly pumped would create enough oxygen but maybe not.

with the pump running it causes container levels to vary individually aswell this was a main factor

Thinking i will run h2o2 with just a light base nute mix for a day. Then drain and use hygrozyme, subculture m, and a light nutrient mix again. Thoughts?

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Thinking i will run h2o2 with just a light base nute mix for a day. Then drain and use hygrozyme, subculture m, and a light nutrient mix again. Thoughts?

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Hygrozyme , eww. I have a full bottle you can have.

dbkick said:

Hygrozyme , eww. I have a full bottle you can have.

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Whats wrong with hygrozyme?

To tell you the truth I dunno.
I was having pearly white roots and then added hygrozyme to my lineup and my roots then looked just like yours.

Is there issues with using enzymes and beneficial microbes??

I've only done that once myself and yes there were issues.