What is wrong with my roots????
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spencer2121
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Flush them with distilled or r/o water, for about a day. Then bring your ppm to about 500 and ph at 6.0. Should fix it
OgSince03
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First what nutes do you use? How often do you clean your rez? If you dont use organic nutes, you need to take a bucket, fill it with tap water, 20ml of h202/peroxide per gallon. Take your plant and aggitate the roots above the bubbles to get that slime off. Your rez temps are mostly to blame, along with the concetration of nutes you added to the rez. Again, if you dont use Organic nutes, then you can add h202 to the rez. 10ml per gallon is safe untill she starts to sprout new roots. Change your water once a week, and sanitize EVERYTHING with diluted bleach. Let us know..
im using a 3 part flora along with florablend and rapid start. i do clean weekly but this came outta nowhere. I did add some h202 today so hope it helps. Would light be to blame??? because i did notice my containers arnt 100 light blocking
wow i dont really wanna cut the roots off, they just hit there growth spirt. my water temp dont pass 74 i have digital meters hooked up on wall for tds, ph and temp
phillipchristian
New Member
An airstone in your reservoir will help.
OgSince03
Active Member
Yea I agree an airstone will help. Give it another day or so, you'll see some new growth. Those roots will most likely die, they look kind of bad. Try to keep your temps at about 68. When you get in the 70's and 80's you start developiing issues without other helpful addatives. Bennies are great for dwc, in helping to prevent unwanted issues. Light will def have an impact on slime and root rot production, but if you keep a clean rez and low temps, root rot dont stand a chance it seems.
i have 2 6" air stones
as i type i am filling a new container that has been triple cleaned. would it be a good idea to run it for a day for a flush or redo my last mix
phillipchristian
New Member
Your roots are healthy. What you see there is slime (algae) build up. I can see it in the first picture around your reservoir. To eliminate it you need to keep your reservoir colder (62-66) and you should probably be adding a small amount of hydrogen peroxide (5mL per gallon) or hygrozyme.
hydrosoil78
Active Member
I think I heard about that somewhere they call it snot
OgSince03
Active Member
If your using dwc, hygrozyme works well for rez with high temps. Bennies are good too, you should look into how to brew them. Most ppl say 5 ml of h202, but i always use 10 and have no issues. If im cleaning the roots, I use a stronger solution of h202. Im glad everything is looking better my friend.
Thanks. This is the only setup that had that issue. I keep hearing bennies....what is this?? Back on track now my AK47's are nice and healthy again.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
bennies = "beneficial microorganisms" cn
Thank you have heard that a few times and was wondering.
OgSince03
Active Member
Yea its pretty simple and inexpensive.
https://www.rollitup.org/dwc-bubbleponics/361430-dwc-root-slime-cure-aka.html
is the link. I hope you give it a try, their great for DWC.
https://www.rollitup.org/dwc-bubbleponics/361430-dwc-root-slime-cure-aka.html
is the link. I hope you give it a try, their great for DWC.