I would personally never use organics in dwc, makes the system a lot more complex then it needs to be. Stick with a synthetic nutrient solution such as AN or GH nutrients.. or any hydroponic based lineup plus the tea. Shouldnt do any harm once u get everything going.
Bcuzz can trigger and exasperate a slime problem, however it can be used once disease is totally gone and the roots are robust again, with caution and along side tea treatments. A properly treated res can handle some light organics, but full on organic additives will probably cause slime. I am not familiar with your nute line. You will want to avoid an enzyme product, a sterilizing product, and anything organic. You may need to switch at least until you get things under control.
My cup is wedged onto the pump, but if I had to I would use a spot of hot glue while things are dry. I keep the stem no more than 3 inches in the water and no less than one. Replicator is thin so it will easily wash off and it has no hormones, so it is basically useless in that setup. Thicker gels take longer to rinse away, so they do transfer some of their hormones and speed up rooting. Nothing wrong with using them.Heisenberg,
I have been using your tea for a week now, and things are starting to look very promising, root growth is taking off
I'm thinking of adopting your cloning method on page 69, but had a few questions. First, how do you get the cup to stay above the water pump without flying off? Next, how high do you keep the water level relative to the stem of the cutting? And finally, you say you just use the tea, no other rooting agents with 100% success rate (which is amazing). Do you recommend against dipping the cut in some replicator, or olivias, or could it help?
Thanks!
The tea works great as a preventative and should do well in your system. GL.
Yea you'll be fine to use that but use a little molasses too.
Root rot and slime are different but the tea cures both. However, in the case of root rot you must also correct the conditions which caused it, which is normally low oxygen in the root zone.
I use the small side, 1 scoop per gallon. I am not aware of any situation where bennies would make a plant worse, as long as proper res maintenance is observed.
Any unsulphured molasses will do. Sulfur discourages fungus growth.
No nutrient line should kill bennies, just don't add any sterilizing agents. Organic products with hormones and vitamins often aggravate slime, but can probably be used once microbe colonies are established. I regret to inform you though, AN microbe products tend to make slime problems worse. This happens if you add them directly to the res. You may be able to use them in a tea brew and be okay. No one I know has taken the chance. Voodoo juice is okay, although the price is about 10x beyond any justification. Take them back if you can, and get anything else with bacillus, glomus and trichoderma.
Ideally you would remove dying roots by spraying them over the sink. If this isn't possible you can just wait for the bennies to eat them. The new growth will continue and eventually engulf the old mucky areas. The brown spot will stay around for a long time but diminish and become benign. As long as you see new growth you are on track.
however i looked into the products extensively and they do contain alot of what was listed only problem im having is with ancirnt forest. i can find it in the uk. What would you say is a good substitute. Also my roots aint badly affected i would say its a very mild case not sure if that means anything.
