That could easily be the problem. If you're going to do Rdwc, you should always (people have had success without, sure)
As @HydroRed suggested I use and had absolute 100% results after 2 sprays, is Monterey Gardens Insect Spray containing Spinosad is the most effective of anything I ever tried. You'll need a pressure sprayer from FIA, CAL Ranch, or other garden farm store.
I've never gone above 600
You better scrub clean every damned millimeter of that system then
before he does that, he needs to get a few cans of insect fumigator/fogger and bomb his room at least twice a few days apart.
for st paddy's day, i'm pickling myself at the moment. my goodness, my guinness !
Nah, just eliminate any possibilities for problems with preventative maintenance now.
He had posted a different thread showing his roots, they weren't brown, just nutrient stained. Based off of those pics of your roots in the different thread you had posted, you didn't have root rot. Looks to me like combined stress of possible bug issues, and a not so uncommon issue with calcium. If I feed too heavy with P boosters, it seems to have an affect on my plant's calcium and/or mag uptake, and especially if I'm using any type of LED lighting. I'd recommend to keep using the hydroguard, or better yet (and cheaper), Great White, even if temps are in line, it always made my roots grow faster and more robust. A million things can throw calcium out of whack, and this is why you see so many calcium deficient plants, even though half the time the calcium is there, but simply not available to the roots. I don't think you're in a pickle at all, there are just a few factors you are still needing to get in line, that's all.
Many thanks Logan. Your post has been reasuaring and constructive. I do think I have jumped into RDWC and not realized what a fine line there is between success an failure. I also think there has been some root rot involved despite the pictures. Feeding to high with my first crop of seedlings invited root rot and it has taken a hold. I have had thrips (I think) but don't think they would have have devastated my grow as much as other factors.He had posted a different thread showing his roots, they weren't brown, just nutrient stained. Based off of those pics of your roots in the different thread you had posted, you didn't have root rot. Looks to me like combined stress of possible bug issues, and a not so uncommon issue with calcium. If I feed too heavy with P boosters, it seems to have an affect on my plant's calcium and/or mag uptake, and especially if I'm using any type of LED lighting. I'd recommend to keep using the hydroguard, or better yet (and cheaper), Great White, even if temps are in line, it always made my roots grow faster and more robust. A million things can throw calcium out of whack, and this is why you see so many calcium deficient plants, even though half the time the calcium is there, but simply not available to the roots. I don't think you're in a pickle at all, there are just a few factors you are still needing to get in line, that's all.
I have had had 9 pints of the black stuff (and no I am not exaggerating I am a Northern Lad) listening to a fiddle in my local. Will be a badly fellow tomorrow especially as I am about to have a fat one before I go to bed.
i was thinking the same thing looking at those first pics...that looks like thrips AND calcium deficiency...too much reddish color and too uniform for just thrip damage, but calcium deficiency never made spots like those on the bottoms of those leaves...He had posted a different thread showing his roots, they weren't brown, just nutrient stained. Based off of those pics of your roots in the different thread you had posted, you didn't have root rot. Looks to me like combined stress of possible bug issues, and a not so uncommon issue with calcium. If I feed too heavy with P boosters, it seems to have an affect on my plant's calcium and/or mag uptake, and especially if I'm using any type of LED lighting. I'd recommend to keep using the hydroguard, or better yet (and cheaper), Great White, even if temps are in line, it always made my roots grow faster and more robust. A million things can throw calcium out of whack, and this is why you see so many calcium deficient plants, even though half the time the calcium is there, but simply not available to the roots. I don't think you're in a pickle at all, there are just a few factors you are still needing to get in line, that's all.
No worries I don't know of a single hydro grower who hasn't had some devestated grows or some epic fails. They just pave your way towards epic successes!
exactly. just don't make the same mistakes twice and you can only improve as a grower.
Thanks for the encouragement RKY.