Funky smell coming from my reservoir??

bklynvic · Dec 27, 2008

Is this normal? Maybe just the nutes? I'm NOT using organic...actually House and Garden A+B Aqua flakes. Could also be the water pump maybe? or mold...I dont know. Also here are some pics. The ones in the drip rings are all g13 haze and are all about a month old.(too small??) The two bigger ones are g13 haze(biggest) AND red diesel (Smaller) from a previous attemp at growing. Do the ones in the rings look over nuted.
The single in soil is Durban Poison. :wall:

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bklynvic · Dec 27, 2008

Attachment above are bogus

jasholeo · Dec 27, 2008

what temp is your res at? is your air stone working?

joejoe4444 · Dec 27, 2008

sorry to seem your grow like that dude, ,,

1 of my plants have started to do that tho just on the tips so far ,, will be keeping an eye out,,, thnks

bklynvic · Dec 27, 2008

res temp is 70 degrees or slightly lower...res is not under any lights or even in the room

autotek500 · Dec 27, 2008

What are the n-p-k ratios of your nutes???? and describe the funky smell....also are you using the recommended mixing ratios for your nutes????

bklynvic · Dec 27, 2008

npk is Aqua flakes (A)4-0-1 Aqua flakes (B)2-3-7 . Yes I am feeding them the recommended mixing ratio. The smell is musty/moldy like stail water. Thing is I've done everthing to ensure no mold. Last time I had that problem. Algae had covered my cubes. This time around my cubes are clean. Just the smell in the reservoir. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP. At this point I think the best thing to do is to flush out for a few days with really weak nutes and put some fungicide/Algicide in the hydroton to kill any shit. Then resume w/ fresh nute res. I dont know...If I'm way off LET ME KNOW. Thanks

oh.....before anyone asks. PH is between 5.8-6.2 Res temp -68-70 Room temp 70-76 3.5 inch rockwool in hydroton. 30 days old. EC 1.0-1.2 Light is 1000w daylight eye hortilux

The two bigger ones in soil are being given fox farm grow big. 2 tbl spoon per gallon....ph is 6.5-6.6 There's this sudden yellowing happening in the center of the leaves. Weird, both plant did that at the same exact time.

bklynvic · Dec 27, 2008

is this white shit on the hydroton normal..what is that?

IceWaterBong87 · Dec 27, 2008

dat looks like mould

autotek500 · Dec 27, 2008

OK...try to keep your ph in your res. as close to 5.8 as possible, the water will have a musty, earthy smell, as long as it is not sour or putrid, you should be ok. change out your res water, cut your nutes back to 1/4/ strength...check your roots and make sure they don't feel slimy....add about 4 tbl spoons of hydrogen peroxide to your res. then 1 tbl spoons per day after to keep algea and root particles cleaned out...also what type of water are you using?????

autotek500 · Dec 27, 2008

Go get a bottle of garden-safe fungicide, about $4.00 at walmart, this will get rid of the mold and white flies and such....

bklynvic · Dec 27, 2008

I'm using RO water...I dont want to check the roots. I will damage any that have grown out of the rockwoolang into the hydroton, right? 4tbl spoons of h2o2 sounds like alot. I only using a 20 gallons in a 25gallon res. All i have is the 3% h202. How much of that should i use for twenty gallons? also i here only to add it in an emergency type situation. Is that what I'm in?

bklynvic · Dec 28, 2008

as far as the fungicide...i have some physan 20...whats the best application, the instructions say not to put them through any irrigation system ie water pump.

LightFusion · Dec 28, 2008

sorry i have been using your res to fart in the last few days. LOL j/k. but i'm kinda worried about my new grow having a similar problem.

tyke1973 · Dec 28, 2008

Iclean mine once aweek i put15 ltr in and it just last 1 week another good idea is clean your pump filter.That collects all kinds of shit and it smells so bad or put a second pump in your reservoirnot pumping water to your plants but to circulate the water in there it works i had same problem but i use vitalink a/b good growing.

bklynvic · Dec 28, 2008

bump

autotek500 · Dec 28, 2008

4 tbl spoons 3% h2o2.....it is not to much I do this every time I change my res water, this is the first ,application then go to 1 tbl spoon per day...........not familiar with physan 20, I have no idea ......and no don't check the roots if they are not hanging out of the cups....

bklynvic · Dec 29, 2008

bump sorry but i'd like to get as much info as possible :wall:

bklynvic · Dec 30, 2008

bklynvic · Dec 30, 2008

cmon help me please!!

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