Root issues

Hello all,

I am having some issues with my roots and hope that someone can chime in and give their expert advice, because as of right now I am not sure what the problem is...

What's going on is, I recently picked up some clones that were in Rockwool, once I got them home I removed the rockwool trying my best to not damage or lose as little roots as possible. Well I believe that went pretty well, but my problem is not that I've transported my clones into the aeroponic veg unit, the roots have some "clumps" of brown areas around them. I would remove the plants and can just wash these clumps off. I am not sure if this is nutrient burn? Too Much watering? Root rot? Or if it's just some left over rockwool that was hard to remove.

The water in my res. is currently set to 5.8-6.3 pH and using CalMax nutrients, the ppm is between 600-700.

I am not sure what's wrong and will try to get pictures later. Can anyone chime in and give me any advice?

Thanks in advance,

MrConfident

Are you running and peroxide in your water?

I personally just started running a small amount of bleach, and am having good root growth, healthy and white, no fish bones yet but I hope with my new timer I will.

What water cycle are you running? constant, if so this could be your problem, Is the water aerated?

Let us know JR

No I am not running any peroxide in the water...should I?

What is the purpose of running the peroxide?

The water is not on constantly it is on a cycle of 5 minutes off 1 minute on.

From what it looks like, it seems that the nutrient builds up on the roots. Is this normal? If I were to pick the lil pots up and take them over to the sink, I can wash the black/brown stuff off, the actual roots themselves are white, and look great....

Any ideas?

Anyone...?

the peroxide is going to help oxidize any bacteria that may find its way into your reservoir, and i think it also works as a cleaning agent(?), in soil, it helps get oxygen to the roots because of an oxygen molecule that is unstable that will break off and become a free radical in the soil(?). never used it though, so don't quote me on it!