White gel/powder growing on rapid rooter wtf!?
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chemphlegm
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fungus?
Picasso510
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I'm not sure this is my first grow. Im using DWC Top Fed system the build up was on the side of the rapid rooted that barely makes contact with the watering hose. There was no build up on the hose itself just on the rapid rooter and hydrogen rocks. I cleaned everything transplanted the seedling into another rapid rooter (more then likely caused shock to the roots) added clean hydroton rock. Ran the water tube further from the rapid rooted the water just trickles off the hydrogen rocks into the rapid rooted. Then finally covered the rapid rooter with a paper plate in the hopes it was just the light making contact with the rooter that caused this dilemma
StaySticky
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Some sort of fungus would try and scrape most of it out not sure if its gonna help. g/l
WeedFreak78
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Could have been beneficial bacteria bloom. I got something similar when i OD with Hydroguard. Never hurt anything.
Picasso510
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I'm using a 10 gallon tote with 5 gal of ph' d tap water with 2ml of hydrogaurd per gallon of water no nutrients I'm hoping it's not the notorious cyanobacteria I've been reading about
Picasso510
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Damn I was hoping it wasn't. You think using physan 20 and superthrive will be enough to save this seedling or should I just scrap it and start all over?
WeedFreak78
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IDK, honestly. The roots looked nice and white.
If all you're runnnig is h20 and hydroguard, it could be the hydroguard. Like I said I've seen a white, slimy, fungus stuff on my roots before, like that, that went away when I cut back the HG. Any chance of getting a clearer pic? HG should consume any of the extra nutrients and biological matter bacteria can live on, but introducing tap water keeps adding fresh bacteria, so it could be colonizing. The rapid rooters are also inoculated with bennies. What temps are your res's running?
Here's a picture of bacillus amyloliquefaciens, the bacteria in HG, and the article it came from, most of its over my head. Pretty much talks about the good bacteria forming a colony barrier around pathogens. The pic shows it. It's a white slime consistency. It's a good thing.
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00636/full
When you took it out of the rapid rooter, you should have put it straight into the hydtoton, take the rapid rooter out of the equation. It will still be fine, don't mess with the plant anymore, it's too young.
It's your choice, let it ride or go nuclear and either stay sterile or reintroduce new bennies.
