Hey what is this stuff? I over water a plant a while back and u noticed this stuff on the coco coir. Now I'm seeing it on my clay pellets around my dwc. I don't see it on any plants or buds though. Can it be treated? With what ? And is there any chance of this shit getting in my bud?
White powder mold?
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billy4479
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PCC stands for Precipitated Calcium Carbonate—also known as purified, refined or synthetic calcium carbonate. It has the same chemical formula as other types of calcium carbonate, such as limestone, marble and chalk: CaCO[SUB]3[/SUB]. The calcium, carbon and oxygen atoms can arrange themselves in three different ways, to form three different calcium carbonate minerals. The most common arrangement for both precipitated and ground calcium carbonates is the hexagonal form known as calcite. A number of different calcite crystal forms are possible: scalenohedral, rhombohedral and prismatic. Less common is aragonite, which has a discrete or clustered needle orthorhombic crystal structure. Rare and generally unstable is the vaterite calcium carbonate mineral. ..................................................................................... This is also called salt build up basically you are add more cal than can be dissolved in water or you already have more calcium in you water than can be dissolved so when the water evaporates you are left with a build up on your coco , hydroton . usually this does not cause a problem but you might want to cut back on cal mag like products and possible move to a Hard water formula fertilizer if the problem gets worse .. hope that helps billy