Yellow roots in DWC

Vumar

Vumar

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jensen71 said:
The water level was about an inch above where the bottom of the net pot is, ive lowered tank levels to bet a about where the net pot touches the water. Haven't but H2O2 in to the root zone yet, wont that kill bacteria? Is there a safer dilution % of H2O2 that can be used in lieu of the 29% (diluted from 35%)? I can't use cheap pharmaceutical 3% H2O2? I don't want to burn the roots by accident if the hydro strength of it as a cleaner is so caustic that I need gloves to handle it. Also, will this kill root zone bennies like microbes, bacteria, and fungi? The roots themselves look nice and stringy with mini branches but some have dirt/pellet clods stuck to them. Not sure what it could be, but before I go down the peroxide path, just want to make sure I'm using the right strength for the right purpose. No aquarium smell that I can tell of. Just smells like nutes.
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Yes Any h202 will kill any beneficial bacteria/fungi in your res. Don't nuke it if you don't think you need to.
 
Northofimjin

Northofimjin

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Vumar said:
Your tin foil doesn't reflect light but rather re-directs it. This re-directed light turns into heat spots on plants xD
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I've never had a problem with it. But I'm not using it to reflect light. I'm using it to puddle the nutrient solution into before it flows into the cubes. If you increase the surface area of the water that comes into contact with the surround air it picks up more oxygen and helps to raise my DO content in the water. I've never had a problem with it burning leaves. The canopy grows up so fast it's far from the foil anyway.
 
Vumar

Vumar

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Northofimjin said:
I've never had a problem with it. But I'm not using it to reflect light. I'm using it to puddle the nutrient solution into before it flows into the cubes. If you increase the surface area of the water that comes into contact with the surround air it picks up more oxygen and helps to raise my DO content in the water. I've never had a problem with it burning leaves. The canopy grows up so fast it's far from the foil anyway.
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Just telling you what I know :leaf: It affects seedlings and clones a lot more obviously.
 
Northofimjin

Northofimjin

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Vumar said:
Just telling you what I know :leaf: It affects seedlings and clones a lot more obviously.
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Yeah, I would think so. They don't yet have the root structure to draw a lot of water for transportation. So it could do damage. But with taller plants it works great to bend into a little eddy and direct your water flow into. And let it run off onto the cube. My plants perk up quick doing that.
 
Northofimjin

Northofimjin

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It helps me as well to make sure the nutrient solution is flowing across the entire surface of the cube. I've found it also helps to increase DO levels. Just to throw that out there...
 
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