** Bleach solution fed to plants ** uh oh.

[sfzoo]

Farmers,

a bit of an emergency.

Yesterday, I filled a res w/ water and bleach(clorox) to clean it. I had to run before I could finish. So there it sat, no more than 1/2c - probably 1/4c of bleach and 15 gallons of water. PPMs at 160, with 80 of that from the water source.

In a mental lapse, my partner fed most of the plants w/ this solution :mad0233:


-I've searched and found one thread here that shows a mother plant dying from dried bleach residue on the floor which it sat.
-I've also searched other sites and found mentions of bleach being a source of chlorine, a micro nutrient used by plants. So long as the ppms weren't high enough then the plants may be using it as nutrients.
-I also know that clorox more than likely killed off all my bennies/myko.
-I understand that some people run bleach in rezzies to fend off root rot in hydro setups.



So i'd love your thoughts on this. what would you do?

I drenched the soil w/ water and roots organics Oregonism, hoping that it would dilute any bleach in the media and reinnoculate the media as well.


HELLLP:sweating

 

[Chronic Monster]

Hows about those aqua tabs that dissolve chlorine mix it in water then flood the plants ... know what im talking about ? just a thought

 

[Chronic Monster]

something like this..
http://www.connecticutvalleybiological.com/tank-buddies-c-322_331.html

You might want to hit up seamaiden if you try that... I think I was reading her posts when I read about the stuff.. its just a random Idea i got.

the stuff is suppose to remove chlorine from water, but then it probably produces a by product.. im not real familiar with it.



crossing my fingers for you,, hope you can get save them .. good luck :)

 

[budfriend]

flush it like crazy...then flush again...then flush again..then flush again

 

[Snowblind]

At times Ive added straight bleach to my reso. Learned about it from fatman.

Keeps things nice and clean, but kills bennies.


Just do a flush and see what happens. Good Luck. I think your plants will be fine.

 

[ibTheMan]

How do they look today? its not good pratice but most plants can handle up to 10% bleach solution with out die'n. the issue is PH with skyrocket.

 

[squarepusher]

flush it like crazy...then flush again...then flush again..then flush again

this. If you plants die, you will know within several hours

 

[sfzoo]

At times Ive added straight bleach to my reso. Learned about it from fatman.

Keeps things nice and clean, but kills bennies.


Just do a flush and see what happens. Good Luck. I think your plants will be fine.

How do they look today? its not good pratice but most plants can handle up to 10% bleach solution with out die'n. the issue is PH with skyrocket.

this is reassuring. I've also read of people doing it w/ no real harm. except for bennies of course. I will be adding tons in the next week just to be sure.

this. If you plants die, you will know within several hours

also reassuring. when i saw them last, about 10hrs ago, they were fine and that was 6hrs after the initial bleach solution hit the media.

i'll be there in a few minutes so i'll report any changes. fuck me...this sucks. crossing my fingers.








Thanks for the help. anyone else w/ some advice or thoughts?

 

[Seamaiden]

Dechlorinator--keep some on hand. I like sodium thiosulfate because you can get 2lbs for $5 from The Chemistry Store dot come, and then that would be mixed to a 1%-3% solution, where approximately 1tsp will dechlorinate 1-5gals.

No update since yesterday afternoon..... what does it mean???!!!

Otherwise, I would expect that, barring the plant sitting in the chlorinated solution, it should be alright if not a bit shocked, maybe upset.

 

[ganjherbsmoke]

just thought id say i have had two occasions where loads of dirty detergent water has been dumped onto my plants

have grown at two places where the washer feeds into a double sink put my plants in there watering them space out and someone does laundry and shitloads of dirty blue brown water has just unloaded on a couple girls
first time it happened i freaked the fuck out of course
this has happened to two or three plants and i just flushed the shit out of them give em like a gallon of water at least and just flush out any junk that got in there
out of the three that had this happen i never saw one thing ever occur to it, i was ready for the worst but surprisingly there was no effect so hopefully the same goes for u gl man

 

[sfzoo]

Thanks for the tips SM.


As of yesterday they were fine..no signs of stress. So, i'm hoping i'm in the clear.

I'll be seeing them in an hour. I shall report any signs of stress.

 

[Snowblind]

Ive put a full load of DMZ and bleach at the same time in my reso with no bad results. I couldnt believe it in fact. I started to realize that I did understand plant biology very well.