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I see improvements there, I think you are on the mend and should continue as you are. Nice work.Chiller arrived today and got everything installed at least temporarily. I want to hard plumb into the res but for now, I just have a pump in the res with the return line going back into the res with a towel over everything to block the light. Have a couple of small leaks on the fittings that go into the chiller but hoping they seal themselves up after running in the system for a while. Before the chiller, I've been able to keep temps down under 70 for the most part with ice bottles in the res. Hasn't been 100% but fairly close. Set the chiller to 68F and within minutes of turning it on, had the target temp and holding....super pumped it's working out and hoping perhaps I caught the root rot early enough to stop it before any major actions have to be taken.
Here's a couple of photos, one of the roots. I can see a bit of brown on some of them but they mostly look clean. I read AquaMan's article, thanks for suggesting! I'm ready to do that procedure if you guys think I need to, or maybe a good plan is to wait and see? Not sure but I am super grateful for all the great help guys, thank you!
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Seems like a great appliance, and what a deal for $300 shipped. I couldn’t find that 1/10 HP version for less than about $400. I think that same seller has one more. It was used but in like new shape.Btw that is the same one I have and I can set it to 68 and it will stay there in a 4x8 running hot with CO2 and metal halide. You got plenty of room to grow into that chiller my dude.
Likely yes. Enzymes are like exfoliating the roots.Thanks Moe. I’ll reply more tomorrow as I’m at work right now. I forgot to mention that after reading AquaMan’s article I went ahead and added 1 mL per gallon of some enzymes that I have. Not sure if that helped or not but I imagine it didn’t hurt anything.
I see improvements there, I think you are on the mend and should continue as you are. Nice work.
I would suggest a super charge at this point with orca. What I do is mix up a strong concentration in a 5 gal pail and submerge the whole net pot and swish it around a time or 2. Then dump the rest of the pail in the res. You can do this because you resisted H2O2 so good call.
Will be fine… add enzymes after a water change and top feed once a week with a cup or 2 of nutrient solution. Plants looking good. If water change is taking time just keep a bit of the old res water and place the plant on another empty bucket. Then top feed every 20 -30 min to keep root wet as neededI did the res change as planned and I think things went well but there were some concerns. I pulled the bucket lid with the plant and placed it on another bucket temporarily. I did not put any water in there as I figured it would not take too long, which it did not but I'm not sure if that was a mistake or not. Seemed to go well. Prior to the res change, the roots were a nice pearly white. However, when I put the plant back in the system after I added all the nutrients and what not, the roots turned a brownish tan color almost immediately, which concerned me quite a bit. I felt them and they did not feel slimy at all, just brownish. I called the Advanced Nutrients grower hotline and the guy there said it was normal to have a bit of staining and with the addition of the new chiller, temps have been very steady at 67.6F, so in his opinion it was unlikely that I was seeing root rot. I'm still a bit concerned because I loved that pearly white look.
I took a couple of photos but I need my wife here to help get a good shot of the lower roots, which despite the brownish tint to the upper roots mass, the lower roots below the water line are still nice and white, so it's a bit confusing if I need to worry about this or not. So far, I do not see anything topside that would indicate a problem with the roots but my eye is still untrained and so I am learning.
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Edit- I forgot to add that we lost power last night for 4 hours. Not sure how much damage this did but there does seem to be a bit more brown this morning but I am. not sure of that.
If photos flip asap broAlmost 30 days in the system and she is really taking off! Holy cow, I am stunned.
Anyhow, roots look great, had a hard time taking a photo but will try to get one next time with a little help if I can find it. Been changing the res out every week and she is loving it so far. I'm trying to get things spread out with the net trellis but its way top heavy in the back so trying to get branches weaved and tucked toward the front of the tent. Looks like I will be able to flip very soon, I would say within a week but may be sooner...hoy cow! I want to get branches in every hole of the trellis. Do you guys recommend topping to keep things a bit under control? The tent is full in the back and empty in the front and I want to fill the whole thing so I wondered if I should top some of the growth in the back to slow things down a bit?
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run your veg nutrients until ~14 days into flower, preferably till the end of stretch, then transition to flower. the reason for this is the requirements for N are still really high during stretch, you don't need as much PK until budset has happened and she's ready to start building flowers.Sounds good guys, will flip first thing in the morning at lights off.
So I have a question- I just changed the res yesterday with veg nutrients. Should I let things ride with that and change to the bloom formulas next week at res change or change everything again to bloom?
Thanks for all the great help and encouragement!
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