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I am using tap water, so I shouldn’t add any h202?So this is where opinions take over.
If this were me, I would start by a full water change. If you are using tap water, it already has chlorine or similar in it. If RO water, then I would add 10ml 3% H2O2 to the res water per gallon, no nutes just PH'ed and let it run for 1 day. Take a close look tomorrow and post pics. The expectation would be to do it again tomorrow, but this time add the nutes back in. You may end up dropping H2O2 as well depending on what you see.
Peroxide does damage the roots as well so you don't want to over do it.
If it looks improved tomorrow, add the peroxide treatment to your normally scheduled water changes until you harvest. I find these helpful when running sterile:
I agree, my recommendation is to do nothing.Looks like mycorrhizae to me which is a beneficial fungus. If your grow was suffering I'd guess maybe not but everything else looks great.
Peroxide or pool cleaner also kills good bacteria.Just another opinion, lol.
you have a substantial amount of slime there, to do nothing would be a mistake imho.
cover in garbage bag , and rinse that crap off the best you can. Stop the suffocation.
Then do peroxide or pool cleaner .
or non chlorinated water with double doses of guard and don’t forget to do your pot too.
Enjoy
There isn’t any slime that I can see. I am a bit nervous to stress my plant with h202 and stunt it as it’s in the bulking phase so I’m going to wait and see how it continues to grow and watch for any slime or deficiencies like a hawk for now. I’ll try and top off with cold water daily as well and see if that helps.Peroxide or pool cleaner also kills good bacteria.
@JDC nailed it, mycorrhizae.
How did mycorrhizae get in the res? Did you put it there? It's not the kind of thing that floats around in air looking for a RDC to live in.I’ve gotten more people (in other forum places) saying they think it’s mycorrhizae as well and I’d hate to freak my plant out at this stage by drastically changing her environment
Don’t know it’s name , I just call it slime .I’ve gotten more people (in other forum places) saying they think it’s mycorrhizae as well and I’d hate to freak my plant out at this stage by drastically changing her environment
Hmm that doesn’t look like the white stuff I see. I think that is a good point to make. I’m still confused about how much 3% h202 I should add to my reservoir. I do not have RO water, and I’ve only ever grown with tap water that I do not wait to dechlorinate. I grow one to two plants a year.How did mycorrhizae get in the res? Did you put it there? It's not the kind of thing that floats around in air looking for a RDC to live in.
If you are taking tap water direct into the bucket, that is a harsh environment to start in anyhow. The stuff they put in municipal water is designed to kill any microscopic life.
I agree you could do nothing and finish the grow, but next time you will need a plan to prevent root issues.
This is where the internet can actually hurt you - you are getting into the area of opinions and you really don't know who to believe. Ask yourself this - if using water from the tap and not adding anything but hydroguard (contains no mycorrhizae) - what are the chances you have a colony of them? IMO approaching zero. I still don't see it in your pics either.
This is what a colony looks like
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it’s hard to tell between the root hair fuzz and any white growth (wish I knew what it was and if it was bad or not)So n Thursday I changed the water to get rid of the h2o2 and add back in nutrients and hydroguard and hygrozyme.
Just checked the rez again and I see more white stuff but also my roots are exploding with little hairs which is good right?
How did mycorrhizae get in the res? Did you put it there? It's not the kind of thing that floats around in air looking for a RDC to live in.
If you are taking tap water direct into the bucket, that is a harsh environment to start in anyhow. The stuff they put in municipal water is designed to kill any microscopic life.
I agree you could do nothing and finish the grow, but next time you will need a plan to prevent root issues.
This is where the internet can actually hurt you - you are getting into the area of opinions and you really don't know who to believe. Ask yourself this - if using water from the tap and not adding anything but hydroguard (contains no mycorrhizae) - what are the chances you have a colony of them? IMO approaching zero. I still don't see it in your pics either.
This is what a colony looks like
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I’ve never seen a colony grow on roots that was not put there by the grower but anything is possible.Picture on the right is close up from op latest picture
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Ps: your going to need a better microscope (refrenced in another thread)
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