thanks ponky, i was typing at the same time you wereYeah she died from the roots up. Root rot.
Yeah nothing can kill them tardigrades. But I dig those space traveling, ice age surviving, death defying mo-fosTo treat the water you can add hydrogen peroxide. Or beneficial bacteria. To prevent rot.
The nuclear method to sterilize requires the ability to vent a fairly dangerous cloud of fog that smells weird without it being a problem.
You grab some ordinary hydrogen peroxide from the drug store. Put it in a spray bottle. And you spray it all over the tent and all the surfaces. You turn on some fans. Remove the charcoal from the area. Remove all living things from the structure. All plants. All pets. Remove collectibles. And anything you don't want to nuke from the area. The you fire up an ozone machine for like 30 minutes to an hour with fans running. A sterilizing fog will form. Do not let it in your lungs. And when your done have an exhaust fan ready to go that you can turn on without breathing the fog.
You're now going to smell a mix of swimming pool and dentist office. And you can do a wipe down. It's serious sterilizing. Kills everything but tardigrades.
I don't know if root rot can effectively spread in the air enough to contaminate other plants in separate containers, can it??once again thanks Ponky, you've helped me a ton trying to learn this hobby.
i was thinking ozone generator but read that it harms any electronics, i assume that would mean it's not good for exhaust fans also.
my plants should be done with minimal loss, but what i meant to ask was what's the best way to sterilize the grow room when it's empty of plants?
as usual what i type or say isn't what my brain is thinking and it always comes out wrong.
i blame LSD and mushrooms for that as a teenager
Ozone is fine on exhaust fans. I wouldn't have it near a television. But I've done it a bunch. It's fine. More suspicious than anything. It does wreck charcoal filters.once again thanks Ponky, you've helped me a ton trying to learn this hobby.
i was thinking ozone generator but read that it harms any electronics, i assume that would mean it's not good for exhaust fans also.
my plants should be done with minimal loss, but what i meant to ask was what's the best way to sterilize the grow room when it's empty of plants?
as usual what i type or say isn't what my brain is thinking and it always comes out wrong.
i blame LSD and mushrooms for that as a teenager
Yes it can. It's also spread by bugs.I don't know if root rot can effectively spread in the air enough to contaminate other plants in separate containers, can it??
And sorry for your loss
Hm. I had one rot on me in this grow but it was totally my fault. Had the water level too high for too long in hydro. But it didn't spread in the air. I still think that is only possible if the other plants are already susceptible to disease by not being healthy anyway.little update here.
all the girls ended up getting root rot 1 by 1 even though i'm positive only 1 was over watered from the start. i guess i does spread thru the air.
i used botanical disinfectant everywhere so i think i'm good that way.
but of course, another rookie mistake was made.
i had 2 auto's going with the dying photo's under 12/12 as an experiment and put them back in the room with the new grow attempt.
once i realized my mistake i thru them out, but now i'm worried my new girls might be infected.
what should i be on the lookout for for signs of root rot early? and any preventative measures i can do to the new seedlings.
growing in FFOF
Yes I definitely screwed up with the over watering on the 1 plant.Hm. I had one rot on me in this grow but it was totally my fault. Had the water level too high for too long in hydro. But it didn't spread in the air. I still think that is only possible if the other plants are already susceptible to disease by not being healthy anyway.
Not sure how you are getting this normally hydro issue in soil unless you are over watering.
Hopefully a soil grower can help. They might want to know your watering practices. The watering amount might be the best preventative in soil. In hydro I add beneficial bacteria to combat the source of root rot. But I never heard of someone needing it for soil
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