Not sure if you were talking to the other person but I have FoxFarm and Hygroben.That new growth is looking good. What nutes you running? Does it have cal mag?
I still liked your post lol :) it looks nice.Aaaaand after actually reading everything i realize im an idiot, youre asking about hydro not soilsorry if i confused you at all lol
I would say you have some slime of sorts suffocating your roots.
As you can see from my posts I run live , so I would massage and wash that chit off.
And then use a bacteria to fight it.
Pouring my bacteria through my net pot.
Same would apply if you choose kill instead, I would then add my , bleach, pool shock, h202 into water and then apply as to not overdo .
Like mix your nutes and kill in your pail then switch pail.
Dip a Dixie cup in mixed up pail and pour a couple through the pot to help kill.
Were as I could dip my cup then add Hygroben in a much stronger solution pouring through my cup without harm.
Hope that’s not confusing.
Enjoy
imho I don’t find slime or this issue on my buckets .It feels like the problem has got worse. I have been using Hygroben but this morning I checked and there was a lot more brown slime on the roots. It may be the bucket needs to be cleaned out completely.
I got some Hydrogen Peroxide 3%. I put in a cup (big measuring cup) 100mL and then added 200mL water. I dunked the roots as much as I could in this solution and got rid of much of the rot as possible. Hard to do without taking it completely out which I rather not do. I massaged with my fingers but roots tend to come off and I just really hate fumbling around with the roots.
I ran some through the pot as well to try and get at that base.
I will have to update in a few days to see what it looks like compared to the photo below. Apologies for the crap on the counter. I had to bring it to my bathroom.
40 gallons. I chill my totes to 68-69 I think it is.How big is your system? What temp is your res? More importantly @Smokey0418 what ratios would you administer your kill formula of shock (also what ingredients in the shock you prefer, hypochlorite or trichlor) bleach and h202?
I suggest you follow his suggestion on killing the slime and stop playing with it. Then use the bacteria to prevent rather than combat. That's what I would do.
I would like to know more about the foxfarm.I keep the temps around 71-73 F. Although currently they are 77 because I just changed the water. The system is 5 Gallon DWC.
I spent the morning cleaning everything. I bought another 5 gallon bucket. Filled it with water. Ran the rest of my H202 through the pot. Cleaned the roots as best as possible. I pruned away a small portion of the roots that just have not seem to improved at all.
I cleaned the DWC bucket. Added new water, new Hygroben and FoxFarm.
Hygroben - 10mL Total
FoxFarm for Veg Growth - 48mL Total
I will have to keep an eye on it.
The last Pic was from before I cleaned. I will post an update later in the weekend to see how it looks.I would like to know more about the foxfarm.
I can only assume, Ammonia based and nothing organic period?
The Hygroben , it’s min 3.8ml per gallon and that’s if you control your temps .
If you’re not chilling I would recommend the higher end.
If you just cleaned yesterday and dosed at 50%.
And that’s what your roots look like.
I see Hygroben working on those pure white ends , fighting whatever is growing overnight.
What could be growing that rapidly, yesterday it was clean.
Umm back to the fertilizer.
What’s that stuff.
Yes, I have been using Hydroguard and advanced nutrients for fertilizer. It has been working well.HydroGuard will help with the warmer water temps.
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