i got the rot in my rez too on my last grow and didnt realize it till about 24-48 hours after it started and by that time it was too late. i tried h2o2 which seemed to stop the spread of it but the plant never came back from it so i ended up having to flush and harvest way early
im not sure of any treatments that will reverse it though.
I have been working with these plants since I saw the signs of rot. I think I caught them just in time, but we will see over the next few days for sure. My plants only had a few slimy roots and they were cut off immediately, the roots were also turning brown in several areas. What I did was......
Immediately upon noticing the root rot I pulled the plants and started them in H2O2 3% straight, no diluting, for three hours while I disinfected the resivoir and lines, etc... All the Bubblicious started to curl under The rot was noticed on Saturday Evening and the Hydro Shop was closed til Monday otherwise I would have started them Grotek's Super Oxy 35% H202 diluted to about 2-4% the day I noticed it. Sunday the rot was
not noticabely improving so I ran them thru another cycle of H202 3% I left the res alone, but I made sure temps were between 60-65 ( I know it is a little low, but I want it to be to help kill off the bacteria. Monday half of the brown roots were looking better (yellow instead of brown). On Monday, I hit them with Grotek Super Oxy diluted to about 2%...This stuff is no joke, it is the shit compared to regular H2O2!!! I can't stress that enough, If the store bought is 3% (which I doubt it really is), then this stuff is 300%. On Teusday, the rooots still have a few spots of brown, but the roots that were yellow are now pure blonde, but the resevoir smelled musty as hell so I disinfected everything with Grotek Super Oxy again. I soaked the plants in a 5% solution for 2.5 hours while I disinfected, this time I did it all. After 2.5 hours in the solution the plants were starting to curl down and under. Now, 99.9% of the roots are blonde but the plants are in shock from the treatment. I have them in an aerotub with a homemade chiller I just made out of a dorm room fridge. I had the fridge so the chiller only cost $30 to make and it cools the res down 8 degrees on average. I need to hook the power for the fridge up to a thermostat in side of the res so it goes on when it goes above 68. I also need to keep pumping the res water thru the lines in the fridge so it doesn't freeze. I really hope this saves someones plant like it did mine. One of my friends has the rot going in 2 plants,. we are trying stronger solutions since mine lived at much higher strengths than reccommended... I will let u know the outcome.
