White flakes in water ??

Just started to flower using dwc and I've put the technaflowera nutes in my system. Are the new flowering nutes the white small flakes ??

lol huh??? some pics ?? do u mean technaflora?? ....no white flakes are not nutes?!!?!!??! lol

yeah technaflora... Almost looks like flakes of dead skin.. I thought it might be from the flowering nutes, like awesome blossom, etc... ??? Plant is thriving anyway.

if its flaky thats fine it can dry out a bit ...but white flakes lol idk man never seen that...ive used technaflora as well....with great results i might add

Ok i have seen this its not a good sign, dum everything and clean out your bucket and start over, to stop this
start using aquashield at 4ml per gal. Add every three days. Its super cheap and will keep the bad bactiria in
check.

uh oh...doesnt sound good....ive never seen such a thing but sounds like a salt build up??? this guy has 9000 posts he sounds like he nos his shit lol

Not salt build up its from bactiria, whats your water temp and what nutes/additives are you using?

kermit2692 said:

uh oh...doesnt sound good....ive never seen such a thing but sounds like a salt build up??? this guy has 9000 posts he sounds like he nos his shit lol

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yes hr knows his shit

Agree, dump everything. Be meticulous in cleaning all your gear. Soak it in bleach even. Clean your grow area with bleach too.

Pay particular attention to your pump and all the little nooks and crevices in your bucket & res.

Throw out your hoses and air stones, get new ones.

Good luck.

bacteria would be slimy as it is alive, salt build up is dry and flaky and probably has some lime to it as well, check your water as thats the most common source of buildup, may need to use filtered water or get a water softener in your system somehow.

I've seen white flakes caused by using hard water....especially if you are using pumps. Just my opinion. I've had this when pumps were no sterilized thoroughly.

Darwin Riddle said:

I've seen white flakes caused by using hard water....especially in and around pumps.

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chemical buildup, salt, lime, calcium...etc.etc

or mixed in the wrong order causing precipitation???

Well hes in dwc so theres no pumps just air stones, these small white flakes will continue to get bigger and bigger till
its a blob. Yes there is a chance its calcium but my moneys not on that

I use pumps, in DWC, to keep the water circulated.

Is your dwc connected to a sub res!

It's probally salt build up. Roots are HUGE and WHITE though. What can I do for this salt build up ????

Also water out of the faucet I use is around a ppm of 140.

AND IS THIS A BIG DEAL ??

Bump ??????????????

Salt buildup or DANDRUFF lol

Do you have dandruff? Run your fingers through your hair and massage your scalp. Do flakes come falling down?