DWC - All Water Gone +rep

So my mother which has been vegging for over 60 days decided to drink water faster than anticipated and it was bone dry yesterday. The plant looked very damn ill. Roots were a light/darker brown and dried.

Here is a pic: (one on the right)

I filled the bucket up with Ph6.0 water, some h2o2, and some Root66/Thrive-alive.

Anything else I should be doing to help save the dried roots? This morning the plant looks like its coming back.

It will come back. No probs. Don't worry. The colour of your roots is the nutes. Makes them go a little brown. You prob never noticed because you always see it through the water. lol

$50 says that it dies in 2 days, that looks like a bad case of nute lock, nothing is making it up to the stems.
it sux but it happens

supersillybilly said:

he colour of your roots is the nutes.

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i disagree, if your roots are healthy they will be white or cream color, brown or slimy roots are signs that you are having a problem.

They were crystal-white 2 days ago. But the DWC bucket was completely bone dry. Air stone just pushing out air, no bubbles, so it was dry for I dont know how long (<24hours)

I'll go take a pic of it now and you can judge how 12 hours of the roots being back in h2o have helped. Trust me, I'll never let a DWC go dry again LOL.

Honest, no big deal. The plant will be back to normal in a couple of days. And yes, nutes can make your roots go a little brown

I would go with straight ph'd water. You force fed your plant. Now it will need to empty those nutes back into the res. The H202 and thrive alive won't hurt, just no nutes.. I missed that part.

Thanks for all the advice. Glad to hear it can recover.

jesus of Cannabis said:

$50 says that it dies in 2 days, that looks like a bad case of nute lock, nothing is making it up to the stems.
it sux but it happens

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I hope not


Here are pictures after re-filling the bucket and about 16 hours have passed.
<leaves a lil brown tint after the ordeal Used to be bright green/blueshish tint.
< Hope the roots go back to their pearl white color but dunno if they will.

Your plant looks a million times better only after 16hrs. Back to normal in a few days. Best of luck

jesus of Cannabis said:

i disagree, if your roots are healthy they will be white or cream color, brown or slimy roots are signs that you are having a problem.

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....i dont grow dwc...i have, but dont anymore...but i have, and still do read alot of dwc grow journals...and every dwc plant that i have seen, the roots have been a shade of brown...nutes can absolutely stain ur roots....its a proven fact...JOC, i agree that healthy roots are pure white, no doubt...but i never see that in dwc...all i ever see is tan,brown nasty root masses....

ill take u up on that 50$ and i say it lives and prospers to be a lovely bitch

ganjaluva2009 said:

...but i never see that in dwc...all i ever see is tan,brown nasty root masses....

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Yea, I have like 8 DWC buckets going, and one of them stands out from the rest with having nearly-white roots. The plant with nearly-white roots also has almost ZERO cosmetic defects. All leaves are looking green/lush even in week 5 of flowering...Not sure why 1 had much whiter roots than the rest but you can definitely tell that the roots are great when the canopy is flawless. I'll post a pic when I get home of what I'm talking about.

I run 54 buckets, every single one of my roots have a tan tint to them. It is the fertilizers, B vitamins are really dark brown. I also use the AN sensi line and the part A is fairly dark on its own. The roots will stay white for a while until i get the plants adjusted to full strength, once they are at full strength the roots get a brownish/tan tint to them. The plants stay super healthy. It'll bounce back no problems, give it water and let it eat.

jesus of Cannabis said:

i disagree, if your roots are healthy they will be white or cream color, brown or slimy roots are signs that you are having a problem.

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Wrong. I get healthy harvests but I get some brown staining form dark color nutes I use. ( Mostly where the air gap is)

I agree beaverhunt, most of the staining is where the roots are suspended in the air, still even the roots that are in the water don't stay pearl white, they always have a discoloration. Like the color of water stained drywall

fabizpwn said:

I agree beaverhunt, most of the staining is where the roots are suspended in the air, still even the roots that are in the water don't stay pearl white, they always have a discoloration. Like the color of water stained drywall

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Its from nutrients probably additives. I use Floralicious plus in my garden its as dark and thick as 30-W motor oil, also Florablend stains my plants. If I were to use just the 3 part Flora Series by GH I would have super clean roots.

You have nothing to worry about Keep doing what you are doing. I have had a mother drink all her water and she bounced back just dont get too lazy and try and top off daily.

When roots are suspended in air there more likley to stay white from what ive found, its only after they reach the res and are sitting in it that they can and sometimes do stain but it depends on your nutes , the age of the roots whether your using H2o2/nute condioner, the temps of the res all sorts of factors come into play. From what the OP has said has happened to his plants his roots look like they've dried out and turned brown cause thats exactly what happens when this happens exactly like in the pic, might well have a little staining but those roots look brown bread. If you have some mate stick some h202 in the bucket or similar this will break down dead roots quicker and encourage new growth.

H2o2 will bleach your roots and keep them white. I use voodoo juice so there is no need for h2o2. I also use AN's b-52 and that has the same color consistancy as coffee it is super dark.

Also I'm not the one who started the post, I don't have any problems as of right now, just giving my 2 cents from my experience

very true...h2o2 is how i keep my roots white in my bubble cloner and ebbnflow tables....

My bucket always drank the deff out of the water on id say 5-6 times through out the grow, and it was great yeild and quiality, and on the roots all my grows or anybody elses ive ever seen the roots go that colour its the hydro nutes they have colour ionic 1s kinda looks like a piss colour lol which matchs to them yellowy roots lol

jesus of Cannabis said:

i disagree, if your roots are healthy they will be white or cream color, brown or slimy roots are signs that you are having a problem.

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While I agree somewhat, in my case I know its my nutes that are causing browning. I have no slime and no dark browning but as soon as I started adding bloom nutes that darkened the solution, my roots turned brown by the next day when I checked them.