Root Rot? Or?

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Astro Trig

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Sup fellas. Ima newbie, 4 weeks into my 1st “tomato” grow. My plants seem to be nice and healthy, roots nice white and healthy looking. But as I check my bubble buckets daily for ph etc. I notice brown globs if idk what entangled in the roots. On air tube and air stone. Like you can actually wipe it off. I switch water EVERY WEEK and keep temps at 70 Could this be from Kelp and bytes or like wtf... please HELP thanks guys
 
SmittyB..

SmittyB..

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Astro Trig said:
Thanks bro. Are you familiar with this problem? What can I do to prevent this from happening?
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Root rot stinks like literally smells bad. Hydroguard or the other mentioned above should keep from happening. Any chance water sits stagnant for any amount of time? Slime can occur, I’ve had slime get on my roots and not change a single thing with my grow. I use botanicare pure blend pro grow and bloom with hydroguard
 
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oill

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Astro Trig said:
Sup fellas. Ima newbie, 4 weeks into my 1st “tomato” grow. My plants seem to be nice and healthy, roots nice white and healthy looking. But as I check my bubble buckets daily for ph etc. I notice brown globs if idk what entangled in the roots. On air tube and air stone. Like you can actually wipe it off. I switch water EVERY WEEK and keep temps at 70 Could this be from Kelp and bytes or like wtf... please HELP thanks guys
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You need to decide if you are going to have a microbe free or an organically driven system.

I would advise microbe free and this involved hydroguard or hydrogen peroxide.
 
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GarrettsGrowTent

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This is just my opinion based off of a shit ton of research I've done while doing my 1st time DWC setup. I had roots that were starting to brown like yours, and I turned it around and now they're going insane and frosty snow white. They have fine fibers on them almost like the hair on a tarantulas leg lol. I would NOT recommend using hydrogen peroxide. Instead I would supplement a mix of two products. 1) Orca Mycorrhizae. 2) "Garden Friendly Fungicide" by Southern Ag. The first is a mix of like 14 different beneficial bacterias and fungi. The second is an incredibly concentrated (4000x stronger than Orca for this specific strain) single strain of bacillus amyloliquifaciens. What this combo will do is outcompete bad fungi/bacteria while working in tandem with your roots to uptake nutrients. This method also cured my reservoir of mold and scum. I even had mold on my hydroton rocks around the base of the plant and this stuff made it disappear. It's now immaculate at all times. If you want to go even stronger in the bacterial realm you can look up AACT teas, or "heisenburg tea". This is just my opinion and experience, but hydro majorly benefits from having a good colony of beneficial bacterias and fungis. No disrespect to anyone who goes the H2o2 method or sterile, but don't buy into believing sterile is the only way. As a side note, be VERY sure no light is getting into your reservoir. AT ALL!
 
Wastei

Wastei

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I would save your money and go the sterile route with Chlorine. It's been a proven sterilizing agent for over 100 years. Been using it myself for well over 10 years. 1-3ppm is good for DWC. Dosage depends on plant size, water temp and aeration.

I just add a few drops of unscented Clorox bleach in each bucket maybe every 4th day. I hate brown algae stained roots.
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DWC bitches. Cheers!
 
Hollatchaboy

Hollatchaboy

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oill said:
You need to decide if you are going to have a microbe free or an organically driven system.

I would advise microbe free and this involved hydroguard or hydrogen peroxide.
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You need to decide if you wanna run sterile, or beneficial microbial. The former is h2o2 or pool shock, the latter use hydroguard. There's other beneficial formulas but I use hydroguard and I can speak of its effectiveness, at least in my situation.



hydroguard, the latter is h2o2 or pool shock
 
Hollatchaboy

Hollatchaboy

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GarrettsGrowTent said:
This is just my opinion based off of a shit ton of research I've done while doing my 1st time DWC setup. I had roots that were starting to brown like yours, and I turned it around and now they're going insane and frosty snow white. They have fine fibers on them almost like the hair on a tarantulas leg lol. I would NOT recommend using hydrogen peroxide. Instead I would supplement a mix of two products. 1) Orca Mycorrhizae. 2) "Garden Friendly Fungicide" by Southern Ag. The first is a mix of like 14 different beneficial bacterias and fungi. The second is an incredibly concentrated (4000x stronger than Orca for this specific strain) single strain of bacillus amyloliquifaciens. What this combo will do is outcompete bad fungi/bacteria while working in tandem with your roots to uptake nutrients. This method also cured my reservoir of mold and scum. I even had mold on my hydroton rocks around the base of the plant and this stuff made it disappear. It's now immaculate at all times. If you want to go even stronger in the bacterial realm you can look up AACT teas, or "heisenburg tea". This is just my opinion and experience, but hydro majorly benefits from having a good colony of beneficial bacterias and fungis. No disrespect to anyone who goes the H2o2 method or sterile, but don't buy into believing sterile is the only way. As a side note, be VERY sure no light is getting into your reservoir. AT ALL!
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Sterile is by no means the only way, is only a way that has worked for many. When done correctly h2o2 has the added benefit of converting to oxygen, adding more d.o. to the res. I wouldn't say it's the best way of growing but if all else fails..... also pool shock works well when done correctly. Beneficial Microbes don't always work especially if you catch the rot too late. Personally I would start with bennies and if that doesn't work, switch to sterile.
 
Wastei

Wastei

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Hollatchaboy said:
Sterile is by no means the only way, is only a way that has worked for many. When done correctly h2o2 has the added benefit of converting to oxygen, adding more d.o. to the res. I wouldn't say it's the best way of growing but if all else fails..... also pool shock works well when done correctly. Beneficial Microbes don't always work especially if you catch the rot too late. Personally I would start with bennies and if that doesn't work, switch to sterile.
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I would not suggest running beneficials without a chiller. It's a recipe for problems. It's only a matter of when you will get root rot without a chiller running beneficials in DWC.
 
Hollatchaboy

Hollatchaboy

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Wastei said:
I would not suggest running beneficials without a chiller. It's a recipe for problems. It's only a matter of time when you get root rot without a chiller running beneficials in DWC.
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I did it. Temps mostly around 73. Used hydroguard and it worked like a charm.
 
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