[minuteman3282]

Hey guys! My first post I guess! But have grown for some time with only reading threads here.

Please forgive me, but I will post pics the next time I am at the spot, can only go one time a day.

The Run-Down:

Room 6' x 8' with Mylar top to bottom
1000W Agro Air-Cooled light and Ballast 18/6
5 18 Gallon tubs wrapped in reflective tape (4 for grow and 1 for rez)
3" Net Cups (5 sites each tub)
Hydrotron
30-35 gallons of solution total in rez and tubs
120 gph sump pump
2 14" Air Stones in each grow tub
2 7" Air Stones in the rez
1/2" PVC from rez pump to each tub with 8 misters inside tub
1 Commercial size air pump for air stones
12" Oscilating fan
6" Carbon Scrubber
6" CanFan (pulling thru scrubber, light, fan and then outside of room)


Fox Farm Hydro
-Grow Big
-Tiger Bloom
-Big Bloom
-Open Sesame
-Beastie Blooms
-Cha Ching
Hygrozyme
SM90
Liquid Karma
SuperThrive

Recently I have set up a new place, more room. I am into week 3, 2 days short of week 4 of veg and need some advice on what can be mixed and not mixed with my nutes. I'm using Fox Farm hydro nutes in a recirculating bubble/aero set up. I have noticed my roots turning brown and growth seems to be slowing down and lower fan leaves are starting to turn yellow. Looks to be the onset of root rot. I have been watching my temps in the rez and since it is starting to get a bit hot here they are fluxuating from 75-80 F, but room temps are staying around 75-78 F. I know that is way too hot for the rez as it should be 68-72 F. I have been trying to keep up with it by putting 24 frozen bottles in the rez while 24 more are in the freezer and alternating them just before the light turns on. Can't fork out that much money just yet for a chiller, but will as soon as I get a few bucks in my pocket. Hope I can keep them alive for atleast 2 more weeks I can get a chiller "ordered" by then. Then however long it takes to get here. I have never, knock on wood, encountered any type of alge or root rot before at the last place. So I have been checking the roots just as the light turns on and seeing brown roots but no slim or bad smell. When I first noticed the change in color I flushed the system and washed all the roots and even removed any roots that would pull off easily and got them back to a semi-white looking root. The next day I went to my shop and got a few things, Hygrozyme, SM90(that stuff smells pretty good..lol!), and Liquid Karma. As soon as I got back with the new potions I put 2 tbls of Hygrozyme into the rez and no nutes. The PH has bounced up from 5.5 to 6.2 the first day after flushing. Then from 5.5 to 6.0 the second day and then 5.5 to 5.9 the third day. Each reading was done just after the light turns on, 24 hours of each other. On the third day I added 5 tbls of SM90 into the rez. I'm hoping I haven't put too much in there and made things worse. So that's where I am at. I have read that SuperThrive and SM90 or Hygrozyme do not mix well together, can't remember which one it is and can't seem to find where I had read it previously. Also would like to know if it is safe to use Liquid Karma with either of the others or if all three can be used at the same time. Or if there is a time or sequence I should use each one of them. Have read so much info about usage it's gettin confusing.

Whew!!! Now that's a first post I think?!? LOL!!!

Well anyway I think I know the answer to this, but it never hurts to ask. Even if I do have a lost cause with this issue, do you think I can either do one of three things:

1- Cut all the roots back to the net cup and maybe trim away some of the larger fan leaves. Cross my fingers and hope they will re-root and add a chiller asap.

2- Take some clones and hope they root in the cloner.

3- Just start over with a chiller whenever it gets here.

Oh, by the way I am trying something I read previously about the glue on the reflective tape causing the PH to raise. So I have trimmed away any reflective tape from the underside of the tub lids where the net cups are inserted. Hope that will lead somewhere. Will let you know after a couple of readings in a few days.

Ok I think I may have covered all the bases as far as info goes, but if not just let me know or ask. I will try to fill in all the blanks if there are any.

Room Humidity is 30%

Thanks for looking and the help.