can anyone tell me what's wrong with my girls ?

Do my girls have root rot and what's wr ong with my girls .I'll put up pics

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What's your reservoir temp?

What's your reservoir temp?

At times it gets high around 75° f

Looks like you got the rot my friend...

The only picture I could really tell from is the 2nd. It might just be lighting or camera angle or whatever, but it looks like it starting from the top of your roots moving its way down.

The main reasons in the past that my girls have developed root rot is from one of these problems...

1. Res. temps. too high
2. Light leaks getting into buckets
3. PH not being kept in balance

These would be the main things to look for first, if all of these aren't kept in check its only a matter of time before it all goes to hell...

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Check out my thread the link is above, iv been having similar problems because of high temps but all sorted now. Maybe it can help:wave:

Looks like you got the rot my friend...

The only picture I could really tell from is the 2nd. It might just be lighting or camera angle or whatever, but it looks like it starting from the top of your roots moving its way down.

The main reasons in the past that my girls have developed root rot is from one of these problems...

1. Res. temps. too high
2. Light leaks getting into buckets
3. PH not being kept in balance

These would be the main things to look for first, if all of these aren't kept in check its only a matter of time before it all goes to hell...

I have been dealing with res temp for about a week or less and I caught myself not really checking my ph level everyday but I have been doing it lately and I seen new white root growth . Is there anything else I can do to help them out ? This is my first week of flowering stage any advice is welcome also...

Use Heisenbergs Beneficial tea ASAP
DWC Root Slime Cure aka How to Breed Beneficial Microbes

Like some other people have pointed out, adding a beneficial tea can make all the difference. Get the res temps under control, add a tea and wait. If you are seeing new white roots develop that is a great sign.

Once you have started to get everything under control don't take it for granted. Especially since you are in flower, this stage puts the plant under the most stress. It's happened to me several times where the roots were perfect all the way up until a couple of weeks into flower then.. BAMM!.. 1 week later they are blacker than charcoal.

Not trying to discourage you are anything, it is definitely possible to pull out of it. But stay on top of it or your entire crop will suffer. But it looks like you are taking control just in time.

Best of luck and if you need more help PM me.

Like some other people have pointed out, adding a beneficial tea can make all the difference. Get the res temps under control, add a tea and wait. If you are seeing new white roots develop that is a great sign.

Once you have started to get everything under control don't take it for granted. Especially since you are in flower, this stage puts the plant under the most stress. It's happened to me several times where the roots were perfect all the way up until a couple of weeks into flower then.. BAMM!.. 1 week later they are blacker than charcoal.

Not trying to discourage you are anything, it is definitely possible to pull out of it. But stay on top of it or your entire crop will suffer. But it looks like you are taking control just in time.

Best of luck and if you need more help PM me.

Yeah imma stay on top of it till harvest time . Thanks for the advice and help... And if anything I'll hit u up .thanks again

Edited by STONEDxMEXICAN, 12 August 2012 - 07:46 AM.

If I were growing in water as my medium I'd :-

* use pythoff throughout the whole grow
* aim to keep reservoir temps <70
* add more air

Res temp should be chilly. 68. Compress some cold air from your air conditioner and shoot it into the lid of the res so its blowing cold air into inside of the res. Or dont be a cheap ass like me and buy a chiller? is your res insulated? mine is wrapped in fiberglass insulation then covered with black plastic on top of that. sometimes im afraid the roots are gonna freeze.

Another added benefit of a cold root zone...Plants can tolerate more heat (and light) up top because the water they are transpiring is cooler. MMMM....them roots love some chill..some dark and some bubblin

Another added benefit of a cold root zone...Plants can tolerate more heat (and light) up top because the water they are transpiring is cooler. MMMM....them roots love some chill..some dark and some bubblin

What are other things I can use to insulate my res?

how do you guys keep your res temps cool? do i need to buy a cooler?
any links or ideas for a cheap one?

how do you guys keep your res temps cool? do i need to buy a cooler?
any links or ideas for a cheap one?

I use frozen water bottles for now

I use frozen water bottles for now

yea i was thinking to just do that

Looks like it's drowning out there.as would i. i'm curious to know if you're feeding it, though.

Looks like it's drowning out there.as would i. i'm curious to know if you're feeding it, though.

Feeding at 800 Ppm I tried higher but they didn't like it much

yea i was thinking to just do that

That's the way to go for now

I was having the same problem and am gonna try something a little out of the ordinary to chill my rez. Not sure what you are using for a rez but I am using bubble buckets and I have been trying for weeks to think of another alternative since I am not home much of the day and cannot afford a new chiller. The solution I came up with is I will use a 5 gal bucket for my chiller rez with ice and water in it, and I am going to coil each of my buckets with about 50' of 5/16" vinyl tubing, which will cost about $10 for each bucket. I will then connect the tubing to a small submersible pump and pump the ice water continuosly, adding ice as needed. Finally, I am going to wrap the buckets with thin insulation(the silver bubblewrap looking stuff. In theory, it should work. I've seen many other DIY chillers, but I don't like the idea of my nutes being in contact with a coil. Maybe this kind of setup would be worth a try for you.