My plants have been under a 400w hps for almost two weeks in 5 gal buckets. I've noticed that the root systems seem to be sticking together and they appear to be slimy. I am concerned that the plants are beginning to develop root rot, but I am unsure what is causing the problem. There are no light leaks, I have 6" airstones aerating the water and water temps are low. I am using Lucas formula, fwiw. I am unsure how this impacts the color of the roots, but they don't appear to be brown though they aren't white either. I am hoping to get recommendations on what product would best fix this problem. I've heard a lot of good things about Hygrozyme. Your Thoughts?
I have the same thing that you have and am using the General Hydroponics, 3-part FloraSeries nutrients. I don't know if it is the nutrients that are dying the roots or if it is root rot, because I am doing everything right and still getting root rot. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Personally I believe in preventitive maintenance these days. I run aquashield at 10 ml a gal with diamond nectar and rhizotonic for good root health. That Rhizotonic by canna actually works well keeping em white and healthy in veg. The house and garden Roots excelurator is straight the shit, I'm taking pretty great results, and fast. However it's important to note airstones seem to help it feed the bad stuff as well, so use in dwc at your own risk. I switch to cannazyme during flowering, and I honestly can't say if that stuff does anything. I don't notice much. So aquashield ,rhizotonic, and diamond nectar have keep me good to go, and I had my share of root issues. On another note once you start to flower your roots will tend to decline after a while and you'll lose the white appearance. The micro dyes them a bit as well. Anyway hope that helps.
Get hygrozyme and you wont regret it. If your growing a BB that is like a guarantee if you don't want root rot.
colder water, more bubbles, fresh nutes and expect it if you are using nitrozyme, molasses or any other organics in your buckets. If u are hygrozyme or add some h202 to minimize waste from digesting microbes...water level is also important. in a small room the air inside the bucket can be hot, if the bubbles are not getting up to the bottom of the netpot, then roots will die, depending on temps, sometimes within minutes. Dead roots within your rootball or in res will further the issue.
On another note once you start to flower your roots will tend to decline after a while and you'll lose the white appearance. The micro dyes them a bit as well. Anyway hope that helps.[/QUOTE] ...this is true. the most important time to monitor your root zone is during the 2nd half of the flowering cycle. i think b/c the additives we use. even if not using anything discoloring or organic, more nutes equals more color.
Dear CareFreeLivin, I was having root-rot issues and I thought that I was doing everything right. Finally, after almost a year of trying to figure things out, I realized, with the help of a friend, that my tap-water had something besides chlorine in it, of which was killing the roots. To get rid of any chlorine, I let buckets of water sit out. Unfortunately, the water was still killing the roots. Finally, I bought some distilled water, from the grocery store, and tried it. And finally, my roots grew happily down into the nutrient solution. It was such a big relief to finally discover what the problem was. I don't know if you have already solved your problem, and/or if the water you are using is o.k. But this was the issue for me. Peace.