i am on day 21 of my first grow using dwc. this is about 2 weeks since plants been in bubblers. i noticed one of the bigger plants went limp today. i didnt think too much of it because i am switching out that res tonight. then a few hours went by and now the majority of the plants are limp. the humdity got higher the usualy today around 65 percent. i switched out one of the res yesterday but left out nutes. after reading more on nutes i was gonna wait another week. i have a bad feeling i got root rot. i cant keep my res temps below 70. i seen some oange looking growth on one plants roots. my ph went from 6.0 to almost 7.0 in under 24 hours. i adjusted ph still need to test. so heres my questions-also my symbols dont work on this forum for some reason so i cant put question marks do i most likely have root rot will animal hair cause root rot cause humidity problems cause plants to wilt will starting a small amount of nutes then running no nutes cause plants to wilt is orange goo a sign of root rot or what looks like dirt on roots thanks to anyone who can help. i am kinda freaking out. i cant seem to find what i am searching for on net. if you need more info ask me what you need. i will try to get some pics up. i have a grow journal with pics of plants and a lot of info about my grow if you wanna check it out to better understand what i am working with.
H2O2 in the res to kill any root rot would be my guess. You got root snot and have to get it under control.
also the one plant i have solo is showing no ill signs. and i just noticed a curled up leaf with brown spots all over it on one plants.
yeah your probably right. this project was too rushed and too under funded. the worst case senario i am learning stuff hard way. best case i get a couple females to harvest. i think i am gonna scrap 8 plants if they dont show signs of improvement in morning and take the 4 healthiest plants and put in individual 5 gal buckets.
Are you flushing your reservoirs?? Those roots need to be cleaned if they are sitting in water with nutes all the time. IMO hydro sucks
well i didnt flush exactly but i used an extra tote to switch water in res yesterday. i left nutes out. i thought i might have been using nutes too soon. i decided to add the nutes back because from yesterday to today thats all that really changed besides a little high humidity. i am trying to lower res temps by putting frozen 2 liter bottles of water up against tank but that may not work. the temp when i checked earlier was just over 73f now they are just under 72f. i also took some advice from topic page about disease and used a h2o2/ph water dip for a couple of the plants that had some clumps in the roots. i only tried a couple because i am not should how they will react. escpecially since i had not guidelines on how much h2o2 i should mix into water for the dip.
Hydro can work out great for quality,... on a high budget, tbh just get some compost and do it the good old way
well i at this point i am gonna try to make this hydro project work. i plan on going to the hydro shop later to get some hygrozyme. i also raised the water levels back to where they are just touching bottom of net pots. i think i may have lowred the water levels too soon and too much. once i saw roots in water i dropped water levels to about 1/4 inch under net pots. there is so many different opinions on water levels and most way have logic behind why so i just took a chance and raised the water. when i checked plants eariler some look better at a quick glance. hopefully i get my air pump before my problems get too bad. i got a 740gph/20w air pump coming soon.
sorry i dont explain myself well sometimes. i have 2 air pumps for the 30 gal but they are just too small. so i order a 20w pump that will probably triple the air flowe. also i just got back from the hydro shop with the hygrozyme. gonna work on that then i will try to get pics of roots. alot of the plants perked up a little there is still a few drooping.