Ethos Banana Hammock comparative(exodus thread)

Smokexbreak

Smokexbreak

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3rd Monkey said:
If you have brown on your roots, smell it. Rot will smell. If it's slimy, it could be whatever bacteria you're running, but shouldn't smell bad. Usually you'll get rot at a lower ph or higher temp.
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What do you do to prevent or deal with root rot besides besides hydroguard?
 
Moabfighter

Moabfighter

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Smokexbreak said:
Yeah lol that was kinda my thoughts. But after thinking about it..... well yeah I already know better. Anyways. So 5.8-6.0 I’m good? our should I stabilize it at 5.8-5.9
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I could be doing it wrong, but my swing catches the 6.1, what calcium? Maybe mag? But I try to have mine sitting under 6. Sometimes I’ll accidentally drop to 5.4, 5.5 but it catches up.
 
3rd Monkey

3rd Monkey

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Smokexbreak said:
What do you do to prevent or deal with root rot besides besides hydroguard?
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I don't use hydroguard. I use compost tea, all I've ever used.

Makes it much more resilient to ph/temp/ppm swings, coats your roots to prevent drought and rot, makes nutrient absorption much easier etc.

Keep your res temps high 60s, make sure there are no light leaks (that will usually just give you algae which isn't harmful, but a pain in the ass just the same), swap and sterilize your bucket if you get any bad smells immediately and peroxide rinse the roots and/or cut any rot off if it happens, keep your grow area sterile as you can so you don't bring in spores... Thats about all you can do really.
 
Moabfighter

Moabfighter

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3rd Monkey said:
I don't use hydroguard. I use compost tea, all I've ever used.

Makes it much more resilient to ph/temp/ppm swings, coats your roots to prevent drought and rot, makes nutrient absorption much easier etc.

Keep your res temps high 60s, make sure there are no light leaks (that will usually just give you algae which isn't harmful, but a pain in the ass just the same), swap and sterilize your bucket if you get any bad smells immediately and peroxide rinse the roots and/or cut any rot off if it happens, keep your grow area sterile as you can so you don't bring in spores... Thats about all you can do really.
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I think you told me before sorry but how do I make this compost tea again? I think you said I needed a pre ready worm farm which I don’t have.....
 
iceman2494

iceman2494

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3rd Monkey said:
If your tap isn't bad, you can use it. I use my tap at 80-100ppm.
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I use the distilled since I already have , my tap is 90 ppm and then goes up to 130 after its running a couple days . Should I keep using the tap ? Figured since there’s no ppm in the distilled it’ll keep my res ppm the same when I top off the water .
 
3rd Monkey

3rd Monkey

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Moabfighter said:
I think you told me before sorry but how do I make this compost tea again? I think you said I needed a pre ready worm farm which I don’t have.....
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You can use store bought compost. You don't need worm castings, but they hold more varieties of beneficial bacteria and have nutrition ready to go into the plant.

Just take 2-3 cups of compost, put it in panty hose, fill a bucket with water and add a cup of brown sugar/white sugar/molasses. Mix it up good, put an airstone in there and steep the bag of compost for 24hrs.

When you use it, do a cup to a gallon or 10:1 ratio, whichever is easier.
 
3rd Monkey

3rd Monkey

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iceman2494 said:
I use the distilled since I already have , my tap is 90 ppm and then goes up to 130 after its running a couple days . Should I keep using the tap ? Figured since there’s no ppm in the distilled it’ll keep my res ppm the same when I top off the water .
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City or well water?
 
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