No its just the hth shock
About to give up completely
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Or should i just add it in anyways. The odd part of this was the mox solution i made to tonight added 0ppm on my meter? In the nute mix rez that is
Would love to but dont have the area for it. Would be a major issue for me to get rid of and a few other things
rkymtnman
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that's hard to say. since you have rot, it's gonna use up a lot of chlorine really quickly. 1ppm a day would be about as safe as you can get. maybe up to 2 or 3ppm ? like i said, unless you can measure your chlorine levels, hard to say precisely
I do have spa tabs lol
myke
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I pulled them back to see the base of the stem itself and its good, then i satuarated frlm the top down with bleach water
myke
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I feel for ya brother. The bleach should have killed. I don’t know the amounts so no help there. All I can think of is these copies you get. They need to be bleached first before you put them into the system. I know that doesn’t help ya now. Sorry.
You should have enough air as it doesn’t take much. You definitely have something in your room that this keeps coming back. The bleach solution should have killed everything. What I can suggest is raise the water level as high as you can go to submerge all the roots. Maybe 30 min then drop again.
I hope they respond.
Wastei
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Do you have any pictures mate? Proper waterlevel is pretty crucial in DWC. When you ran sterile how much chlorine did you actually use? What product, strength and to what volume etc. Chlorine is pretty foolproof if you just stick to recommendations.
Try decreasing aeration to the buckets. You need to have some dry roots at the top. The whole root mass cant be saturated at all times. I think this is the main problem, listening to what everybody says to use as big of a air pump as possible.
People say the more air the better but I strongly disagree on this. You don't need much air to saturate the water with DO, temperature is way more important.
myke
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Good to see you here,Listen to this fella, he'll set ya straight.
Hollatchaboy
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Dwc or rdwc?
It's a learning curve for sure but you will learn. Keep at it trying 1 thing at a time so you can see what difference it makes. Might have to sacrifice plants to experiment so you can get it dialed in. Don't give up! Once dialed in its easy and you really won't need to do much.
Wastei
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Did you build the system yourself or is it store bought? What nutrient line do you use? I'm wondering about washers and sealants?
Back in the day people used polyurethane for aquariums but I don't think anybody would use that today for example.
Something inert and stable in water like typical marine polyurethane sealant as example may not be stable in a mineral saturated solution. Oil and roots don't mix well.
Rubber washers should be avoided and stay away from any sealants other than aquarium safe silicone.
Back in the day people used polyurethane for aquariums but I don't think anybody would use that today for example.
Something inert and stable in water like typical marine polyurethane sealant as example may not be stable in a mineral saturated solution. Oil and roots don't mix well.
Rubber washers should be avoided and stay away from any sealants other than aquarium safe silicone.
My temps always stay between 66 and 67. Water level is an 1-2 inches below net pot and chlorine at 5ppm for bath and 2ppm for upkeep
I bought the 28 pot system from root box hydro. Theres no sealants of any rype or chemicals its all poly and plastic all black as well. Im running floraflex (wich had a massove improvement in a day over the forst line wich was lotus
How big are the roots? If they are decent size the water is too high. Need more air space. Not sure that it will fix them now though root rot is a bitch and the reason that after I started growing more than a couple plants I switched to coco. If your worried about carrying it in your house use expanded blocks. As far as getting rid of it, I now just dump at a friend's house but when I was trying to be discreet id fill black garbage bags and haul off, or make raised b d in the yard by mixing it with manure and compost.
