MaryJane777
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OK so I've been really bummed sitting here watching the (hopefully) gals get seemingly worse & worse as the days go by. Checked my plants this morning & noted Ph up & more of the snot goo on my roots. This sh*t's about to piss me off already!!! <<<<<<<I said to myself Went about my errands & such... got CO2 now & 6 12" airstones over in flower res, GRRRRRR Where was I? Oh yes, got home & checked & the snot blobs was now on all...i repeat ALL...of my plants roots. I took immediate action by spraying roots off to remove slime & checking PH & for other signs of illness. PH again up. HMMMMMMMMMM
So what it is boys & gals is algae. That's right algae. There are lots of theories as to cause (nutes, spores, light, city water, etc..) but really no definitive reason for it to show up. SEAWEED IN YOUR RES WILL PROLLY SURELY DO IT YOU CRAZY BITCH!!! However; once you have it almost nothing absolutely kills it for good. H2O2, Hygrozime, beneficials...none of it will kill it. It will keep it at bay but never go away. Also, it will stunt your plants growth & affect the leaves of your plants (hence the short roots now, the new growth being ugly, & no growth hardly in a week). The general consensus on a somewhat currative treatment is to scrap your plants...concesus is their f*cked already anyhow.....bleach everything including pumps, entire grow area...everything (to kill spores...they're very tiny & can withstand most conditions) & start over using beneficials & a product called Physan 20. Even with these measures is is generally felt that you will still battle algae for the life of your grow area. Additionally, they highly recommend wearing gloves when in your grow area or res. I've included a pic ...this really looks like a blob of snot with air bubbles in it and those bubbles are air BTW. Makes perfect sense to me... I added the 2 extra stones last nite to my res. More O2=More algae growth!!
I wanna say thx to everyone who tried to help me.... in some way you were all right. This is often called pythia, it could be helped with beneficials, & getting the carbs out of tank will help. SOOOOOOOO, my plan is this. I will be horribly sad if my plants die. I am watching them slip away already BUT I've said it before & I'll say it again... I'M NOT GOING DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT!
Tomorrow flower res gets bleached. Incidentily, the sh*t had already started to grow again in my vegatation res & it was just all bleached out 2 days ago!!! I will add H2O2 to res at least every other day to try to prevent as much damage as possible. I will order Physan 20 & speed deliver. When it arrives I will try to combat the problem. BUT if you think about it....it's all up in my plants...from the roots you know? Also, I have recieved the Neem oil & I will again apply safer soap & Neem oil at lites out tonite. If I have to scrap my grow I'm gonna be not a happy camper at all; however, it is a reality I might hafta get used to?!?! For now I fight though Damn newbie...go ahead & say it!! That's ok any newbies looking around... keep growing...the harvest will come.
Peace, MJ
So what it is boys & gals is algae. That's right algae. There are lots of theories as to cause (nutes, spores, light, city water, etc..) but really no definitive reason for it to show up. SEAWEED IN YOUR RES WILL PROLLY SURELY DO IT YOU CRAZY BITCH!!! However; once you have it almost nothing absolutely kills it for good. H2O2, Hygrozime, beneficials...none of it will kill it. It will keep it at bay but never go away. Also, it will stunt your plants growth & affect the leaves of your plants (hence the short roots now, the new growth being ugly, & no growth hardly in a week). The general consensus on a somewhat currative treatment is to scrap your plants...concesus is their f*cked already anyhow.....bleach everything including pumps, entire grow area...everything (to kill spores...they're very tiny & can withstand most conditions) & start over using beneficials & a product called Physan 20. Even with these measures is is generally felt that you will still battle algae for the life of your grow area. Additionally, they highly recommend wearing gloves when in your grow area or res. I've included a pic ...this really looks like a blob of snot with air bubbles in it and those bubbles are air BTW. Makes perfect sense to me... I added the 2 extra stones last nite to my res. More O2=More algae growth!!
I wanna say thx to everyone who tried to help me.... in some way you were all right. This is often called pythia, it could be helped with beneficials, & getting the carbs out of tank will help. SOOOOOOOO, my plan is this. I will be horribly sad if my plants die. I am watching them slip away already BUT I've said it before & I'll say it again... I'M NOT GOING DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT!
Tomorrow flower res gets bleached. Incidentily, the sh*t had already started to grow again in my vegatation res & it was just all bleached out 2 days ago!!! I will add H2O2 to res at least every other day to try to prevent as much damage as possible. I will order Physan 20 & speed deliver. When it arrives I will try to combat the problem. BUT if you think about it....it's all up in my plants...from the roots you know? Also, I have recieved the Neem oil & I will again apply safer soap & Neem oil at lites out tonite. If I have to scrap my grow I'm gonna be not a happy camper at all; however, it is a reality I might hafta get used to?!?! For now I fight though Damn newbie...go ahead & say it!! That's ok any newbies looking around... keep growing...the harvest will come.
Peace, MJ
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