beachgreens
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i am using readygro moisture and flora nova nutes watering every other day and my roots are starting to look like coco fiber. my plants seem to be shrinking in size. is there anything that i can do to save them?
my roots look like coco fiber..... wtf???????
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reefacheefa
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definately need pics for tis one mmmkay... usually brown roots is over waterin or too much nutes...
beachgreens
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I can't take pics of the roots, they are inside of the pot. I can barely see inside myself. Anyway I can flush them from home without chemicals and get the salts out? I have tried flushing with r/o water but it didn't get rid of it.
hymem
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You could have root rot. What is the temperature of your nutrient solution? If its higher than say 80F you could be in trouble. If this is the case you can try adding ice packs to cool down the water temps and also add some h202 to kill the algae. Just a shot in the dark without more info though.
beachgreens
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im growing in coco solution is at the right temp when i water. Im hand watering as if it were soil
smallclosetgrowr
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this is a fail thread man no offence but u have gave us fuck all to work with but my roots look like coco firbe lol, if there in a pot how can u see it but not take a photo of it? it could be a number of things
reefacheefa
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i kno when my roots did tat it was cause of overwaterin wit a mixture of too much hot ass miracle gro shit. say water wit plain water and like hymem said about a tbsp o peroxide per gal til they look better. helpd mine. be eazy wit the nutes man. i dunno anythin bout coco shit tho...
reefacheefa
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n i think hymem was talkn bout the temp of the actual mixture tat your feedn wit... if your waters too hot or too cold it will cause stress on your babes... but dont put ice in it lol it cant be tat warm, tats jus silly. let the water stand in your house til it gets to room temp before you give it to them
beachgreens
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ok sweet . figured out the problem by harvesting a plant last night. I was underwatering. Based on the fact that i am growing in coco it is considered a hydroponic medium and needs to be watered daily not "let the coco dry out" like i was told in the past. this medium needs to be watered daily in mid flowering. Really important to not let it dry out too much at all and allow 10-15% runoff with every watering....guess i had to find this one out the hard way... also letting it dry out raised the ph from 5.8 to 7.6 causing a lockout of P that would also explain the necrotic spots on my leaves and raised my salts in my medium to toxic levels within two weeks!! crazy stuff but i learned and thats what its all about right? scheessseeee!!!!! hydro n coco are a bit tricky.