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OleChanny

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Hey guys, been growing for a while but always had issues with root rot. However fir the past year I can't hardly get a plant to flower much less get a decent yield. I've tried h202, hydroguard, I have been using uc roots lately and thought everything was going well and now plant is starting to wilt and roots look terrible. If anyone can give me a hand I would much appreciate it.
PH was at 6.5 when I looked at it and lowered it to 5.5
EC is .7
Reservoir holds 7 gallons and I added 15ml of uc roots when I changed the water about a week ago. I noticed the roots color change in the past few days. I'm not sure if I should add more uc roots or less. Maybe this strain just doesn't like dwc?? I had a more satire strain where I had no issues
 

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OleChanny

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coreywebster said:
What nutrients are you using?

What's your res temp?

Why is it all blue in there?

What's your grow room temp?
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I'm using cutting edge solutions nutrients, res temperature according to my apera ph meter is 75f. The blue hue is from the lighting, blue and purple led. I turned the purple off like 2 days ago when I noticed the plant not praying as much and the roots start to turn brown to give the plant a little rest. I use the LED while small and a LEC when the plants get larger and flower
 
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OleChanny said:
I'm using cutting edge solutions nutrients, res temperature according to my apera ph meter is 75f. The blue hue is from the lighting, blue and purple led. I turned the purple off like 2 days ago when I noticed the plant not praying as much and the roots start to turn brown to give the plant a little rest. I use the LED while small and a LEC when the plants get larger and flower
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Grow room temp is slightly higher than the res at 77, these figures may change slightly as both may get 1 or 2 degrees hotter during the day and 1-2 degrees cooler at night.
 
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graying.geek

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OleChanny said:
Got the wife to pick some up, I'll be adding some here shortly. I forgot to mention that all of the water I use for the res comes from jugs. I get distilled water from the store since I have extremely hard well water at home.
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Maybe dilute your hard water with distilled to save some cash if it seems too high, but it would have to be pretty high for me to worry about it. Folks can get carried away trying to fix a non-problem.

When you implement the "pool shock" treatment initially, be sure to soak your entire root ball in the treated res water for a minute or so to kill off any pythium that might have made it higher into the roots that aren't submerged.
 
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Delps8

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Turning down the light reduces the ability for a plant to make food. Unless the plant is showing symptoms of having too much light, you're making it harder for the plant to survive.

"My kid was feeling sick so I took away lunch."
 
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OleChanny

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Delps8 said:
Turning down the light reduces the ability for a plant to make food. Unless the plant is showing symptoms of having too much light, you're making it harder for the plant to survive.

"My kid was feeling sick so I took away lunch."
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I understand what your saying, I will bring the light levels back up. I figured since the roots are having such a hard time, adding some humidity and lowering the light could help the plant wilt less until the roots pick back up. I will go back to check on it here in a bit, I actually messaged customer support for UC roots and got a really fast reply. Apparently I over did the uc roots, then adding pool shock on top of probably didn't help lol I expect to see her being extremely wilted today. Good news is, she got a fresh res with 0 uc or pool shock. I also have an ORP meter on the way, should be here tomorrow and I will add probably half and half uc and pool shock until I get the right ORP reading of 300-500mV. I think I literally went from root rot to root killing because of too much root rot killing chemicals lolz I will update shortly
 
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OleChanny said:
I understand what your saying, I will bring the light levels back up. I figured since the roots are having such a hard time, adding some humidity and lowering the light could help the plant wilt less until the roots pick back up. I will go back to check on it here in a bit, I actually messaged customer support for UC roots and got a really fast reply. Apparently I over did the uc roots, then adding pool shock on top of probably didn't help lol I expect to see her being extremely wilted today. Good news is, she got a fresh res with 0 uc or pool shock. I also have an ORP meter on the way, should be here tomorrow and I will add probably half and half uc and pool shock until I get the right ORP reading of 300-500mV. I think I literally went from root rot to root killing because of too much root rot killing chemicals lolz I will update shortly
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"I think I literally went from root rot to root killing because of too much root rot killing chemicals lolz"
Wow. Much respect for your candor.

"I will bring the light levels back up."
Good. Watch you plants and keep adding light. That's how the little buggers make food and the more light you give them, the better things will turn out (up to the light saturation point). Cannabis is a light whore loves light. :-)
 
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