rockwool mold help me new at rockwol

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berryb

Member

Sep 24, 2010

• #1

will rockwool mold i got a plant started 2and half weeks old and its got some dark blotches with light spots light brown . one baby plant got so weak kinda like it felt mushy but it was still aalive ...its got new leafs comeing out but after 3 days i saw a dark spot barely . im manually watering ... it gets sunlight and florescent ...

 

fabfun

New Member

Sep 24, 2010

• #2

let your rockwool dry out some. is it really moist
to wet and u will get rot and mold

 

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berryb

Member

Sep 24, 2010

• #3

a 2by2 inch cube instead of 100 percent try 20%watering u say? i started from seed..im gonna put in 4by4 cube when i see a root? so does water ph go up slowly?

 

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angelsbandit

Well-Known Member

Sep 24, 2010

• #4

Just dip the bottom of the cube in water for a few seconds - don't water from the top.

 

Dirtfree

Well-Known Member

Sep 24, 2010

• #5

mix some peroxicde and water in a spray bottle and shoot it off the RW cube.

 

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berryb

Member

Sep 24, 2010

• #6

ok good idea i will do that thanks

 

fabfun

New Member

Sep 24, 2010

• #7

and rockwool has a high ph so u got to pre condition it down to like 5.5
and i didnt under stand what u meant by 100% and 20% please explain

 

fabfun

New Member

Sep 24, 2010

• #8

might be a good ideal to tell him how much peroxide so he dont use a whole bottle lol

Dirtfree said:

mix some peroxicde and water in a spray bottle and shoot it off the RW cube.

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Dirtfree

Well-Known Member

Sep 27, 2010

• #9

In the spray bottle i put about 25% peroxicde and 75% water.