Some of my plants roots are turning brown. Does this mean their rotten? What should I do? Im thinkg about flushing at the end of the week with ph balanced water with hydrogen peroxide. Good idea? any suggestions.
thanxs
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Some of my plants roots are turning brown. Does this mean their rotten? What should I do? Im thinkg about flushing at the end of the week with ph balanced water with hydrogen peroxide. Good idea? any suggestions.
thanxs
Usually they turn brown first, then comes the slime. You have the beginnings of root rot. I am suffering from this as well, with my temps getting up to 76 with my HPS on. I have been using 2 liter bottles of frozen water and cycling them every 6 hours of day time which keeps the res temps between 60 and 70. I would try this, and also use something to spray any slime or decayed material out of the root mass, as if its still in there, it will keep eating new roots that are produced. H2O2 is a decent fix, but don't go too heavy on it, and it will also likely gunk things up because it will kill the baceteria and will then in turn become a wicked slime all over everything in your res. Battling root rot is a real bitch, so be prepared to spend a lot of time in your garden. Good luck! :thumbsup:
It would help to know more about your setup such as dwc or drip feed, etc...
Usually if you have root rot, it means that your roots are suffocating in a sense. You need to make sure you roots are getting some oxygen to them. If you need to, put an airstone down in your reservoir to aerate you nutrients so that your roots can "breathe". It is very critical that you do this to maintain a healthy root system.
Tablespoon or so of H20 from the drugstore per gallon (regular stuff from the band-aid section) works great. Use for a few days in a row it should get you cleared right up, it dissapates fast so you will have to add it at least every other day, then drain your nutes and make new fresh ones with like half as much H20 in it along with some vitamin B1 and seaweed extract..superthrive is your best bet for those two and it has some other very yummy bioactive stuff plants simply love...use at like .5 ml or slightly more per gallon (a full teaspoon per 10 gallons) in hydro to really strengthen your plants and their root systems but be careful it is strong stuff. Advanced Nutrients "Jump Start" or Technaflora Root 66 is great too. As was said above, make sure to aerate you nutrients with an airstone..those big heavy blue ones work best that won't float up to the top, do get the biggest longest one you can fit in your resevoir and buy a good airpump for it not the cheap crappy $9.99 ones, go for the best you can afford as they are usually quieter and move alot more air, try to find black tubing for the feed into the res so it does'nt clog up with algae, run the air 24/7 in the nutes. Good luck! :thumbsup: