Need Emergency Room help plz

[Wheezey]

Thanks for all the replies. It is 2 am now and they just started their next 18 hour cycle (full 18 hours now). And I took out the side light and checked pH and PPM (6 and 250 - I added just a teeny bit more of nutes too). Will send pictures midday Sunday. Thanks again. Wheezey.

[bongerstonerd00d]

Cover the tops of netpots. No need to have the light beating on the hydroton. Get ya a piece of panda plastic or something similiar. Cut a + in the center of where each pot is, then lay on top of your rez. Slide net pots thru the + you cut and put them back in their spot in rez lid. All you will have is the plant exposed to the light. Thats exactly what ya want. White side up, of course. The more light you can block from your rez, the better your grow will go. Less probs with root rot, lower rez temp (more oxygen), etc etc etc. Lights + rez water = no-no.

As stated above, 7.0 pH is as useless as tits on a fish when growing hydro. I pH to 5.8 and go from there.

With warm weather approaching, unless you are south of equator, keep eye on rez temp. If you need to cool it, freeze a few bottles of water. Toss one in the rez as needed to keep temps in check. IMO you NEVER want above 70 degrees, but thats only my two cents. Hold it around 65 and your plants will send you thank you cards. You grow yer way, I grow mine

Goin green,
b0nger

[tomasinho]

Bonger - I can think of many useful things to do with fish tits. Tits in general are just fun.

[Wheezey]

Thanks for all the replies and help.

Will give quick update since that time a few days ago. Upped nutes ever so slightly (never going over 400) over next couple of days (having flushed all peroxide). Got either root rot or big globs of nutes on roots again (they looked very weak and stiff and sickly). Flushed with peroxide again and have been running 1 tsp a gallon for two days with no nutes.

Here are pictures from the last few days, last two from today. They are showing new growth and leaves are standing up again some. Maybe not out of the woods yet, but getting there.

Will update again soon. Thanks again. Wheezey

[stinkyattic]

I have a couple hints for dealing with a plant recovering from root problems.
-Spray with anti-wilt to decrease water loss through transpiration. With damaged roots, the plants cannot uptake water as fast as they should.
-Move your lights up for the same reason, or go flouro for a little while at least until you see signs of perkiness.

[Wheezey]

Hi Folks,
Just wanted to update you real quick. Here are current pictures. I have covered the Hydroton with plastic for now. I have also put in two new 18 inch aerator wands in the reservoir which I can bend and position around the plants better. Keeping pH 5.8, 5.9. I can't believe they are still alive. I have also included a picture of two new seedlings of "The Church" feminized seed from Greenhouse. The current plants are Northern Lights Special from KC Brains. I have also stopped all foliar spray and that seems to have woken the roots back up. I am learning a lot. Thanks, Wheezey