Quote Originally Posted by home.grower
Did you plant your seedlings in any other medium beside clay i.e a rockwool cube?

Did you steralise/wash your clay before use?

I see your system drips from the top. Is there an air supply in the bucket?

Your pics for june 3rd look like over fert of some kind and over water, but that is my guess.

Is there an air stone in your reservoir that holds your nute solution? if your solution is left still for too long then you could have a build up of nutes getting dumped onto your roots.

I recommend flushing with pH balance water pH 5.8 for 3 days and cleaning out your reservoir before hand. Then I'd commence 1/3rd strength nutes..

I'd want to see some sign of recovery before piling on more plant food. But that is just what I'd do and isn't a textbook suggestion.

I wouldn't drip constantly without prior practice. I was planning on flooding my current grow 24/7, but I'll leave that till I've had practice. Hydro is quite unforgiving and doesn't allow for many mistakes. I'd maybe drip on max 10 times per day giving the roots oxygen inbetween. My current grow is similar in so far as I'm also using clay media. My top inch of balls aren't low enough to get wet, so keeping the balls mosit is not that relevant. Feeding the roots/plant is whats required, the balls can dry up, its the plant that needs attention.

Very best of luck Clayboy, and I hope you can answer a few of my queries!!
-Yes, I planted in rockwool

-there's a pump in the bucket

-Yes I washed the clay rocks thoroughly before using them

-My next plan of action is a flush with clearex, then plain water with superthrive only to see how it recovers. Thanks for the help!