Diary:31/05/07: Flood & Drain 1st Try

[home.grower]

I have root appearance problems I think... Here are the latest images.:

[stoneinks]

You do not want your root`s in the sun just get some black plastic and place over you tray
smell your root`s if it smell`s bad (rotten egg`s or dead fish ) you have a problem

[palerider7777]

the roots don't look bad it looks like it was just drained and the dust build up off the hydroton is all it looks like to me

[palerider7777]

did u wash ur clay good b4 u used them ??

[rhizome]

Don't worry about your roots. They're fine. If you're really worried about it, try some canna/hygro/sensizyme to peel off the brown. But really, they're fine. You're killing these in 2-3 weeks anyway.

Looks like
A) Long term overfeeding
B) A Ca issue, possibly caused by longterm overfeeding.

[home.grower]

You do not want your root`s in the sun just get some black plastic and place over you tray
smell your root`s if it smell`s bad (rotten egg`s or dead fish ) you have a problem

I will do the inspection and proceed to cut a few strips of correx to cover the few light gaps, (I won't cover them totally, but as much as I can)

Thanks stoneinks!!! :thumbsup:

[home.grower]

the roots don't look bad it looks like it was just drained and the dust build up off the hydroton is all it looks like to me

There should not be any dust build up from the clay pebbles as I spent copius amounts of time washing them in un-pH'd water (which had an effect on pH stability). But I'm not going to rule anything out totally as I understand that the clay begins to breakdown after a period of time.

So you think the roots are OK?
Thanks for dropping a comment!! :thumbsup:

[home.grower]

Don't worry about your roots. They're fine. If you're really worried about it, try some canna/hygro/sensizyme to peel off the brown. But really, they're fine. You're killing these in 2-3 weeks anyway.

Looks like
A) Long term overfeeding
B) A Ca issue, possibly caused by longterm overfeeding.

I will go visit the Dr @ the practice and see if she reccommends SensiZyme... I've used hygrozyme and it isn't half as good as voodoo. Part way through this week, after covering the top trays slightly, I will enquire further about the addatives u mentioned. But as you say, in around 3 weeks time the ladies are due to end.

I should be feeding with overdrive for 2 weeks atm, but I'm paused on pH balanced water for quite a while. All was well untill:

1. I forgot to turn the rez pump on and it remained off for 48hours
2. The EC hit 2.2 one day, I think it was because I missed a visit

Before the above two instances occured, all seemed pretty good.

Many thanks rhizome for dropping a comment!!! :thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

Well there's where you nute burn is coming from I think....if the problem isn't heat than it's nute burn or the result of a ph lockout...

[home.grower]

I will keep flushing, while trying to again take control of the bugs...

I'm almost happy to say that despite the plants looking a little fried, they haven't shut down and stopped growing to my knowledge, although tha=ey could be developing slower??? I don't know really,,,