Third Grow

[Weedhound]

Lol...yeah you just have too much "plant" there Deja..........looks like the blob climbing up out that bin its such a big mass of plant. I agree with your plan of less plants/bigger for next time.

Your clones and mom look great! Hope I can learn to do clones as well and healthy looking as yours are.

[dejayou30]

I'm pretty sure my roots are rotting big time. I have been scooping insane amounts of slime out of the res, and when I do, the pH goes up. The air stones are also getting completely clogged with slime, which I am sure furthers the root rot. I am glad I am only a week away from harvest so I can have some time to rethink this DWC set up and get some air stones in there that will stay put and provide enough air for my roots.

[Weedhound]

Yeah..you're a real bum for overgrowing these plants....

Seriously I think you are right here and just need to get things to "fit".

[dejayou30]

Tonight I am going to refresh the res and clean all the airstones and scoop out as much crap as I can. If the roots are so rotted to where they aren't taking in nutrients, does this cause the plant to consume itself? If so, will this affect the finished product in any way, i.e. slow maturation of the trichromes? Should I be overly worried about root rot with only 6 days left until harvest? :wtf:

[Weedhound]

Quite honestly I am not sure........RHIZOME......??

[rhizome]

If you've only got a week, I'd just limp em through- you're going to lose weight, but it shouldn't slow down maturity.

Seriously, have a look @ the ario aerators- they seem pricey until something like this happens.

Bleach the living sh*t out of everything ( water pumps, airstones,tubing, etc) between runs. Rinse a couple of times and let air dry.

Run a little subculture/voodoo juice/ other innoculant when you fire back up- yer system is clearly good at raising bacteria, so try to make sure that yer raising friendlies.

Don't kick yourself, guy- yer learning about the problems of being overly sucessful. Lotta folks would like to have your problems. Ya just overshot a little.

Get me stoned sometime and I'll show you how to build an aeration tower

[Weedhound]

Party at Deja's for Rhizome!!

[dejayou30]

Hahaha I only wish I could be lucky enough to smoke what you pros are growing! :jointsmile:

Well I took out 10 gallons of water, cleaned all my stones and bubble curtains, and scooped out as much slime and muck as I could. There was a ton of it stuck to the sides and it came off in big sheets. I filled up like 3" of a 5 gallon bucket with the stuff. Pretty nasty. I then tied all the air stones and curtains to 2 large rock and placed them directly under each set of roots. I had a lot of trouble with everything moving around in there so the roots probably weren't getting the best aeration but it should at least be better than it was for the last 4 weeks. Limping across the finish line for sure, but hopefully I can FINALLY nail it next time since I am going to 1) start with DWC from the beginning, 2) do fewer plants and 3) have better aeration.

I looked at the Ario aerators just now. My only concern is that they diffuser is foam which seems like it wouldn't stand up to being cleaned very well. The site I read said no maintenance required? Is that true? If not, how often do you clean it and how long does one typically last?

My other option was to use these pretty massive grey stones my hyro store has. I bought one for my mother's bucket and it is producing tons of air and the roots are looking way healthier than they did in E&F. I also would rather go this route since I have three air pumps which would become obsolete if I got the Ario.

I was going to buy 8 of these at $5 each and get one more double pump for $12, so thats $52. If I went the Ario route, I would probably get 4 Ario 2s, which would cost me at little more than my other plan by about $20. I think that would be plenty for 5 plants in a 50 gallon res... right? Anyways, cost isn't so much of a factor as efficiency and life expectancy, so what do you guys think is my best bet?

Also, as always, thanks for the help! :jointsmile::thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

Having never tried EITHER I'm bouncing that one right back to Rhizome.

[dejayou30]

What do you use for aeration Weedhound?