possible overwatering?

[Stemis516]

ok so my plant is showing all the signs of overwatering....sry i dont have a pic but its looks like the classic overwatered plant...it keeps slouching really badly and i dont know why, never really had it happen in hydro b4

my question is this: this time around i am running one of my dwc buckets as a sqaure tub as opposed to a 5 gallon bucket

it holds 4.5 gallons of water so about the same as a 5 gallong bucket but instead of most of the volume coming from the height, like in a bucket, the moajority of the volum comes from the length and width...it is only about 5 inches high as opposed to the bucket which is like a foot tall at least

i only have one airstone in this sqaure bucket so its only right underneath the plant but the plants roots spread out all over the bucket to spots where no air bubbles are coming up...is it possible only my roots right are getting air and all the roots that are far away from the bubbles are only sucking up water and causing overwatering symptoms? or does the whole tank get aerated no matter what and i have possibly a different problem?

Stemis516 Reviewed by Stemis516 on 03-05-2009. possible overwatering? ok so my plant is showing all the signs of overwatering....sry i dont have a pic but its looks like the classic overwatered plant...it keeps slouching really badly and i dont know why, never really had it happen in hydro b4 my question is this: this time around i am running one of my dwc buckets as a sqaure tub as opposed to a 5 gallon bucket it holds 4.5 gallons of water so about the same as a 5 gallong bucket but instead of most of the volume coming from the height, like in a bucket, Rating: 5

[heyitsmeallen]

how much have you been watering your plants? and with what water/nute combo?

[Stemis516]

hydro only running about 450ppms right now

[the image reaper]

get more air bubbling in your tank, you can't overdo that ... also, heat will also make your plants droop, check your temps ... try to keep your solution temps down, too ... photos help a lot ... good luck :smokin:

[Stemis516]

yeah, sorry dude my digi camera broke and i dont have the cash to get a new one atm

but thanks for your adivce, i will check on all of those things

[LOC NAR on probation]

I know we don't like to post pic's but they are worth a thousand words of help.
Anyway here goes, What you did is change the whole geometry of the DEEP WATER CULTURE system. You made it sallow, very shallow. Your plant has to be drowning, the only thing saving it is the air right under the rootball that needs air. How is the plant not sitting in water all the time. only the long roots should hang down into water. I just made the mistake of not doing what I know and it cost my bro about a 2 month set back.

[Stemis516]

man, so simple but yet it just occurred to me

DEEP water culture

the answer to my question is right in the name of the method i am running, thanks loc nar for pointing it out to me...i feel silly

so i guess it was a bad call using the container i did, but i guess this is what happens when i have no more good buckets laying around...o well off to get another airstone or two

[Weedhound]

I totally agree with Loc Nar and Reaper about the issue being lack of aeration and would like to take all the credit for myself.

Thank you.