Quote Originally Posted by Weedhound
Hello birdboy,

Thought I'd drop by since you read my message on the other thread. One of the harshest things that can happen to plant in hydro is overnute....your plants are literally burned up. The damaged portions will not recover I'm afraid, although if the plants produce new growth it should NOT look burned if you have repaired the problem.

You have quite the uphilll battle ahead of you but as I said I personally feel you are in the right hands with Mdm P. Her advice is exactly the same I would give except to say that make sure your ph stays between 5.6-6.0
Check it as often as you need to to make that happen. .

best of luck


garsh, thanx. I am a dirt grower, not hydro -- maybe I stuck my foot in my mouth?


what I ment by flush in your hydro is to change out the water completely, balance the PH in the new water, which you did, but don't add any nutes, only Hydrogen Peroxide at a rate of 1tblspoon per gallon.

(use the 3% hydrogen peroxide solution you get at a store or pharmacy, otherwise mix your H2O2 to 3% solution, then add 1tblsp per gallon)

Allow this water-only to cycle through your plants for one 24 hour period, then start your nutes at quarter strength.

The flushiing helps get the chemicals out of the plants roots and allows the plant to just rinse itself out. the plant, if viable, will do the rest.

You will not see the damaged leaves renew.. as weedhound said. you should begin to see new growth w/in two to four days.


you're alternate solution is to start over -- I know... weeks wasted. and I don't think these plants are that bad... but always a consideration. toughest thing I've ever had to do was throw out a sick plant that I couldn't bring back.