BLACKJACK...look at the roots man...look closely at the leaves...thats no nitrogen deficiency.

I was reading a thread the other day, where this guy kept a grow log and was getting problems. Started of with yellowing leaves...

He was advised to ajust PH.

Leaves got worse..he was advised about nitrogen deficiency...leaves got worse...he was advised about nute temps, overwatering, growroom temps..etc..

Only wen we saw his roots, (grown in DWC)..which were non existant, was the problem revealed.

ROOT ROT.

Im seeing this a lot, growers are battling on with diseased plants, ajusting PH, tweaking temps, adding expensive nute additives, when what they should be doing is destroying everything and starting from scratch.

Obviously, you cannot be too premature with this decision, but in my 10 yrs or so growing experience, i have learned that weed plants are hardy little fuckers..and as long as there are no EXTREME wrongdoings in the growroom, they will be just fine.
You CAN allow the PH to rise a few clicks, you CAN overfert with only minor leaf tip burn, you CAN let your growroom temps rise to 35 degrees, you Can go out and get trashed all weekend only to find upon your return that you forgot to water your plants before you left, and they have all wilted..they bounce back after a few hours.

The agreed opinion is that sloppy monitoring of grow conditions like these will result in a drop in yeild, which i can go along with, but i recon, from a plant that will usualy yeild 3oz, all but the most severe abuse will only result in a drop of about half an oz or so.

I have grown in pots, coco slabs, waterfarms, NFT, DWC, and outside. Over the years i have over fert, under fert, over watered, under watered, used unbalaced PH, burnt the tips with the lamp, ..the list goes on...but i have still managed to scrape a decent crop EVERY TIME.

So, I say...WATCH OUT FOR PYTHIUM..its out there, like a dodgy copper lurking around a corner, just waiting for the right opportunity to make good the arrest.

RR.