"Weezard, you have some pretty amazing roots with 90 degree water. Mine is about 77 and its starting to rot a bit, despite the 38W of air pumping through the bucket. :wtf: But the plant above the bucket looks great, and there's no slime on the roots, just some brown color and they don't look happy but they don't look that bad either. Hoping I can limp them along till fall. What the hell do you use for aeration to not get rot in that hot of water?"



Aloha, Deja

Mahalo!

The airpump is just a standard WallyWorld aquarium pump with a cheap generic airstone.

I attribute my luck to our Hawaiian tap water.

It's from wells, but is stored in tanks aboveground.
If the water company didn't treat the water, with something, it would play host to all sorts of nasties in those tanks.

All this "leave the water sit for 24 hours to let the Chlorine evaporate" nonsense is in reality, counter-productive.
If any water company still uses Chlorine gas, it does not harm the plants, and, in hydro, will give a few days protection from slime molds.

Most water companies actually use Chloramine currently, which is a compound that will not "evaporate" when allowed to sit in clean water.

This is a good thing. :thumbsup:
The Chloramine kills mold and all manner of unwelcome micro-organisms before they can rot yer root.

The other "secret" is what I leave out.
All that goes in my bucket or coco is hydro bloom nutes and tap water.
Specifically DynaBloom, and a little CalMag.

Remember, some nutes will cause root browning.
It's just a stain.
If it's not slimy, and does not smell, it's prolly not a duck.

Too many folks shoot up their own feet by tryin' all that high-priced snake oil on the hydro store shelves, or adding Moleasses to hydro or "Superjive", or "Tiger-go-boom", ad nauseum!
Feh!
I'm with Thoreaux on this; "Simplify".

Crap!
Dat's 'bout 7 cents.
Ya only asked for 2.

:jointsmile:"It's da nature of da meds". - St. Zard the pontificate.

('umble, ain't he?)
Wee, itty, Zard






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