Is this mold?

[Bluenote]

It's strange that it happened before with the soil and now with the hydroton. Must have been in the environment. I wonder what I can do to sterilize everything without introducing nasty chemicals.

And why would you consider it to be strange?


Look I'm going to be blunt here and it may sound harsh. And I stated it in previous messages and so have others. You;re in over your head with hydro at this time.

Go educate yourself on some of the basics , powder mildew is a SPORE for crying out loud so of COURSE it will be in your environment if you don't take steps.

SOME organics such as you attempted to copy will prove advantageous at some times , however you're quite simply not there yet.

At this juncture your best solution IS the most toxic unfortunately, Go and get yourself some Eagle 20 and *BEFORE* you take another plant in that room tear the room down and spray *everythings down* and I do mean everything , trays , walls etc. , clean *every* utensil , get rid of ALL previously used medium ALL of it.

Air circulation is critical , see to it or see the same problem again. An don't let that room see 88 degrees , additionally you need to get the humidity monitor off the pot , it'll give skewed readings there , you're not measuring it at the plant , you're measuring the room , unless you wish to run a buncha monitors.


And now we get to the part that you really won't care for.........take the auto-genetics and toss them on the compost heap where they belong , they're junk aimed at keeping folks enslaved to the seed companies , along with being aimed at folks that are too lazy to go to 12/12 on their own and don't wish to learn.

The ruderalis genes were originally a Siberian far north mutation aimed at self preservation in the very short season and oddball light conditions of the far north.

In point of fact you may well wish to start with clones if you have access to them , it might prove less frustrating.

[Miles Monroe]

For what it's worth I've been fighting this issue since the heat came on in Las Vegas. My room gets very warm many days over ninety degrees. I had a few clones from a first attempt and in that process the mold started. I have a few plants that have been able to overcome it and are beginning to thrive but they have struggled and growth has been stunted. Along with this I've been battling fungus gnats too. From reading about this issue across a couple forums I think the biggest factor (probably not an earth-shaking conclusion, I know) is temperature. I too am looking to switch to an aeroponic system from soil and temperature control is my biggest worry right now. I'm waiting for my seeds to sprout and mature and not in a hurry to plant them until the weather becomes less brutal.