Bubblicious Problems - Root rot?

[moreover123]

Thanks Loc. There's many things I could be doing better here. For instance, the linked bubbler system I made doesn't circulate between the buckets well. One will be at 1200 ppm, the next will be 1000. I have a small pump and will be trying to figure out how to pump water to the buckets to make things uniform.

Till then, I put the 2 affected plants in the buckets with the lowest ppm. I.e.; one is in 400-500. Sort of given them a break from nutes for a couple days. The water is also lowered to try to give the roots more air. I'm thinking of even trying to remove the net pots to dry the roots out a bit for a couple hours.

I read your thread when you went from 400 to 1000 watts. I'm 1/2 tempted for find a very cheap system. Though I'm not even sure why I'm doing all this because what I got off the one plant I grew will last the 2 of us about 10 years.

[willyhaze]

Just wanted 2 say I'm really impressed by your DWC bubbler was thinkin bout doin that system I've been seacrchin thread after thread site after site and found an old thread by almight great Zandor and he had a mini bubler system ..
Any info would honorably b appreciated
Thanx

[willyhaze]

I've also seen a great latewood post on mini bubblers

[moreover123]

Sorry for not putting this thread in 'problems'.

I'm not seeing any improvement yet. Not sure how long it takes. One plant seems to have no roots in the basket area and what roots there are are like dried brown hairs. Almost like the problem started in the hygroton area? IDK. Right now I have 4 plants. 2 are tall, 2 are short. The short ones have stopped growing and there's some yellowing at the bottom. Only one has a great root system which is odd to me since the buckets are all linked.

I'm going to pull the plants/baskets and scrub the buckets with bleach, add a 900-ish????? ppm of nutes and the peroxide. To add insult to injury, I found out today that my hps was on probably 24/7. I think this only occurred for a day or 2, but I'm not sure.

[latewood]

Besides trying to save the roots and finding a 3% peroxide recipe per gallon... I have another query. When I refilled my bucket bubbler system today, I mixed the GH nutes directly together in a jar that I was going to pour into each bucket. As I did this, I noticed almost a silt forming. Grainy & opaqueish. Like - the Micro & Bloom reacted together oddly. Is this normal? I never noticed that before but then again, I never added nutes like this with my first grow. I would always add one nute at a time by squirting it right in the buckets.

dude...read directions...You are never supposed to mix nutes together, without water...I.E. you get a bucket of water, then add micro bloom etc...never put micro bloom or any nutes by themselves in a jar (nutelock)...that might be your whole problem...

[latewood]

Thanks Loc. There's many things I could be doing better here. For instance, the linked bubbler system I made doesn't circulate between the buckets well. One will be at 1200 ppm, the next will be 1000. I have a small pump and will be trying to figure out how to pump water to the buckets to make things uniform.

Till then, I put the 2 affected plants in the buckets with the lowest ppm. I.e.; one is in 400-500. Sort of given them a break from nutes for a couple days. The water is also lowered to try to give the roots more air. I'm thinking of even trying to remove the net pots to dry the roots out a bit for a couple hours.

I read your thread when you went from 400 to 1000 watts. I'm 1/2 tempted for find a very cheap system. Though I'm not even sure why I'm doing all this because what I got off the one plant I grew will last the 2 of us about 10 years.

the ppm being different from bucket to bucket, is common in your type of system...I would almost diconnect the feedlines and manually feed with nutes of correct ph/ppm...also...your water level shgoulod be 1/2"-1/4" below netpots. at all times if possible.

[moreover123]

Thanks! I never mixed the nutes like that before. Don't know what I was thinking but it was 'interesting' to see what happened. I'll have to go read up on Nute Lock.

[latewood]

anyway to get us some piks??? It would sure a help.

can you give us a list of your nutes...

also, I strongly recommend getting some hygrozyme...for your roots.

you may have lost this grow, it is hard to tell without seeing it...the biggest clue is...new growth, are you getting any??? New growth that is! LOL

[The White Snoop]

Nice LW....or should I say MOD!

about fuckin time if you ask me.

Congrats

[moreover123]

I have GH nutrients. The only additives I have on hand are: Nitrozyme, Floralicious Plus, SuperThrive. Will post pics in a few minutes.

I think I miscalculated and added too much Micro. I've no clue. I wish there was a way to test it because If I can't figure out what I did wrong - I'll have to drain everything yet again.