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bruce786

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zeddd said:
I blame the immin

looks like you overdid the nutes then underdid them, if you can pull them back from that and yield then you are a great grower
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I certainly hope i can! ill throw some pics in here every few days and if you can spot anything to help then please let me know :)
 
oscaroscar

oscaroscar

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bruce786 said:
Very happy...
just to go into more background on them. They was left in the cloner for about 4 days longer then i would have liked at too high of a temperature. Stunted some of the longer roots. Transplanted them under 1200w of cobs which compounded the damage root problem. Theyll be good as gold in a few days. Good eye for spotting the issues :).

Edit: They also haven't reached the main water res!

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I'm not entirely sure which system you're using. I use NFT and imo the roots are the most important thing when you have basically no medium (other than spreader mat) and your newer roots look pretty good but the older ones that are slightly brown could cause issues later on. The roots virtually stop growing after four weeks of flower and any unresolved problems can spread and because there are no new roots growing to keep things moving in the right direction early issues can come back and you've no scope to solve them.
Do you use hydrogen peroxide? It sterilises your root zone and because you are not in soil which needs bacteria as it's beneficial.
Long story short bleach your roots with peroxide. That's not hair advice.
Feel free to ignore my suggestions though.
 
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bruce786

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oscaroscar said:
I'm not entirely sure whichl system you're using. I use NFT and imo the roots are the most important thing when you have basically no medium (other than spreader mat) and your newer roots look pretty good but the older ones that are slightly brown could cause issues later on. The roots virtually stop growing after four weeks of flower and any unresolved problems can spread and because there are no new roots growing to keep things moving in the right direction early issues can come back and you've no scope to solve them.
Do you use hydrogen peroxide? It sterilises your root zone and because you are not in soil which needs bacteria as it's beneficial.
Long story short bleach your roots with peroxide. That's not hair advice.
Feel free to ignore my suggestions though.
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For sterilisation i use calcium hypochlorite which i usually run in my cloners. Water temps are 18c with a chiller set to cool down to 19. I do use beneficials/mycos via great white. Ill monitor the root zone for a couple days and then source some hydrogen peroxide. Ill post pictures of the roots in a couple days if you'd like to touch base then!
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oscaroscar

oscaroscar

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Be sure to dissolve that great white properly in a separate jug or something before you add it. It can end up clumping and just sit in one lump on some roots or clog a pump.
Like I said feel free to ignore my advice. I've always stuck to the rules of doing hydro and haven't really had any problems.
 
theslipperbandit

theslipperbandit

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Yeah I use soil aswell n never faiked bjt is it that much faster? Id try a 20 site since its my clone tent of 1.74 so ill have different stages of early veg there then my 3x3 for veging my beasts.
Getting a nice ozone generater n get carried away with free shipping Screenshot_20180126-081517.png lots of things to bjy still so this is my next by. the 4m plastic sheeting is being nahiled to the windown frame n ill alao so the door n try n spot any leaks which I fond it off that I haven't
 
oscaroscar

oscaroscar

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theslipperbandit said:
Yeah I use soil aswell n never faiked bjt is it that much faster? Id try a 20 site since its my clone tent of 1.74 so ill have different stages of early veg there then my 3x3 for veging my beasts.
Getting a nice ozone generater n get carried away with free shipping View attachment 4079407 lots of things to bjy still so this is my next by. the 4m plastic sheeting is being nahiled to the windown frame n ill alao so the door n try n spot any leaks which I fond it off that I haven't
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Bloody hell that ozone generator is cheap. Mine was £250. It works a treat though. I just hope that one isn't a case of "buy cheap buy twice".
 
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