Yields seem low

[calvin.m16]

Would light or CO2 (or lack thereof) be a cause for diminished root growth? I'm seeing way less root development than I think I should be. Don't have pictures of root balls, but the one that had well developed roots yielded over 2 ounces and the ones that did not have well developed roots were the ones that seemed to be under-yielding.

The strongest leads that I have so far are that my problems with yield are due in part to slow root growth due to poor watering cycles and practices and not enough light. I've added a 600w BD LED (I know not ideal, but it's what I have available now) and I am taking a hard reset on my watering SOPs be letting everything dry out for the next few days and giving each pot just under 1/2 gal of water with root booster per pot. every 3-4 days or so.

I'm going to be changing things one at a time - don't want to over do it.

Your roots are going to reflect what your plant is doing. If you have poor growth on your plant then the roots aren't going to be explosive. In my experience I've seen that when the plants have a healthy PH and the lighting, airflow, co2 and everything will make roots develop quicker and denser. This of course is dependent on Plant Genetics as well.. The Gelato 33 cut I have is really weak when it comes to roots. It takes ages to transplant and is a calmag slut.

Lack of light & co2 would cause a decrease in development of everything on the plants including roots. Co2 is food for photosynthesys, if you run out of elevated co2 in the room say go under 400 PPM you will see leaves even droop (sleep) under the lights. That is a waste of electricity and not very productive.

The roots are going to definitely grow based on watering technique and medium. Personally I grow in coco and I find the roots develop best in it compared to soil. You want to water until the coco is moist and then rewater completely to slight run off without letting the coco dry out, if you master that you will have ridiculous roots.. Here's a pic of a 5 gallon pot root ball in pure coco, this is my picture.

 

[greenthumb2988]

Your roots are going to reflect what your plant is doing. If you have poor growth on your plant then the roots aren't going to be explosive. In my experience I've seen that when the plants have a healthy PH and the lighting, airflow, co2 and everything will make roots develop quicker and denser. This of course is dependent on Plant Genetics as well.. The Gelato 33 cut I have is really weak when it comes to roots. It takes ages to transplant and is a calmag slut.

Lack of light & co2 would cause a decrease in development of everything on the plants including roots. Co2 is food for photosynthesys, if you run out of elevated co2 in the room say go under 400 PPM you will see leaves even droop (sleep) under the lights. That is a waste of electricity and not very productive.

The roots are going to definitely grow based on watering technique and medium. Personally I grow in coco and I find the roots develop best in it compared to soil. You want to water until the coco is moist and then rewater completely to slight run off without letting the coco dry out, if you master that you will have ridiculous roots.. Here's a pic of a 5 gallon pot root ball in pure coco, this is my picture. View attachment 4764526

Those roots look GAWGEOUS! that is certainly the root structure that I'm going for. I didn't have quite what you have here in the plant that got me ~2 ounces, but the root ball was DENSE - way way more than what the Dolato I grew was. I'm trying to figure out the differences in how those two plants came up, and I've come up with the following: 1) The first plant got over vegged and was in there for over 7 weeks before I flipped her, 2) I vegged the first plant under the CMH at low power, and the Dolato got vegged under the TS 1000, and 3) the Dolato is in a 3 gal and the first plant finished in a 5 gal. Aside from the obvious - longer veg time and bigger pot size means a bigger plant overall - I am thinking that the small root structure in the Dolato has got to have something to do with a poor watering cycle on it leading to poor root growth. Could have something to do with less CO2, but like I said, the first plant had the same conditions there without problem.

 

[Johnny Lawrence]

UC Roots is the best product to prevent disease. You can pair it with h2o2 (hydrogen peroxide) for added protection & benefit. h2o2 is liquid oxygen, just note it turns back to h2o (water) quite quickly when exposed to open air & light.

Isn't UC Roots chlorine? if so, you should never combo it with H2O2.

 

[calvin.m16]

Isn't UC Roots chlorine? if so, you should never combo it with H2O2.

When chlorine reacts with hydrogen peroxide, hydrogen peroxide falls apart into water and oxygen. Chlorine gas hydrolyses into hypochlorous acid (HOCl), which subsequently ionises into hypochlorite ions (OCl). The reaction between hydrogen peroxide and hypochlorite takes place very quickly.

Hypochlorous acid is the active ingredient in both CLEAR REZ and UC ROOTS.

UC roots is Hypochlorous acid so it cannot react with h2o2 like Chlorine (Bleach) & H2o2 (Hydrogen Peroxide) would react as the chemical reaction was already made and the h2o2 turned back to h2o (Water).

Always be safe when mixing products and never mix products in concentrated form always dilute with water.. Never put "bleach" in your garden unless its to clean the floors and or uninhabited equipment (flood tables, drain trays, plastic pots etc..)