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gvega187

gvega187

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anhedonia I also just noticed your cloner unit is flat white. This is GREAT!, if you have a coat of BLACK under that...but you dont. I am surprised botannicare sells a white hydroponic unit. I noticed they started selling white flood tray pots as well...I guess they are trying to save money on the not painting them black thing.

Light will penetrate your unit and accelerate algae growth. wrap some mylar around ye unit or paint with black spraypaint.
 
luielugatz

luielugatz

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guys my clones have been in for over 2 weeks in my ezclone 60 i did everything to a t....phed water at 5.0 5.3 scraped clone at bottom dipped in rooting gel had my temp in the rez about 73-75 light about 9-10 inches above my babies.....did a rez change after i saw the bottoms of the stem starting to show sighns of nubblets....used a drop of superthrive per gallon for clones and this is the mess i got.

clones r green and healthy no yellow leaves at all but i started to get a slime on the bottom of the root looked like a gel and some stems softened real bad and it looked like the bottom was expanding and it turned brown.......i dont know what it is i could use some detailed advise gents......ty....:spew:
 

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SpruceZeus

SpruceZeus

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luielugatz said:
guys my clones have been in for over 2 weeks in my ezclone 60 i did everything to a t....phed water at 5.0 5.3 scraped clone at bottom dipped in rooting gel had my temp in the rez about 73-75 light about 9-10 inches above my babies.....did a rez change after i saw the bottoms of the stem starting to show sighns of nubblets....used a drop of superthrive per gallon for clones and this is the mess i got.

clones r green and healthy no yellow leaves at all but i started to get a slime on the bottom of the root looked like a gel and some stems softened real bad and it looked like the bottom was expanding and it turned brown.......i dont know what it is i could use some detailed advise gents......ty....:spew:
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I like to use 35% h2o2 @ 1ml per gallon in my cloner (some people go higher) This works both to kill pathogens and also to oxygenate the water.
A combination of that and low temps once roots are showing should keep the brown at bay.
Sorry i cant be of more help, i'm still reletively green when it comes to cloners.
 
SpruceZeus

SpruceZeus

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luielugatz said:
whats h202....and how many times do u put it in your cloner?
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horticultural grade hydrogen peroxide 35% strength.
I add it about every 4 days or so.
IMHO its pretty much essential for anythign hydroponic. Otherwise its a constant battle with the creepy gooey slime in your reservoir.
 
luielugatz

luielugatz

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i have a mini t5 its perfect.....right size not bigger or shorter than the cloner.....i just emptied my whole system and got rid of what i couldnt salvage for clones i actually had to scrape sludge off the bottom of the cloner and the pump i wasnt too happy about it....my new ph is about 5.5 5.6 i didnt add anything to the water like you guys said and i have the temp in the water about 72..........im hopeing to see roots in 4-5 days like u guys posted lets see....
 
gvega187

gvega187

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can easily take 6-7 days, but it sounds like the algae was definitely your problem. lets see some of those root pics soon.
 
luielugatz

luielugatz

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i got no roots yet im about a day in......just checked the temp and i was running about 82.....i think thats the problem.....i just dumped half the res out and added some new water....its about 70 degrees right now but im going to watch it over night and in the am lets see what happens in the next couple of days......
 
gvega187

gvega187

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yeah 80 should be fine as long as you are adding h2o2 (liquid oxygen) at about 75 degrees water looses the ability to hold dissolved oxygen. Aquarium airstones and h2o2 do well to keep algae at bay and keep your roots full of o2.
 
luielugatz

luielugatz

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ok well see im at 75 right now and i have the pump off to get the temp down back to 71 72......i dont have any h202 at this moment but i will order some asap........but i do have a root out doing what you guys said so i wanna keeo that temp low and not fuck anything up at all........ill keep ya posted thnx very much for your time and help.......
 
gvega187

gvega187

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some stores stopped shipping h2o2. IT is a hazardous material they say. Try to pick it up at your nearest hydropon shop. you can order it online from some states and or countries.
 
LoudBlunts

LoudBlunts

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yea either they wont ship

or charge you crazy bogus hazmat shipping charges, and imho, that would flag too much unwanted attention
 
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