HELP!! I Think I have ROOT ROT!!!

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itsalways420

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So here are some pics, the plants look good, but i noticed they stopped growing, like they went into nute block or something, so when I went to check the PH, I see there was all this slime and gunk on the roots, i am using an aeroponic system with drippers and the usual, bubble stone, pump, etc. I am following the FF's hydro schedule, and instead of adding nutes to the res for the 2nd week, i changed the res, like all my friends told me to, maybe I should of just added to it. My roots were soooooo white and vibrant, and now, I am soooo depressed:cry:

I can not figure out why this happened, and i really don't know what to do. I sprayed the roots by hand with a sprayer with only ph'd water in it to 6.0 and cleaned the roots, then an hour later, they were slimy again.

What can I do to fix this? Should I empty the res and just run ph'd water for a day or?


Please any and everybody, if you can help, it is very invited and needed.








thanks in advance
 
moash

moash

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itsalways420 said:
So here are some pics, the plants look good, but i noticed they stopped growing, like they went into nute block or something, so when I went to check the PH, I see there was all this slime and gunk on the roots, i am using an aeroponic system with drippers and the usual, bubble stone, pump, etc. I am following the FF's hydro schedule, and instead of adding nutes to the res for the 2nd week, i changed the res, like all my friends told me to, maybe I should of just added to it. My roots were soooooo white and vibrant, and now, I am soooo depressed:cry:

I can not figure out why this happened, and i really don't know what to do. I sprayed the roots by hand with a sprayer with only ph'd water in it to 6.0 and cleaned the roots, then an hour later, they were slimy again.

What can I do to fix this? Should I empty the res and just run ph'd water for a day or?


Please any and everybody, if you can help, it is very invited and needed.








thanks in advance
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in aeroponics everything has to be sterile...and i have learned thru experience that it is better to have a seperate tote for ur res so there is no need mess with ur roots when changing it
also temperature of water is a big factor in aero and root rot...it should be around 68f
 
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itsalways420

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so, how do i get rid of this, literally, this came out of nowhere, 2 of the 6 plants have been in there for 4 weeks(the long roots) cause it almost died due to bugs, but damn, how can I fix this?
 
moash

moash

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itsalways420 said:
so, how do i get rid of this, literally, this came out of nowhere, 2 of the 6 plants have been in there for 4 weeks(the long roots) cause it almost died due to bugs, but damn, how can I fix this?
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first u gotta find the prob
what is ur water temp
 
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itsalways420

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but I never had a problem before, even in the DWC system i had going for a couple of weeks, then I transferred 2 of the surviving plants, (The ones in the aero sys, the ones with the long roots), so now what, I just emptied the res, and what is the best way to clean the res? with what cleaning solotion. And I as going to run PH'd water only for a day to hopefully clean them out?? any thoughts, amybe with some ice cubes in the res?
 
moash

moash

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itsalways420 said:
but I never had a problem before, even in the DWC system i had going for a couple of weeks, then I transferred 2 of the surviving plants, (The ones in the aero sys, the ones with the long roots), so now what, I just emptied the res, and what is the best way to clean the res? with what cleaning solotion. And I as going to run PH'd water only for a day to hopefully clean them out?? any thoughts, amybe with some ice cubes in the res?
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u can clean it with bleach....make sure u thoroughly rinse it
as of cooling u can try liter or gallon bottles frozen with waer...this takes constant movement of bottles to maintain temp
there r also water chillers,evaporative coolers
 
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itsalways420

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moash said:
wow
thats def ur prob
get some root rebound and use that
try to at least get it below 72
thats the main reason y u got it...that and exposure
the seperate res makes everything easier
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so what should i do right now at 3 am in the morn ing, lol. i was gong to run just ph'd water with som eice in the res, but how do I properly sterilize the res?
 
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itsalways420

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moash said:
u can clean it with bleach....make sure u thoroughly rinse it
as of cooling u can try liter or gallon bottles frozen with waer...this takes constant movement of bottles to maintain temp
there r also water chillers,evaporative coolers
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Well, im going to but a water chiller tomorrow, so how long do I have til dead dead, the older leaves are just starting to turn yellowish.
 
moash

moash

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itsalways420 said:
Well, im going to but a water chiller tomorrow, so how long do I have til dead dead, the older leaves are just starting to turn yellowish.
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yeah they should start dying off with lil necrotic spots and just progresses from there
hard to tell how long u got ...if u dont fix that temp not long...
cleaning the res and getting the temp right will prolong ur life til u can get the root rebound...after u get all that done u will be good if u can keep the temp good
 
moash

moash

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itsalways420 said:
and that is ok for the plants yeah, also what about the pump and the airstones and the tubing, how do you sterilizer all those things?
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i would put bleach water in res and run it thru everything...some say that running peroxide thru it will kill it but i dont think so....RINSING is a big factor in all of this
and yeah h2o2 is fine for the plants
 
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itsalways420

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moash said:
i would put bleach water in res and run it thru everything...some say that running peroxide thru it will kill it but i dont think so....RINSING is a big factor in all of this
and yeah h2o2 is fine for the plants
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Ok, so put hydrogen pyroxide and bleach together in the res?

here are a few pics i just took of how they look, the plants, and i just sprayed the roots down..








The 2 on the left are bubba's, the middle are late entries, OG's, and the 2 right are white widow. I just caought this a day ago, just a few leaves are turning yellow.
 
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itsalways420

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well, im going now to get some bleach to clean out the res and some h2o2 to hopefully help kill this phuqen shiiit!!!

anyone else have any opinions on how to make a come back from this nasty crap?
 
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mdgcmd

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Bleach WILL KILL your plants, use peroxide with clean PH water for a few days, changing the water each day. As for the bleach take your plants out of the system and then you can run bleach through the system. Do not let the bleach com in contact with the roots, it is just as toxic and deadly to them as it is to us. I am surprised no one told you to use Hygrozyme, it will eat away all the dead infected roots and turn them into nutrients. I am not sure if it actually kills the root rot but it will take care of any decaying root mass that will feed the root rot. Also I do believe some SM-90 will kill the root rot.
 
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itsalways420

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mdgcmd said:
Bleach WILL KILL your plants, use peroxide with clean PH water for a few days, changing the water each day. As for the bleach take your plants out of the system and then you can run bleach through the system. Do not let the bleach com in contact with the roots, it is just as toxic and deadly to them as it is to us. I am surprised no one told you to use Hygrozyme, it will eat away all the dead infected roots and turn them into nutrients. I am not sure if it actually kills the root rot but it will take care of any decaying root mass that will feed the root rot. Also I do believe some SM-90 will kill the root rot.
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How long do you run the bleach in the sys, and how long does it take to flush the bleach out. And you do mean through the whole sys, the pump, tubing, etc?
 
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