Every day is a battle when you run a sterile rez lol every day shit wants in those buckets. The bennies fight them for me, so instead of fighting i just feed the bennies once a week. And since theyre fighting other organisms for me, the temps can get higher without risk. I know roots are supposed to be white lol mine are bright white the day after feeding when the foam goes down.
What i meant about the clear water is that my bennies make the water dark, so when it gets clear it means it's time to feed them and/or add more. I just felt like it was more work keepin it sterile. Plus these things really pump your roots up. If you consider 3 things, its hard not to side with bennies.
1. They break down the nutes and make them more available at different ph levels.
2. They fight off other organisms for you and maintain a stronghold on your rootzones.
3. They help your roots grow bigger and faster than theyd grow without bennies.
I'm still new but after struggling with pyrethrum or whatever its called and brown roots and then switching to this tea shit, i'm sold. To each his own though. This area is pretty hard to keep anything sterile in lol plus i dont use a box so theres no sealed environment. Just a room
I have not run sterile and do not intend on doing so,
I believe if you keep your nutes cool enough and run bennies you will not have any issues with rot.
IMO my roots are more healthy running like this than sterile,
Why do people think bright white roots mean they are healthy??
Brown ish coloured roots does not mean they are unhealthy,
My roots grow bright white and within a few days turn off white almost cream coloured and i believe this is natural staining from the nutrients or environment.
Bennies as stated above are good for the root zone and good for the plants in general and for this reason i can not understand why people say there bleached white roots are healthier than brown ish roots running bennies.
IMO bennies is the best way to go but the key here is IMO!!!!
Everyone to their own!!
Happy Growing
