brentswth20
Member
Hello,
I am a newbie to this site. I decided to join because after many previous issues, I always saw the most positive help from this site. Anyways with that said, I need some help with my new grow.
Here I have some Maui Wauis that were planted in October after I received them from the Attitude site. They were doing great growing almost an inch a day under two 48-inch T12 lights and then all of a sudden they stopped. I figured the issue was bigger pots so i transferred the DWC grow from barely-a-gallon pots to 5-gallon buckets. Two days after the transfer, I noticed no growth and also a funny smell which turned out to be the beginning cases for root rot. Purchased Actino-Iron from my local hydro store as per the owner's recommendation and used it for a week before flushing the plants and buckets. Well it seemed to possibly have gotten rid of it cause the roots are now since white and some light caramel, but best of all no bad smell. Unfortunately though the plants are still not really growing like they were and the bottom as well as the 2nd set leaves are yellowish/green as seen in the picture below. I've heard that root rot can work up slowly on your plants and am hoping that isn't the case. In addition the weird thing is that root rot makes your water acidic..well I'm having the complete opposite. My pH is always high, I will lower the pH to 5.6 and within an hour it's back to almost 7.0! To resolute the pH issue, I even soaked all new rocks in 5.6 ph'd water for 24 hours, added the nutrients and then placed the pH back to 5.6 and then waited another 12 hours before applying it to the plants. Well the pH is still rising like it was, so I'm just not getting it!
So to recap the issue in case of confusion due to my story:
1. Plant not growing
2. pH keeps rising very rapidly
- The bulbs I am using are GE Plant & Aquarium 48" Bulbs
- Nutes used are Mother Earth Blended Super Natural Super Tea 4-1-4 (but am moving to the Age Old Grow products here next week)
- Tap water and nutrients (let it sit for 24 hours in a bucket with a pH of 5.5-6.0 before adding to plants)
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Any help given will be so much appreciated! Thanks!
I am a newbie to this site. I decided to join because after many previous issues, I always saw the most positive help from this site. Anyways with that said, I need some help with my new grow.
Here I have some Maui Wauis that were planted in October after I received them from the Attitude site. They were doing great growing almost an inch a day under two 48-inch T12 lights and then all of a sudden they stopped. I figured the issue was bigger pots so i transferred the DWC grow from barely-a-gallon pots to 5-gallon buckets. Two days after the transfer, I noticed no growth and also a funny smell which turned out to be the beginning cases for root rot. Purchased Actino-Iron from my local hydro store as per the owner's recommendation and used it for a week before flushing the plants and buckets. Well it seemed to possibly have gotten rid of it cause the roots are now since white and some light caramel, but best of all no bad smell. Unfortunately though the plants are still not really growing like they were and the bottom as well as the 2nd set leaves are yellowish/green as seen in the picture below. I've heard that root rot can work up slowly on your plants and am hoping that isn't the case. In addition the weird thing is that root rot makes your water acidic..well I'm having the complete opposite. My pH is always high, I will lower the pH to 5.6 and within an hour it's back to almost 7.0! To resolute the pH issue, I even soaked all new rocks in 5.6 ph'd water for 24 hours, added the nutrients and then placed the pH back to 5.6 and then waited another 12 hours before applying it to the plants. Well the pH is still rising like it was, so I'm just not getting it!
So to recap the issue in case of confusion due to my story:
1. Plant not growing
2. pH keeps rising very rapidly
- The bulbs I am using are GE Plant & Aquarium 48" Bulbs
- Nutes used are Mother Earth Blended Super Natural Super Tea 4-1-4 (but am moving to the Age Old Grow products here next week)
- Tap water and nutrients (let it sit for 24 hours in a bucket with a pH of 5.5-6.0 before adding to plants)
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Any help given will be so much appreciated! Thanks!
