Root Rot: Should I pull rotted roots off???

Hey guys, pretty sure I have root rot, Although, I have heard that GH micro will stain the roots so Im not entirely sure. Last week I switched over to Dutch Master nutes and fresh white roots are coming in. Should I pull off the brown looking roots or just leave them?

Im using a power grower eco, its a drip system/DWC and I am about 7 weeks into veg. Im just waiting til she's healthy again before I switch to flower. Her leaf tips are curling down at the moment, not sure why

sativahigh said:

Hey guys, pretty sure I have root rot, Although, I have heard that GH micro will stain the roots so Im not entirely sure. Last week I switched over to Dutch Master nutes and fresh white roots are coming in. Should I pull off the brown looking roots or just leave them?

Im using a power grower eco, its a drip system/DWC and I am about 7 weeks into veg. Im just waiting til she's healthy again before I switch to flower. Her leaf tips are curling down at the moment, not sure why

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Root Rot
What causes root rot? Low Oxygen levels. (DO) Desolved Oxigen. Temp's are the main reason for root rot, Low temps will lower the DO levels and high temps will cause low DO levels. Keeping temps between 65 to 72 will allow MAX DO levels or max o2 for roots. (Thank you so much for the information syko2! has provided above!)
Over watering also causes root rot, Root Rot infects parts of the roots, which then spread infecting the whole roots causing death, Root Rot can be caused by to high of temps in hydro as well as over watering. Not enough drainage in your soil can cause Root Rot, even signs of it looking over watered, because the soil holds moisture to long for the roots to dry out. So these 3 things are all connected together. The main one that causes everything is over watering. Once you find out you have root rot, depending on how bad the problem is, you can add H202( Hydrogen Peroxide) with your water or hydro setup to kill the bacteria caused from root rot. If the plant is severely taken over by it, there are only a few things you can do, cut off the roots affected by it depending on if its hair roots or tap roots, use H202 mixed with water in a different bucket and use it for a dip to help kill off bacteria before putting it back in the system, also note the system needs to be cleaned out if you have root rot. Using products like sm90 will kill off the root rot, using h202 in your system does more harm than good, it kills off the bad bacteria and good thus creating a worse off problem after the h202 has been overran, h202 if used in a hydro/aero system must be replaced everyday due to it disapating from the air. After it disaptes the plants defensive system has been killed off by the h202 causing the root rot that was not killed by the h202 left and thus overruns the plants root system. So again h202 should never be used in the hydro system, be kept in the system, although it is safe to use to rid of algae growth in rockwool and other mediums, but never be used in with the root zones regularly. Sm90 is a good product you can use to kill off root rot. Hydroguard helps protect and there are many other products that work as well, hydroguard is one of the more popular ones that work.


To prevent Root Rot, adding product's like Thrive Alive B-1, See Weed, Super thrive will help protect your plant's from root rot and will help cure root problems.

(info from elsewhere).

THE GAME said:

Root Rot
What causes root rot? Low Oxygen levels. (DO) Desolved Oxigen. Temp's are the main reason for root rot, Low temps will lower the DO levels and high temps will cause low DO levels. Keeping temps between 65 to 72 will allow MAX DO levels or max o2 for roots. (Thank you so much for the information syko2! has provided above!)
Over watering also causes root rot, Root Rot infects parts of the roots, which then spread infecting the whole roots causing death, Root Rot can be caused by to high of temps in hydro as well as over watering. Not enough drainage in your soil can cause Root Rot, even signs of it looking over watered, because the soil holds moisture to long for the roots to dry out. So these 3 things are all connected together. The main one that causes everything is over watering. Once you find out you have root rot, depending on how bad the problem is, you can add H202( Hydrogen Peroxide) with your water or hydro setup to kill the bacteria caused from root rot. If the plant is severely taken over by it, there are only a few things you can do, cut off the roots affected by it depending on if its hair roots or tap roots, use H202 mixed with water in a different bucket and use it for a dip to help kill off bacteria before putting it back in the system, also note the system needs to be cleaned out if you have root rot. Using products like sm90 will kill off the root rot, using h202 in your system does more harm than good, it kills off the bad bacteria and good thus creating a worse off problem after the h202 has been overran, h202 if used in a hydro/aero system must be replaced everyday due to it disapating from the air. After it disaptes the plants defensive system has been killed off by the h202 causing the root rot that was not killed by the h202 left and thus overruns the plants root system. So again h202 should never be used in the hydro system, be kept in the system, although it is safe to use to rid of algae growth in rockwool and other mediums, but never be used in with the root zones regularly. Sm90 is a good product you can use to kill off root rot. Hydroguard helps protect and there are many other products that work as well, hydroguard is one of the more popular ones that work.


To prevent Root Rot, adding product's like Thrive Alive B-1, See Weed, Super thrive will help protect your plant's from root rot and will help cure root problems.

(info from elsewhere).

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Really????? Got a link to the website you copy and pasted from? Putting "info from elsewhere" isn't really citing your source. You're getting better but you've still got a long way to go LUDA!

Wrong again. The lower the temperature of the water the MORE gas (O2 in this case) can be dissolved in it. Ever wonder why a cold bottle of Pepsi hardly bubbles when a hot one will foam up? Are all the spelling mistakes an attempt to make it appear to be in your own words? I don't understand why someone would go to such great lengths to make a fool of themselves. You're spending a great deal of time and effort copying other peoples work. Get out of your parents basement...get some fresh air and meet some people. Maybe you'll meet a girl and not have time for this foolishness.

If the old roots are indeed rotting, give them a tug. Discard any that come off fairly easy. If your able, give them a rinse in the sink. Diseased roots will rarely go back to normal, just like diseased foliage. Beneficial microbes are far superior to sterilizing agents, IMO.

http://www.mjguide.com/tutorials/PlantTrouble/1289.htm

Not to dredge up an old thread, but I was worried about possible root rot but I'm pretty sure its actually stain from gh micro. This tutorial is very good.

So I'm running a x4 8 gallon rdwc system, 5 weeks into the grow, plants arent growing tall, leaves are starting to get droopy, roots started to form brown gewy stuff, still very early, like you thought it was nutrient staining the root but a good friend of mine confirm that I was experiencing root rot.

Here's what I'm doing to fix it....
First, water temperature control, had to buy a chiller arrrgggg so expensive, brought the water down to 68f. It use to be at 85.

Then change the water and only put hydroperoxide 3ml/gallon and the same amount of hydroguard. Everyone swears by that product, a bit expensive but a must have. Then I used a seringe to spray concentrate mix water directly in infected area and cleaned out all of the brown shit out.
Wait 24 to 48 hour, change water again
The. Put back nutrient....

Oh and I forgot, got bigger stones, more bubbles, more oxygen. I am also gonna trim the plant a bit, take out all the bad infected leaves and that should do the trick....

Did it work??? I'll let you know in 48 hours lol

Groweed Canada said:

So I'm running a x4 8 gallon rdwc system, 5 weeks into the grow, plants arent growing tall, leaves are starting to get droopy, roots started to form brown gewy stuff, still very early, like you thought it was nutrient staining the root but a good friend of mine confirm that I was experiencing root rot.

Here's what I'm doing to fix it....
First, water temperature control, had to buy a chiller arrrgggg so expensive, brought the water down to 68f. It use to be at 85.

Then change the water and only put hydroperoxide 3ml/gallon and the same amount of hydroguard. Everyone swears by that product, a bit expensive but a must have. Then I used a seringe to spray concentrate mix water directly in infected area and cleaned out all of the brown shit out.
Wait 24 to 48 hour, change water again
The. Put back nutrient....

Oh and I forgot, got bigger stones, more bubbles, more oxygen. I am also gonna trim the plant a bit, take out all the bad infected leaves and that should do the trick....

Did it work??? I'll let you know in 48 hours lol

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So how did this turn out for you?

Yeah in having same issues update us!!

Root rot rarely turns out good if it's that far progressed.

As to breaking down roots, an enzyme product like cannazyme would help break down dead tissue. Anything that just sluffs off should go.

Renfro said:

Root rot rarely turns out good if it's that far progressed.

As to breaking down roots, an enzyme product like cannazyme would help break down dead tissue. Anything that just sluffs off should go.

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Like this? I just pulled this off.

Are you running a beneficial bacteria like hydro guard? Thing is there are some healthy roots in there, looks like they are more covered with external growth as opposed to rotting from root rot. Notice in the first pic how the healthy roots grow out of that clump of sludge? Possible to just wash a lot of that off but honestly is the plant showing signs of problems up top? That could just be a really healthy colony of your bennies if you are running them.

Root rot is more of a tan color and it's in the roots, not a sludge on top.

This is where enzymes are handy, they will break down the dead tissue and leave the living tissue healthy. So if you have some smothered dead stuff going on in a mass of good roots the enzyme is the way to go.

Renfro said:

Are you running a beneficial bacteria like hydro guard? Thing is there are some healthy roots in there, looks like they are more covered with external growth as opposed to rotting from root rot. Notice in the first pic how the healthy roots grow out of that clump of sludge? Possible to just wash a lot of that off but honestly is the plant showing signs of problems up top? That could just be a really healthy colony of your bennies if you are running them.

Root rot is more of a tan color and it's in the roots, not a sludge on top.

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I tried washing it, h2o2, chlorine. I ended up pulling the clump off today, I have pictures of how awful my plant looks and the clump if you scroll back a bit.

I have synsizyme in there with 1/2 dose of voodoo, piranha and tarantula, and the other 1/2 dose of great white. I've been using those for weeks till I started h2o2 and chlorine. When I used h2o2 the plant picks up quite well but only till it wears off. I think I have rotting roots in the hydroton.