Snot forming on root hydropon.

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gmama420

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i hav white 'snot' growing/covering my longest roots. hydroponic 4~ 4 days from potted soil clones. does anyone hav a name for this and possibly a cure?
 
Serotonin

Serotonin

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Possibly a water mold?... which is actually a protist and not a fungus. Are you using any hydroguard or anything?
 
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gmama420

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Hi MT, How the Hell did you get a pic of MY SCUM ?? The obvious Q ..... what r ya gonna do with it? If it's that N B Scum there ain't much avialable for cures yet. Pls share your experience. I don't no what 2 do yet. Many Thx 4 the reply.
 
FilthyFletch

FilthyFletch

Mr I Can Do That For Half
First it never a good idea to go from soil to hydro pick 1 and stick to it. Second make sure your monitoring your res temps keep water under 70 degrees F. I also advise adding something like grotek H2o2 to keep mold fungus, bacteria and algae out while adding needed o2 to the res.
 
kt0s.6o4

kt0s.6o4

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Hi MT, How the Hell did you get a pic of MY SCUM ??
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hehe.... I snuck in last night while u were sleeping... :blsmoke:

The obvious Q ..... what r ya gonna do with it?
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Well....that problem occured to me about a month ago...and i just blasted the roots off with a h2o2 spray, and cleaned the crap out of my bucket...It came back once right after, so i did that again, and its been gone ever since...:grnthumb:

If it's that N B Scum
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What is NB scum?? havent heard about that???
 
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gmama420

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Thanks for the help guys. The problem was I added ph down (my ph was @ 7.3) and it had the reaction with the Hydogenperioxide nutrient solution I feed with. Add ph down, scum in an hour..... Plants are still doing well. need to work this out. thx, H
 
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gmama420

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Using low ph water from the start ~ no need for ph down.... Problem goes to cold case files for now. Should have gone to school for chemistry instead of brain surgeon.
Next case. what are these tiny black bugs on my roots? Look like a pinhead or smaller. lots of em (100 on 4 plants roots only(hydoponic)) No fly/ all on the roots.
 
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