Peyote alexia
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Oh shit. It got revived. I seen it scrolling through the new threads hahahha. My bad. Oh well. The advice is there for others 
What causes droopy plants in hydro?
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Some of the worst advice I have seen, made my head hurt.
Thanks for sharing
Peyote alexia
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That was the reason I commented. Couldn't believe the advice he got haha. Turns out I was 11 years to late. Oh well. Hopefully my comment is somewhere in the right direction for others that may read this.
What would you say to the original issue dafreak?
What would you say to the original issue dafreak?
rkymtnman
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you revive a 10 yr old thread with the worst advice i've seen in a while. congrats newbie. i use the drops as a back up to my digi meter with my nute mix, not my water for a decade now. peace of mind for a few bucks.
I would say he had less than healthy clones to begin with and wait. I would also tell him to take a hard look at that one plant that looks like it could perhaps have mite damage. Transplant shock. Could be a mix. If people are using the right strength food and within a generous range of pH they don't need to worry.
rkymtnman
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it's normal for clones to have a bit of transplant shock #1. and #2 it seems to me that they will droop a bit as they spend more energy growing roots as a young'un. after they are done with all that, they should pray to the light for the rest of the grow if all is well
Peyote alexia
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I half agree dafreak. Without any precautions in place for root disease. There's no hard in keeping an eye on it. Or adding a precautionary measure. If anything like you say is out. The roots are susceptible. Where were we ten years ago haha oh well sorts pointless now
Peyote alexia
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Root rot comes in so many forms. And that's the extact way it effects mine on transfer. The only part I don't agree with what you said. Is that all should be well if the rest is in order. That's just not right. I haven't been growing for decades. But I've spent a good time fighting root rot. Now I have it figured out better and can raise a plant in Dwc from clone with no wilt or rot. But I'm not disagreeing some would wilt doing it another way without the method I need to use. It all depends what's in his water. PS Ofcourse a rotted mother wasn't cloned we can see that . You only stop learning when you stop listening ....
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Peyote alexia
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I couldn't disagree with this. So many ways to skin a cat
I just have rot and cyano in my tap water so I've had to learn to watch for that. It seems common in dwc
Grew DWC in extreme heat sub-tropics, used to get rot all the time when I started. only had 15 amps to play with for an apartment back then. Chillers not an option. AC not an option. Complete idiot to do DWC. But somebody gave me advice that made such a huge difference. Create a 2 to 2.5 inch gap between the bottom of the net pot and the water level and it literally adds like 10 degrees to your safety zone. Never had rot after that.
rkymtnman
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check out HTH pool shock for your res. it will kill anything alive. and chlorine is a nutrient for cannabis. win/win.
safe for humans/safe for plants up to 5ppm free chlorine.
Peyote alexia
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I will soon do a post on what it took me to beat it. I have cyanobacteria in my water . And growing Ina damp environment full of pythium/Fusarium.
I spent a year battling it. Still do 2 dwc but any other are hempy now. It's one of those things. What works for someone may not work for others. I used chlorine up to 5ppm and it helped like a bandaid but was never the cure. I can use a combination of bacteria on transfer and chlorine on WC or just bacteria. But chlorine on WC after bacteria innoculation of the net pot. Is best for me. I've done weeks of research reading scientific publications on the matter. There is litterslly heaps of types of root rot. Some survive over 5ppm even. The hard apart is finding the type you have. And the phytotoxicity levels of cannabis to chlorine. A 1-2ppm dose should keep most at bay. But some survive over 5ppm. And it's gets to a point where it hurts the fine hairs . I've seen and done all this personally. Experienced it all and learnt the hard way alot. I wouldn't wish it upon anyone
I spent a year battling it. Still do 2 dwc but any other are hempy now. It's one of those things. What works for someone may not work for others. I used chlorine up to 5ppm and it helped like a bandaid but was never the cure. I can use a combination of bacteria on transfer and chlorine on WC or just bacteria. But chlorine on WC after bacteria innoculation of the net pot. Is best for me. I've done weeks of research reading scientific publications on the matter. There is litterslly heaps of types of root rot. Some survive over 5ppm even. The hard apart is finding the type you have. And the phytotoxicity levels of cannabis to chlorine. A 1-2ppm dose should keep most at bay. But some survive over 5ppm. And it's gets to a point where it hurts the fine hairs . I've seen and done all this personally. Experienced it all and learnt the hard way alot. I wouldn't wish it upon anyone
How do know what color you're looking for with drops if the nute mix is pink or red to start with?
mtbowl
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Um no dude. How in the fuck can you tell the right color of that test kit when your nute mix is not clear? Oh might be a newbie here but I been growing 20 years....
mtbowl
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Well I didn't wanna just spew out some bullshit so I tested it earlier. My nute mix is redish in the reservior. I put some in the test vial and dropped a few drops of ph tester in it and gave it a shake. It turned even more red.... looked on my little tester bottle here and it tells me thats 4.0 ph.... well I take my good tester on out and give it a go and it reads 5.8. So if I was to go off this glorious dropper ph tester id be adding in ph up and totally fucking up my plants..