brown gritty substance in roots

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I2icho

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Hey all I'm growing in dwc for the first time. I'm in the 3rd week from seed.
Everything was going good until I added cannazyme in the 2nd week. Roots started turning a browny colour.
It's not slimey or stinky. So I don't think its rot.
Fast forward a week I was told to get some great white in there which I did and it seems to off made the problem worse.
Now the roots have a gritty sand like substance between the roots.
Any ideas?
Above Ground



Roots 1



Roots 2


Any advice on where to go now would be appreciated.
 
SnapsProvolone

SnapsProvolone

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Cannazyme and hygrozyme will turn any dead / infected root matter to a black tar in my experience. Just wash em and see what happens.
 
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I2icho

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Dont mean to sound retarded but what do you mean by wash them? Just rinse them under the tap (ph 8.0).
I tried spraying them the other day with ph 5.8 water but nothing really happened.

Or do you mean bath them in h202?

Cheers.
Hopefully I can save these girls.
(My last ak47 seed :()

P.s yeah I noticed a day after adding 'great white' the color of the water turns almost black.
 
SnaFuu

SnaFuu

Well-Known Member
Aww tht's too bad man. Adding an enzyme product to problematic water just speeds up the process. Believe i mentioned this in your other thread. Well like tikitoker pointed out, you're gonna need to make some tea. And yes you can spray the roots with tap water.
 
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I2icho

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tikitoker said:
https://www.rollitup.org/dwc-bubbleponics/361430-dwc-root-slime-cure-aka.html

follow the recipie to the T- or it's your own fault. Seriously bro read this shit and the re-read it. IT REALLY DOES WORK!
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Maybe where you live you have access to all the goodies needed for the tea.
For starters botanicare (aquasheild) don't distribute to Australia. So looking at 2-4 weeks shipping (don't have 4 weeks to wait).

And I haven't seen any of the other products on the shelf here.
so im guessing it's going to be the same process.

So I'm trying to do the best with what I have access to atm.
Here are the roots after a bath.


Looking alot better, I bleached the buckets and added pond zyme so hopefully it will clear it up.

Merry Christmas to all.
 
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