GrowDogg
New Member
Hey guys,
This is my first time doing Hydro, and things are going great, im using Current Culture H2O nutrients line with Bud Boosters Early and Late and also using Reverse Osmosis water.
I have a custom built RDWC intermittent pump for 15 mins on and 15mins off to mitigate the heat issue. Its a 3 pot system 2 x plants and 1x reservoir, im growing an AK47 Auto and a White Widow Max Auto. Both are in week 2 of flower. My problem is I changed the water and flushed the system 2 days ago and put new nutrients in to a ppm of 850.
Basically I left the override switch on for my water pump so it was running for 24 hours straight causing temperatures to rise to 27° and the pH to rise to 6.7 and the ppm stayed the same roughly but the plants drank their usual 2 litres each, now there is a film on the surface of the water in the reservoir and a smell of root deterioration, there isn't slime as per say yet on the roots, it hasn't gone that far. Though im sure it could progress further if I dont correct it. What I have done to temperarily fix the issue is add Frozen water bottles to bring the temp down to 20°c to try kill any pathogens and ive also added 2ml per 10 litres of HydroEdge (beneficial bacteria for DWC applications)(6ml) total), and lowered my pH to 5.6 instead of 5.8 to also create an acidic environment not favourable to bacteria. Seeing as I did a full system flush and refill a couple days ago you can probably see why im hesitant to 'waste' all of the nutrients in the system if I can find a way to salvage it SAFELY or atleast let the plants use most of the nutrients in the system and do a full change out tomorrow or the following that would be good. If there is any risk of it causing further damage or problems such as root rot/slime to set in seriously then I dont want to risk it, I'd rather do a full drain.
I want your advice on how I can correct the bacterial fungi growth that has occurred overnight. Would you guys recommend that I need to do a complete system drain and flush immediately or is there something I can do to salvage it, like adding tap water with chlorine and bennies and Acidic environment for a few days.
This is my first time doing Hydro, and things are going great, im using Current Culture H2O nutrients line with Bud Boosters Early and Late, just one little slip of the mind, leaving a switch on and temperatures rise out of control, I probably could of prevented this by using beneficial bacteria to prevent a problem but as I said up until now I've had no problems at all so I thought why add something if it isn't needed.
Im going to do a full system flush tonight if I dont get enough advice about if I can do something to save this batch of nutrients.
Note I AM ALSO USING CURRENT CULTURE UC ROOTS WHICH IS A MINERAL DESCALER AND RECOMMENDS TO NOT USE ANY OTHER STERILISER OR DISINFECTANT, OR BENEFICIAL BACTERIA.
UC roots in hypochlorous acid in a safe mix ratio for plants, will this itself be enough to correct the issue?
This is my first time doing Hydro, and things are going great, im using Current Culture H2O nutrients line with Bud Boosters Early and Late and also using Reverse Osmosis water.
I have a custom built RDWC intermittent pump for 15 mins on and 15mins off to mitigate the heat issue. Its a 3 pot system 2 x plants and 1x reservoir, im growing an AK47 Auto and a White Widow Max Auto. Both are in week 2 of flower. My problem is I changed the water and flushed the system 2 days ago and put new nutrients in to a ppm of 850.
Basically I left the override switch on for my water pump so it was running for 24 hours straight causing temperatures to rise to 27° and the pH to rise to 6.7 and the ppm stayed the same roughly but the plants drank their usual 2 litres each, now there is a film on the surface of the water in the reservoir and a smell of root deterioration, there isn't slime as per say yet on the roots, it hasn't gone that far. Though im sure it could progress further if I dont correct it. What I have done to temperarily fix the issue is add Frozen water bottles to bring the temp down to 20°c to try kill any pathogens and ive also added 2ml per 10 litres of HydroEdge (beneficial bacteria for DWC applications)(6ml) total), and lowered my pH to 5.6 instead of 5.8 to also create an acidic environment not favourable to bacteria. Seeing as I did a full system flush and refill a couple days ago you can probably see why im hesitant to 'waste' all of the nutrients in the system if I can find a way to salvage it SAFELY or atleast let the plants use most of the nutrients in the system and do a full change out tomorrow or the following that would be good. If there is any risk of it causing further damage or problems such as root rot/slime to set in seriously then I dont want to risk it, I'd rather do a full drain.
I want your advice on how I can correct the bacterial fungi growth that has occurred overnight. Would you guys recommend that I need to do a complete system drain and flush immediately or is there something I can do to salvage it, like adding tap water with chlorine and bennies and Acidic environment for a few days.
This is my first time doing Hydro, and things are going great, im using Current Culture H2O nutrients line with Bud Boosters Early and Late, just one little slip of the mind, leaving a switch on and temperatures rise out of control, I probably could of prevented this by using beneficial bacteria to prevent a problem but as I said up until now I've had no problems at all so I thought why add something if it isn't needed.
Im going to do a full system flush tonight if I dont get enough advice about if I can do something to save this batch of nutrients.
Note I AM ALSO USING CURRENT CULTURE UC ROOTS WHICH IS A MINERAL DESCALER AND RECOMMENDS TO NOT USE ANY OTHER STERILISER OR DISINFECTANT, OR BENEFICIAL BACTERIA.
UC roots in hypochlorous acid in a safe mix ratio for plants, will this itself be enough to correct the issue?
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