NrthrnMichigan
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looks like a little salt (calcium) buildup on the inserts.
Only where the water sat and dried or evaporated.build up all over mine but not usually in the container though?
It's a given! I had salt and chlorine build up all over mine but not usually in the container though? Although pwm spores get everywhere from my experience they don't colonize inert material just the plants.
You need it to be much warmer when it's in the cloner.
Is the pump on a timer or 24/7?
Are you running a sterile cloner?
No where in this thread does the "Friend" of the op state the water temps in the rez or buckets... With temps from 75 to 80 in the tent you will definitely have to keep the water temps in check.. under 70 is what "they" say. I run much cooler to avoid all risks of pythium (root rot). Considering there are over 125 different types of pythium, I'v managed for years without any damage from the little beasties. Currently my cloners are running about 76 which is acceptable with pure white roots established. Normally I run the cloner about 78 to 80 degrees. Need higher temps to produce roots but once produced then you need to keep water temps cool.
@ myke -- I don't mean to be insulting, but there is a newbie forum section. If you have something of value to add from your experience growing, I appreciate the input. That said I've been around over 10 years as a member (March of 2008. It appears that you joined last week -- welcome to the forum's. Also, root rot if you've ever had it, doesn't occur from loving a plant to death.some people just Shouldn’t grow. I think your loving them to death.Best of luck.
No offence takin, but I think one can love plants too much. With that said could the small net pots be a cause of the root rot? Small area containing the heat? I’ve only used bigger ones so just a thought.
You also need to run a res with dwc. Simple return/ feed line.Keep the res outside of the tent.
With all these problems I would also consider the environment. Something has to be a miss. Remember ,it’s a weed.
There also a product called Enzymes Komplete. This works well for people that like to boil there roots. The stuff foams like dish soap When in contact with air bubbles. It completely foams the pail so it gets into every nook between the rocks and the media.
Yes root rot can be from too much love.Most new growers can’t resist looking ,touching, constantly lifting the lid to check the roots. Raise lower the light 4 times a day. Check Ph 12 times a day. You see what I mean.
Yes u want foam everywhere,you can’t control the foam regardless of how much water is in the bucket. If your buckets don’t overflow a little foam then you don’t have near enough air then.Hydroguard has been being added to the res. It doesn't foam. Also have some OreganismXL which does foam in the res. I don't believe that these are supposed to foam into the root zone though. That's the issue that there was before, you don't want your res line too high I feel. I'm not really sold that good microbes will destroy bad ones in the root zone. I believe good microbes can help reduce bad microbes from multiplying, as good microbes may out compete the bad ones in the res, but once bad microbes are into your root zone, I feel it's rough to turn a corner especially if the plants are young.