I'm using Ebb&Flow, not DWC. Just haven't set up my table yet. Been watering by hand until roots develop.
Same thing really. Seeds is very easy to overwater. Do you feed by hand in the top of the netpots? I would carefully water around the RW cubes daily. Good luck!
They aren't in net pots... I put the RW cubes directly into the hydroton just like I usually do with the peat starter pods. I'm thinking the heat caused a ton of stress and then I accidentally over watered? Am I correct?
Could be a root rot issue. What do you feed them?
GH trio line. Been giving them grow and micro at about 200 ppm.
And that's it? No additives? That is good if that's the case. If you only feed them the plant food you could try use some preventative measures like chlorine to keep pathogens and bacteria growth to a minimum. Silicate also helps to keep fungal growth at bay in hydroponics, it's a pretty effective surfactant. Also great for overall plant health and resilience.
That all sounds good but doesn't really apply to me at the moment. I'm still watering by hand. Pure bottled water with 200 ppm of food. Can I add bleach to my hand watering schedule? Should I purchase something for root rot or just let them dry out more before feedings?
Agreed. Rockwool has always given me fits as it holds a lot of water and therefore is prone to root rot. I tried cloning with RW and had little luck. Rapid Rooter plugs FTW.
I'll definitely try those next time. First time using RW and I have to say I don't particularly like it.
Well it does work for some folks so it's worth a try because of it's cost, disposability and whatnot. Back when I did flood and drain SoG I used LECA in 6" square pots and I really wanted to be able to switch to rockwool slabs so I didn't have to wash rocks all the time. I just couldn't get the results with the RW so I stuck with the LECA and cloning with rapid rooter plugs became my go to method back around 2003 because I could cut 4 trays of 50 clones and if 1 didn't root that was a surprise. I rarely have a cutting fail to root in one. I used to have a dude that would buy a tray of 50 rooted cuts every 2 weeks for his perpetual, at $20 bucks a cut that was a nice side pay for a few years. Love rapid rooters. lol
So do they appear to have root rot? If so what would be my best option to try to save them?
I wouldn't be able to tell on the root rot without seeing the root. If it's brown then it's rot. Is it coming out the bottom of the RW?
Ugh okay... Man this RW shit is irritating. Guess I should have researched more before jumping in. This whole run has been a nightmare. Started with 12 seeds and my gfs dad came to town two different weekends and cut off the cold air to them so I'm down to only 4 now... Well more like 3 I guess.