@derek420colorado it looks like your air flow is too aggressive. The fine lateral root hairs have been scrubbed off of the roots. Air-stones with smaller bubbles will provide better O² transfer and be less abrasive to the roots.
Yeah I know that is kinda the trade off. You don’t really get any fibrous roots due to the turbulence
the trade off in my opinion is the absolutely MASSIVE main roots. They end up being as big as a
Garden hose
from what I see the bigger main roots have a bigger impact on the nutrient pathway network.
Big main roots that connect to a large and well
Established root crown, Into a big thick stalk.
I think the fibrous roots play less of a role in dwc with max O2. That’s just observation and speculation at this point though
Another thing, is when it comes to flowering
Something
@FullDuplex said that got my brain working
Why does Dwc typically take longer to flower vs soil.
he said it’s about root pressure and resistance
which makes sense,when in a soil pot they will generally flower once they root cap has enough pressure, resistance, or some combo of the two.
in dwc there is much less resistance. So my theory is that it take the big main roots to hit the lower parts of the reservoir, be it other roots or the res walls themselves, it will trigger the flowering mechanism.