root rot

[Little Brother]

Problem: slime root

Medium/grow method: dwc five gallon bucket. using 2.5 gallons of water in the bucket

Feed: and supplements used: mega crop, grnlf sea kelp, wow humic and fulvic mixture

water source: tap. use a 12 gallon commander tote to store water in during the week. i draw water from that to top off or do reservoir changes. starting ppm ~150

Strain/age:unknown auto from cropkingseeds probably about 3 weeks or so

light used: 2 cobs

Climate: in tent temps stay between 79-81°F and rh stays between 55-66%. water temp in bucket stays around 77ºF

Additional info: used a pretty conservative amount of hydroguard... that was probably my mistake. something like 3ml to the 2.5 gallons. also i had the airflow set pretty low on my pump.
added another line into the bucket so now there are two air stones in there and i set the pump on maximum.
3 more ml of hydroguard added bringing total in bucket up to 6 ml.

i just did a res change last night. the roots seemed fine then.View attachment 1211369
hmm maybe a bit discolored now that i look at them.
i found these this morning and cut them off promptlyView attachment 1211370

i played with them a bit and they seem structurally sound, just all slimey with goo.
anyhoo i think ill get ready and do another res change in a couple days and go from there. if anyone has any advice or insight i would like to hear from you.
oh and last night when i changed my reservoir the new values were as follows: pH 5.8 temp. 76.1ºF ppm 472
values this morning were as follows: pH 6.42 temp. 77ºF ppm 458
maybe 10 ppm of that is kelp and humic fulvic combo. 150 is the innate value of the water. the rest is mega crop, pH down and hydroguard.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

Problem: slime root

Medium/grow method: dwc five gallon bucket. using 2.5 gallons of water in the bucket

Feed: and supplements used: mega crop, grnlf sea kelp, wow humic and fulvic mixture

water source: tap. use a 12 gallon commander tote to store water in during the week. i draw water from that to top off or do reservoir changes. starting ppm ~150

Strain/age:unknown auto from cropkingseeds probably about 3 weeks or so

light used: 2 cobs

Climate: in tent temps stay between 79-81°F and rh stays between 55-66%. water temp in bucket stays around 77ºF

Additional info: used a pretty conservative amount of hydroguard... that was probably my mistake. something like 3ml to the 2.5 gallons. also i had the airflow set pretty low on my pump.
added another line into the bucket so now there are two air stones in there and i set the pump on maximum.
3 more ml of hydroguard added bringing total in bucket up to 6 ml.

i just did a res change last night. the roots seemed fine then.View attachment 1211369
hmm maybe a bit discolored now that i look at them.
i found these this morning and cut them off promptlyView attachment 1211370

i played with them a bit and they seem structurally sound, just all slimey with goo.
anyhoo i think ill get ready and do another res change in a couple days and go from there. if anyone has any advice or insight i would like to hear from you.
oh and last night when i changed my reservoir the new values were as follows: pH 5.8 temp. 76.1ºF ppm 472
values this morning were as follows: pH 6.42 temp. 77ºF ppm 458
maybe 10 ppm of that is kelp and humic fulvic combo. 150 is the innate value of the water. the rest is mega crop, pH down and hydroguard.

HydroGuard is a living microbe that forms colonies on the roots that protect them from bad organisms by out populating them. That is what freaked you out. The blobs will take on color from the nutrients.

Humic and fulvic acid with kelp are very good additives but will grow lots of microbes that make it hard to control the PH. I would add them to the reservoir a day or two ahead of a reservoir change and at your temps maybe just the day before. Change your reservoir every week without fail.

You are getting close to the limit on your reservoir temperature. The ability for the water to retain dissolved oxygen is limited at that temperature. Ideal is 68°F. I have grown under these conditions though so it can be done. The air stones you use are critical to getting oxygen into the water. You need to use Air Stones that provide "tiny" bubbles and lots of them. 7 watt air pump. I have used these with good luck:

Then you should be running HydroGuard at 2ml/gallon, MC at 3g/gallon PH5.8

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

yeah i may have over reacted... i stuck my face in there and didn't smell anything out of place.
you will probably laugh, but i may have given in to despair and thrown it out...
the beginning was rocky and i made many mistakes, and when i saw the slime my heart sank.
decided it was time to start over.
good thing is i learned a thing or two. i might do a regimen of frozen water bottles to get the temp down a bit.
your insight has been invaluable to me, as i apparently lack critical thinking skills.
i'll make you proud of me some dayView attachment 1212385

You threw it out . You can learn way more from a problem plant and she was just about to take off. .

Hey do not be so hard on yourself. This stuff is not intuitive. I have been farming 50 years and I learn new stuff every day. I killed a bunch of seeds recently with some stagnant water!