Urgent advice! Week 7 flower-rootball broke off

**MrLearner** · 30-07-12, 05:33 PM

Been having issues with my DWC this entire grow!
I decided today to change the res once again and just feed on water to see if she would pick up.
Growth has been next do nothing for about 1week,the roots were a light brown colour,it's had rolling leaves and a lot of yellowing for a while.
I used super thrive a couple of days ago but nothing improved.

As I did the res change today the whole root ball broke away! Leaving a few roots left at the net pot!
U can c my soil one on the left is doing amazing!! Do I risk letting the DWC for another couple of weeks to harvest?or do I tear it down now?surely that stress could cause it to seed?

**jimmi420** · 30-07-12, 05:45 PM

Sounds like it may be root rot, brown roots just falling of , did they stink like bad eggs ? its all gone tits up by the sounds of it and theirs not much you can do if your root ball has come away from the plant all together.

**Mr-Lover** · 30-07-12, 05:47 PM

As Said By Jimmi, Would Just Chop it Down Mate If The Root Balls Gone.

**MrLearner** · 30-07-12, 06:05 PM

The roots didn't smell,I did have doubts about them though.would high water temps cause this?been fighting them this entire grow!!
Also,il still get a decent smoke from the small yield that's there won't I?

MrL

Cheers btw

even though it's bad news lol

**jimmi420** · 30-07-12, 06:17 PM

Yes high water temps will starve your roots of oxygen and do your plants no good what so ever, causing many problems , one of which is killing your plants by oxygen starvation. your roots need oxygen m8 allways , i think around 22 to 23deg celcius is ideal much higher and your gonna struggle.

**MrLearner** · 30-07-12, 06:34 PM

Mines did go over that a few times

was hard to keep on top of the temps with ice bottles lol
Summer grow in DWC was a fail for me.wish I had money for a chiller or a bigger area! I refuse to spend money tuning this small area in. Gona go with coco or guanokalong soil?no1 really gave me much insight on the second option tho

I'll chop her down 2moro,few popcorn buds to puff on

MrL

**jimmi420** · 30-07-12, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by MrLearner

Mines did go over that a few times

was hard to keep on top of the temps with ice bottles lol
Summer grow in DWC was a fail for me.wish I had money for a chiller or a bigger area! I refuse to spend money tuning this small area in. Gona go with coco or guanokalong soil?no1 really gave me much insight on the second option tho

I'll chop her down 2moro,few popcorn buds to puff on

MrL

Coco isd the way forward , very forgiving of mistakes.

**MrLearner** · 30-07-12, 08:00 PM

The reason I asked about the guanokalong soil was because it says it has enough nutes to last 3months.all I'd need to do is add water-surely that's as simple as it gets?
I do have canna coco nutes there anywy so would just need coco.

Had a look at ur grow jimmi,looks class!very jealous lol

MrL

**jimmi420** · 30-07-12, 08:03 PM

Cheers on my diary , your gonna need a ph pen as well as an ec pen, yu can get both for about £20 of ebay if growing in coco

**MrLearner** · 30-07-12, 08:27 PM

Ive got an electronic gauge that reads both.was planning on keeping the nutes in a bubbler,saves me making them up all the time.with coco do I start using nutes straight away?

**jimmi420** · 30-07-12, 08:31 PM

Yes its the exact same principles of hydro water culture but it cuts out all the bollox you may get in water , you good mixing for a few days just dont keep ur mix in the same room were your heat and light are .

**MrLearner** · 30-07-12, 10:14 PM

Sounds ideal,yeah if I can set something up somewhere else I will,with 4 plants in 60x60 there won't be room for anything else.cant wait to get this grow out the way!lol
Can't wait to get a decent size area that I will willingly spend the money on to produce some trees!addicted to growing!

MrL