Story time! Sorry if this has been discussed before, I typed out this post before realising theres a search function but my ego put too much effort into this post.
As I've been freaking out about pythium on my hydro grow (I'm not even sure it is but some roots have been a pale brown colour for some time, but no slime, so here's to hoping its nute stain) I started looking up ways to prevent and treat it. The agreed method seems to be peroxide based products for hydro when looking online. The catch with this is, if pythium is established or survives the weekly res clean, the concentrations of peroxide needed may kill your plant before it kills the fungus.
I started looking a little deeper into the general info of pythium instead of pythium issues related to cannabis growing and came across a product called Banol, a fungicide for ornamental and turf grass for golf courses.
Looking further into it the active ingredient of this is propamocarb hydrochloride. I dug a little deeper and saw it's a Category D pesticide, indicating minimal carcinogenic risk, and also has minimal to no effect on the endocrine system of humans, though it's still not recommended for pregnant women to consume products that it's been used on (apparently Dutch greenhouses use it *hinthint*)
Now, Banol claims to be preventative and curative all without peroxide, and is safe to use on ornamental grass and turf, but all my searching for Banol or propamocarb use on soil or hydro growing for weed had been nil, so hypothetical time, boys and gals. Do you think the use of propamocarb would be viable for hydro grows?
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