Not all hydroponic roots are white as the driven snow.

[alltatup]

I am posting some pictures of my roots so people don't think that any stain on roots is a sign of root rot. For some reason, roots in my reservoir stain at a certain stage, and then they go back to beige. The reservoir smells perfect and the plants are growing like gangbusters.



This was how my root rot looked 3.5 years ago, and it smelled baaaaaad:

[PuravidaC]

Wow, alltatup! I just got around to emptying my coco air pots today and took a photo of root ball! Not hydro but I gave a silent thanks to Tika for convincing me to switch from soil to coco! 😁

[alltatup]

Nice!!!

[Tika]

Hi folks...I like that @PuravidaC..... and I’m still doin the same thing.. don’t have the “intestinal fortitude” like you folk to go full hydro.
Much love
T

[vostok]

I am posting some pictures of my roots so people don't think that any stain on roots is a sign of root rot. For some reason, roots in my reservoir stain at a certain stage, and then they go back to beige. The reservoir smells perfect and the plants are growing like gangbusters.



This was how my root rot looked 3.5 years ago, and it smelled baaaaaad:

I'd be reading up Humics, often its them in your nute that does the discoloring IMO

good luck

[alltatup]

Yes, my nutes contain fulvic acid.

[vostok]

Wow, alltatup! I just got around to emptying my coco air pots today and took a photo of root ball! Not hydro but I gave a silent thanks to Tika for convincing me to switch from soil to coco! 😁

Early days I did this like the x-files weighing and measuring the root ball gives many insights

more so if you ever change your nutes even lights

also cutting downwards looking for knots or obvious compaction points that may impeed growth

cheers