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Root rot?
- Thread starter Doubledealing72
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Doubledealing72
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Burny, I agree that sometimes the best thing to do is start over, but I think that's when there is no hope left for the plants. Yes, I have been messing with the plants for 2 weeks now, but they have grown quite a bit. Maybe not as much as if they had never got the brown algae, but I have witnessed significant growth. I noticed the growth was slowing down when the brown algae started back up.
Had I just started over, assuming I had seeds to do so, I would have noticed the same thing happening eventually. But with help from everyone on this site, I believe I have pinpointed the problem. Light leaks from the lids by the net pots.
I have since cleaned out both totes, rinsed the roots off, and put new water in the rez. I also made the lids completely light proof (I believe it's completely light proof now).
As always, I'll keep everyone updated!
Had I just started over, assuming I had seeds to do so, I would have noticed the same thing happening eventually. But with help from everyone on this site, I believe I have pinpointed the problem. Light leaks from the lids by the net pots.
I have since cleaned out both totes, rinsed the roots off, and put new water in the rez. I also made the lids completely light proof (I believe it's completely light proof now).
As always, I'll keep everyone updated!
Burny
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I hope that fixes your problem. I didn't expect everyone to understand what I was talking about. It takes a while before you can just throw a plant away. But every plant doesn't have to be saved. Some just aren't worth growing. Unless you have no other option. Which I did state earlier in this post. A lot of times once you correct whatever is causing the problem it is better off to start over with a fresh plant and coil the sick plant. You had already done several things to try to correct the problem and were talking about doing more and I thought maybe you should wait and see if some of the things you had already done would work before you tried anything else. Thus the leave it alone and let it grow or die that I think a few people didn't understand.
alltatup
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Burny I agree. I did something really stupid on my current sativa grow, which was to put 4 monster sativas (I just didn't realize how big they'd get, never having grown anything like them before) in my grow box, and about 6 weeks ago (now in week 15 of flower), I made the decision, after agonizing about it for a couple of weeks, to pull out three and let the leader take over the whole box. Which she did. I felt so bad about taking those plants out, but it had to be done...
Now the other situation I haven't encountered yet. I ALMOST gave up on my second grow before I figured out that the horrific case of root rot (brown algae, in my case) was caused by light leaks. I was just about to chuck it, but folks on the forum said, DON'T GIVE UP. And although growth was stunted on the four plants, I got a very decent harvest and decent bud out of it.
I have yet to find myself in the situation you describe, but I think I would be able to recognize if a plant weren't salvageable and that it would be more cost-effective to get rid of it and start again.
Now the other situation I haven't encountered yet. I ALMOST gave up on my second grow before I figured out that the horrific case of root rot (brown algae, in my case) was caused by light leaks. I was just about to chuck it, but folks on the forum said, DON'T GIVE UP. And although growth was stunted on the four plants, I got a very decent harvest and decent bud out of it.
I have yet to find myself in the situation you describe, but I think I would be able to recognize if a plant weren't salvageable and that it would be more cost-effective to get rid of it and start again.