How often have you been feeding them? roots don’t take well to being submerged in the same nutrient mix for several days with depleted oxygen levels. If you have root rot you can often smell it if you stick your nose close to the buckets. If they smell funky i’d pop some out the buckets to have a closer look. Brown, slimy rotten roots are obvious, in that case scrap the affected plants. Healthy looking white roots mean you can recover the plants with a bit of care and regular (daily) fertigation within the correct ph and ppm ranges. Good luck dude!
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They get watered every two days, three at most. 5.8ph and the last feed was 500ppm. I don’t know what else it could be, they look overwatered to me. Humidity is at 55-65. Temps 15-23c. I pulled one out and the roots are white and no egg smell or anything, i’ve flushed with hydrogen peroxide. I think they don’t like the cold nights perhaps and the perlite above the res is staying too wet.
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Wow, that’s a new one on me.
What are you using to water with?
Have you checked the PH of your runoff as Vernal stated above?
They are getting 1.5 litres (6 litre buckets)pumped through one spot quickly so that its going in quicker than it can drain. Tap water is 29ppm/7.1ph out the tap and sits out 24 hours or more. I guess I’m getting about 30% run-off. Exactly the same way I did it last time, same buckets, same nutes. Only difference is the time of year and temps which were about 5c warmer last time.
This was the last run, and I’ve been singing hempys praises ever since…
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That’s the the one thing I haven’t done, cheers. To be honest I transplanted most to soil last night, and soaked a bunch more seeds to go into soil today in case they don’t make it. I kept a couple in the buckets though so I can try and figure this out, I’ll check it this morning.
I’ve been googling around for a couple of days and found quite a few people who seem to have had similar problems over the years, but i havent seen it resolved.
Thanks guys for all your help and suggestions.
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Check the PH and maybe your ppm on your runoff. You may have a ph or nute buildup in your hempy bucket.
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Then there is an outside chance you might have some sort of viral or bacterial infection.
Infections show up when the temps rise, no doubt.
For example, bacterial wilt in cucumbers is spread by the spotted and striped cucumber beetle.
On hot days my cukes would slump like they have not had water for days despite my having just soaked them.
After years of failure with such a simple crop, I stumbled on a cultivar that has strong resistance to wilt, the amazing County Fair cucumber.
Not only is this cuke immune to the predation of these nasty pests they skip over them to attack my trap crop.
And I bomb the HELL out of them with Dawn dish soap and water spray.
Drown you !#$$#@'s!
Most likely your municipal tap water is causing this.
Most communities have adopted the use of chloramine disinfectant.
I discovered this when I moved into my present home, the smell of chlorine just reeked from my faucets.
After about 3 weeks of drinking it I started to get severe intestinal cramping and bloating.
A $40 whole house carbon filter (replacement filters are about $30 and last a couple months) fixed it for me, at least in the smell dept.
I still had terrible results using it for my grows.
In order of preference:
- Rainwater
- Zerowater
- Bottled distilled (88¢/gal)
Chlorine and chloramine are toxic to fish, other aquatic animals, reptiles and amphibians . Unlike humans and other household pets, these types of animals absorb water directly into the blood stream Don’t keep these animals in water that contains these disinfectants. Unlike chlorine, chloramine cannot be removed by letting water sit out for a few days.
https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/public/chloramine-disinfection.html
Even though the CDC says chloramine is safe for plants…don’t trust everything from the CDC!
ps That last grow is a beauty!
But something changed since then and I’ll bet it’s your water.
Plus the roots just sit in that water.
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That’s just not true at all. Chloramine and chlorine in the municipal water supply is just fine for plants at any level they’d use. Especially in sterile hempy buckets, which I actually run currently and have for years. I have never dechlorinated, let water sit out, ever, anywhere.
OP, I’d wager this is a pH issue, in hempies it usually is. Runoff pH is everything.
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What part of “Chlorine and chloramine are toxic” don’t you understand?
Maybe in vermy’s world up is down and inside is out.
@spaceman, I have actual current and years past experience with hempies. It’s all I use anymore. I suspect you have none.
Perhaps if OP has a question about deer bladders and what herbs to stuff them with, you’d have some valuable input, other than “chemicals bad”.
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" Another issue with chloramines is the formation of byproducts. Though chloramine results in fewer trihalomethanes, they still form when it reacts with organic contaminants in water but at lower levels.
It’s not clear what the long-term effects of exposure to low levels of trihalomethanes are."
And
“But a primary carbon filter removes only some chloramine.”
Keep using it pal, if it works for you, it must work for everybody.
Funny, I thought at first you meant herpies, which would explain a lot.
Wow lol a website that sells water filters you really must know a lot about this sort of thing haha.
Done this in 3 states, shitty water everywhere lol. Can’t get lucky yet I still grow fine bud. I’ve added bleach to the water before in hydro, shit smelled like a pool haha. Up to 15ppm, easy.
OP, dis boy don’t know what he’s talking about. It’s usually pH issues in hempies. Runoff pH will likely be off, or it’s possible you have a pest issue but that’s less likely.
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ba-dum-tsst
Yeah personally I don’t think its my water, though I guess I can’t discount anything. In the case of my runoff ph being way out, should I just give a huge flush at 5.8-6.0 and see how they’re looking after 24 hours? 99% sure I don’t have any pests. Starting to think there was a little bit of luck involved last time, as I completely overlooked runoff because I didn’t have any issues.
Thanks again guys, you’ve all been very helpful.
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I find that folks who do something for a living are more reliable than busboys.
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Best of luck wading thru differing opinions.
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Depends. If the pH is low, for example, you’ll want to use higher pH water to correct it for example. But yeah, just a big old flush is usually what you’ll have to do, and is generally the cure to most problems in hempies. I also run 6.0-6.3 in hempies as my normal feed and I found it was better than 5.6-6.0 that people often recommend.
David Attenborough voice: When pressed, the person who has no idea what he’s talking about will often lash out wildly…truly remarkable.
It’s not a “different opinion” if you have literally zero experience.
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