Ganja Goddess
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1)Do you have root aphids? Yes.
A)Do they look like any of the bugs pictured/linked in the first post? So far I have the Tank's, I'll try to get a closer look at the roots today. I have borrowed a microscope, maybe that will help identify them.
B)Do you have/have you had fliers (winged version)? No, a few fungus gnats have showed up (slow flying, erratic flights)
C)Have you noticed a waxy residue in the medium, on and around roots? Not that I have seen. plants are 4 weeks into flower. I can only see the roots on the first plant in the rails...
D)Have you tried any control methods/substances? What has and has not worked? Had been trying to fix the nute problems. Then saw the Tank beetles, found this thread See below for plan
2)Do you have nutrient lockout/deficiency symptoms? Yes
A)Do the symptoms seem to be connected to/tied to root aphid population? Yes
B)Do they look like magnesium or potassium deficiency? No, Nitrogen Dif
3)What is your grow setup like? This is in one flower room, 11 X 11 sealed room, ambient air temp is 68 degrees
4)What medium/method do you do? Aero/NFT
5)What nutrient line do you use? Botanicare, with some H&G products. ie Root exculerator & Magic green
6)Do you foliar-spray your plants? What do you spray with? pH of spray? Foliar in Veg with Magic Green
Trying to decide whether to scrap the room or not. I think I'm gonna try for 1 week. If the RA are not significantly dying and the plants are not showing signs of improvement by the end of the week. I will give up and break down the room. I dont want the problem to spread to other room.
Four weeks into flower, I will not use the IMID products. I have a bottle of Botaniguard on the way.
I ran H202 in the rez last night trying to clean up any bacteria, today I'm gonna refill an run hygrozyme for the roots. Running Botanicare with Liquid Karma makes it hard to tell root rot from LK staining at least while the roots are inside the rails. I hate to pull out the plants, the root mass is larger than the 2" holes.
Until the botaniguard gets here my plan is to pull out my 1/4 HP chiller, chill the rez as much as possible. Slow them down. I have some azamax I could run, but from what you guys are saying it wont do much.
Anyone have thoughts about running C02???
I have a Hydrogen, it looks like I can manage 17 CFM with it... At 17 CFM, I could raise the room C02 to 10k PPM in 34 minutes. From what I have read online, it appears that the 10k PPM has to stay in that range for 15 min to kill bugs.
Anyone know what that level PPM would do to the flowering plants in a 50 minute time frame? Kinda scary... BUT if it works saves my girls...
A)Do they look like any of the bugs pictured/linked in the first post? So far I have the Tank's, I'll try to get a closer look at the roots today. I have borrowed a microscope, maybe that will help identify them.
B)Do you have/have you had fliers (winged version)? No, a few fungus gnats have showed up (slow flying, erratic flights)
C)Have you noticed a waxy residue in the medium, on and around roots? Not that I have seen. plants are 4 weeks into flower. I can only see the roots on the first plant in the rails...
D)Have you tried any control methods/substances? What has and has not worked? Had been trying to fix the nute problems. Then saw the Tank beetles, found this thread See below for plan
2)Do you have nutrient lockout/deficiency symptoms? Yes
A)Do the symptoms seem to be connected to/tied to root aphid population? Yes
B)Do they look like magnesium or potassium deficiency? No, Nitrogen Dif
3)What is your grow setup like? This is in one flower room, 11 X 11 sealed room, ambient air temp is 68 degrees
4)What medium/method do you do? Aero/NFT
5)What nutrient line do you use? Botanicare, with some H&G products. ie Root exculerator & Magic green
6)Do you foliar-spray your plants? What do you spray with? pH of spray? Foliar in Veg with Magic Green
Trying to decide whether to scrap the room or not. I think I'm gonna try for 1 week. If the RA are not significantly dying and the plants are not showing signs of improvement by the end of the week. I will give up and break down the room. I dont want the problem to spread to other room.
Four weeks into flower, I will not use the IMID products. I have a bottle of Botaniguard on the way.
I ran H202 in the rez last night trying to clean up any bacteria, today I'm gonna refill an run hygrozyme for the roots. Running Botanicare with Liquid Karma makes it hard to tell root rot from LK staining at least while the roots are inside the rails. I hate to pull out the plants, the root mass is larger than the 2" holes.
Until the botaniguard gets here my plan is to pull out my 1/4 HP chiller, chill the rez as much as possible. Slow them down. I have some azamax I could run, but from what you guys are saying it wont do much.
Anyone have thoughts about running C02???
I have a Hydrogen, it looks like I can manage 17 CFM with it... At 17 CFM, I could raise the room C02 to 10k PPM in 34 minutes. From what I have read online, it appears that the 10k PPM has to stay in that range for 15 min to kill bugs.
Anyone know what that level PPM would do to the flowering plants in a 50 minute time frame? Kinda scary... BUT if it works saves my girls...