Strange Slime buildup on roots

[elito]

one more thing i wanted to ask,can i use the ewc tea and this product together its 100%organic mostly bb and some vitamins

 

[ItsGrowTime]

Then immediately add the tea to the fresh res water and let that run through your system for at least a day or two before you add anything else (nutes).this is good to know i already changed 2 of my small dwc res. with some seedlings and i added nutes and this BB mix,is it necessary to let the tap water sit for 24 hours before i add the tea,this is a bit of a problem couse i have 3 130 gallon reservoirs and i dont have space to get an extra one to let it sit for a day before i put plants in it,is it possible tp use some of the aquarium stuff to remove the chlorine quicker,or can i add the benes to fresh tap water
-do the chemical nutes harm the benes or starve them like the slime
and what do the bb eat if my nutes are non organic

soon as i get the results il inform u
i liv in bosnia thats in europe the undeveloped part

I don't let my tap sit out. Unless your water smells REALLY chlorine smell (like a pool) then it shouldn't be a problem to use it without letting it sit.

I don't know the technical feeding process of the bacteria. This article should help you understand things a little better.
http://www.bghydro.com/BGH/static/articles/1105_bacteria.asp
It does say to add some sort of organic matter to feed them BUT they will start colonizing the roots without those products. This is what you want to happen before you add any organics. Once the benes get a foothold in the rootzone, they will outcompete bad bacteria. Then you can feed them.

Shouldnt be a problem to use different bacteria types together. But! If I were you I'd hold off on adding anything with vitamins or carbs or anything other than benes. The slime is waiting for you to add something you shouldn't have before the good bacteria are in charge.

 

[zero.kewl]

didnt want to read the whole post so my 2 cents is.. its root rot.. you have a light leak in ur res.... fix it and add sum h202 u should be fine next grow... light leaks my friend.. light leaks (reallllllllly stoned)_

 

[opt1c]

didnt want to read the whole post so my 2 cents is.. its root rot.. you have a light leak in ur res.... fix it and add sum h202 u should be fine next grow... light leaks my friend.. light leaks (reallllllllly stoned)_

since you're really stoned and it's the holidays we will give u a free pass

 

[richyrich]

since you're really stoned and it's the holidays we will give u a free pass

LOL

 

[elito]

didnt want to read the whole post so my 2 cents is.. its root rot.. you have a light leak in ur res.... fix it and add sum h202 u should be fine next grow... light leaks my friend.. light leaks (reallllllllly stoned)_

LOL

thats exactly what i wanted to right before i saw your post,almost pissed my self laughing,iv been reading this thread for days to finish it all and then this guy comes along with the solution

richyrich i got to thank u for starting this,im not sure i found a way yet to get this under control but this thread gave me alot of good info and hope most importantly

 

[420somewhere]

Thanks richyrich

Thanks richyrich

Thanks richyrich for the post !

I have been battling Root Rot(hehe) for some time, with all of the symptoms being described.

Got some Physon 20 and will give it a shot. Just put less than a mL in my res. Temp 68 degrees, no light in res, and don't you know it this started happening when I added sensizym.

I am a newbie and this was a test run on new equipment.

Thanks again -

 

[elito]

after these got slimed i tryed a few ways to battle it ,one is a domestic product bb and i tryed it in one res without changing thw water and the roots got slime free like it was never there i can still see it on the stone and the sides of the res biut the roots are white and clear,in another tub i changed the water and gave it the same product in the third i changed the water and added ewc tea,all the roots are recovering the didnt get covered with it it was just starting before i intervened,now the plants look defficient did anyone else had the same problem,ph 5.8-5.9 it did go to 6.5 after the first day i set it but thats the way it always goes,EC 1.0-1.1

any advice as what is this and how can i treat it

also today i got the physan 20 from the US,do u just add 3ml per 50gallons and run the system for 24h and then change the water add the bb and 2 days later the chem nutes,is that correct

 

[elito]

these look different but still somethings wrong,this is a new strain im starting mr.nice critical masss and sensi maple leaf indica,the leaves are dry like they are burned but why is it starting from the bottom and working its way up

 

[elito]

before the smile the nute strenght was the same maybe 0.1less and showed no signes like these

 

[ItsGrowTime]

also today i got the physan 20 from the US,do u just add 3ml per 50gallons and run the system for 24h and then change the water add the bb and 2 days later the chem nutes,is that correct

Yep thats all you do, but don't forget about cleaning out dead root mass and algae and a very thorough rinsing out of your system. Good to hear you got your Physan too. Deficiencies will show up after awhile due to the roots being choked by the slime and not being able to take up nutes. Once the slime is gone and new clean roots are grown they'll recover.

Also interested about your bacteria supposedly clearing up the slime. No one else has reported that working and it's never worked for me. Can you share what exactly you used?

 

[elito]

Yep thats all you do, but don't forget about cleaning out dead root mass and algae and a very thorough rinsing out of your system. Good to hear you got your Physan too. Deficiencies will show up after awhile due to the roots being choked by the slime and not being able to take up nutes. Once the slime is gone and new clean roots are grown they'll recover.

Also interested about your bacteria supposedly clearing up the slime. No one else has reported that working and it's never worked for me. Can you share what exactly you used?

these plants are going more deficient every day is that normal after the slime,should i lower the nutes a bit maybe or raise hem im confused

-about the product that cleared up the slime herea the web site in the green screen on the side it states what kind of bacteria it has thats probably the only thing u gonna understand in this language

http://www.slavol.rs/
u got the names of the bb in latin,when i get some free time i can search for the traslations

its intended use is for soil i called them today to ask about hydro they said they never tryed that,as i said befor people here dont even know hydro exists,so they asked me to callem back after i see the results they are intrested but never tryed it

-the roots were slimy on the tips that were suspended in water it was like that for 3-4 days and then when i added this product the water started to shoe bubbles like lather from the airstone,i think u can see it on the picture,and after 1 day the slime was gone from the roots like it was never there but it still remains on the bottom of the tank,i didnt want to change the water for another 2 days to see whats gonna happen and the roots are peal white on the pic,still i dont know can this have any negative effects on the plants,its good for soil and its water soluble so i quess it shouldnt hurt and it defenitly cleared the roots

 

[elito]

heres the pics

 

[opt1c]

i'd lower the nutes; the plants r probably recovering from what looks like a crazy ph swing... the new growth looks good and the roots look good

 

[ItsGrowTime]

Is that what all your roots look like? If so that's a pretty weak infection you've had. Badly slimed roots look really gnarly. Yours look pretty good and will recover quickly. Hopefully you have it beat. Keep us posted on the progress elito.

Bacteria list on elito's link:

U sastav slavola ulaze dve vrste bakterija:

1.AZOTOFIKSATORI
Azotobacter chroococcum, A. vinelandi, Derxia sp.
2.FOSFOMINERALIZATORI
Bacillus megaterijum, B. lichenformis, B. subtilis

The latin names are the same all over the world. I don't understand anything else on that website though. Is that Russian?

 

[grapeman]

before the smile the nute strenght was the same maybe 0.1less and showed no signes like these

Glad to see you finally took my advice and read this thread.

 

[elito]

i'd lower the nutes; the plants r probably recovering from what looks like a crazy ph swing... the new growth looks good and the roots look good

its progressing fast,from the lower leaves up,same in all 4 buckets,nothing special happend with the ph first day i set it to 5.7 it always goes to 7.5 an after the next day it stays stable,i lowered the nutes in one tub and raised in the next to see whats gonna happen tomorow

Is that what all your roots look like? If so that's a pretty weak infection you've had. Badly slimed roots look really gnarly. Yours look pretty good and will recover quickly. Hopefully you have it beat. Keep us posted on the progress elito.

Bacteria list on elito's link:


The latin names are the same all over the world. I don't understand anything else on that website though. Is that Russian?

the flowering dwc got affected the most their roots were covered whole,in these tubs i got to add these thing before slime progresed the tips were covered whole and after i added this slavol its gone ,but these plants are getting covered with the spots and drying leaves fast what do u think i should do

thats similar to russian

 

[OMountainMix]

The only thing that goes in the cloner is power clone and hydrobact. Haven't had any slime this way.

 

[richyrich]

The only thing that goes in the cloner is power clone and hydrobact. Haven't had any slime this way.

That is all you need, a bene product--just the right ones. By the way, power clone is awesome. I posted my results with it somewhere way back.

 

[StealthyStalks]

I can't believe this thread has gone on for almost three years now! I have read the entire thread because I have experienced the same slime and am desparate to finally get rid of it. After all I have read I think I am just going to go the Physan 20 route on a continual use basis.