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Week 5 update - leave it to my dumb ass to not learn from my own mistakes... I left the slightest of gaps at a tape joint around the air hoses on the smaller plant res. Fast forward 48 hours and we’ve got a significant pytheum issue setting in.... This blows fat chunks.... it also requires prompt action and is this weeks lesson in dumbassedry: Light leaks in your res. - even the slightest of light leaks can create a pytheum problem. The roots get slimy and stringy, the water gets groty and the instruments for PH and TDS go haywire. You have little time to remedy the problem and there is never a guarantee that you’ll salvage the plant. Root rot is the absolute worst. BUT - if you move quick, you can often put this problem down if it’s early stage. First, prep a new, clean res. Pre-filled and balanced, ready to rock. Cover all the god damn light leaks! Then mix 5ml hydrogen peroxide/1L in a spray bottle. I use regular, over the counter stuff (when you can find it during COVID). This spray will act as a root cleanser Before we do the res. Change out. Wear sterile gloves for this next part. When you lift the Lid out spray down the roots heavy with the peroxide spray. The solution is strong enough to sterilize the affected roots Ie. kill the rot but hopefully not burn the shit out of em. You’ll want to get in there with your hands and try to wipe off the slime where you can but the important thing is to get the roots sprayed/saturated. After that you hose the roots down and rinse them off well and get em into the new res. You want to be thorough but you also want to work with a sense of urgency. This process is going to shock the plant regardless so the less time spent out of water the better. After 12hours and one ph correction the res. Was stable and the root tendrils have stretched back out. It’ll be touch and go for this one the next week or so but she should be alright.👍 ***a note on your res. Solution*** The fix works really well if your running clean/sanitized. If you’re running hydroguard or a similar bene microb then I would suggest you run your next res. With peroxide instead (1ml/L). It’ll help kill off some of the lingering pytheum and you can roll back into your usual mix on the next change.👍 Aside from all that Bullshit - we’re flipp’n em to flower in a couple days and gonna see what happens! The other girl with healthy roots is primed to be a beast of a clone.