big plant ppk
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leadbyexample52
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Trim them off or pull them out....if u got root rot u can smell it for sure....smells like nasty eggs....bad news.....if not draining fast enuf....drill some wholes in the buckets....if it's root bound not much media should fall out if it do...and u want to....Just vacume it out and refill to proper ppm.....much love to all ppkers.....props to d9......
bless
leadbyexample52
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Good.....yeah I've ripped out roots before they sat for two long.....the plant stayed healthy and just like you said were pearly even tho they were submerged.....You got brother/sister..........keep up the good work......next time around you might wanna do bigger top buckets ...ppk makes em get so big so fast....bless
All u need a timer and a <5v <200mA DC transformer 1-2 min twice a day shock the hell out of those bacterias in ur res. Good luck...
leadbyexample52
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So almost a week since pulling out the roots. Today I checked again and yet again a lot of roots know the bottom bucket. Any idea what is causing this. I am using the round tubs air gap is 3.5 inches. And I flooded for 40 sec every 1.5 hours. It is week 6 of veg. In a few weeks the girls will be too big for me to lift up the tub to pulls roots again. Don't want them sitting in conditions where I'm pretty sure will rot them
forkup
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Big girl there high life 
Good work, how did you handle the plant after harvest? Any root trimming, transplanting, media replacement or anything?
theplaya: not sure what you can do. I have it happen occasionally myself but it's never turned into an issue. Sometimes when I pull them they never grow back, other times they do and there appears to be no rhyme or reason as to why.
Good work, how did you handle the plant after harvest? Any root trimming, transplanting, media replacement or anything?theplaya: not sure what you can do. I have it happen occasionally myself but it's never turned into an issue. Sometimes when I pull them they never grow back, other times they do and there appears to be no rhyme or reason as to why.
She's still growin took the whole rootball and put it in a larger container. Shell be handled like every other big girl I've grown, chopped, hung, dried then trimmed. I left all the bottom bugs last harvest and she revegged for a couple months in the same container. Then I took her out and put her in a larger container. All the media was one solid root mass...no rot
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What's the pH in your res? Bacteria like above 7 so keep it low to avoid trouble.
The plants won't add that much weight. I believe you will see visible signs of over-watering before they will rot... I never had any rot, but I did notice the over-watering signs when the roots got into the bottom. I've had buckets with no air gap go unattended to for several weeks and even a month or so...yet no rot... just clean water even in completely sealed buckets
What reservoir is everyone using? I made the mistake of using a tote too weak and now using one that holds just enough to flood 4 sites. I will be making an eight site unit connected to one reservoir. So i'll purchase a 2400 GPH pump and 1/2" Pvc? That too constricted?
Have to find the buckets I purchased again. Will use rubber hose and carlon fittings again I'm thinking. Also going to use screened turface again but not as much in the growth sites.
Have to find the buckets I purchased again. Will use rubber hose and carlon fittings again I'm thinking. Also going to use screened turface again but not as much in the growth sites.
AlbertMarkovski
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Most folks are using the 27 gal toes from Costco it seems. $9 and they're strong enough that you can fill them with water, put the lid on, and stand on them (not that I've done that). You MIGHT be able to get 8 sites on one, but in the 8 site perpetual I am building, I'm using 2 of them.
Full of the shit you've been feeding us
. Glad ta have ya back around D9 
. You even got ole D rockin' the ppk's 
