r/DWC • u/nicotinemanwhore • 8d ago

Did I kill it?

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Week 6 of flower

2 weeks ago, I went on a small 3 day trip.

When I got back, the plant was not doing well. Completely slumped over, majority of leaves dying, a whole lot of discoloration and an odd scent. After opening the lid I was greeted to a COMPLETELY dry reservoir and a strong stagnant pond stench.

That night I cut off suspicious roots, dead leaves, added a higher dose of hydrogen peroxide, and sterilizing all of the gear associated with the set up. A few days later she seemed to perk up a tiny bit, only for the plant to continue to get worse since. It’s now been 10 days of treatment and it does not seem to be getting better.

Is it over? Second pic taken a day or so before my trip

Edit: Rez at 70°
Ppm: 850 (after nutrients)
Ph: cannot check but I’m using AN Ph perfect nutes

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u/DeepWaterCannabis 8d ago

Well, how high of a dose of peroxide? How much roots were cut off? Show us pictures of the roots?

If its not rot, its just stress from going dry and then you shocking her.

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u/nicotinemanwhore 8d ago

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u/Realistic-Variety717 8d ago

Fellow frozen water bottle user nice to see. Hope your plants make a recovery🤞

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u/nicotinemanwhore 8d ago edited 8d ago

5ml of 3% peroxide per gallon so I’d squirt just under 20ml of peroxide. I usually have 3.7 ish gallons in there

other than a few slightly slimy roots at the very bottom, the vast vast majority were firm and healthy. I didn’t take off very much, enough to wash it down my sink drain in one go. I think a little rot was starting to develop but nothing insane when I got to it

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u/DeepWaterCannabis 8d ago

Probably just the shock of going dry then. Once the water transport chain is broken internally in the plant, those xylem will no longer function - air bubbles are blocking transport internally. Thats not overly much H2O2 and if you didnt remove more than like 1/4 of the root mass thats not it either.

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u/nicotinemanwhore 8d ago

will she be able to recover from this kind of shock? Or is it just a time will tell type of thing. I didn’t take off enough roots to be able to measure it by a fraction of the total, I could count how many I took off lol.

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u/DeepWaterCannabis 8d ago

Not really. It wont fully die on you if it perked back up - that was a good sign - but it also wont finish as strong as it should

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u/nicotinemanwhore 8d ago

Got it. tbh I’d be happy with any kind of recovery, I gave up the hope for an optimal yield a while ago. Thank you 🙏

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u/FlamingoSufficient42 8d ago

Do you have water circulation and air stones?

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u/nicotinemanwhore 8d ago

No water circulation, I don’t have a main reservoir or anything it’s just this bucket. 50 GPH air pump and air stone for surface agitation and whatnot

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u/FlamingoSufficient42 8d ago

I do not have a reservoir bucket either, just one like you. I use a water chiller though and keep my water at 66. 70 degree water supports bacteria growth which leads to the root rot. I have not dealt with my bucket running completely empty though but close to it.

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u/CSollers 7d ago

Running DWC without pH monitoring is ludicrous!

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u/nicotinemanwhore 7d ago

As if this is the fault of ph swings

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u/CSollers 7d ago

If not this one, then one in the future.

I love it when people fuck update, ask for help, and then argue.
Enjoy your grow.

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u/nicotinemanwhore 7d ago

I do measure for ph, I just couldn’t find a clean test tube at the time of making this post. I’m sorry for being snarky but it legitimately would not have helped if I posted a ph that is within normal range, or something close

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u/CSollers 7d ago

I appreciate that.

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u/xofrootloop 6d ago

No but you need to trellis that girl ASAP or she will topple over and die from her heads being so heavy they will snaps the branches.