Just wanted to update on a previous post where people thought the liquid background was the issue. It is not, this is called Lively wallpaper, the issue has been resolved as most common comment was the possibility of cold affecting the monitor as the screen tearing goes away after it "warms up".
Thanks to those who helped and i hope this post serves as knowledge for the peeps who didnt know about reactive wallpapers...
So my pc does this during the first few minutes of start-up. It's almost as if it's warming up. After 3-5min, it works perfectly and doesn't have any other visual issues. The graphics card is fine. I've even stressed it in Heaven Benchmark, and i also changed the hdmi... could it be the monitor that is starting to give? Any and all advice welcomed...
Hey everyone, novice grower here looking for a sanity check more than anything.
These are two autoflowers on day 41 in DWC using Xpert Nutrients. Last Thursday, I changed the water and nutrients in both buckets, and at that time, the roots were bright white/silvery. Today, I checked them again and noticed the roots have turned more tan/brownish, and it has me a bit worried.
What’s throwing me off is that the roots don’t seem slimy at all, and there’s no bad smell coming from the buckets. The plants themselves also seem pretty healthy to me — leaves look good overall, and growth hasn’t noticeably slowed.
So now I’m trying to figure out if:
this root color is normal staining from nutrients, or
if I’m missing early signs of root rot because I’m inexperienced.
I included canopy and root pics for reference. Any opinions/advice would be appreciated because I honestly can’t tell if I’m spotting a real issue or just overthinking every little thing on my first grow 😅
Additional info:
Day 41 autos
DWC setup
Using Xpert Nutrients
Hey everyone, I’ve been lurking for a while and decided to finally post. I’m at week 4 with my autos and followed the Xpert Nutrients schedule, adding everything listed for this stage. It felt like a lot, but since I’m new and things were going well, I went with it.
Today I noticed both buckets were full of white foam. I panicked a bit, dumped some nutrient water, and diluted it with fresh water. The roots looked slightly dark and slimy at first, but after a gentle rinse they were still white, so root rot doesn’t seem to be an issue (for now).
For context, I calculated nutrient amounts based on bucket weight (~30 lbs of water converted to liters), so anything listed as 1 ml/L came out to ~10 ml total, and 2 ml/L to ~20 ml.
Setup:
Questions:
Appreciate any advice—still learning a lot.