What is this clinging to my grow bed roots? - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T12:32:52Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/what-is-this-clinging-to-my?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A133533&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI've had brown roots just lik…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-06-18:4778851:Comment:1335332011-06-18T00:07:00.834ZChristian Jameshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/ChristianJames
<p>I've had brown roots just like in Matthew's photo and they seem to be dead. Especially with big tomatoes, kale, and peas. A slight tug when you run your fingers through them and the mass will all come off leaving some stronger bright white roots. I went through all my rafts and removed all the brown matter a few days ago - haven't seen any change since then. </p>
<p>I'm also wondering if it is a oxygen problem. I need to get up really early and check out the levels when their at their…</p>
<p>I've had brown roots just like in Matthew's photo and they seem to be dead. Especially with big tomatoes, kale, and peas. A slight tug when you run your fingers through them and the mass will all come off leaving some stronger bright white roots. I went through all my rafts and removed all the brown matter a few days ago - haven't seen any change since then. </p>
<p>I'm also wondering if it is a oxygen problem. I need to get up really early and check out the levels when their at their lowest since they seem to be fine the rest of the day. </p> Hi Ryan,
What type of filtr…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-06-18:4778851:Comment:1336072011-06-18T00:02:16.250Zhalemarthttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/halemart
<p>Hi Ryan,</p>
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<p>What type of filtration do you use to keep your roots white?<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Ryan said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/what-is-this-clinging-to-my?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A133243&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment133246"><div>From my experience...Bright white roots are healthy roots (in my rafts, gravel beds, drip beds...all of them) and those plants show the fastest growth where darker brown roots are usually…</div>
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<p>Hi Ryan,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>What type of filtration do you use to keep your roots white?<br/> <br/>
<cite>Ryan said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/what-is-this-clinging-to-my?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A133243&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment133246"><div>From my experience...Bright white roots are healthy roots (in my rafts, gravel beds, drip beds...all of them) and those plants show the fastest growth where darker brown roots are usually seen on the less healthy, slower growing plants. When the roots become covered with bacteria (Heterotrophic, nitrifying), decaying fish waste, etc it interfears with nutrient uptake with an end result of stunted growth, root rot and eventually death.
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I would check your bed and see how much crap has built up in it over the 7 months of operation. Could have had a mass worm die off or something weird resulting in an accumulation of solids in the gb.</div>
</blockquote> Thanks Matthew for your input…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-06-18:4778851:Comment:1332582011-06-18T00:01:09.922Zhalemarthttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/halemart
<p>Thanks Matthew for your input,</p>
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<p>What variety of lettuce are you growing there? Do you have any fish in your raft setup?</p>
<p>Would be nice to have a photo of what it looks like on top to get an idea of how healthy your plants are.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I know that TC has awesome looking plants.</p>
<p><br></br> <br></br> <cite>matthew ferrell said:…</cite></p>
<p>Thanks Matthew for your input,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>What variety of lettuce are you growing there? Do you have any fish in your raft setup?</p>
<p>Would be nice to have a photo of what it looks like on top to get an idea of how healthy your plants are.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I know that TC has awesome looking plants.</p>
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<cite>matthew ferrell said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/what-is-this-clinging-to-my?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A133243&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment133602"><div>Take a look at these brown roots. In our case it doesn't seem to matter, or it actually helps, its still up for debate. That being said, what you see on mine is not acceptable on plants<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2730233334?profile=original"><br/></a> in a recirculating system. I agree with Lynx on this one, things are looking fine.</div>
</blockquote> Hi,
I have red wiggler worm…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-06-17:4778851:Comment:1337072011-06-17T23:58:13.688Zhalemarthttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/halemart
<p>Hi,</p>
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<p>I have red wiggler worms in all of my grow beds. Some of them have higher populations than the others. This tank that I show the picture from has the fewest worms as I can tell. Hard to get a population count, I just know in some beds I can scrape up worms every time I dig, others less so.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Chris McMahon said:…</cite></p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I have red wiggler worms in all of my grow beds. Some of them have higher populations than the others. This tank that I show the picture from has the fewest worms as I can tell. Hard to get a population count, I just know in some beds I can scrape up worms every time I dig, others less so.<br/> <br/>
<cite>Chris McMahon said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/what-is-this-clinging-to-my?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A133243&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment133243"><div>Do you have worms in the grow bed?</div>
</blockquote> Ok,
We are getting differen…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-06-17:4778851:Comment:1337062011-06-17T23:56:13.044Zhalemarthttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/halemart
<p>Ok,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>We are getting different results with this so the results vary.</p>
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<p>It might also be the type of plants we are using. I am getting good results with my grow beds for the first year, but I am open to hear different ideas. Murray in his video "Aquaponic Secrets" showed all kinds of muck in his 4 year old bed and was getting great results. Yet, in his commercial setups he did for his customers he would use filtration for the roots. Perhaps it helps…</p>
<p>Ok,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>We are getting different results with this so the results vary.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>It might also be the type of plants we are using. I am getting good results with my grow beds for the first year, but I am open to hear different ideas. Murray in his video "Aquaponic Secrets" showed all kinds of muck in his 4 year old bed and was getting great results. Yet, in his commercial setups he did for his customers he would use filtration for the roots. Perhaps it helps to speed the time of growth? If I was running doing this commercial I know I would want as many plants as possible in the shortest amount of time.</p>
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<p>Would be interesting to do a side by side test. hmmm I think Murray did get better results with his filtered tank as I recall about 2/3 of the way thru the video.</p>
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<p> </p> I base it on how the plants a…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-06-17:4778851:Comment:1335192011-06-17T20:58:04.840ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
I base it on how the plants are doing. I've had some plants with perfect looking roots but the plants still looked stunted and I've had other plants that were absolutely beasts growing gangbusters and their roots didn't look all that good to me at all.
I base it on how the plants are doing. I've had some plants with perfect looking roots but the plants still looked stunted and I've had other plants that were absolutely beasts growing gangbusters and their roots didn't look all that good to me at all. Take a look at these brown ro…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-06-17:4778851:Comment:1336022011-06-17T20:40:06.480Zmatthew ferrellhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/matthewferrell
Take a look at these brown roots. In our case it doesn't seem to matter, or it actually helps, its still up for debate. That being said, what you see on mine is not acceptable on plants<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2730233334?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2730233334?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721"></img></a> in a recirculating system. I agree with Lynx on this one, things are looking…
Take a look at these brown roots. In our case it doesn't seem to matter, or it actually helps, its still up for debate. That being said, what you see on mine is not acceptable on plants<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2730233334?profile=original"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2730233334?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" class="align-full"/></a> in a recirculating system. I agree with Lynx on this one, things are looking fine. From my experience...Bright w…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-06-17:4778851:Comment:1332462011-06-17T19:08:07.759ZRyan Chattersonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Ryan
From my experience...Bright white roots are healthy roots (in my rafts, gravel beds, drip beds...all of them) and those plants show the fastest growth where darker brown roots are usually seen on the less healthy, slower growing plants. When the roots become covered with bacteria (Heterotrophic, nitrifying), decaying fish waste, etc it interfears with nutrient uptake with an end result of stunted growth, root rot and eventually death.<br />
<br />
I would check your bed and see how much crap has built up…
From my experience...Bright white roots are healthy roots (in my rafts, gravel beds, drip beds...all of them) and those plants show the fastest growth where darker brown roots are usually seen on the less healthy, slower growing plants. When the roots become covered with bacteria (Heterotrophic, nitrifying), decaying fish waste, etc it interfears with nutrient uptake with an end result of stunted growth, root rot and eventually death.<br />
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I would check your bed and see how much crap has built up in it over the 7 months of operation. Could have had a mass worm die off or something weird resulting in an accumulation of solids in the gb. Do you have worms in the grow…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-06-17:4778851:Comment:1332432011-06-17T18:42:30.616ZChris McMahonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/ChrisMcMahon
Do you have worms in the grow bed?
Do you have worms in the grow bed? I'm used to seeing a mix of w…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-06-17:4778851:Comment:1330602011-06-17T01:02:24.397ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
I'm used to seeing a mix of white and tan and brown roots on most plants when pulled from a gravel bed. Most of it is just bio-slime and particles clinging to the bio-slime.
I'm used to seeing a mix of white and tan and brown roots on most plants when pulled from a gravel bed. Most of it is just bio-slime and particles clinging to the bio-slime.