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Dying roots - what's causing it?

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Good morning everyone.
I am having a small issue recently with the roots of my cuttings. I think it's the hot weather causing it but I mightbe wrong?
I usually root my cuttings in aero prop with 100% rate and then move then into coco. Never had any issues until this summer.
A week later in the coco and the roots are dead and you can pull the plant straight put.

That below is how they look before going into coco

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Then they look the same but without roots :lol:

What are your thoughts? I was thinking to add liquid oxygen to the feed?
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If I were going into coco I’d trim the roots so the chance of them breaking off during repotting and rotting was lessened

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how olds the bag of coco your using and does it have a slight smell of mushrooms?
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Hydro wrote:
Sun Jul 04, 2021 12:06 pm
If I were going into coco I’d trim the roots so the chance of them breaking off during repotting and rotting was lessened
I've never done that before mate buy i will try. I am usually very careful and as said never had issues before. But I wi try!
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GMO wrote:
Sun Jul 04, 2021 12:10 pm
how olds the bag of coco your using and does it have a slight smell of mushrooms?
I thought that GMO but last time i had brand new bag and same effect. Truly weird.
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Quite possibly it could be lack of oxygen this time of year although rootage does look mighty fine in your picture. I use h202 myself once or twice weekly in bloom after stretch is over, i grow in coco too, but tis more used for an oxygen boost type thing. Basically it won`t hurt at all using the stuff.
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I am just rooting some new ones @2-Scoops and will add h202 to see if that makes a difference.
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after they rooted then potted up day 1 how often ewe watring / feeding them ? :Stoned:

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btw they look half fuked before potting up i think thats your main issue :oik!:

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Aeroponic roots are water roots. Use dome or plastic baggie overtop of planted coco clone for first week. Saturate medium.
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