Aerogarden Root Rot
Also possible is that handling the roots too much during trimming weakened it and made it more vulnerable to root rot.
Aerogarden root rot. Thank you in advance. Just like humans the submersion of roots in water with little oxygen causes them to suffocate and drown. Yup that s root rot.
Ghost peppers and the cucumber plants seem to be doing well. Recently my basil got pythium root rot. Now that there s a 20 off sale at aerogarden i m considering buying the pollinator as i order some nutrients and things.
Root rot is one of the most damaging ailments our houseplants can suffer from and one of the most common. Prevention is the best policy but the disease can be stopped if caught early. When you don t trim your aerogarden roots they can grow too large and cause major problems.
Hello everyone i am a beginner. After doing a little diagnosis on the web it has the classic symptoms of fusarium wilt although for the life of me i have no idea how the fungus could have gotten into the aerogarden. Now trying to save the other herbs roots of which got a little bit brown too by adding a teaspoon of 3 h2o2 every day.
I ve started my gardens in january. I am not sure if this tratment is correct and how long should i continue it. The roots of the remaining plants seem to be better in colour now growing some new white roots.
Simply put root rot is the decay and rot of plant roots caused by a lack of oxygen in the growing substrate. The roots became brown and the leaves were affected too so i discarded it. It s also possible that the roots grew into the filtration aeration system and choked it.
Well the same principal applies to the roots in your aerogarden. Have you ever heard of a tree root growing into the pipes of a home or seen a small tree grow into the crevice of a rock and split it apart. Your options are to cut some of that off and or put it in some hydrogen peroxide and let it sit somewhere for about a week out of sunlight level 1 1 point 20 days ago.
The air pump stopped functioning and i want to see why. I grow peppers and shaking the plant was not working so i started using a q tip. The layer of air between the bottom of the lid and the top of the water line acts as an oxygen rich barrier to help combat root rot.
You guys are the best. You guys helped me save some plants from root rot. An infection can destroy a plant literally from the ground up.
