I have a serious problem. My SSH is dying a slow death:
That was last night. This morning it looks even worse.
Last night I adjusted the PH back to ~5.8 (within .05) and added some ice packs to the water to get the temps down (It was at 21.8C last night). This morning I readjusted PH back down to ~5.8 (it was at ~6.0) and the water temps are at 19.8C.
Because it was looking really bad this morning, I decided I needed to remove some hydrocorn and see what the heck is going on in there. What I discovered is that the SSH has put out several 3" long roots, but that the roots were all bone dry. I put the plant back in the bucket and top fed it, then decided to raise the water in the reservoir until it’s close to where the actual roots are - for the time being I’m going to ignore the whole “make the roots stretch” thing and give them direct access to water.
I will wait a few hours for the hydrocorn to dry out from my top feeding and then check it again to make sure those roots are getting wet.
If that doesn’t work, then I will change the buckets out and just put in plain PHed water. I am leaving tomorrow for NINE DAYS so this is definitely not good.