My latest disease problem

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I called Botanicare today and got lucky. I talked with one of their engineers about clearex. He is a tomato grower, but hydroponic. He had the same problem, described it to a T. He gave me instructions how to use the clearex.

I asked him why my plants were doing great 3 weeks ago but went down the tubes. What he explained (here is my interpretation of what he was saying) was that when the salt builds up sufficiently around the roots, it stops the plant from taking up sufficient water so that even though the mix is well hydrated, the plant is dehydrated and dies from insufficient water. The clearex' job is to push the salt out from around the roots and out the container.

The goal is to get 80% of the clearex (1 tblspoon per gallon) flushed out of the container, so it takes the built up salt around it. So what he suggested was to hydrate the container to the point that the growing mix cannot take in any more fluid, so that the clearex in the gallon of water can flush the salt out.

I am going to try this. Ami was kind enough (as he always is to try and help out) to pm me about using hydrogen peroxide, and I am going to try that if this doesnt work.