Root Rot and 5 Other Hydroponic Diseases (and How to Fix Them)

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How to recognise and deal with the diseases that hit hydroponic plants: root rot and Pythium, fusarium, grey mould, powdery mildew, downy mildew and tobacco mosaic virus. Includes the hydrogen peroxide treatment for root rot, a homemade baking soda fungicide, and how to stop each one coming back.

0:00 Diseases in hydroponics
0:13 Root rot
1:00 Treating root rot
1:54 Pythium
2:16 Fusarium
2:53 Grey mould (botrytis)
3:17 Powdery mildew
3:50 Downy mildew
4:30 Tobacco mosaic virus
4:58 Prevention first

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Image credits (Wikimedia Commons): black bean aphids by Sascha Kohlmann (CC BY-SA 2.0); botrytis on strawberries by Ninjatacoshell (CC BY-SA 3.0) and Rasbak (CC BY-SA 3.0); downy mildew on broccoli by Agroscope (CC BY-SA 4.0); downy mildew on Chinese cabbage by W. Brand, Pfalzmarkt (CC BY 4.0); downy mildew on sage by Dr. Jan Hinrichs-Berger, LTZ Augustenberg (CC BY 4.0); Fusarium by Edward L. Barnard, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (CC BY 3.0 US); tobacco mosaic virus by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Slide Set (CC BY 3.0 US).

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