Here are the 3 angles. Everything appears to be fine with the roots but perhaps not.
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Well it looks like your air pump is working, that’s good. The roots look okay for the size of the plant and they don’t look to be suffering from any contagions. They are underdeveloped in the sense of where they should be in your auto receipt though.
Dampening off seems to still be your issue. I recommend adding a fan to help dry out the peat pod. I have had the peat pod in the grobo now for a few weeks and have noticed some signs to look for to see if your pod is too wet. If the entire top of the peat pod is uniform in color and damp, you need to take measure to dry out. A healthy peat pod will show signs of drying out in some areas and those areas are lighter color.
I bought 2 inexpensive usb fans on Amazon that work great. I use hook magnets to hang the fan. The extra air circulation keeps the moisture level just right for the peat pod.
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Awesome — thank you for the feedback. Do you by chance have a link to the fans you purchased and a picture of them setup in your Grobo? I’ll get these ordered by tomorrow.
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I’ve ordered the fans, I’ve added hydroguard, but it appears my real problem is water temperature. The room that it is in stays no warmer than 72 degrees, so it’s baffling that the water temps would be so high.
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Wow, yes. 76 degrees is no bueno but the bulk of your issue is still the dampening off. I am in the same situation as you but came up with a very cheap solution.Easy Water Chiller Setup
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So it turns out maybe it just took a little while for the temps to settle in. Today is hovering right around 71 degrees.
To help dry out the pod, I squeezed it several times at the bottom and have pried the holder up with these plastic pieces from the Grobo start.
Hopefully the fan will dry the top and sides of the pod. Any advice from anyone is greatly appreciated.
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What day overall and what stage?
You may want the plant to be in early veg so it is filling to the medium water level. Or you can take some water out of the tank using the Drain process but just do it for a few seconds. You can lift the lid and watch the water level/sensors as you are draining.
Right now it’s on Day 3/14 of Transition. It’s a 65 day autoflower from Mephisto, so it has already flew through the veg stage. I’ll try to drain a little water tonight and see if that helps. Thank you!
Take a look at your picture underneath the lid. We can see water droplets forming on the underside of the lid which is too much moisture. If water is making it up to the lid it is surely soaking the peat pod. I’d remove some water and wipe dry the lid. Then check it after a couple hours. Hopefully water will not be accumulating up there.
Do you have an extra air stone going or something?
I have the same setup with the new lid and peat pod basket. I just checked mine and the underside is dry.
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Wow – great catch there. Only one airstone, but clearly that is just too much water. I’ll remove some and hopefully she’ll dry out and be salvageable.
THANK YOU! I’ll update in a couple of days.
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After removing some water and drying the pod out — I’m getting some slight discoloration to the bottom leaves. In general I think the plant is looking healthier today and the dampening off is hopefully an issue of the past.
Thanks for the help and hopefully she perseveres.
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Thank you everyone for helping me get her back on track! White hairs are beginning to appear, and I’m thinking she’s due for leaf tucking/a trim later on today.
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In one of those pics you can see some very purple stems on a couple of the fan leaves. I get this when my air temp falls below 70 degrees.
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Oh wow, thank you for noticing that. I’ll be sure to keep my air temperatures higher.
Out of curiosity – what is more important… air temp or water temp?
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Both are important and both have acceptable ranges. Personally I like air to be 72-82 degrees and water 65-69 degrees.
I have heard others say air range is 65-85 and water 62-70 but you can see similar ranges there. If you fall out of these ranges you WILL see it affecting your plant.
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Oh and humidity I keep 50-60% unless it’s flower then lower to 40%.
The stalk is tilting a little. You can use hooks/ties to keep her upright until she gets stronger 
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She is exploding in growth! So far all I’ve done is leaf tucking, but I’m beginning to think that more invasive techniques are needed.
She is growing so thick, I’m somewhat worried about airflow and access to light.
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