This may have happened to you, but for those just starting out with hydroponic tower systems, this is an article you should read.
In the photo below is a bundle of two-foot long roots from from the collard and mustard greens I have been growing for half a year.
Why is this article focus on them? They are just roots, right?
Yes,
they are very long and healthy roots, but herein is the problem. These roots are
so large and aggressive that they can kill the entire plant by wrapping
themselves around the water pump, which supplies the upward flow of water
to all the plants in the tower, and the aerator pump, which oxygenates the water.
Twice I have had to cut these aggressive roots away, and you should too before they kill the plants. Cutting them will not kill the plants. However, what cutting the roots does do is encourage the plants to produce more greens.
So, don't freak out when you find large roots that are mummy wrapping the water and air pumps (essentially shutting off everything vital to the plants continual growth) for themselves.
Just nip, nip, and you will prolong the life of your plants
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