I have a number of root pictures that show the difference between the anaerobic and aerobic type of roots. Now I count on sun light to move the water in the containers. That works well for the first row but drops off in the second. So the first roots are aerobic and the second third and so forth are anaerobic.

Those roots above show the seasonal difference in the larger trees. the dark growth is last years and the whiter roots started in the Spring.

Just some thing else to consider when building this type of garden. Besides there are now six different types of roots Grow with these methods changes a whole lot of the way we "see" plants.

I`m a big fan of healthy roots but i have to say all those roots look awful. Aerobic roots should be pure white and the picture of health.

Aaa, who says so? It's like your other td bit of information about roots needing the dark. Who says so. That the difference between knowing and experience. Knowing always goes with what's known. Until some one tries it. A weakness of a copy and paste. If any thing about the first picture you could see why the roots are a different color. It has to do with what the roots are absorbing. Your talking about

"YOUR" your system force feeds plants till the sterile solution at a certain ph to get it to live a week before it kills the plant. Try not to be a fan of something till you understand something about more on the subject

While I should let it go at that there are newbies There are two picture on Alex's post that show why the root colors are different The color of the first picture shows white material floating in the water. That plant roots parts were floating in the water. A simple drop or rise in ph and the plant roots starts breaking up. Dying. This method instead lets the plant set it own ph. Every plant. That's why their all in separate containers. My method allows plant to live happily for "YEARs" without changing the water,, Just adding as needed. The color of the roots is immaterial. The Avocado root picture above show the difference between Fall and Spring. You can see the new roots growing. An by the way where are your example of the different root types your talking about. I have five years worth of pictures of both raft and stone bed Aquaponic systems roots to show an none are white.

lol, do you think these roots are less than a week old or look like they are about to die?

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I`ll have to do a side by side using your method when the weather picks up, i dont expect it to be much of a contest but it`ll be interesting to see what happens.

Contest about what. What are you trying to say? What does an over saturated with oxygen roots prove? Are you sure your not "copy and Paste" . An what does the weather have to do with it? Since I'm already growing outside and never stopped. Your late to that party I'm afraid.

I'll tell you what you pick a plant? Even one your growing now and let's see if I already have a picture of it. Go ahead I've got thousands. Well, 4tera bytes of pictures. But before you do understand that I had students and volunteers growing every type of plant the internet can provide me with. That's not a brag and don't know if I mention it here but I've killed thousand of plants learning this. People will laugh and say yea, he's killed a lot of plants with good intentions. Lucky for me tho Nature provided me with a lot of practice material to work with.

Wait, wait for all the newbie's and lurkers explain to them how those roots were produced. Them about how much nutrient solution was used to produce them. How many times the water was changed. How many times was the ph checked each day. The system I use works on the boom an bust cycle of life. Funny to say it that way but that's the way it works. I create an environment that attractive to bacteria. It's the bacteria that consumes the plants waste and their dead little bodies provides food to the plant. The color of the plant roots is because it's absorbing the dead parts of the bacteria. That too is why this works anaerobically where in hydroponics would be a death bell for those white roots.

No contest in terms of health, speed of growth, fruit yield you name it. I`d like to see you post pics of tomatoes growing outside in the snow :) Roots don`t absorb solids, so your theory of discolored roots due to absorbing parts of dead bacteria is pie in the sky. I`ve already told you i dont change out the water or dump it down the drain. As for water and nutrient use, how wet do you think these roots are? i suggest you take another look and see if you can spot anything that looks soaking wet. You suggest that your method doesnt require any additional nutrients, maybe you`d like to explain where the nutrients come from as i`m a little puzzled how you get a plant to grow from a seed to maturity in an inert media using just water. If bacteria are involved there must be something for them to process, if the plant cant grow (no available nutrient source) there is no material to process. If there is no soil there is no source of nutrient to achieve that initial growth to provide that resource. If there is soil involved then you are not doing hydro, its simply a self watering pot. Your method is akin to perpetual motion, you cant create something from nothing. That is the reason why i`d like to do a side by side test from seed to maturity.

Closed mind, blind eyes and a sour heart. Have somebody read my post for you because you refuse to see them your self. So I can't help you soooo...I'll just scroll on by your name.