B-1 Help.....UN-Shock treatment?

Green Growbot

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I cant get anyone to respond to me on my other post about B1. Was told to buy B1 for my situation and now cant get anymore instruction. See if I can get some help here.
Ok, Had too thick of a layer of lava rock in the bottom of my bucket so I cut the holes in the bucket a little bigger to pull out some of the rock to get some better drainage. She is in Dr. Earth soil. When I pulled out the rock,things went alright, the soil is now starting to get dried out and Im ready to get that B1 put in there to fix the moderate "shock" problem that developed from removing all of the rock. The soil is still slightly moist and I dont wanna over do it by over "flushing" her with the B1. Instruction say to use 1 tbsp/per gallon. That seems like a whole hell of a lot when she already had the problem of poor drainage/ over saturated soil, even-though its more dry now. Can somebody please give me some instruction on how much I should give her before its to late. Her leaf tips are looking kinda droopy and new growth, top canopy leaves have started "cupping". Thankfully there is NO DISCOLORATION of the leaves, in fact, her stalk and stems are starting to turn a pretty dark purple. I cant get to good of pics now because she is in her 12OFF. She is not in veg anymore as the pic shows. Started 12/12 on Thursday. THANKS:fire:


This was the other thread, if you want to read up.
https://www.rollitup.org/marijuana-plant-problems/425357-drainage-rocks-causing-drainage-problems.html
 

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Mother's Finest

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How long ago did you remove the rock and develop this shock? Shock for a plant usually means trouble absorbing and/or transporting water.
 

Green Growbot

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April 15th, 10:15pm. began removing rock from the bottom of the bucket. 2 hours later noticed slight shock. The morning after I removed most of the rock (9am Saturday, yesterday now), noticed slightly more shock but soil was beginning to dry out. The soil appears to getting pretty dry now, I did a moisture check with the probe at nidnight, tonight (3 hours ago) and she only had a moisture reading of 3/10 which would normally indicate time to water on my normal schedule. So she must be getting pretty dry but she still seems to be in shock with the leaf tips sagging and a few new growth leaves "cupping". I just took these pics about an hours ago so you can see. Pictures are kinda crappy because Im taking them in a pitch black room on a camera that has broken screen so I cant see what the hell im doing till i put them on the pc. Hopefully they are good enough. I really just need to know how much water I should be putting in there with her. She is getting pretty dry but a day after recovery, a "minor flush" seems like it could make her worse. Any other info is also appreciated. Im always up for learning whatever.
She was having a problem getting the water past the rock bed and out the bottom. When I removed the rocks I think it kinda screwed her up because without that rock layer the plant went 2" deeper into the bucket. Not all at once but gradually. Kinda thinking thats what stressed her out. She looked SUPER healty up to the point I realized water wasnt escaping and started removing rocks.
 

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i read a post that said that water automatically sits on the dirt in the pot and doesnt drain out. something called pwt i dont remember what that meant. but anyways when you put rock in your planter then you raise this level and shortens the length that the root can go down into the pot. when you took out the rocks you gave the root more growing space, but why its doing worse instead of better is something really strange. you would think that with the root growing more that the plant would get stronger and stop being sickly. hopefully you figure it out, becuz i would hate to see anyone lose part of their crop. good luck!!!!!!!

edit: Also, just becuse it says so many tsp per gallon doesnt mean that it wants you to put a gallon of water in your plant. they want that amount in the water, thern water your plant regularly IMO.
 
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