That would be what would happen.I'm wondering if you move the light away a little, you can get the plant to stretch a little.
You cant have fungus gnats if they are not over watered. If you got gnats, they are over watered. The best remedy is sand or mulch in the pots to interrupt the breeding cycle.Thanks guys, but..
They're not starving. I repotted them into soil that already has nutes in it. I used to grow with just plain water in this soil and the plants were still happy.
I tried using only perlite but it didn't make any difference, so I switched back to vermiculite.
Definitely not over-watered. I forget to water sometimes.
I do have fungus gnats, but thanks to mosquito dunks they're basically gone. Never really had a problem with them, though.
Took out the plants and the roots look good, as far as I can see..
Tried watering with soft water and less nutes and switched nutes on some..
Still have no idea what's going on..
Let them dry out to kill them. Let the plants go limp from under watering one time. It wont hurt them.I'm starting to think you guys are right.
I'm watering the plants and they're simply not drinking any of it.
It's got to be a problem with the roots, right?
Could fungus gnats really cause THIS much damage, even when there aren't that many of them around anymore?
I'm using Mosquito Dunks and they've definitely killed off the majority.
The reason they started in the first place is because I don't water all my plants on the same day. So, there are always wet plants somewhere and they frolic.
I mean, I changed the medium and there are still larvae? What can I do?
Tried letting the soil dry - didn't work.
Can't water from the bottom because the roots haven't reached that far down.
The fungus gnats are pretty much gone, AFAIK.
The issue now is - are the roots so damaged that they can't intake nutes anymore?
Though, if that were the case, wouldn't they also be wilting because they couldn't intake water either?
So, they're taking up water but no nutes?
Damn, sounds like a pH issue again, but it can't be.