From hydro to soil woes

BionicΩChronic · Jul 3, 2020

Okay so i vegged these 4 plants for about 4 months. Guy at the hydro store tried to sell me some root booster gold (benificial microbes) i told him u can't use bennies in a synth res. He replied that there is many studies proving the opposite and that hes seen roots bust out the bucket using this product. So i buy it and try it. No huge difference n no bad smell. One week later theres a very green smell coming from the res and signs of root rot damage on the leaves (wilting and spots all match pictures of leaves during root rot) and the ph Dropped big time. So i added a little pool cleaner n filled the res to kill anny and all bacteria on the roots.

Then i transplanted to soil outdoors. And watered in with added bennies and bud candy (microbe food)
Heres how the girls are looking this morning (drooping) do you guys think im fucked or do u think this droop is temporary.

Thanks

OldMedUser · Jul 3, 2020

You should be misting them a few times a day. Get a shade cloth over them so the sun doesn't fry the wet leaves and best to spray from underneath to further prevent that. If they can absorb enough water thru the leaves until the new roots that should be attempting to grow can supply water you have a chance to save them but it might already be too late. You're going to want to shade the tub of dirt so it doesn't get too hot as well. Roots can bake in the too warm soil.

You should have rigged shade and even covered them over with plastic at night so you create a humidity dome for them to soak up water thru the leaves.

Good luck!

:peace:

xtsho · Jul 3, 2020

BionicΩChronic said:
Okay so i vegged these 4 plants for about 4 months. Guy at the hydro store tried to sell me some root booster gold (benificial microbes) i told him u can't use bennies in a synth res. He replied that there is many studies proving the opposite and that hes seen roots bust out the bucket using this product. So i buy it and try it. No huge difference n no bad smell. One week later theres a very green smell coming from the res and signs of root rot damage on the leaves (wilting and spots all match pictures of leaves during root rot) and the ph Dropped big time. So i added a little pool cleaner n filled the res to kill anny and all bacteria on the roots.

Then i transplanted to soil outdoors. And watered in with added bennies and bud candy (microbe food)
Heres how the girls are looking this morning (drooping) do you guys think im fucked or do u think this droop is temporary.

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Get it out of the sun and wait. That's all you can do.

You made one of the biggest mistakes you could make. You listened to the guy at the hydro store trying to sell you a product you didn't need. Half the guys at the hydro store don't know jack. They might as well be ringing up a six pack at a 7/11.

From hydro to soil woes

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