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stiffnuts12

stiffnuts12

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I watered last night my leaves were getting crispy but soil was still wet. My temp is at 72 and Humidity is at 45. I transplanted them to a 5 gallon buck 2 nights ago and the were root bound. Im thinking about scrapping the one and starting over
 
led1k

led1k

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stiffnuts12 said:
I watered last night my leaves were getting crispy but soil was still wet. My temp is at 72 and Humidity is at 45. I transplanted them to a 5 gallon buck 2 nights ago and the were root bound. Im thinking about scrapping the one and starting over
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What medium and how root bound? It's not good to be root bound but it can indicate the roots are doing their thing. Did you free up the any of the bound ones when you transplanted?

You said crispy... I would expect to see wilting followed by eventual crispy on a plant that is dying of thirst but it looks over watered to me. Do you have a moisture meter? My latest "meter" is a little temp/humidity sensor that I snug up to the bottom of the fabric pot. Even though the soil looks and feels dry up top the humidity reading tells me there's still plenty of moisture available to the roots. Try to make sure it REALLY needs water before adding any.

Give the transplant a week at least to see if it adjusts to the "shock" of transplanting? I had one plant that looked wonderful prior to but for some reason I pissed it off and about a week later it recovered.
 
stiffnuts12

stiffnuts12

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led1k said:
What medium and how root bound? It's not good to be root bound but it can indicate the roots are doing their thing. Did you free up the any of the bound ones when you transplanted?

You said crispy... I would expect to see wilting followed by eventual crispy on a plant that is dying of thirst but it looks over watered to me. Do you have a moisture meter? My latest "meter" is a little temp/humidity sensor that I snug up to the bottom of the fabric pot. Even though the soil looks and feels dry up top the humidity reading tells me there's still plenty of moisture available to the roots. Try to make sure it REALLY needs water before adding any.

Give the transplant a week at least to see if it adjusts to the "shock" of transplanting? I had one plant that looked wonderful prior to but for some reason I pissed it off and about a week later it recovered.
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Thanks man its starting to come back around. I didnt break up the roots because i didnt want to hurt the plant anymore then it was. It didnt seem to be too bad 20181204_201624.jpg
 
led1k

led1k

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Call them happy and only snug not bound. Ocean Forest or Happy Frog or ? Still very curious what level of moisture your root ball is seeing.
 
Javadog

Javadog

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Rolls...does that look like those mites that poison the plant...broad mites. Look them up.

I have never had them, but that was all I could think of.

(the second photo reminds me of when I FIM a top kinda)

If it is BM, then all apologies....I hear that they are about the worst.
 
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