help please

screediu

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• Jul 20, 2014

• #1

My leaves have started to droop after watering the other day, looks under watered as the leaves look limp and lifeless as well as the leaf stems. Gave a small amount of water today with no change. Running a Hempy bucket under 400w hps, have plenty of air flow passive intake with 8" exhaust turned down to 25%. Temps have not gone above 82 and lowest is around 65 to 66 with humidity in the 40% range day and 50-60% night. GH flora hard water series at 1tsp /gallon
PS sorry for the hps being on is a daytime pic. The other was last night

 

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smokermore

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• Jul 20, 2014

• #2

looks good to me. mine usually always droop a little when the lights are .off. What strain do you have goin there?

 

green_machine_two9er

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• Jul 21, 2014

• #3

screediu said:

My leaves have started to droop after watering the other day, looks under watered as the leaves look limp and lifeless as well as the leaf stems. Gave a small amount of water today with no change. Running a Hempy bucket under 400w hps, have plenty of air flow passive intake with 8" exhaust turned down to 25%. Temps have not gone above 82 and lowest is around 65 to 66 with humidity in the 40% range day and 50-60% night. GH flora hard water series at 1tsp /gallon
PS sorry for the hps being on is a daytime pic. The other was last night

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Easy fix! The first sign of Over watering is Drooping/curling leaves which are Firm, often mistaken for not enough water. Let them dry out, all the way. how is your drainage on your pots?
everything else looks great if you stop all water until you can almost pick up your pot easily with two fingers(thats how i test), or invest in a soil moisture reader. If uncorrected Yellowing will occur next, with stunted growth. Great thing is it Will comeback very quickly and plants will perk back to life as the roots start to breath, usually just a few days.

 

screediu

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• Jul 21, 2014

• #4

Leaves are soft to the touch and feel kinda brittle, also using soilless medium 3:1 perlite vermiculite so it has plenty of drainage.

 

green_machine_two9er

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• Jul 21, 2014

• #5

over watered plant for comparison. Its a easy theory to test if nothing else works! good luck!

 

screediu

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• Jul 21, 2014

• #6

2 days since last watering still drooping looks even worse today than yeaterday . they picked up a little during lights on but were still really droopy. The stems are starting to turn red so she needs nitrogen soon, could this cause drooping?

 

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Bud Tipps

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• Jul 21, 2014

• #7

It sounds like your root zone is not getting enough air. You watered them then they started to droop, and your medium has not dried out for 2 days. How heavy is the pot? Does it feel like it's going to dry out anytime soon?

 

screediu

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• Jul 21, 2014

• #8

I don't see how the roots arnt getting air 3/4 of the bucket is perlite/vermiculite. I'm wondering if more of the roots have hit the rez at the bottom and are sucking in more water than they need