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Nike23

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Hi
I'm new to growing so far enjoying it.
So I planted from seed 2 months ago
I was advised to give plant a big drink then not to water for 1 week, I did that, plant was thriving, looked beautiful I couldn't believe it. On the 6th day without water still I put it outside underneath the sun ☀ plant was fine till later that night, top leaves were dry wrinkly looking that night I quickly gave it a big drink. Since then plant hasn't been the same. I thought repoted again few days ago, thinking shit maybe something wrong going on with soil, roots
Everything looked really good.
For past week or so I've noticed my plant has stopped growing

Using 20L bucket
Blood&bone nutes
Usually keep it outside during the day.
Summer started December here
Days have felt like winter days though
Please help someone TIA
 

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bernie344

bernie344

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Nike23 said:
Hi
I'm new to growing so far enjoying it.
So I planted from seed 2 months ago
I was advised to give plant a big drink then not to water for 1 week, I did that, plant was thriving, looked beautiful I couldn't believe it. On the 6th day without water still I put it outside underneath the sun ☀ plant was fine till later that night, top leaves were dry wrinkly looking that night I quickly gave it a big drink. Since then plant hasn't been the same. I thought repoted again few days ago, thinking shit maybe something wrong going on with soil, roots
Everything looked really good.
For past week or so I've noticed my plant has stopped growing

Using 20L bucket
Blood&bone nutes
Usually keep it outside during the day.
Summer started December here
Days have felt like winter days though
Please help someone TIA
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All you can do is keep feeding it and hope it recovers, if it got root damage while is was dry maybe some type of root additive can help?
 
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Nike23

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bernie344 said:
All you can do is keep feeding it and hope it recovers, if it got root damage while is was dry maybe some type of root additive can help?
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drsaltzman said:
I don’t think it likes the weather.
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I think you are right
The weather here was meant to be more hot days as its summer as well, well summer started back in December.
We've had more cooler colder days which is weird.
Other than the weather, you think my plant is doing alright?
 
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myke

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Don’t let it get so dry. Cover the dirt up with a mulch of some sort. Organic grow need to maintain moisture.
Peat can go hydrophobic if left too dry. So you’ll need to give it water a little at a time.
 
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Climate has a lot to do with it. If it was summer and I had a potted plant outside, 3 days might kill it, if it's not a plant native to the climate. Hot dry weather with 90+ degrees and a drying wind would kill a lot of plants if it didn't have a least some daily watering.

That being said, in the summer, it's more actually hot and humid where I live, but it can easily swing to a few days of bone dry conditions. I'm excluding being in a drought, since we haven't had a drought in 3 years, and might not have another drought for 10 or more years.

I've never heard of anybody waiting a week to water a marijuana plant, especially in consideration that people grow weed with hydroponics.

I suspect that "week of waiting" might be at some point close to flowering, or between vegging and flowering. There are techniques to stress a marijuana plant at the right moment to try and force it to [insert desired effect].
 
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Nike23

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Pupp said:
Climate has a lot to do with it. If it was summer and I had a potted plant outside, 3 days might kill it, if it's not a plant native to the climate. Hot dry weather with 90+ degrees and a drying wind would kill a lot of plants if it didn't have a least some daily watering.

That being said, in the summer, it's more actually hot and humid where I live, but it can easily swing to a few days of bone dry conditions. I'm excluding being in a drought, since we haven't had a drought in 3 years, and might not have another drought for 10 or more years.

I've never heard of anybody waiting a week to water a marijuana plant, especially in consideration that people grow weed with hydroponics.

I suspect that "week of waiting" might be at some point close to flowering, or between vegging and flowering. There are techniques to stress a marijuana plant at the right moment to try and force it to [insert desired effect].
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As I'm very to new growing. Not giving water to my plant for a week was advise from another, I'm beating myself up everyday I see my once beautiful lucious looking baby before that week I was watering every third day, when soil be bone dry. I wish I hadn't left plant that long without water, I mean I'd hate to go without for that long of period.

Onwards and upwards is me only opition.

I guess I came here to be reassured, and hope my plant comes right.
Thankyou heaps for your message much appreciated
 
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Pupp

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I mentioned force stressing a plant. Those are advanced techniques. But if you research older issues of High Times and pick out the articles about growing, there is collectively a lot of articles, often showcasing award winning growers. Lot's of info on how to grow weed. If they do stress a plant, it would be fully explained. But usually plant stressing would only be done on a single plant of the grow to force a certain effect, or to try and salvage a plant already not doing good.

The only thing offhand I can think of, because I haven't read high times in 4 years, is trying to re-veg then eventually re-flower marijuana plants after harvesting.
 
coherent

coherent

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Reading that you can go without water for a week can be an issue. The water the plant needs is going to be different based on your medium, plant size, soil density, temp and humidity, air flow and so on. Clay pots can quickly dry out the soil, so add pot type to the mix. While it's true that new growers tend to over water when starting out with new seedlings that doesn't mean you can't underwater. You need to water when your plant needs it. There is no standard you can apply. I find the best way when starting is to fill your pot with dry soil and lift it... even weigh it if you want. Then water the plant and soil thoroughly. Now lift it again and/or weigh it. Now you have a pretty good measure of when it's getting dry without waiting too long or watering too soon! Sounds simple, but it works the best!
 
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bernie344

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coherent said:
Reading that you can go without water for a week can be an issue. The water the plant needs is going to be different based on your medium, plant size, soil density, temp and humidity, air flow and so on. Clay pots can quickly dry out the soil, so add pot type to the mix. While it's true that new growers tend to over water when starting out with new seedlings that doesn't mean you can't underwater. You need to water when your plant needs it. There is no standard you can apply. I find the best way is to fill you pot with dry soil and lift it... even weigh it if you want. The water the plant and soil thoroughly. Now lift it again and/or weigh it. Now you have a pretty good measure of when it's getting dry without waiting too long or watering too soon! Sounds simple, but it works the best!
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Bit hard when the plant is in a scrog, infact impossible.
 
coherent

coherent

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If they are being carried outside they aren't in scrog. I would assume you wouldn't need to lift/test the pots once you get a bit of growing experience and a feel for what is needed. If I needed I can still lift my grow bags/containers in scrog a little bit to feel weight. I suppose it would depend on your grow space or tent access.
 
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Nike23

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coherent said:
If they are being carried outside they aren't in scrog. I would assume you wouldn't need to lift/test the pots once you get a bit of growing experience and a feel for what is needed. If I needed I can still lift my grow bags/containers in scrog a little bit to feel weight. I suppose it would depend on your grow space or tent access.
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OK I don't know what scrog is lol I assuming scrog is bucket?
Some days I can carry bucket with one arm after watering I'm using 2 arms, that's how I know kind of when soil is dry.
I will learn that weighing technique for next time though.
 
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Nike23

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Pupp said:
I mentioned force stressing a plant. Those are advanced techniques. But if you research older issues of High Times and pick out the articles about growing, there is collectively a lot of articles, often showcasing award winning growers. Lot's of info on how to grow weed. If they do stress a plant, it would be fully explained. But usually plant stressing would only be done on a single plant of the grow to force a certain effect, or to try and salvage a plant already not doing good.

The only thing offhand I can think of, because I haven't read high times in 4 years, is trying to re-veg then eventually re-flower marijuana plants after harvesting.
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smallclosetgrowr said:
Generally it only takes a week tho.
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Is OK to still keep plant outside while it's in recovery mode?
 
coherent

coherent

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SCROG (screen of green) is a a net or vertical trellis across the top of your plant or plants. You use it to keep the top of your plant(s) canopy even and spread out. I don't know if moving a plant inside and outside stresses it or not. If the temps are considerably different it may shock it but otherwise I would guess it's not an issue.
 
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