Idiot question... wilting

What causes half a plant to severely wilt? Great question... I know.

Everything was going well then a sudden wilt started, its as if the stem had been broken, the top of the plant has just gone limp and fallen over. Leaves are still green but severely are curled down.

Currently:
PH: 5.5-6
Temp 75 - 83
Res Temps 75-78

The only nute's Ive used thus far are hygrozyme and cal mag. The plant is only two weeks old. Very young, bout three sets of adult leaves. I think it might be underfeeding?

Maybe overwatering?

When my plants wilted all i did was give them a good watering and they recovered within about 5 hours.....by that i mean the leaves started going back up again and by the next day they were perfect

If u have recently watered then maybe it was an overwatering problem and it should recover in its own time from my personal experience

need more info .... what is your media?? how often are you watering? are you ebb and flood ? why are you giving restricted nutrients? you should be giving a full spectrum nutrients just diluted to a lower strength if you feel plants are not strong enough yet....are you bubbling enough air in your res. ? do you have any pest? do you have enough light??what are your parts per million..

first if you havent killed them dose me could with a b1 or super thrive..
if you are in hydro ton you should flood 4 x per day if you are in rock wool 1 x per day. depending on humidity heat etc..
are you in ebb flood ? if so you should flood for 20-30 minutes no more or you will drowned them... your flood depth should go 3/4 the way up your table are you letting it get deep enough?
get a good broad spectrum nutrient and follow the directions i like advanced,cutting edge, or botanicare... follow the directions get a tds meter and follow the directions of your nutrients.
do you have a good airstone in your res. not an aquarium grade stone. get a good ceramic stone and a heavy duty adjustable air pump.
do you have pest .. if so get some stuff called take down and get rid of them?
what kinda lights you running .. you need at least 600 watts hps to do shit for each 4x8 area on a mover and a 600 for each 4x4 if you dont use a mover... i like 1000 hps on a mover for each 4x8 table. how often do you change your res.. every two weeks min. check ppm and ph daily...

hope this helps ya.

I'll post pic a little later, assuming the problem is still present.

Overwatering seems like the obvious answer. However the watering method has not changed and the other plants in the same system are doing just fine, which is what really makes me wonder. I left that part out before, sorry. How does just one of three plants show these signs? The plant that is hurting is the largest one of the bunch so that led me to the under fed conclusion.



At 1pm yesterday, the plant was fine, proceeded to add a drop of Ph down and 5ml of hygrozyme to the res. By 8pm, the plant had huge frown and was drooping to the side at a 90 degree angle. This isn't exactly normal leaf droop, well it is, but the plant is bending at a 90 degree angle. I then flushed the plant with distilled water. I don't know what would cause just one plant to droop like this, its almost like falling over like it was super cropped or something.

its to hot in there man lol

Its just dwc bubble system. Im using Hail and hydroton as medium with root riot starters. This plant is in the hail. Im growing side by side, hydroton vs hail. Im using restricted nutes because I have a plant that has fallen behind the pack. The one that is drooping is the one that has taken off. These plants are barely two weeks old. There is enough air bubbling, and there is enough light. Tonight I will change the res and add diluted amount of nutes. I use AN sensi two part. No sign of pests.

whitewidow99 said:

its to hot in there man lol

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Do you know what heat stress looks like? Common indicators of heat stress would be leaves turning brown at the tips, curling up, and becoming crispy over an extended period of time. Considering that the other plants shows no signs of this and are perfectly healthly, I think we can rule out heat stress. There is also no discoloration of the leaves. Everything is perfectly green, just drooping like the stem has been broken.

What this plant is experiencing seems to me like a fusarium wilt or possibly underfeeding, its not exhibiting signs of heat stress.

This should help

Im not the best picture taker. Notice the healthy one right next to it.

Does anybody have any ideas?

Well I guess I'll change the res tonight, add nutes including B-52, and hope for the best. Would really appreciate some feedback, especially now that there are some pictures.