Not sure what I'm doing wrong

Red Eyed

Red Eyed

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At first glace without any knowledge of the grow, I seen a plant that is being drowned and locking out all nutrients because of the amounts of water the roots are dealing with.


Up pot, and since youll be using new soil, the soil will have more then enough nutrients for the plant. So no need to feed anything beside water for a good week, maybe even 2. Dont do any foliar sprays at all, water every 3rd day....nothing less. The roots need a dry period too.
 
Wattzzup

Wattzzup

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Red Eyed said:
At first glace without any knowledge of the grow, I seen a plant that is being drowned and locking out all nutrients because of the amounts of water the roots are dealing with.


Up pot, and since youll be using new soil, the soil will have more then enough nutrients for the plant. So no need to feed anything beside water for a good week, maybe even 2. Dont do any foliar sprays at all, water every 3rd day....nothing less. The roots need a dry period too.
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And I do not ph my water until I start adding nutrients
 
SmoothCrim

SmoothCrim

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Alright well I can officially say that they were both fairly root bound so glad I didn't wait a week. Hopefully that will help. Thanks for the advice.
 
Corso312

Corso312

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SmoothCrim said:
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I bought these two clones about a month ago and transplanted them basically right away (since they came with developed roots) and they started to go purple on the stems and droop a leaf or two. At the time it I thought it was just mild transplant shock but now that's it's been this long and its getting worse guessing not. I thought I might have been overwatering at the start but I don't think that's the case. The temperature is a little cold the past 3 days dropping to like 63 when the lights were off. Other than that it says around 70-75. RH is like 45-50% Its in ffof soil so I'm currently not feeding it anything.
Any help would be appreciated
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You're starving them to death
 
V256.420

V256.420

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Hey my friend. Your roots aren't happy. Please pull the plant out and show us a pic of the roots. Also, DO NOT go big pot right now. This will cause you to give it more water than it really needs. Please let the plant dry out a bit. No more water.

I think it's a root/water nutrient uptake issue. Pic of roots plz.
 
StareCase

StareCase

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Looks like it's already been potted up. Those roots need to start stretching their legs.

You are right about needing to dry out. It does look like it's way too wet. But I've potted up damp root balls directly into dry soil many times. When the root mass is pretty damp. I won't give it water immediately after transplant. I let some of that excess moisture gently blend into the dry stuff. Now the root zone is much drier, oxygen can get down in there and plant recovery can begin. In about 72 hours, she'll be ready for a watering.

OP - you'll be glad you went up in pot size.
 
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Snowchaser

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SmoothCrim said:
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I bought these two clones about a month ago and transplanted them basically right away (since they came with developed roots) and they started to go purple on the stems and droop a leaf or two. At the time it I thought it was just mild transplant shock but now that's it's been this long and its getting worse guessing not. I thought I might have been overwatering at the start but I don't think that's the case. The temperature is a little cold the past 3 days dropping to like 63 when the lights were off. Other than that it says around 70-75. RH is like 45-50% Its in ffof soil so I'm currently not feeding it anything.
Any help would be appreciated
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I think transplant up and wait 5 days, you should see it settle. If not, hit her with some nutes.
 
Kerovan

Kerovan

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MrR. said:
I wouldnt worry about PH in soil, never have in 15 years never had one issue.
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Ph varies depending on where you live. Some places are acidic, some extremely alkaline. My water comes close to 9.5-10.5 out of the tap... The plants do much better when I lower the ph a bit.
 
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