Over Watering or Root Rot in Flower Need Help

Tayloman

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Over watering or root rot.

I'm on day one of my third week of flower. On the 31st two of my plants, both the same strain, began to show signs of overwatering.

I watered on the 28th of last month, then again on the 29th, (by mistake) and then again on the 31st (also by mistake.)

Well anyway now it's the the 3rd. My plants are definitely experiencing stress from over watering or it could be root rot.

My pots are drying out and I'm not going to water again till tomorrow. When I do I'm only going to water about half of what I normally would.

So here comes the question.

One, will these plants recover at all. Bare in mind I'm in the third week of flower.

Secondly, should I get some type of root zone inoculant like hydroguard to combat any type of root rat that may be occurring.

Sorry for the long and wordy post but I'm just trying to figure out the best way to handle this problem so that I can finish this run the best way possible.
 

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Don't water on a set schedule. Fully saturate your media when you do water and take note of the weight of the pot. Do not water again until the pot feels extremely light in comparison. You can do this by just picking it up slightly and feeling the weight. Your watering frequency and amount will change as the plant grows. Going by pot weight is the easiest way to determine this. You can also go by your plants once you see how they respond to correct watering. The leaf stems will just start to droop a little. Water when this is about to happen. When you overwater, the leaf stems will remain upright but the leaves will droop. This is one of the differences between the two to spot early on. Your plants will recover.
 
Day 4 no water...still look like death
 

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Look into growing with sips,watering becomes perfect with not much effort.My first go at soil in pots I had the same issues.
I was able to get my watering down before I used a sip, but I can't keep it at a constant moisture level like the sips can. My leaves are almost always praying in the sip.
 
I was able to get my watering down before I used a sip, but I can't keep it at a constant moisture level like the sips can. My leaves are almost always praying in the sip.
Im getting better,my veg room is 2 g pots,I dont water much and it seems to work.Once root bound though it gets tricky.
 
Im getting better,my veg room is 2 g pots,I dont water much and it seems to work.Once root bound though it gets tricky.
I use 2 gallons in my veg tent for moms. It's only 4' tall so they don't stick around long enough to get root bound really. I'm constantly having to clone new.
 
How much more time are you thinking? Also when I water again should I water till runoff or just a little bit?
 
If only you used a postal scale this travesty never would have happened!!!!!
It's not that it was just human error. Things are looking a little better today. I watered and fed the plants and transplanted one of them into a 3 gallon pot and left the other one where it is.
 

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It's not that it was just human error. Things are looking a little better today. I watered and fed the plants and transplanted one of them into a 3 gallon pot and left the other one where it is.
They look a lil better, but still a lil droopy. They'll recover but you need to get your watering skills on point.
 
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