Too much water?
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the widowman
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200ml of water every 48 hours give it some blood fish and bone around the top roots.
kindprincess
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water well. not a little, but a good soaking. i live where it gets hot too, and this is mandatory for me. if my pots dry out, my plants fry within hours.
i water my plants twice daily. your plants are very thirsty.
kp
i water my plants twice daily. your plants are very thirsty.
kp
the widowman
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measure out 200ml and pour it out slowly its alot of water. its outdoors so add 100ml every 1ft of plant until you harvest. 200ml will do a 5ft indoor plant 48 hours no problem.
the widowman
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get a piece of plastic tubing say 2in from stem, stick the tubing into the root ball and use this to water the plant. when its really hot.
babygro
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Hiya Notorious
It's under-watered.
You can tell the difference like this. If the leaves simply dangle down limply (like yours are) it's under watering. If the leaves are turgid, ie flacid and curled under it's over-watering.
Learn how to water your plant correctly. Please don't just feed it a tiny bit of water at a time in the centre of the pot! Most of the roots are round the outside of the pot.
Use the 'wet/dry' watering method - feel the weight of the pot when it's dry and when it's wet - that's how you know when it needs watering again.
Saturate your plant with water (little bit at a time not all together) until you get about 10-20% run off out of the bottom as this helps to push out stale oxygen and plant wastes. This is why you should never reuse run off water. If you've got it, use a watering can with a sprinkler rose on it to water. The 'sprinkling' effect from the watering can helps to emulate rain and push oxygen into the soil.
n0t0rIoUs
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Thanks....yeah I just went out and watered it quite a bit. Could notice the leaves standing up again within 15 or so minutes.
mogie
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How is the drainage in your soil? Did you add something to add in that area? If the soil is too compacted your water could be running out without the plants really getting the proper benefit. That would include any additives you add like ferts, etc.
Keep an eye on your plant. Check it again in several hours and see if it is drooping again. If you transplant you might think about transplanting into a better soil mix. This would aide in water transfering throughout the container. A moisture meter is the best way to figure out when to water.
Keep an eye on your plant. Check it again in several hours and see if it is drooping again. If you transplant you might think about transplanting into a better soil mix. This would aide in water transfering throughout the container. A moisture meter is the best way to figure out when to water.
mogie
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Growers that allow their medium to dry out to the point at which the leaves "droop" are reducing their final yields and quality. The medium contains a certain amount of salts that dramatically increase in concentration as the water dissipates. The roots can be repeatedly stressed going through this technique called "wet/dry cycle". The plant is being deprived of moisture that would be available to fuel additional growth and suffers.