New time grower and I need help

Queeny420

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Can someone tell me what is wrong with her? This is Green Ribbon Strain. I just bought her about 2 days ago and I transplanted her, the next morning woke up and she looked like this. I have other plants that are growing beautifully and I used the same method with. Someone please help :(
 

GreenThumbsMcgee

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yea, I agree, try a good watering, could be in shock too from the transplant....give it time, I have been surprised many times by near death experinces with my plants! good luck on that
 

vostok

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I'm gonna call this transplant shock, only cause theres not a lot of info flowing here? avoid bright lights and overwatering until she looks better
 

Queeny420

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Hey dude, she just looks wilted to me. Give her a good drink and put her in a propagator or cut the bottom off a bottle, mist it and put it over her
I have watered her and the soil is moist to perfection, I'm hoping it's just shock from the transplant. I have removed her from a lot of sunlight so she doesn't burn or freak out anymore than she has and I cut a bottle just like you said and put it over her. Hopefully this will do the trick! Thanks guys
 

Queeny420

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I'm gonna call this transplant shock, only cause theres not a lot of info flowing here? avoid bright lights and overwatering until she looks better
So when I bought her she was perfect, she was rooted on the bottom and the leaves were fine and perky. I waited until about dusk/nightfall to transplant her. I put her in a 20 gallon pot and watered the crap out of her like I have done with all my other plants which are doing just fine. I was afraid that I actually over watered her cause I dumped about a gallon of water on her. I woke up the next morning after the transplant and this is what she looked like so I don't know where I went wrong. I know this strain is also rare and maybe it's hard to grow? Hopefully that helps a little with more info on my process.
 

Born Again Vegan

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Maybe it's was grown inside? The move to outside could def. annoy it. Considering your other girls are fine I'm sure this one will be right as rain in no time!
 

dannyboy602

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If it were mine I would pull it out of it's pot and look at it. But if u do you could prolong the recovery. Here's what I would do: cut back the top growth by about 1/3. That will make it easier on the remaining root mass to support the remaining canopy. Water the hell out of it once and allow it to dry normally. u should see a change in three to five days. If it doesn't get better just trash it. It means the plant probably sustained a lot of root damagge. If you're going that route look at the root system anyway just before u throw it away just to be certain it was root loss that did it. I'm pretty certain it was.
 

Queeny420

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If it were mine I would pull it out of it's pot and look at it. But if u do you could prolong the recovery. Here's what I would do: cut back the top growth by about 1/3. That will make it easier on the remaining root mass to support the remaining canopy. Water the hell out of it once and allow it to dry normally. u should see a change in three to five days. If it doesn't get better just trash it. It means the plant probably sustained a lot of root damagge. If you're going that route look at the root system anyway just before u throw it away just to be certain it was root loss that did it. I'm pretty certain it was.
You know what I just thought of. So last night I transferred it over to a smaller pot while it recovers cause I was afraid I might have over watered or it didn't root or whatever, it was just natural instinct to just re pot it. I now remember looking at the roots and a small piece of one of the roots ripped off. Just a tiny piece but do you think that was enough trauma to kill her? Eek :(
 

Jussblaz3420

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Shoulda just left her n let her be, remember ur growing a WEED, yes cannabis is an invasive weed and they dont need to be pampered, just water it n let it do its thing, have patience, dont kill it with kindness! And make sure that soil gets real real dry before ur next water, let those roots expand.
 

Queeny420

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Im confused, is there 1 or 2 plants in that pic?
Just one plant. Its Green Ribbon. It's a cross between Green crack and the other strain is unknown. It's between White Rhino, Afgani or Trainwreck but no one knows for sure I guess. But like I said when I bought it, it was root bound and looked super healthy. I was dumb and didn't take a picture. It was weird looking though, it had one main stem and then 2 little stems on the side but they were all attached at the very very bottom to the same stem, if that makes sense?
 

Queeny420

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Shoulda just left her n let her be, remember ur growing a WEED, yes cannabis is an invasive weed and they dont need to be pampered, just water it n let it do its thing, have patience, dont kill it with kindness! And make sure that soil gets real real dry before ur next water, let those roots expand.
Yea I realized after the fact that I probably should have just left her as I probably stressed her out even more. It was for sure a first time boo boo. I will leave her alone for a couple days. Take all the steps everyone told me and hopefully she bounces back. Thank you so much for all the info
 

Jussblaz3420

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Yea I realized after the fact that I probably should have just left her as I probably stressed her out even more. It was for sure a first time boo boo. I will leave her alone for a couple days. Take all the steps everyone told me and hopefully she bounces back. Thank you so much for all the info
Hey ya live and ya learn right? I would say just let her be, dont stress her anymore, and just be patient, she wants to live so shes gonna try her hardest to bounce back. Goodluck!
 

dannyboy602

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You know what I just thought of. So last night I transferred it over to a smaller pot while it recovers cause I was afraid I might have over watered or it didn't root or whatever, it was just natural instinct to just re pot it. I now remember looking at the roots and a small piece of one of the roots ripped off. Just a tiny piece but do you think that was enough trauma to kill her? Eek :(
Fiberous rooted plants like Cannabis move (transplant) well, take root pruning well and don't mind a little root loss. The little bit you're talking about could hardly cause the wilting I see in your pix.
It's plants with thick fleshy roots like Yew or Cedar that don't like to be dug up and moved or don't take well to heavy root loss. So don't worry about the little roots you were referring to.
I'd bet a buck the plant will come back. I'd still do a little prune on it if it were mine but don't worry about it.
 

Queeny420

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Fiberous rooted plants like Cannabis move (transplant) well, take root pruning well and don't mind a little root loss. The little bit you're talking about could hardly cause the wilting I see in your pix.
It's plants with thick fleshy roots like Yew or Cedar that don't like to be dug up and moved or don't take well to heavy root loss. So don't worry about the little roots you were referring to.
I'd bet a buck the plant will come back. I'd still do a little prune on it if it were mine but don't worry about it.

So I pruned her a little yesterday and put the soda bottle over her like people were saying to do, and took her out of direct sunlight. Her stem is still green and her leaves are still green but they are crispy (I think this is bad right?). I don't know if she's going to make it, she hasn't perked up at all and she looks exactly the same but drier than the day before, this is day 4 of her looking like this but I'm trying my hardest. Fingers crossed she bounces back.
 
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