can anyone help me figure out what is wrong with my plant??

hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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Nitrogen toxicity. Are you feeding?How much of what and how often? What soil or medium are you using?
 
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skocean

skocean

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"Joe Blows Trees, post: 11930563, member: 912897"]I'm leaning towards what diabolical666 said. How often do you feed/water?[/QUOTE]
I alternate feeding and watering and i only do so once the soil feels dry an inch or two. I also mist the leavesa few times a week. And im using a 20 20 20 all purpose water soluble fertilizer
 
skocean

skocean

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hotrodharley said:
Nitrogen toxicity. Are you feeding?How much of what and how often? What soil or medium are you using?
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I alternate feeding and watering and i only do so once the soil feels dry an inch or two. I also mist the leaves a few times a week. And im using a 20 20 20 all purpose water soluble fertilizer (a teaspoon to 1/2 litre of water) Im using potting soil. I didnt put much money into this...kinda just winging it and the plants been doing great till now. They dont look horrible but they dont look super healthy.
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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skocean said:
I alternate feeding and watering and i only do so once the soil feels dry an inch or two. I also mist the leaves a few times a week. And im using a 20 20 20 all purpose water soluble fertilizer (a teaspoon to 1/2 litre of water) Im using potting soil. I didnt put much money into this...kinda just winging it and the plants been doing great till now. They dont look horrible but they dont look super healthy.
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Buy a cheap fish emulsion fertilizer. Usually rate 5.0.0. Just nitrogen. The plant is too young to utilize the fertilizer you are presently using. Available just about anywhere. Plain water right now for a week. Then mix your fish emulsion 1/4 strength and water with it. Then water twice with no nutrients at all.Then up your emulsion to 1/2 strength and repeat. No other nutes! They already have too much. Nitrogen is quickly utilized or displaced while the others are not.
 
Joe Blows Trees

Joe Blows Trees

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How far away are the lights and what's the watts and lumens? With those floros you'll wanna keep it very close. (You could get a 23watt or higher CFL to add to your lighting.) Giving it more light may help her perk up. If you use ph'd water when you feed or water them it should help maintain the soil ph which should help her perk up as well. I had to start adding CalMag to keep my soil at an acceptable ph.
 
Darth Vapour

Darth Vapour

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just by looking at the plant it appears to be stretchy which tell me a few things right off the bat not enough lighting to begin with drooping can be a number of things from root binding, to over and underwatering , soil to hot , soil to compact not allowing gas exchange just so many variables its not even funny
Also from looking at plants it appears leafs are not overly green this could be due to a number of things one being not enough ferts , Ph being out of wack
so really what is the op's choices
diagnosing any plant issue should go as follows
did i change anything to my growing ???
what is my ph of medium
does medium have enough drainage ( perlite etc
does my medium stay wet for to long
is my environment in in right range temps , RH
and most importantly do i have enough wattage per Sq foot
 
skocean

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Joe Blows Trees said:
How far away are the lights and what's the watts and lumens? With those floros you'll wanna keep it very close. (You could get a 23watt or higher CFL to add to your lighting.) Giving it more light may help her perk up. If you use ph'd water when you feed or water them it should help maintain the soil ph which should help her perk up as well. I had to start adding CalMag to keep my soil at an acceptable ph.
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Yes im a newbie. What is and where can i get calmag and cfl is the same lighting as im using anf i think i am using daylight bulbs wattage im unsure of. the lights are like 4 inches away from the plant.
 
Joe Blows Trees

Joe Blows Trees

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I got mine at the local hydro store. If you don't have a hydro store around you, you can mix some Epsom salt with water and that'll work, or get some dolomite lime and spread it on your soil. If you have both of those floros on it that should be ok for know and adding more light always helps as she gets bigger. Adding some type of reflecting material around it will also increase the amount of light she's getting. I use panda film.
 
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