Plant Moisture Stress - Symptoms and Solutions

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The Nine

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Crippykeeper said:
you would think so but nope it was a runt that wasn't really drinking up her fluids found her dead dry limb Odd Tipped the pot over to use soil in yard. This is her healthy sister View attachment 3616145
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We truly do learn new things every day.
I've never seen anything like that before.
What was the growing medium and feed schedule you was using (NPK + additives )?
Were there any differences between her and her sister in the way they were grown and fed ?
 
Crippykeeper

Crippykeeper

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The Nine said:
We truly do learn new things every day.
I've never seen anything like that before.
What was the growing medium and feed schedule you was using (NPK + additives )?
Were there any differences between her and her sister in the way they were grown and fed ?
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Lambert potting mix been using it for years. Using fox farm products 1000 watt hps. Feed scheduled was feed water feed. Gonna incorporated another watering between feeding I may have been feeding the runt harder in hope of her catching up. Guess I forgot my own advice. Less is more.
 
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The Nine

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Crippykeeper said:
Lambert potting mix been using it for years. Using fox farm products 1000 watt hps. Feed scheduled was feed water feed. Gonna incorporated another watering between feeding I may have been feeding the runt harder in hope of her catching up. Guess I forgot my own advice. Less is more.
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Of those ingredients were there any root stimulators? With added enzimes?
It so, how much were you feeding per litre?

The roots looks like fungal growth has completely distorted the root system.
What do they smell like?
 
420producer

420producer

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Kriegs said:
Thanks, UB, for this awesome post and the thread that follows. Less really is more... I'm in my first grow, but I've been gardening avidly for 15 years. When I started growing weed, I tossed out everything I knew for "the mystique and voodoo" you mention. Well, just for a couple weeks -- I quickly pulled my head out, shook off the fog and said "it's just a damn plant, man!", and my plants are kickin' ass now. They're starting to freak me out with how much space they're filling.

Just a couple little things to add:

1) People either don't know or forget that plants are water pumps. So, the bigger/smaller the plant the more/less water you need. Therefore, the watering regime you had a week ago no longer works with a fast-growing plant like MJ. I've gone from 8-10 day watering intervals at seedling stage to barely keeping up at 4 weeks old with every-other-day waterings. They just suck it up.

2) Newbies: Get a moisture meter. They're 5 lousy bucks at Lowe's, etc. Once you have it and know how to use it, don't argue with what it says. I find mine really helpful 'cause under a 18 hours of beaming HPS light and fanning, that top inch of soil is going to be dry within hours of watering while you may have a root-killing swamp developing down below (thus confounding the "place a finger an inch into the soil" measure). The meter probe lets you see what's going on throughout the pot top to bottom. I'm sure the meter becomes obsolete with experience, but for newbies, I think it's a great way to get solid on your watering approach.

Thanks again, UB!
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budolskie

budolskie

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Moisture stress?
Im not very sure only 2nd time on nft the humidity is very dry and sum the leafs at back seem very dry alsoIMG_20160316_105027.jpg

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Any help would be great there nearly into 7th week
 
FerretHD

FerretHD

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Hey guys, please could you help me with this one, Durban Poison, 5 days old but as you can see it´s kinda weird compare to other 2, any ideas how to fix it ?

 
420producer

420producer

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FerretHD said:
Hey guys, please could you help me with this one, Durban Poison, 5 days old but as you can see it´s kinda weird compare to other 2, any ideas how to fix it ?question ? how come you dont have perlite in all three?? looks like only coco . and the others . looks coco and perlite.. possible over watered it

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FerretHD

FerretHD

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There is perlite too but, I just added a bit more coco and substrate because it started to get tall and lean a bit,
Thanks for reply , won´t water it so often
 
420producer

420producer

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FerretHD said:
There is perlite too but, I just added a bit more coco and substrate because it started to get tall and lean a bit,
Thanks for reply , won´t water it so often
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i had the same issue . i was just a lil zealous with the lil ones. and was drowning them . . made a 50/50 with perlite/coco and things are looking . way better . thats a good strain you got too.
 
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PerfectGrower

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Ferret your seedlings look just fine. They need time :)

Are you pH'ing your water? Keep an eye on your substrate pH with a meter.


Soon your plants will need some food (remember peat moss and coco are inert)


Go get 'em :)
 
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