Beachwalker
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Flush heavily..! If you get it in time it might survive ? If it does, expect it to be set back weeks if not a month
-good luck!
Edit: this is the only instance where I flush with at least three times the volume of the pot (example: one gallon pot equals 3 gallon flush) I flush slowly over maybe 30 minutes making sure Water Runs Through It almost continually, rather than all at once,
my goal is to dissolve as much out of the soil as I possibly can, also hopefully to break up any hot clumps that the root might be sitting on, then don't water again till it's dry
-good luck!
Edit: this is the only instance where I flush with at least three times the volume of the pot (example: one gallon pot equals 3 gallon flush) I flush slowly over maybe 30 minutes making sure Water Runs Through It almost continually, rather than all at once,
my goal is to dissolve as much out of the soil as I possibly can, also hopefully to break up any hot clumps that the root might be sitting on, then don't water again till it's dry
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thank you for the help i’ll do as much as i can to save it, it’s my only seed and hopefully it powers through
Beachwalker
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I saved one recently by doing exactly this but in all honesty I had another one not make it. I've only lost one but it was from a hotspot in ffof soil so it's going to be close, I'd get to it ASAP !
Beachwalker
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What I did was pH my water to 6.5 and pour copious amounts through over the period of half an hour and the plant that I got to in time I saved, the time it happened prior to this I didn't get to it in time and it didn't pull through
Distilled water should be fine too, however
I would not leave it sitting in water like you suggested above
How long ago did you transplant it?
Distilled water should be fine too, however
I would not leave it sitting in water like you suggested above
How long ago did you transplant it?
about 15 minutes ago, it looks like it’s gaining back girth and looking less leggy near the tap root
Beachwalker
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Dude that's not sitting on a hot spot for 15 minutes..?!
Beachwalker
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It takes at least I don't know 12 hours to a day before you should notice it ?
it doesn't absorb in a few minutes is what I'm trying to say, you got something else going on if it's 15 minutes and it's all the sudden Wilting ?
Need Pictures and info on everything, soil, PH, nutes, what it was in before you transplanted it into excetera
So I read "recently" as not 15 minutes ago..?!
I would not have recommended you flush, but probably didn't hurt & it if it's looking better good!
it doesn't absorb in a few minutes is what I'm trying to say, you got something else going on if it's 15 minutes and it's all the sudden Wilting ?
Need Pictures and info on everything, soil, PH, nutes, what it was in before you transplanted it into excetera
So I read "recently" as not 15 minutes ago..?!
I would not have recommended you flush, but probably didn't hurt & it if it's looking better good!
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oh sorry haha i misunderstood it was sitting in the hot soil from about 6:00 last night to a few minutes ago when i took it out lmaoIt takes at least I don't know 12 hours to a day before you should notice it ?
it doesn't absorb in a few minutes is what I'm trying to say, you got something else going on if it's 15 minutes and it's all the sudden Wilting ?
Need Pictures and info on everything, soil, PH, nutes, what it was in before you transplanted it into excetera
So I read "recently" as not 15 minutes ago..?!
whitebb2727
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Don't flush a seedling you will just kill it. Gently dig it up and transplant it.
It won't burn in minutes. It will take days.
Post a pic for a real answer.
It won't burn in minutes. It will take days.
Post a pic for a real answer.
Beachwalker
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..got you! that's about long enough to notice, yes the flush was a good thing in that case!
whitebb2727
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Maybe just quit screwing with it and leave it alone.
The best thing to do is plant a seed and leave it be.
The best thing to do is plant a seed and leave it be.
whitebb2727
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Giving the advice to flush without seeing the plant is a bad thing to do.
First seedlings can damp off. Second if it has time released ferts it will just burn more.
It may even be the problem in the first place. Damping off from too much moisture.
whitebb2727
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Are you shitting me?
You kept poking and digging and killed it.
It's a seed. Plant the darn thing and leave it alone.
It wasn't bad soil. It wasn't nutes. It was you.
Beachwalker
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Yes and no, worked for me however when you read more what he said the plant really had no chance to begin with..
In all my post I doubt I've recommended flushing more a handful of times, this is a case where I would recommend it, I've had seedlings hit hot spots as well and I flushed them carefully and they are growing fine even now, however had all info come to light earlier I wouldn't even have responded to this thread to be honest
whitebb2727
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I get that. Sometimes a flush is needed and works with seedlings sometimes in well draining soil.
I thought we were actually talking about a seedling.
This guy kept digging and poking at the seed before it even sprouted.
If someone is that tore up and worried that they dig a seed up then maybe they shouldn't grow. It will drive them nuts.