DWC Bucket dried out :(

shiva71

shiva71

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Hiya
As per title. Made the mistake of not checking for a day and when i did she was pretty wilted, bucket was empty and the roots ever so slightly damp. DIfficult to say how long the bucket had been empty, maybe 24 hours.
6 weeks into an 11 week flowering period. Im hopeful she will recover, the wilting hadnt reached the top of the plant and the leaves were limp but but not completely dried to a crisp.
Has anyone else had this before? What happened? Yes I have googled it and people have rescued plants, just thought i would ask here too!
Cheers
 
J

JDMase

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I had a few dry rock wool cubes and wilted plants. Brought one back from the brink. Got a heat wave here and had it happen again, what I did before was add some beneficial bacteria and micros and give a good water. Will see if it works..
 
70's natureboy

70's natureboy

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If they don't perk up the first day you are screwed. Once the leaves have wilted and drooped they may not come back 100%.
 
shiva71

shiva71

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Sour Wreck said:
no offense, but if you have to check your reservoir everyday that's not DWC, more like SWC...

good luck
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Nah not every day but the time when i decided to skip checking was when the bucket dried up - bad timing!
Lights on in a few hours...fingers crossed, its pretty gutting to think one mistake can kill a plant. Live and learn I guess.
 
OldMedUser

OldMedUser

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shiva71 said:
Nah not every day but the time when i decided to skip checking was when the bucket dried up - bad timing!
Lights on in a few hours...fingers crossed, its pretty gutting to think one mistake can kill a plant. Live and learn I guess.
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You mustn't have checked it for more than a day. Even a huge plant will only use about a gal/day.

Hopefully you checked the ppm before adding more nutes so it's not too high now. As the plants use water the ppm gets higher and higher as it becomes more concentrated. The pH also goes out of whack easily with the change in volume.

I've had plants dry right out worse than what you describe so other than losing a few leaves you should be OK.

Good luck.

:peace:
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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OldMedUser said:
You mustn't have checked it for more than a day. Even a huge plant will only use about a gal/day.

Hopefully you checked the ppm before adding more nutes so it's not too high now. As the plants use water the ppm gets higher and higher as it becomes more concentrated. The pH also goes out of whack easily with the change in volume.

I've had plants dry right out worse than what you describe so other than losing a few leaves you should be OK.

Good luck.

:peace:
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My plants have used 3 gallons a day so huge is relative, I guess.

I ran 27 gallon tuffbox totes for tubsites to make sure there was always plenty of water.
 
Stltoed

Stltoed

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ttystikk said:
My plants have used 3 gallons a day so huge is relative, I guess.

I ran 27 gallon tuffbox totes for tubsites to make sure there was always plenty of water.
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Good evening Ttystikk, i ran across this post and thought i should say hello. Hope youre well and you plants are high.
 
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