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Herb & Suds

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OldMedUser said:
Is that a plant you are trying to reveg? I cut the bottom of the root balls every time I up-pot even from my little 9-hole seedling pots that hold about 2oz of promix. I never see any kind of transplant shock other than a day or two of stalled growth then they really get going with roots coming out of the drain holes within a week even going from a 2L to a 16L pot. Shave down the long roots around the sides too.

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This right here^^^
i always reuse same pot just trimming down rootball and adding fresh soil
 
OldMedUser

OldMedUser

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ladycherish said:
so I need to add more water
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When watering you should always saturate the pot. I let mine sit in the runoff if any for 15 min or so to make sure it's as soaked as it can get. Then lift the pot to get a feel for the weight. Now let it go until the pot feels very light in comparison but the plants aren't drooping and soak it again. That allows air to get in and supply much needed oxygen to the roots. I have an airstone in a 5gal jug of RO water in my grow room. I'll turn that on at least an hour before using the water so it has as much O2 as possible. I also have a 50W aquarium heater that gets the temp to 82F which is just what the bio-herd in the pots like to keep them healthy and active.

With coco it's suppose to always be wet and even watered multiple times per day. Needs extra calmag and seems a lot more fussy than peat-based soilless mixes like the ProMix HP I've used for the last 15 or more years. None available locally and up to 3X the price too so I don't see the attraction.

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ladycherish

ladycherish

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I’m doing something wrong.. it’s like it’s not bouncing back at all.. I change my medium to peat moss mix with potting soil.. the leaves look dry and brittled could the lights be too close??
 

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ladycherish said:
I’m doing something wrong.. it’s like it’s not bouncing back at all.. I change my medium to peat moss mix with potting soil.. the leaves look dry and brittled could the lights be too close??
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Looks like a little transplant shock which is to be expected when changing medium. You did soak the pot well after moving them I hope.

They should perk up in a few days so I wouldn't worry as yet. I don't think I've ever tried changing mediums with more mature plants like those other than when needing to move a rootbound plant to a larger pot.

Hang in there!

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ladycherish

ladycherish

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OldMedUser said:
Looks like a little transplant shock which is to be expected when changing medium. You did soak the pot well after moving them I hope.

They should perk up in a few days so I wouldn't worry as yet. I don't think I've ever tried changing mediums with more mature plants like those other than when needing to move a rootbound plant to a larger pot.

Hang in there!

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Yea it was a ton of bugs in the other soil I tried things to rid them but changing the medium seemed the best idea.. yes I watered really well. And sprayed the leaves with plain water..
 
OldMedUser

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ladycherish said:
Yea it was a ton of bugs in the other soil I tried things to rid them but changing the medium seemed the best idea.. yes I watered really well. And sprayed the leaves with plain water..
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Do you know what kind of bugs they are? If fungus gnats or any other bad bug they now have a new home to live in and may like this one better.

I never spray anything on my plants unless I'm battling bugs like now or want a quick fix for something like a magnesium deficiency.

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ladycherish said:
It was ants
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Get some of that liquid Ant-B-Gone and put some on a plastic lid or something near the plants and they'll be gone soon. We had them in the house and filled bottle caps to put on the window sills and where they travelled. That was 15 years ago and never see ants in the house now. We have huge ant hills all over the property but they aren't bugging us out there so we leave them alone. It's just borax and liquid honey or something and they take that back to the nests and it eventually kills them all.

I don't know if they could hurt the plants but indoors no bugs is usually the best. I have black widow spiders in my basement and grow room down there but they don't bother me and take care of any other little critters that might. My mouse trap got another one I had to toss out today but they can't get in the grow room.

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