Urgent Help! Plants Might Be Dead!

[pattykakes]

Hey all, I royally screwed up, I left a couple of my plants without water for 24 hours, they are a week into flowering, normally drink a gallon a day. I went to look at them after forgetting to put them back into the water when adding nutes and such, and they were all drooped down, colas hanging over and all. They weren't dry and crispy or brown yet but I've had them in water now for about 18 hours and they haven't shown any life yet. Are they dead you think or will it just take more time for them to come back? Please help!

 

[C.Indica]

Give them time, and DO NOT OVERWATER.
It is EASIER TO OVERWATER than UNDERWATER.
I've had mint plants laying on the ground, after a good watering they'd be perked back up at the end of the day.
Just give them tender loving care, back off on the lights just a little until they're standing back up and ready to keep growing.
You stunted them by doing this, but they should live.

 

[pattykakes]

is it possible to overwater with a dwc system?

 

[sweetsmoker]

no lol
dont think he realised?

gotta say bud it dont sound gd! i have as matey said above had potted plants fall over from no water and recover, but never dwc, however i cant see why not? at the same time tho i kinda think they would have picked up by now,, errrrmm gd luck genuinly, nothing worse than murdering ya crop

 

[BeaverHuntr]

I have had plants in DWC get real low on water, and the plants shared the same symptoms your plants have. They might bounce back and they might not. Add water and nutes and just give her some time 24-48 hours she should show signs of life, if not then lesson learned.. Hydro/DWC is not easy like people think, its very time consuming.

 

[GoldenGanja13]

Last summer, same thing here. Forgot to water when they where getting 1/2 gal a plant daily. It was sad and really blew my harvest. They finished out, but they where low mids and sad looking. I learned and never forgot.

 

[Neumann]

Hydro/DWC is not easy like people think, its very time consuming.

Quoted for MAD truth.
People make the mistake of thinking that because it's simple setup, it's a simple process. I've found that as a system, hydro and especially deep water work take more time and attention on a far more consistent basis and when you add auxin manipulation to that, it's not a lazy style at all. On the other hand, hydro is it easily the best producing form of growing and DWC , in my opinion and experience, is the best yields-wise and since I love working in the garden anyway, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.



To the OP: I'd take them out of a 12/12 and put them back in veg for a while, they're going to need a rest.

 

[hydrochronics10874]

that's an awful lot of stress and if they go backwards in a light cycle won't they possibly go herm?

 

[GoldenGanja13]

This is a strong possibility

that's an awful lot of stress and if they go backwards in a light cycle won't they possibly go herm?

 

[hydrochronics10874]

im new to this all as well but i make it a deal to read the instructions on here before venturing too far!!! lol.. one of the main first things i read was how to much stress and reversing the lighting or interrupting the dark cycle too much can cause it! so i figured i throw it out there anyways!

 

[hydrochronics10874]

also id just give it some good ph'd water and time then gradually add the the nutes later kinda re introducing iy back to it since its basically starting over prolly with new roots and everything! good luck man i hate it when a good lady has fallen.

 

[pattykakes]

I'm just going to cut my losses because I think they are now completely dead, and learn from my mistake the hard way, my other 2 plants are too huge for turning them back to veg, i only lost probably a third of my crop. I always seem to learn the hard way, it was a dumb mistake anyway but I'll tell ya I won't do it again. Thanks for everyones input!

 

[BeaverHuntr]

I'm just going to cut my losses because I think they are now completely dead, and learn from my mistake the hard way, my other 2 plants are too huge for turning them back to veg, i only lost probably a third of my crop. I always seem to learn the hard way, it was a dumb mistake anyway but I'll tell ya I won't do it again. Thanks for everyones input!

Soil for the lazy folk....

 

[snocat]

what is your res. temp a cooler res can hold more air than a warmer one. 60 to 65 deg. is good

 

[Neumann]

Got to respectfully say, if you need to worry about plants going herm due to a lighting change one week into flower and/or a short term drought, you need to work with more stable strains and stay the hell away from "feminized" seeds. There are so many pollen chuckers and "master" strain mixers that it's getting harder and harder to get true stable strains. I guess I'm old fashioned, I don't NEED the newest strains or the latest Cup winner, I just like strong cannabis that tastes good and gets my head where where it likes to be.

 

[pattykakes]

rez temp is around 65, but they are dead time to move on.... Neumann ---> I'm with you about being old fashioned, however I did use fememozed seeds only because I didn't have the space to germ alot of seeds and hope that 4 are female which is what I can only fit... it was more of a, I need exactly 4 female plants....

 

[hydrochronics10874]

actually i never have bought my seeds ive always just bought some weed and if it rocked my world id grow it from seed and pollenate or wait and take cuttings from a female or make it a mother and kill the males! now who's old fashioned!lol.

 

[BeaverHuntr]

rez temp is around 65, but they are dead time to move on.... Neumann ---> I'm with you about being old fashioned, however I did use fememozed seeds only because I didn't have the space to germ alot of seeds and hope that 4 are female which is what I can only fit... it was more of a, I need exactly 4 female plants....

I have grown over 20 plants all from Feminized seeds and I have never had a hermie. I think people get hermies from some other form of stress or light leaks because none of mine have ever hermied, I have had some females not germinate but other than that all my female seeds have never hermied and been harvested or broken from buds getting too heavy and snapping stems.

 

[Neumann]

rez temp is around 65, but they are dead time to move on.... Neumann ---> I'm with you about being old fashioned, however I did use fememozed seeds only because I didn't have the space to germ alot of seeds and hope that 4 are female which is what I can only fit... it was more of a, I need exactly 4 female plants....

I understand your point, I mean, that's WHY they feminize them. Problem with that, is most newer growers have issues with their initial grows and stress them past a reasonable point and then, BANG, there goes your grow. Cannabis is a weed and should be able to take stress, it's all the crossings and forced feminization that makes it delicate. I must be too burnt out to notice "hints of pine and mango" or "the subtle mix of lavender and posies" and I can't tell if it "excites my frontal cortex" or "massages my brain stem" or "pokes a finger in my pineal eye", all I know is that I like sativas that make me laugh and smile and I like indicas that make me sit on the couch and talk about stuff with my friends that seem to like the same thing.

 

[BeaverHuntr]

I understand your point, I mean, that's WHY they feminize them. Problem with that, is most newer growers have issues with their initial grows and stress them past a reasonable point and then, BANG, there goes your grow. Cannabis is a weed and should be able to take stress, it's all the crossings and forced feminization that makes it delicate. I must be too burnt out to notice "hints of pine and mango" or "the subtle mix of lavender and posies" and I can't tell if it "excites my frontal cortex" or "massages my brain stem" or "pokes a finger in my pineal eye", all I know is that I like sativas that make me laugh and smile and I like indicas that make me sit on the couch and talk about stuff with my friends that seem to like the same thing.

True that ! I smoke blue dream when I have to shit to do or have to take the old lady on a date. When its time to crash or play viedo games I'm smoking the OG !