Slight drooping after planting in soil/watering for the first time.

chiefchuckles

chiefchuckles

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So I got a clone from a medical marijuana center and gave it light until The roots came out of the bottom of the green cube thing...I just put it in soil and gave it a few cups of water, but now one of the sets of leaves is almost saggy enough to touch the soil? What do I DO?/ what did I do wrong?

Here is a picture....http://tinyurl.com/3petjpq
 
Grumpy'

Grumpy'

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What soil? Any pictures? What's the wAter ph? Adding nutes or plain water? As much info as you know will help to determine the next step and solution. I know when things go wrong people often are just wanting answers, but it's tough to answer with unknown factors.
 
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lostNug

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this is completely normal. just stress from the transplant. if u look at pics in my thread (in my sig) u can see how mine were droopy when tranplanted and few days later they exploded in growth.

it doesnt even look that bad in the pic

if it doesnt shoot back up in a couple days. do what grumpy said above
 
chiefchuckles

chiefchuckles

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The soil (supposedly has 2 weeks worth of the nutes I need) After that I was advised to start using the nutrients I bought. The soil brand is:Fox Farm: Ocean forest potting soil. So for now, just plain water...
 
RawBudzski

RawBudzski

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Oh.. i thought you were calling me grumpy.. :) haha
lostNug said:
this is completely normal. just stress from the transplant. if u look at pics in my thread (in my sig) u can see how mine were droopy when tranplanted and few days later they exploded in growth.

it doesnt even look that bad in the pic

if it doesnt shoot back up in a couple days. do what grumpy said above
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Grumpy'

Grumpy'

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Haha. Based on the picture, yeah perfectly normal for a clone. Mine did the same thing and was good within 2 days. I thought it was worse based on description.
 
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lostNug

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check the ph of ur water. where do u live? here in socal. ph of tap water is like 8.2 or somethin. way too high

so use distilled water or if u have to use tap. let it sit opened for atleast 24 hours and then check ph and adjust it (cheap way- baking soda +.......vinergar -). otherwise get some ph up and ph down from local hydro shop or lowes/home depot
 
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lostNug

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RawBudzski said:
Oh.. i thought you were calling me grumpy.. :) haha
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haha no. u posted right before me

chief: u need to do a lot of reading man. not trying to be a dick but sit down, smoke a bowl and read for a few hours. u will find a lot of great info on this forum that will help you big time.
 
Grumpy'

Grumpy'

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lostNug said:
haha no. u posted right before me

chief: u need to do a lot of reading man. not trying to be a dick but sit down, smoke a bowl and read for a few hours. u will find a lot of great info on this forum that will help you big time.
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Agreed! Read till your sick of reading and think you have a handle of it, then read more. The more you know about what can happen, before it happens, the better off you will be.
 
chiefchuckles

chiefchuckles

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LOL, I have been reading all day....It's just that I generally trust real live people as opposed to google info, just because the validity of the answers sometimes isn't the best.
BUT, I SHALL READ MORE! >.<
 
probo24

probo24

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For forty dollars, this cloner not only roots clones in eight days, but it keeps
newly cut, and newly rooted clones looking healthy under the dome until they start using their new roots.

This may be a bunch of crap who knows; I can say clones that i've kept humid and warm tend to droop and yellow less from the time they're cut, right through the first two weeks after rooting.
Once rooted and transplanted to 1L pots, four will fit under this dome. They can almost be forgotten for a week to ten days as roots grow.
It's almost fool proof.
 
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lostNug

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its not bad but i definetly wouldnt water it for atleast a couple days. once u transplant u want the roots to spread, which they do when they are looking for water. if a newly transplanted clone keeps getting watered it will not be stretching its roots and slow growth. so let soil dry up some before u water again. stick ur finger few inches in the soil, if it feels dry/barely damp then its time to water
 
chiefchuckles

chiefchuckles

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^ Yeah, I contacted a grow shop and they told me exactly that...to let it dry after the first watering. Side-note: There were (for some reason) a plastic guard on the covering the entire light, I took that off, because I got it from Wal-mart and I think it is just for safety HOPEFULLY that helps it grow a bit faster (it has been a bit slow since transplanting.)
 
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lostNug

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plastic cover? im guessing ur using cfls then (never used cfls myself). have no clue why its there. wouldnt it melt?
 
probo24

probo24

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Instead of watering the soil, mist the leaves once or twice a day until you
see new growth. Don't over do that though.
I suggested a humidity dome. You could transplant rooting clones straight to soil right from the bag (Ocean Forest for example), no water
just put under the dome, and your clones would have a perfect growing environment.
Short of that feed the leaves until you see the new growth.
 
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