LakesideWiseman
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A little background first:
I received this plant 5 days ago from a friend. The strain is True OG. They are potted in FF Ocean Forest soil in a gallon pot. I am using Jack's Classic Orchid Special for nutrients.
My friend warned me when I got it that it had spider mites, there were visible webs at the top of the plant and visible mites on the underside of the leaves. He had it under a 1000 watt MH.
I immediately built a little 2x2x4 quarantine tent with 184 watts of 2700k cfls, and black/white poly. I threw it i there with a Hot Shot No Pest Strip for a couple days, yes I am aware of the dangers, but this plant is never seeing flower, it will be broken down into clones and used as a mother temporarily. The NPS worked great and now I am mite free.
Unfortunately the plant has been steadily declining in health since I received it. Leaves curling and turning brown with some green leaves just shriviling up and dieing.
I checked the ph of the runoff with 6.0 water and it was low, like 5.0. So I flushed with slightly elevated Ph (6.5) and 1/4 nutrients yesterday but am seeing no signs of recovery.
The temp in the tent has fluctuated between 65-85 and the humidity has been between 50-80%. This variation was due to it raining outside and leaving the windows open in the room the tent is in to ventilated the No Pest Strip.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Pics to be posted ASAP!
I received this plant 5 days ago from a friend. The strain is True OG. They are potted in FF Ocean Forest soil in a gallon pot. I am using Jack's Classic Orchid Special for nutrients.
My friend warned me when I got it that it had spider mites, there were visible webs at the top of the plant and visible mites on the underside of the leaves. He had it under a 1000 watt MH.
I immediately built a little 2x2x4 quarantine tent with 184 watts of 2700k cfls, and black/white poly. I threw it i there with a Hot Shot No Pest Strip for a couple days, yes I am aware of the dangers, but this plant is never seeing flower, it will be broken down into clones and used as a mother temporarily. The NPS worked great and now I am mite free.
Unfortunately the plant has been steadily declining in health since I received it. Leaves curling and turning brown with some green leaves just shriviling up and dieing.
I checked the ph of the runoff with 6.0 water and it was low, like 5.0. So I flushed with slightly elevated Ph (6.5) and 1/4 nutrients yesterday but am seeing no signs of recovery.
The temp in the tent has fluctuated between 65-85 and the humidity has been between 50-80%. This variation was due to it raining outside and leaving the windows open in the room the tent is in to ventilated the No Pest Strip.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Pics to be posted ASAP!