any opinions on halfdead plant?

smallclosetgrowr

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getting straight to the point -i put my 4 plants in a soil that had nute release for 6months and was watering them twice a day (i know i know) then relized that not only was i overwatering but it was causing the nutes to release rapidly and therefor burn the plant "so i think" that was 9 days in , i transplanted them into new soil and 5 days from that here is was they look like , the are slowing growing new leafs "at least one is" but there not getting taller and the yellowing continues , any ideas?
 

bake508

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i would get some deeper pots and water around eges not on stem and they look over lil watered u shld get some perlite for ur soil to better drainage so roots can breath make sure ur ph is at 6.5 and water about every 3 days
 

smallclosetgrowr

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the soil or water 6.5ph ? and those pots are about 1-2litres pretty big for a 3week old plant, i have just water them b4 the shot , i do poor the water on the stem is that i bad thing ?
 

smallclosetgrowr

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this sounds fking stupid i know lol , but how much water should u put into the plant once the pot is dry ? i generally poor around 250ml's i think its make sure i got all the soil pretty wet , the water runs out the bottom alittle put it that way
 

growone

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actually water questions aren't stupid at all - correct moisture is a big deal
the method i've seen quoted the most is to water with 1/4 the volume of the soil
curious what others think
 

growone

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if you're over watering, you should see a bit of wilt/limpness
strange, but it looks like what you'd think a dried out plant would look like
 

smellychronic

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Cut off all dead/dying leaf. replant with new soil, water well with 20% or more run off for the next week. I've seen much much worst.
 

smallclosetgrowr

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hmm think it might be something to do with the alkalinty in the soil , i done some tests this is what happend ok so the water im putting into the soil is about 7.9 ph and the water comming out is about 8.4 that was all tested with the water pool meter as u can see in the pic , the ppm total alkalinity was 0 going in and 80-120 comming out ? does this mean my soil is to alkalinity ? maybe thats why there deing ? ok so my water is comming out alot higher in ph "according to the pool ph meter" but the odd thing is the soil ph kit said the soil was neutral like the water going in ? as u can see im so fking confused and dont have a clue what to do any help would be really apreciated
 

smallclosetgrowr

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i just put them in new soil about 5 days ago , and cutting of the dead leafs , wouldnt that cause more stress ? is it beneficial to do ?
 

growone

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when leaves are mostly dead, then it's a good time to cut, they become a drain when there is no green left
 

growone

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let the leaf become mostly yellow, at that point it's not helping the plant anymore, then cut off near the stem
 
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