Drooping and not sure why

Bolo33 · Jan 31, 2023

start of week 5 veg 18/6. Wanted to repot and flip her tomorrow but not sure whats going on. The room temps have been between 70-75f humiidity 50-60. 1 gallon pot. I watered yesterday about 1L. My lights are
MARS HYDRO FC-E3000 300Watt LED.
Not sure why shes like this.

Herb & Suds · Jan 31, 2023

Drooping is almost always under or over watered
Not all plants need the same feed
So determine if it got too dry or is too wet

Edit
One more thing as a possibility
Not enough light for that many plants

Bolo33 · Jan 31, 2023

Herb & Suds said:
Drooping is almost always under or over watered
Not all plants need the same feed
So determine if it got too dry or is too wet

Edit
One more thing as a possibility
Not enough light for that many plants

Hmmm ok got it! Thank you! Ill let it dry some more before I repot and give her time to be undrunk lol then if not ill try another light!

Budzbuddha · Jan 31, 2023

Root lock is another possible reason - roots want more room and become tangled in growth.

IMO up pot plant - larger container. Let it grow out more ( couple weeks or so ) then decide on flip. Give the plant a chance to recover and push forward.

John Rollwan · Jan 31, 2023

Bolo33 said:
start of week 5 veg 18/6. Wanted to repot and flip her tomorrow but not sure whats going on. The room temps have been between 70-75f humiidity 50-60. 1 gallon pot. I watered yesterday about 1L. My lights are
MARS HYDRO FC-E3000 300Watt LED.
Not sure why shes like this.

In my experience root bound plants are much more rare than over/under watering. What’s your schedule or frequency for watering like? I’d go with that first. Then if after 2-3 days of letting it dry, it doesn’t stand up, you know it’s something else. People grow QP’s from solo cups without getting root bound. Check the thread.

If it is root bound, just transplant, and carefully remove yellowing roots, avoiding any part of the central tap root, it will absorb the rest and heal when it stretches most times it’s not a loss especially in veg. Just keep in mind once you transplant and it recovers, it will use the extra space to go up in size and make new plans about being ready to flower.

John Rollwan · Jan 31, 2023

Also your light is more than enough at your current stage and if you see a deficiency there it’s drooping in the under canopy with accompanied yellowing. Maybe at flowering it challenges your space but I think 40W/sq. Ft. Is plenty on an efficient LED

Doug Dawson · Jan 31, 2023

They look underwatered to me but follow what's above. Not sure about the root bound thing as they are pretty small. You could always pop them out of their pots to know for sure. I am flowering a seed run right now in 0.8 gallon pots and they are doing just fine. Well except the one in the back left that got a little yellow when it was ignored for a couple days. For a flower run I would want bigger pots though.

Bolo33 · Jan 31, 2023

John Rollwan said:
In my experience root bound plants are much more rare than over/under watering. What’s your schedule or frequency for watering like? I’d go with that first. Then if after 2-3 days of letting it dry, it doesn’t stand up, you know it’s something else. People grow QP’s from solo cups without getting root bound. Check the thread.

If it is root bound, just transplant, and carefully remove yellowing roots, avoiding any part of the central tap root, it will absorb the rest and heal when it stretches most times it’s not a loss especially in veg. Just keep in mind once you transplant and it recovers, it will use the extra space to go up in size and make new plans about being ready to flower.

I was watering every 3-4 days. Ive never had this problem before and this is my 4th grow I believe. But yea no plants have been root bound. Im just so lost right now lol everything was going perfect till yesterday lol ill give it a few days and ill still repot tomorrow as well. Should I repot when soil is dry or when wet still?

Bolo33 · Jan 31, 2023

Doug Dawson said:
They look underwatered to me but follow what's above. Not sure about the root bound thing as they are pretty small. You could always pop them out of their pots to know for sure. I am flowering a seed run right now in 0.8 gallon pots and they are doing just fine. Well except the one in the back left that got a little yellow when it was ignored for a couple days. For a flower run I would want bigger pots though.
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Those are beautiful! Doin an amazing job there!! How long was rhe veg?

Doug Dawson · Jan 31, 2023

Thanks. The seeds cracked Nov 26th and got flipped Jan 2nd. So 5 weeks from the time they sprouted tails. The 3 in the back of the big tent were started prior but the other 11 were on the dates above. I also have one BOG Blue Moon Rocks in the same size pot I will be using in my next run so it's just hanging out in veg. It's also in a 0.8 gallon pot. I got to chop it's top off as it's right up to the light and start taking some clones.

Budzbuddha · Jan 31, 2023

Up pot it …. If plants root ball looks like this - it was root bound.

Doug Dawson · Jan 31, 2023

Bolo33 said:
I was watering every 3-4 days. Ive never had this problem before and this is my 4th grow I believe. But yea no plants have been root bound. Im just so lost right now lol everything was going perfect till yesterday lol ill give it a few days and ill still repot tomorrow as well. Should I repot when soil is dry or when wet still?

I grow in coco and prefer it to be damp when I up pot. If it's underwatered it's an easy fix. Check the soil, if it's real dry give them a good watering. If that's the issue they they will pick up in a matter of hours. Root bound or not I would still up put like @Budzbuddha suggests. I would want bigger pots for a flower run.

Nope_49595933949 · Jan 31, 2023

Budzbuddha said:
Up pot it …. If plants root ball looks like this - it was root bound.

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Lol I have solocups that make that look spacious.

Budzbuddha · Jan 31, 2023

It still happens … did plenty of odd size runs….. noting the root mass needing even more space.

Budzbuddha · Jan 31, 2023

Here is today’s example :

Solo grown - aggressive rooting ( layered medium mix )

Needs up pot.

Bolo33 · Feb 2, 2023

Just giving an update. Shes doing a lot better. I gave her time away from water and up potted her. Shes in the back left corner now. Thanks for all of the advice friends.
Also the roots werent brown at all.so didnt loon like root lock. Still not sure but we will see how she does this week

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