drooping leaves

oAUSTiNo

oAUSTiNo

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droopy leaves.jpegthis is what my plant looked like after practice, its usually in the gbox at night and i like to let the plants get alot of sun during the day. i put it under the cfl's and it stood strong again? in about 2 hours.

anyone know why?
 
jawbrodt

jawbrodt

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Probably because it needs watered. My theory, is that the sun draws alot more moisture from the plant, than the CFLs do, and because the soil is nearly completely dry...the plant can't draw enough moisture to keep itself ridgid, not while under the intense sun, transpiring heavily. Then, when moved to CFLs, the transpiration slows way down, and gives the plant a chance to rehydrate, and perk up. That's only temporary though, the soil will run out of moisture, completely, very soon, and it'll droop under the CFL, as well. In other words...it's time for a heavy watering. :wink:
 
Serapis

Serapis

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jawbrodt said:
Probably because it needs watered. My theory, is that the sun draws alot more moisture from the plant, than the CFLs do, and because the soil is nearly completely dry...the plant can't draw enough moisture to keep itself ridgid, not while under the intense sun, transpiring heavily. Then, when moved to CFLs, the transpiration slows way down, and gives the plant a chance to rehydrate, and perk up. That's only temporary though, the soil will run out of moisture, completely, very soon, and it'll droop under the CFL, as well. In other words...it's time for a heavy watering. :wink:
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^^^ This!! +REP to Jawbrodt for an excellent answer.
 
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