Drooping leaves

matt smith121

matt smith121

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Can anyone help with this please
Plant seams to be drooping for the last 3 days with no improvement
I let the soil dry out an this is what happend
How do I fix this?any help will be grateful
 

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TrimothyLeary

TrimothyLeary

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I assume you watered it after you let it dry out?

How close are your lights, what's your temps and humidity? Is it still growing? Slow or fast?
 
matt smith121

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TrimothyLeary said:
I assume you watered it after you let it dry out?

How close are your lights, what's your temps and humidity? Is it still growing? Slow or fast?
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I have a 600watt light
Yes I watered when I noticed the drooping an the dry soil
It was under a cfl light when this happend I've now moved it under the 600 hps
Temp ranges between 25-29c
Humidity is between 30-40%
No I don't think it's growing or if it is it's really slow
My light is quite far away
 
GreenLogician

GreenLogician

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hmm persistent thirsty drooping after watering.
Temps are okay (although dropping them ~2 degrees would be ideal).
New strong light too close could be causing problems but you said it's quite far away.

Pretty low humidity, is that your background humidity or is it way lower in the tent than outside?
That would suggest your exhaust is insufficient, and you could crank it up or increase intake holes to fix it.
 
whitebb2727

whitebb2727

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matt smith121 said:
Can anyone help with this please
Plant seams to be drooping for the last 3 days with no improvement
I let the soil dry out an this is what happend
How do I fix this?any help will be grateful
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How bad did it dry out?

Soil can dry out and get hydrophobic. I had an outdoor plant do it. I would water and water and it kept getting worse. All kinds of symptoms. I got mad and went to dig it up. As id it, I saw the whole center of the root mass was bone dry.

A cheap analog moisture probe is an easy way to test for this. Water it, pick it up in a few min and if it still feels light, it is dry.

Two ways to remedy this. First is to put a drop or two of dawn in your water to break the water tension. The second is to pop the cover off the bottom of the pot, if there is one and set them in a tray or tub and water. Water the tray to and let them sit in the water for a bit.

A couple of proper watering habits will prevent this. Water until there is run off. This will prevent salt buildup when using synthetic nutrients. Split your watering up. Lightly water your plants and wait about 15 minutes and water until run off. Moist soil draws moisture faster than dry soil.
 
Daggy

Daggy

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That soil looks pretty intense. Did you buy it at a store?
Honestly it looks like overwater to me, but you said you watered them when they started looking like that?
Nothing you cant bounce back from.
 
matt smith121

matt smith121

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Daggy said:
That soil looks pretty intense. Did you buy it at a store?
Honestly it looks like overwater to me, but you said you watered them when they started looking like that?
Nothing you cant bounce back from.
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I got the soil from a supermarket it's only cheap stuff
Yes I noticed that the soil was dry so I waterd it strght awaya,that was about 3 days ago
 
matt smith121

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whitebb2727 said:
How bad did it dry out?

Soil can dry out and get hydrophobic. I had an outdoor plant do it. I would water and water and it kept getting worse. All kinds of symptoms. I got mad and went to dig it up. As id it, I saw the whole center of the root mass was bone dry.

A cheap analog moisture probe is an easy way to test for this. Water it, pick it up in a few min and if it still feels light, it is dry.

Two ways to remedy this. First is to put a drop or two of dawn in your water to break the water tension. The second is to pop the cover off the bottom of the pot, if there is one and set them in a tray or tub and water. Water the tray to and let them sit in the water for a bit.

A couple of proper watering habits will prevent this. Water until there is run off. This will prevent salt buildup when using synthetic nutrients. Split your watering up. Lightly water your plants and wait about 15 minutes and water until run off. Moist soil draws moisture faster than dry soil.
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Thank you for your reply
 
matt smith121

matt smith121

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GreenLogician said:
hmm persistent thirsty drooping after watering.
Temps are okay (although dropping them ~2 degrees would be ideal).
New strong light too close could be causing problems but you said it's quite far away.

Pretty low humidity, is that your background humidity or is it way lower in the tent than outside?
That would suggest your exhaust is insufficient, and you could crank it up or increase intake holes to fix it.
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Thank you for your reply
I have 3 temp an humidity meters inside the tent with all different readings the humidity I said is the humidity inside the tent near the bottom of the tent
 
matt smith121

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whitebb2727 said:
How bad did it dry out?

Soil can dry out and get hydrophobic. I had an outdoor plant do it. I would water and water and it kept getting worse. All kinds of symptoms. I got mad and went to dig it up. As id it, I saw the whole center of the root mass was bone dry.

A cheap analog moisture probe is an easy way to test for this. Water it, pick it up in a few min and if it still feels light, it is dry.

Two ways to remedy this. First is to put a drop or two of dawn in your water to break the water tension. The second is to pop the cover off the bottom of the pot, if there is one and set them in a tray or tub and water. Water the tray to and let them sit in the water for a bit.

A couple of proper watering habits will prevent this. Water until there is run off. This will prevent salt buildup when using synthetic nutrients. Split your watering up. Lightly water your plants and wait about 15 minutes and water until run off. Moist soil draws moisture faster than dry soil.
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dryed out quite abit I noticed the plant drooping it hasn't recovered since
 
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