Help save my plants from imminent death! +rep

My plants are on the brink of death.

Heres the story: I germed in jiffy cubes and transplanted to a soilless organic media consisting of compost, coco coir, perlite, and some lime. The soil is pHed right around 7 (according to my dinky analog pH reader). I think I overwatered and ferted a bit early with a 5-2-5 organic supplement, but since then I flushed the plants and cut back on the watering - they never got better so I transplanted a few days later...still declining. They will die soon - please take a look and give some advice. +rep for those who really help.

My thoughts:
I dont feel like its a nute def because the yellowing started so early. There may have been some early heat stress but temps havent been over 83 in the past 2-3 weeks.

Thanks
 

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ztplanter

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Are the leaf tips curling?? they look to be curling up? i would take a look at the Nutrient Deficiency charts, but its looking like its a Mg deficiency to me..

N what's rep? Most people post to help, not looking for credit here
 

jagresti

Active Member
this happened to me and i was able to save my plant. have no idea why or how it happened but I flushed my plant with a ton of water and made sure it had good drainage to dry out. then once it was ready to be watered again i used Alaskan fish food 5-1-1 nutrients (get at lowes) and just watered the plant when needed and it survived and is flowering nicely now.
 

Anjinsan

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Simple. You fertilized too early. NO FERTILIZERS AT ALL IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER FOR THE FIRST 2 WEEKS MINIMUM.

Just use water with just a touch of molasses and hydrogen peroxide now.

Might work.
 

jeffchr

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the ph is a little high but within range
i agree - flush well, don't feed until they recover
i think they just stressed with heat and nute burn
 
Thanks for the advice guys - I already flushed once and transplanted since then. I have not added any nutes to the transplanted soil so I dont need to flush again right? Also, how much H2O2 should I use? Ive heard that too much will kill of the microflora around the roots that are very helpful in organic grows.

So I think what Im going to try is molasses + H2O2 + light dose of cal/mag and try to make sure Im not overwatering - does this sound like a good remedy?
 
So it took me quite a while to rehab these plants but it worked.

Changes:
1) Moved from soil to DWC bubbler
2) Bought a NICE digital ph/ppm meter
3) Learned an appropriate nutrient schedule (Blue Mountain Organics)

It like night and day...check out the pics

The first is Day 1 (ie. day I moved the plants from soil to DWC), the second pic is 7 days into the DWC, and the third pic is Day 15 into the DWC.
 

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amv

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nice comeback zorro , they really took a beating in the beginning and with enough tlc you brought them back. Its always nice when u see ur babies pull through. Its hard but in the beginning i never nute until the 4th set of leaves .Seedlings have everything they need up to that point. Good luck with ur grow it looks like u got it under control.
 
nice comeback zorro , they really took a beating in the beginning and with enough tlc you brought them back. Its always nice when u see ur babies pull through. Its hard but in the beginning i never nute until the 4th set of leaves .Seedlings have everything they need up to that point. Good luck with ur grow it looks like u got it under control.
Thanks man, this is my first grow so like a typical newbie I jumped the gun with them and started ferting too early. I also think it was that combined with overwatering, transplant stress, and heat stress in a short period of time that almost killed them. They were forgiving though :)
 
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