Open Show & Tell , Outdoors 2014

Sunbiz1

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View attachment 3317441 Its not mine but my friend is in panic mode.....overwatered or rootbound ? And what can he do to save it ?
That looks like root rot, which pretty much is the death of any plant. Your friend can try saving by removing plant from container and cutting out the damaged roots...then re-potting. However, chances are it will die anyways as the amount of roots you have to remove don't leave enough to maintain a healthy plant.
 

Sunbiz1

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amended all my holes today.. Mulch , bat poop , earthworm castings , epsoma . oh and the buckets for a spring crop.
Thanks for sharing sunbiz . she looks chunky and tasty. good job she was a happy girl.bongsmilie whats she smell & taste like ? :mrgreen:
Like the mother of that cross, bubba dominant dankness.
I also just chopped the Christmas tree, oh what fun it is to ride on a mango hazy sleigh.:mrgreen:
 

curious2garden

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Hydrogen-peroxide helps with root rot from what I Know. Also I would repot into a soil mixture with more perlite.
It will but it's safer to use plain old Sodium Hypochlorite; bleach. Bleach in low percentages is perfect and not as potentially hot. I just use my tap water. My water authority uses Chlorine. If your water uses Chloramine (still smells like chlorine after sitting for 24 hours) don't use it or treat it with Sodium Thiosulfate.
hth,
Annie
 

nuggs

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That looks like root rot, which pretty much is the death of any plant. Your friend can try saving by removing plant from container and cutting out the damaged roots...then re-potting. However, chances are it will die anyways as the amount of roots you have to remove don't leave enough to maintain a healthy plant.
I agree with Sunbiz and Fresno it looks like root rot. It's a loss, no foundation to support the limbs.
 

Sunbiz1

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I agree with Sunbiz and Fresno it looks like root rot. It's a loss, no foundation to support the limbs.
Hate to admit my own mistakes/laziness, but I lost 3 ladies to fungal diseases last summer(root rot). For starters I didn't have the containers raised from a concrete floor, then I overwatered after oversizing the containers during transplanting. Those 3 mistakes combined to make 3 plants looking just like the one OP posted a few days ago. Up until that point, I had never experienced root rot, and missed the very first symptom...droopy leaves no matter what. While it is normal for leaves to droop after watering, they certainly shouldn't stay that way.
 

Mohican

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When I start growing any new plant I will let it dry out until it wilts just to see how far I can push it. I have lost more plants to over watering than to any other issue. That is why I love cloth pots. When the weather gets hot and dry I put the cloth pots in a tub with a layer of pumice, gravel, sand, or soil to provide drainage and still shade the pot.

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The three months of 100 degree weather would have killed my girls this Summer/Fall if I had not moved the cloth pots to tubs surrounded with soil. The Jesus OG got surrounded by a mixture of clay and two-year-old compost. It was amazing!

Cheers,
Mo
 

ruby fruit

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yep and I have never grown in cloth pots before this season and I have learnt watching others exactly the sort of stuff mo says here...I never have them sitting on concrete and I really notice the feeding habits of it comapared to one I have in the ground ,its a lot different ...merry xmas to all and while waiting for you outdoor season to start fell free to come over and check my grow out on https://www.rollitup.org/t/crazy-fruits-14-15-grow.847145/page-36#post-11170645..once again I hope santa brings you good seeds for a good new harvest lol....:hump:
 
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