Overtwatering? To do next?

Hello guys!

I started growing a little one. Just for these 2 weeks I have a 60W CFL (+ another one ). She kept growing for like 10 cm and it was to much for her(even though I kept it 2-3 cm to the light) so I decided to transplant for the first time and bury deep.

I had bio rhizotonic, after the transplant I watered with 0.5 liters water mixed with 1 ml of nutrient. I read is good for the roots.

I use Terra professional, left the water drain and put it in the grow box. After that the leaves just went down. I felt the soil moist, read on the internet that might be over-watering and panicked. The soil wouldn't dry and just removed it all and replaced it with new soil, without watering. It's been a day since.

You have two pics. What do you think, what should I do next, when should I water her next(this soil has never been watered)? P.S she has a week now. Thank you!

that early of a plant i wouldnt be using nutes

Yeah dingus GOLL

brissel said:

that early of a plant i wouldnt be using nutes

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made the stupid thing to follow somebody that told that rhizotonic can be used in the first week....

I changed the soil, so this one shouldn't be fertilized with my mistake, just the classic from the dirt.

The point is, should she recover? When should I water her, the new soil has never been watered...

pretty sure you can water whenever

yeah give her a 'little' drink

oh and don't panic, your hasty decisions will do more harm than good, just stop looking at it and watch a movie bro lol

Yup over watered looking. The good news is that its going to be just fine, thats the great thing about over watering. Plants need air in the root zone or they drown. Thats why its good to let the plant dry right out (almost) before you water again. I notice rapid growth as they dry. Totally dry isnt good either. Your leaves and side branches will sag noticably when the plant is dry. Over watering just stunts the plants growth severly. What i do to make the plants grow faster is to use a small tool to water with. I use a 60 ml syringe. That way your not drenching the soil, your only giving it like three days worth of water, not a week. Plants that size cant drink more than a couple ml of water a day so why would you feed it a couple cups? When its bigger you can just dump it in untill it shows runoff but for now just a spash will do. If its warmer in there itll dry out faster and if theres air movement as well. Good luck.

Start em in smaller cup`s or pot`s and do a few repots along the way in Veg, will help with the over watering problem (or lack of oxygen as alien widow said)

When you water make sure to drench the soil, until you do see some run of from all the nice big drain hold you (of course) have in the bottom of the pots, if you don't do this the fresh water won't reach the lower root zone, and agin, over watering is not too much water, its old staled water with no or little oxygen left in it or a compact soil or a pot with out drain holes or all of em that curse it

If you are unlucky enough to over water a plant firmly and the plant really look droopy and the new growth stall your most likely also have root rot and that will in most cases lead to death of the plant, if your lucky you get a limpy plant that is way behind and never reach its full potential

You can safe it with some Hydrogen peroxide, the normal 3% solution from the drug store will do just fine, 5-10 ml per gallon, then water firmly so your sure it reach all of the root zone and flush any old stalled water out so it can bring in new fresh water/oxygen to the roots


Have a read:

http://hubpages.com/hub/Hydrogen-Peroxide-for-Plants


Also nice to have around for other stuff, like Pm (powder mildew/mold)

^^^ Yup, what he said.

Plants look fine, good luck man.

Thank you guys for the answers! I'll keep you updated on the progress.

As promised I come with updates. She is doing well now, recovered after staying the same for a while, this is a picture taken now.

Lesson for every beginner: better less then too much !

Good job, plant looks happy.

Yeah, that's a good lesson. Easy to add more. Hell, doing nothing at all works most of time.

Can't react to every little issue and it's difficult without experience to know which problems are important enough to fix.

Rep + for keeping it green.

same, more Rep. from here, for making her look perfectly healthy and happy, good job

I know that they sell hygrometers at Canadian Tire, and Lowes that you push down into the soil for about $5 Canadian. These things would work great for letting you know the moisture level of the soil.

I have one

I have one of those meters. very cheap and works surprisingly well. no batteries needed. Not the most accurate for pH but still, it will give you a general idea of how acidic your soil is.

Low tech but works well for me....