Plant Moisture Stress - Symptoms and Solutions

eyeco

eyeco

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Katatawnic said:
Do you have any idea how many people would be extremely envious of your problem? :lol:
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Sorry if this seems like i just havin a blonde moment! but i know the hole root system thing been good and healthy but what about the lack of vertical growth? shudnt they be taller after 3.5 weeks? i watched a few grow vids and the plants look way taller and more fine in structure.

Think i goin 2 loose a few with my earlyier watering debarcal but you live and learn!.

PS: Sorry if i got this wrong but read a amazing post by i think by yourself about the attitude of a police officer towards the medical use og weed, Great bit of writing, i have been a home and residetial care giver for 10 years with the NHS and have been asked so many times by my service users if i could arange this for them, i wish i could of obliged them this small comfort but...well you know the score. I have nursed during palative and end of life senarios where this would have been a blessing as they would not have the soparific affects of the huge amounts of opiate based pain relief can upset family and can rob them of comunication when they need to say the most. Not to mention the discomfort that constipation that gos hand in hand with such drugs. Whoooa Sorry way of topic and think the great root growth down to Rhitzotonic not anything i have done!.

Be good and if you cant be good be carefull!.
 
Katatawnic

Katatawnic

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No, they shouldn't be taller, so long as their environment is good. Growers strive for as little stretching as possible, which is why you constantly read about putting the lights as close as possible to the plants. Tight node spacing is indicative of good genetics and/or good light placement; most often combined. The foliage looks great, and you say the root development is also. That would indicate to me that your plants are just fine, and the lack of vertical growth you expected is due to good genetics and/or lighting. :bigjoint:

BTW, just to be clear, I wasn't laughing at you in my last post. ;) Had I not read so much around here about tight node spacing before my first seedlings grew, I would have wondered is something wasn't right as well. Nothing wrong with being cautious!

Yes, that was my post. Thank you. :D I agree with all you said; it blows my mind that such strong narcotics and other poisonous drugs are preferred, not to mention so heavily pushed! I take it you don't live in a MMJ state? If you want to discuss this further, we can do it in the other thread, so that we don't hijack this one. ;)
 
eyeco

eyeco

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Katatawnic said:
No, they shouldn't be taller, so long as their environment is good. Growers strive for as little stretching as possible, which is why you constantly read about putting the lights as close as possible to the plants.[/QUOTE
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Thanks you put my mind at rest there watered again last night and things in general are looking a hole lot better in there, i know the damaged leaves wont come back but they look a lot happier and new growth has more vigor. And at last finaly something where being short is good! ( i only 5.7" i know how they feel!) Tryed to find your other post to reply but cant, i not covering my self in glory here am i!,

Be good if you cant be good dont get caught!!!
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eyeco

eyeco

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I aint no pro fella but id say bye bye and start again. Sorry, Could be a load of things mate, list what you been doin and we will see if we canr fix it for your next try. I only a novice myself and made all the noob mistakes myself the plan is to learn and not do it again!. The best advice i can give is start with good genetics (from seed so u can see the whole show from start to finish, and buy the best) and when in doubt the biggest lesson i have found is dont start pouring stuff all over your plants at the first sign of a yellow leaf the best thing is do nothing and watch!.

Good luck.
 
atxbudgrower

atxbudgrower

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hey guys my baby isnt looking so good she has some weird spots and certain parts of the leaves are dried up and crusty looking any ideas what it could be? im thinking it could be a ph problem but im using soil and the ph when i test it its around 6 im using those cheapy litmus papers so its not completely accurate
 

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elgalloloco

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I've got three plants in full flowering mode and I don't know how I did it but I've flooded them and the soil is now packed down and muddy.
the soil's still wet, it seems like the roots aren't getting any air.
what can I do?
I thought about taking them out of their pots and puting them in with new soil.
anything you can suggest?
 
newbganjafarma

newbganjafarma

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hey this is a great thread going on here.. im going to posting up my pics of my plants also im starting to notice a bit of a yellowish out line on some of them on the leafs but over all they area green and looking good but for sum reason im starting to see like a yellowish outline on leafs if n e 1 knows what could b rong or what i need to do that wud mean alot guys.. im starting to get worried.. i will post a pic of them also today so u can get a better idea of wha could b rong.. but if n e one knows what im talking about already please i wud love to hear from u guys thnx..
 
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jamexican686

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I was wondering how long it takes for your plant to recover from over-watering:wall: they were discolored at the old leaves so i added nutes now they r just droopy now so i changed the cycle to three times a day every 3 for 1/2 and a day later they r still droopy, but at least the color is coming back
 
Uncle Ben

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elgalloloco said:
I've got three plants in full flowering mode and I don't know how I did it but I've flooded them and the soil is now packed down and muddy.
the soil's still wet, it seems like the roots aren't getting any air.
what can I do?
I thought about taking them out of their pots and puting them in with new soil.
anything you can suggest?
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Repot them in good well aerated soil. Hate to be the bearer of bad news but when root rot sets in it's usually the end of the root system and the plant. IOW, there has been an invasion of fungus spores which are feeding on the root cells. You must kill those spores or at least stop them from expanding. You could pop the plant out, trim off dead roots, repot into aerated soil and see what happens. Suggests that you didn't and don't have much foliage or this would not be an issue. I like a tight soil myself, it's less maintenance for me, BUT, I also grow plants with a huge amount of foliage that is retained until harvest. Gives me more bud ya know. ;)

(Also insures that too much water applied is quickly wicked out of the pot.)

jamexican686 said:
I was wondering how long it takes for your plant to recover from over-watering:wall:
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See the above.

Good luck fellers,
Tio Bendejo
 
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jamexican686

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no the plant has just become root bound im using a coco and hydroton medium with bato buckets, so i think the tips r curling down because i planted them 6 days ago
 
Uncle Ben

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jamexican686 said:
no the plant has just become root bound im using a coco and hydroton medium with bato buckets, so i think the tips r curling down because i planted them 6 days ago
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If the leaves are green (including the tips), I wouldn't worry about it.

Being rootbound can stunt the plant though.
 
maryjan

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Uncle Ben said:
You'll have abundant foliage and the pot will need watering often. The condition and mass of the foliage pretty much indicates the same with the root system.

tryinghard, thanks bro. It's helped out alot of people over the years. It's pretty basic stuff but sometimes we lose sight of the forest for the trees.

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dose plant moisture stress look like this
 

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Scravagor

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i cant post new thread so im posting here my 3rd set of leaves and on are kinda scaly to the touch i have no idea on the humidty,could it being from to low?
 
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badness

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maryjan, my vegging plants look like that and always do. i have never figured out how to fix so hopefully uncle ben will answer.
 
rusto

rusto

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ive been getting yellow blouches on my plant. ive been using aquaglobes so i doubt it could be a watering problems. the yellowing has showed up on some of the newer branches. and my lowest leaves have nearly witherd. thanks for any help you can offer to my problem.
 
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DocBud

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hey Uncle Ben!

I read the whole thread, through page 34. I also tried to find the info elsewhere, but this is my first grow, and I'm not too confident in what to do.

Strains: 2x Blue Dream, WW, Jack Herrer, Flo
Grown from clones, put in Hempy buckets on 09/15.

Medium: 4 perlite 1 part vermiculite
Temps: 71-83
RH: 30-50
Water PH: 5.8-6.1
Nutes:weak FF gro/bloom. About 400ppm added to RO.
Light 1000watt MH 18/6

I'm watering once per day until the roots reach the resevoir at the bottom, as instructed by the Hempy people.

The plants started drooping:
Just before watering.


moisture meter prior to water, half way into bucket.



Meter all the way to bottom:


The whole lot:


They do seem to perk up a few hours after watering, and they are definitely growing.

Do they need more, or less water?
 
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