purple stems from stress

cap master

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ok so I have a couple of clones that are a couple weeks old. I transplanted them last week but the soil was too dense so I went and got a bag of pearlite and amended my own soil. well needless to say I had to re transplant them same pot new soil. in the 3 days they were in a bigger pot the roots exploded and in the transplanting and removal of old soil the plants became extremely stressed out from the first time the stems were a tad purple which is always normal and mostly goes away after a week or so. bc I damaged the roots a bit... ik big mistake but had to be done sooner than later... now the stems are 95% purple it is not a deficiency ik the cause.

just wondering if there is anything u can do to help them recover ik I could give them a feeding with b1 I grow organically so I don't use chems. the most chem thing I use is superthrive and they were watered 2 days ago with 2 drops. iv heard about asprin but yet again I like to stay organic don't really like the idea but plants naturally produce a type of asprin and I would imagine I could flush them once they recover. any one have experience with this? or have any other solutions to the stress? or know if the purpling will go away.
 

Doomhammer69

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Personally I would tent them and leave them alone, give it a week, mist the tent , give it air. But other than that little is best for now, if you over react...
 

cap master

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thanks for the advice I already gave them some watering just a bit ago they were dry I used a drip of superthrive and like 2cc or less of molasses ill get some plastic tent for them and hope they recover.
 

cap master

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she was bone dry I only water every 3-5 days or until the pot is feather lite. and iv used superthrive before for transplant shock and it helps but iv never shocked em this bad.
 

cap master

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myy water has a tds of 146 that should be fine it doesn't have to be deionized or distilled right? would ph down be ok to use to lower the ph?
 

cap master

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im not 100 percent organic but its well water tests out at 146-147ppm and 7.8ph I use dolomite lime from crushed dolomite stone to raise ph and gypsum powder to lower
 

cap master

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just an update.. I have fixed the over watering they have picked pack up again and are praying to my lights and the necrosis has slowed but hasn't stoped. they are showing deficiency signs and are losing leaves from the bottom up. have flushed soil ph is currently running 6.2-7.0 tds is low 300s with ferts 5.1.1. fish emul and using molasses for mag cal along with dolomite witch runs about 40% mag in a slightly acidic soil. new growth is starting but I have lost 6 lower sets of leaves on the one and 2-3 sets on the other. so overwatering is fixed and still recovering from stress but how to help with nutes? I'm using 2 tsp per 2 qts water drop of ST quarter tsp molasses un Sulphured and phd down to 6.2-7.0 temps between 73-83 humidity low at 30% just added humidifier so hope to dial in around 50-70% humidity. lights on 24 running I little over 50k lumens. not sure what I'm doing wrong or how to fix this??? leaves are still yellowing just a tad slower first leaf pic is 90% yellow second is also showing n deficiency and upper leaves u can see are showing deficiency signs and 3rd is what they look like when I pull them off efter a few days that's that I have to look forward too. idk how to get these guys nutes next step will be foliar feed. u can also see burnt tips ike a p deficiency in the yellowing leaves. please help20160214_005207.jpg 20160214_005139.jpg 20160214_005031.jpg 20160214_005035.jpg 20160214_005041.jpg 20160214_005056.jpg
 

cap master

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they were at first when the thread started but also p had something to do with it and theyre n p and k deficient as well as micro and idk what to do I got them from a buddy and only had them a few weeks before they went down hill. I don't wan2 over feed them atm but don't know what else I could do trying not to over water them this is only my 3rd grow and so far not soo good. last was better
 

skunkpunknz

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No offence but they really look like shit. I would throw them out and start again from scratch. Just a waste of electricity at this point.
 
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