Sick / Stressed Plants ( Need help )

Hello, thanks for taken the time to take a look at this issue!

These plants were never really healthy, they have always been stressed out. They are green but they are always sad. The stems are very hard and purple. I have these in coco soil, and water/feed with only pH @ 5.9. As these are babies and still in the veg state, I stopped feeding because of the current issue, I did a light flush, and now I am only watering just until I get the problem under control. Check out the photo I uploaded for future details! I feel like no matter what I do nothing seems to work.

To add a kicker, I have other plants in the same tent that are looking simply amazing, and I am treating them all the same. Any help would be wonderful. Thank you and Blaze on!

How long ago did you transplant? They look a bit droopy as if they are overwatered.

I transplanted from clone, and that's been over 4 weeks, they have never looked healthy, but everything else looks amazing.


I was wondering what you think I should do? do a proper flush? or just let them dry out and do just water

ceosam said:

How long ago did you transplant? They look a bit droopy as if they are overwatered.

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That exactly what i was thinking. They don’t look burnt or over fertilized. They look over watered.

Hey op let them dry out a little. The best way to judge is by lifting the pots. If they feel heavy DONT water them. Wait till the feel light again.

I agree, make sure you have good drainage, if they have good drainage damn near impossible to overwater coco... but yea they look overwatered..

Thank you all!


I also wanted to add when I lift up the pots, the roots look white, but there are some brown roots.. possibly root bound?

I was about to transplant into 15g smartpots, but I wanted to get them healthy before adding more stress into their lives!

kushking666 said:

Thank you all!


I also wanted to add when I lift up the pots, the roots look white, but there are some brown roots.. possibly root bound?

I was about to transplant into 15g smartpots, but I wanted to get them healthy before adding more stress into their lives!

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The brown roots are also from over watering. Over watering will make them start to develop root rot. No need to worry and start looking up how to correct root rot. Just let them dry out a bit and the brown roots will die off. New roots will replace them. No biggie.

Thank you kindly!

Do you recommend me waiting until they are dry/healthy before transplanting ?

kushking666 said:

Thank you kindly!

Do you recommend me waiting until they are dry/healthy before transplanting ?

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Yes. Give them a bit to snap out of it and then transplant. And when you do transplant, it’s better to do it when they are dry. They will come out of the pots a lot easier like that. When they are watered or saturated the medium expands.

kushking666 said:

Thank you all!


I also wanted to add when I lift up the pots, the roots look white, but there are some brown roots.. possibly root bound?

I was about to transplant into 15g smartpots, but I wanted to get them healthy before adding more stress into their lives!

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As Gary mentioned, brown rots are UN-aerated roots. You need to either water less frequently or lighter, the "pick up the pot" test is your best guide.

I will wait it out, I have attached the most recent pictures of them just to give you an idea, I will them dry and perform the transplant. I will keep taps and updates going. Thanks again!

Hey @kushking666 , I see you have some sexy round trays your plants are sat on. Do you let them sit in the run off that accumulates? If so it would be helpful to remove that which will stop your coco staying sopping wet. Plus its never good to reabsorb run off.
Just mop it up with a towel and wring it out.
Also I wouldn't go too long with just plain water, plants in coco need nutrients, better to feed low dose than nothing or they will soon be lacking nutrients, especially N and micros at this stage.

if they are staying wet long you could take a small drill and go all over the sides of your pot and pop holes in it, you won't loose much medium to speak of if you did small holes but will allow amazing drainage and air to get in.

I use either small baskets like for organizing things from the dollar store up to milk crates or big laundry baskets, line em with weedblock fabric like you put under mulch in your yard as the holes in baskets are large, and fill em up. Set up like this with coco you literally cannot overwater them, well I'm sure you could but you would have to try really really hard to. The plants love it, its like a cheap version of an air/smart pot. It also has the benefit at transplant that you can pull up that whole root mass out of the container, still wrapped in its fabric and once out unfold the fabric off the root mass and transplant with very little to no stress.

But for time being a small drill bit could help you, and drill the piss out of it, lots of little holes, let the oxygen in. Coco will breath like crazy if you allow it to. another thing you can do if those have drainage holes on bottom, is put them up on something in that tray, like a couple peices of dowel or bamboo, so those bottom holes can weep out water.

Also highly agree don't let water stand in those drain trays..

Thank you all so much for all the feedback, I am so happy to know there is good people out there that are willing to help out with their knowledge and expertise!

I am going to be performing all of the recommendations above, and also I will be posting progress of the health of the plants! Thank you and stayed tuned!

Thats just part of the cameredre of it... if you are in it for the right reasons then from a one led micro grower to a commercial guy, a growers a grower and we take care of our own... wow im really baked

I also had some questions regarding the seedlings I have planted.

I placed the seeds (once properly germinated ) in clone boxes. then I transplanted them into Dixie cups. I have just been giving them water nothing else and here is what they are looking like. Any advice/tips would be great helpful and appreciated!!!

Had something like this not long ago and turned out to be not enough light, finally got my new bulbs in the post and they were back to normal,

But they do look a bit overwatered maybe ?

Looking a but over watered . Almost positive thays what it is. Dont water for twice as long as you normally do. Wait untill you physically feel the pot being lighter .