DonHolland
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I've just been growing a Strawberry Cough Seed ( Dutch passion fem), and for the last 7 weeks its been fine. Pics 1&2.
The Plant has been re-potted once into a mixture of Organic Compost, John Innes #3 & Perlite. Soil pH is 7.
The Plant has been fed with Maxigrow Plant Growth Stimulant (which has Seaweed) every other water.
Own Brand Tomato Plant food- NPK- 3.9-2.6-7.7, a couple of times.
Sulphate of Ammonia (N), a couple of times
I made a new box to house a verity of household plants and my plant.
The new box had the addition of a fan. Pic 3 (fan is the hanging thing in the middle, very home made).
With the new house for my plants, I then decided to FIM my plant. Pic 4.
This is when all the wheels fell off. Pics 5-8.
The plants are on an 18/6 cycle (under a 125w cfl), and just after FIMing the plant, it went into the dark cycle. In the morning (6 hours later) i started to see the leaves turning a shiny bronze on the edges and overall wilting. Whats going on?
Have I stressed the plant out too much?
If the plants get there energy from the lights, should i have left the light on to help the plant, recover form the stress?
Is it anything to do with the addition of the fan? The other plants are having problems with their leaves, wind burn?
And just one final Kick in the Balls, i also have had a few Scarid Fly (see link).
I've not seen any flies for a week now, but i have seen a larvae in the weed plant soil crawling around, so i was planning on drying the plant out to kill the larvae. But should i just soak the pot in a chemical to kill the larvae??
So as you can see, there is a lot going wrong here, but as yet, the plant is not dead, so there in a chance of keeping the Strawberry Cough ALIVE?
Any Help will be truly grateful,
Many thanks,
Don Holland.
Sciarid Fly
Tips on Pests + Diseases for the Hydroponic Gardener
The Plant has been re-potted once into a mixture of Organic Compost, John Innes #3 & Perlite. Soil pH is 7.
The Plant has been fed with Maxigrow Plant Growth Stimulant (which has Seaweed) every other water.
Own Brand Tomato Plant food- NPK- 3.9-2.6-7.7, a couple of times.
Sulphate of Ammonia (N), a couple of times
I made a new box to house a verity of household plants and my plant.
The new box had the addition of a fan. Pic 3 (fan is the hanging thing in the middle, very home made).
With the new house for my plants, I then decided to FIM my plant. Pic 4.
This is when all the wheels fell off. Pics 5-8.
The plants are on an 18/6 cycle (under a 125w cfl), and just after FIMing the plant, it went into the dark cycle. In the morning (6 hours later) i started to see the leaves turning a shiny bronze on the edges and overall wilting. Whats going on?
Have I stressed the plant out too much?
If the plants get there energy from the lights, should i have left the light on to help the plant, recover form the stress?
Is it anything to do with the addition of the fan? The other plants are having problems with their leaves, wind burn?
And just one final Kick in the Balls, i also have had a few Scarid Fly (see link).
I've not seen any flies for a week now, but i have seen a larvae in the weed plant soil crawling around, so i was planning on drying the plant out to kill the larvae. But should i just soak the pot in a chemical to kill the larvae??
So as you can see, there is a lot going wrong here, but as yet, the plant is not dead, so there in a chance of keeping the Strawberry Cough ALIVE?
Any Help will be truly grateful,
Many thanks,
Don Holland.
Sciarid Fly
Tips on Pests + Diseases for the Hydroponic Gardener
