uh oh! will it survive?

M B P

M B P

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so... I'm growing 6 plants on my deck. I go out to have a cigarette and check on my dog and I see this:
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Oh shit right? I think to myself, "keep cool. where the hell did it go?" After a 5 minute look in the yard I find this:
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Thank god, it's pretty much in tact... it still has roots attached to it. Not many.
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Suspected culprit at the crime scene. She either did it or watched the squirrels do it. Either way, the screens, I removed last week, are back on.
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Will it survive? How can I help it survive?
 
billybob420

billybob420

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I think it'd be a miracle, but, maybe? High humidity may help, you know, like a dome or something, spray the fuck out of it.

Is that a border collie? I had a gold one growing up... I miss that fuckin dog. lol
 
HeartlandHank

HeartlandHank

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Coho said:
I vote it makes it. Some superthrive and rapid root.
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I agree. Put it in a little pot with some soiless mix, like light warrior or whatever. Take a large freezer bag and a rubber bands to make a single pot humidity dome. Mist as needed. It should on need the dome for a couple days since there are still roots. It just needs to get some moisture back in it.

The thing is, it will take a good amount of time before it is back to healthy.
 
HeartlandHank

HeartlandHank

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It would also help if you cut off the bottom branches. Maybe like the bottom 3-4 branches.
It will reduce the plants water needs, and would help the plant rehydrate a little faster. I would think...
 
M B P

M B P

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HeartlandHank said:
I agree. Put it in a little pot with some soiless mix, like light warrior or whatever. Take a large freezer bag and a rubber bands to make a single pot humidity dome. Mist as needed. It should on need the dome for a couple days since there are still roots. It just needs to get some moisture back in it.

The thing is, it will take a good amount of time before it is back to healthy.
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I've got time. I'm looking at my hydro stores website... and I see rapid start by general hydroponics. and i see supernatural ultimate thrive. Is that what I'm looking for?

HeartlandHank said:
It would also help if you cut off the bottom branches. Maybe like the bottom 3-4 branches.
It will reduce the plants water needs, and would help the plant rehydrate a little faster. I would think...
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it only has 3 or 4 sets of little branches...
 
wristychronicles

wristychronicles

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HeartlandHank said:
It would also help if you cut off the bottom branches. Maybe like the bottom 3-4 branches.
It will reduce the plants water needs, and would help the plant rehydrate a little faster. I would think...
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I agree with this, however I would cut some fan leaves aswell and anything that eventually turns "crispy" if you treat it like a clone it should be fine.. im not going to say ive seen worse make it, however I have seen some equally bad pull through with a little tlc.
 
nick17gar

nick17gar

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i vote no.

the reason i say this is 99% of the times, when my dog, that stupid stupid bitch, gets a hold of one of my plants, she always kills it.

good luck, but i wouldnt go losing sleep over it, just clone one of the others and hope that one isnt too far behind
 
Coho

Coho

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As said treat it like a clone. Yes root enhancer rapid start is GH too. Superthrive is called superthrive. Even Fred Meyer has it. Trim the fans leaves like a clone.
edit..rapid start.
 
M B P

M B P

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would it be quicker to try to heal this one? or to start a new plant from seed. I do have 5 fem papaya seeds. I have 4-6 weeks until I would like to throw these things into my bloom room.
 
HeartlandHank

HeartlandHank

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I see now. Yeah, just taking out the bottom set of leaves would be helpful still.

I think it would take a little less time to revive this plant. Not much though.

I don't know about shoving those roots in a starter plug though. I think transplanting into a small pot would work much better.

But yeah, treat it like a clone pretty much.

I think reviving it would be more of a fun/accomplishment sort of thing. Practical, not really when you have fem seeds and the plant is that young.
 
HeartlandHank

HeartlandHank

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I find seeds need at least 9 weeks before they are ready for the flower room.

If you don't see preflowers, it is too soon.
 
M B P

M B P

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right. I'm saying I could start a new seed and try to push it in 6 weeks... or I can try to get this one going. Hopefully it heals in 2 weeks... and then it has 3-4 weeks of veg growth.

Here's the new set-up:
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Water bottle with top removed and holes cut in bottom... stuffed with sunshine all purpose and perlite... loosely covered with a freezer bag. The big fan leaves have been removed. There are 2 sets of branches. looks pretty sad. I'll try to post back here in a couple days. Hopefully good news then.
 
HeartlandHank

HeartlandHank

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The inside of the bag looks pretty dry. Fuck, I might have not included that in the post.
Spray a good amount of water on the inside of the bag. You want to be able to see the moisture. High humidity.
A spray bottle set to the mist setting is what you want to use. If beads of water are not present on the inside of the bag, you need to spray again.
Hopefully you catch this post tonight. As long as the roots are wet though, it has a good chance of recovering.
 
M B P

M B P

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it's wet ;-) The leaves are not touching the sides of the bag... to avoid drowning in stagnant dew.

and... the bottom sets of leaves/branches have already started perking back up.
 
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