Whats wrong with my plant?

BCst1ckyGr33n

Active Member
Alright this was my dominate plant from seedling until like 3 days ago. Ive looked around in the GrowFAQ, and I am thinking its over watered, but this is the same amount of water ive been giving the rest of my 5 gallons and i have been hydrometer checking. ive been give 3 cups of water ever 3 days. IE feed Monday, then feed again Friday, then again Tuesday...... , ..... , ...... and on and on. Any ideas or is it just that simple to over water.
 

tantramastaZ

Active Member
seems like it is overwatering. the leaves look perfect color, no tip burn or spotting suggesting overnuting. do u check the ph of ur water or soil? the ph should be kept as constant as possible.
 

green_dreams

New Member
they look over watered, you may be watering to often, try going to 6 days and see what happens, when we over water we just let it sit a day or two more than the others and it just fine, the soil will dry it up
 

BCst1ckyGr33n

Active Member
Yeah ive been PH'in my water, but i do not ever correct its ph as straight from the tap it is at 6.5 to 7.0. And yes i do leave it out for more then 24 hours, usually 48. Im gonna skip a few days of watering and see if it'll start to thrive again. Other then that its kinda growing side ways into the side of the pot? anything i could do to correct that?
 

BCst1ckyGr33n

Active Member
well now im almost sure its the ph and or overwatering. I have since learned the earthjuice and my water mixed, drops the ph below 4. Today i went bought a ph up and put it to a solid 7. Then ill drop back down next watering to a 6.5 if i can get it that close. now hopefully my plants will thrive again.
 

Spreadhead42

Active Member
it looks like a ph problem or you are feeding it too much. you should usually do 1/3 of what a bottle tells you to feed your plant.keep ph at 6.5 and water every 3 days. 25% of what you put in the plant should come out. (watering) it won't hurt the plants to let them dry out a little but. don't water til 3/4 inch of top soil is try. also you can judge by picking the pot up and seeing how light or heavy it is. light ... you need water.....heavy you don;;t
 

BCst1ckyGr33n

Active Member
thx man, well i pretty much as doing all of that and using a hydro meter. My watering is perfect for them based on how moist, how long, and my nutes + feedings are going. I just didn't ph after i had mixed my water and Earthjuice. I think things will turn around now.
 

BCst1ckyGr33n

Active Member
Okay, just so everyone isn't worried. (not that any of you are lol) Things are goin back to normal, ive had to put my water rations up from 3 cups to 4.5 per 3 gallon pot, and about 5 or more for each 5 gallon. Ive also ph'd my water after mixing with earthjuice and have had to PH up from virtually below 4 ph. After i did that the plants have seemed to change from droopy to green and growing. Thx for the help all.
 
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