Plant overwatered by Storm

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I think the problem will be pretty self explanatory by the pic. Plant drank too much in storm and was fine for a few days, today is now the third day she has been drooping. I am in the third or fourth week of flowering. I fed a tiny bit on first day because I foolishly thought that might be a problem but I was cautious and just used a small amount of water because I realized it could be this.

Will the problem correct itself or is she dying? Should I water with a peroxide solution to inject some oxygen into the anaerobic environment at the root level?
 

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Thanks, but can anyone else weigh in for me? I'm getting pretty worried, the plant still looks the same and another full day has passed.
 
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Your over loving.

You can't fix a problem by throwing more at it haha alot of people on here jump the gun and fuck the plants.

Patience.

If you really want to dry her up point a fan at the top of your pot.

Or transplant into drier soil.

Or take the plant out of its pot for an hour or two. I dunno man I'm hydro but I hope some of this helps.
 
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I saw that the plant's condition was deteriorating further so I took drastic measures. I pretty much reached the conclusion that the plant had root rot.

I gently uprooted the plant and dipped the roots in a bucket of water/h2o2 (probably about 10ml h2o2 in several liters of water so a very mild solution) to help clean the roots and see if root rot was really taking hold. They did not seem to be in horrible condition but I thought I saw some browning, though I can't be sure if it wasn't the mud. I then took all the wet, contaminated dirt out and replaced it before replanting and watering with another mild water/h2o2 solution.

I'm worried the transplant shock might have doomed her, but oh well. I'll try to keep her going. the top half of the plant is still fairly green, but with severe drooping/wilt
 
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It didn't occur to me to smell them at the time but I didn't notice a stench when I did it.

I didn't leave her sitting in water, and I don't think washing the roots will drown her. I thought the h2o2 solution would help kill the bacteria responsible for root rot.
 
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Your treating problems that probably don't exist. If you didn't notice a rank smell , your probably just stressing your plants by over watering them.

And if your in soil you probably just killed all of your beneficial bacteria.

Id be surprised if you don't see a much worse case of root rot in a few weeks . Especially if you keep that plant soggy
 
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I don't understand your hostile tone in a thread asking for help. I asked several people whose opinion I confide in that all told me it looked like a case of root rot, as well as all the symptoms I noticed. The soil was not sopping wet that I removed, to the contrary, it was at most a little wetter than damp.

The plant was dying. It has worsened considerably from the picture I posted in the OP and didn't show any signs of improvement despite being left alone without water for a week in warm weather.

It's possible that I might have sealed its fate with transplant shock now, but I feel like if I had done nothing the plant would die for certain.
 
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So you dug the plant out of the ground? And dipped its root ball?

I didn't even notice you were directly in the ground til now. How did you dig them out?
 
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I gently went around the entire plant with a spade and coaxed it up to loosen the root ball, then lifted from the bottom of the stalk. I then dipped it into the water solution and had a friend hold the plant while I excavated its hole and put new dirt in.
 
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Old Name said:
I gently went around the entire plant with a spade and coaxed it up to loosen the root ball, then lifted from the bottom of the stalk. I then dipped it into the water solution and had a friend hold the plant while I excavated its hole and put new dirt in.
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In flower? My guess is that plants going to be stalled for a month. Then finish with small under developed buds .

I can't believe somone suggested to do that. Your beneficial bacteria in the soil has been ruined by the h202, and you disturbed the soil and it's fungal network and exposed the whole thing to the light.

I don't know how not to sound rude on this one man but it's a fucking train wreck. And don't liston to those friends anymore
 
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I don't understand how you can possibly think your rude tone is appropriate. Firstly, my friends' suggestion was that it looked like root rot. My idea I took from reading threads on the internet about how to respond to root rot.

I can't figure out why you think talking down to me is reasonable when you see threads on weed forums all the time about people who practice extreme defoliation, who have no awareness about the science behind growing. Nothing I did is crazy. My plant started to die last Thursday or Friday and yesterday when I saw its condition was getting worse and quite severe, I did something based on the information I had.

I may have killed the plant with transplant shock but I consider it an experiment in how to respond to the situation I found myself in. If it survives I'll be pleased with any amount of buds. Despite your certainty I feel like it's very probable that the plant had or has root rot.

I am also fairly sure that a few mL of H2O2 in 2L of water isn't like showering my plant with battery acid. (the bucket I dipped it in)

Anyway, I appreciate your advice, but if you can't post without acting like I'm a moron, don't post in my thread please.

EDIT: I also appreciate your advice Newguy, but the soil I replaced was not soaked by any means, it was at best damp. I think there was something more nefarious than too much water happening at the root level at this point and I can only hope the plant will survive, regardless of whether or not I fucked up with what I did
 
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Have you ever heard of beneficial bacteria or mycorhizial fungi?

It's what prevents your root rot.

When you disturb the soil your ruining Avery fragile network of soil micro life.

Adding h202 is the opposite of what you want.

Unless your growing sterile indoors in a soiless mix or stones or Dwc. In inert medium that doesn't hostimportant micro life that break down dead roots and shit out nutrients for your plant, they assist with the uptake of water and nutes, and when they eat dead roots it leaves a space in the soil, this natural process aerate the soil and prevents root rot from anaerobic spots in your soil.
 
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Also find me one thread that suggests digging your plant out of the ground in flower?

You jumped the gun, and you must be new to forums.

Your going to need some thicker skin there kid, your on the internet now lol
 
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I'm not under any illusion that I didn't put a lot of stress on my plant. I told everyone who helped me that it was emergency brain surgery. I think the plant would have died for sure if I didn't and might die anyway.

Hopefully it won't and it will be a learning experience
 
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projectinfo said:
Have you ever heard of beneficial bacteria or mycorhizial fungi?

It's what prevents your root rot.

When you disturb the soil your ruining Avery fragile network of soil micro life.

Adding h202 is the opposite of what you want.

Unless your growing sterile indoors in a soiless mix or stones or Dwc. In inert medium that doesn't hostimportant micro life that break down dead roots and shit out nutrients for your plant, they assist with the uptake of water and nutes, and when they eat dead roots it leaves a space in the soil, this natural process aerate the soil and prevents root rot from anaerobic spots in your soil.
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Yeah listen to this guy
Good medium and bennies will keep overwatering and root rot away.

I use the benny called Great white by Plant Success in my DWC setup

I have had a grow with 29 degree Celsius and didnt even get root rot
Roots are looking very strong and healthy
 
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