StuffedOrange
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Hello everyone, I'm just curious if this plant is drooping or is it normal? The soil is dry on top and the soil is moist from the inside.
Does this plant look normal or is it drooping?
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Bugeye
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That curve is often the tell tale sign of lack of oxygen uptake by your roots. Is your soil lacking in perlite or aeration elements? Maybe more clay than loam in structure? The color of your leaves is not great either, they look underfed, but could be that the roots are diseased (root rot) and not able to take stuff up.
The good news is that your top leaves look healthy and those bottom leaves are not the best for reading, so it could be that it isn't a big deal. Give some more grow details and you'll get a better dialogue going on what might be wrong. Cheers!
The good news is that your top leaves look healthy and those bottom leaves are not the best for reading, so it could be that it isn't a big deal. Give some more grow details and you'll get a better dialogue going on what might be wrong. Cheers!
crimsonecho
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It looks a bit hungry, maybe it wants to spread its roots too. I would up pot. Doesn’t look too big but giving some wiggle room to the roots results in an explosive growth ime.
StuffedOrange
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I would say my perlite is around 30% (its just that the coco chunks on the top are preventing you from seeing it). The two yellow leaves are the first leaves after the cotyledons. My three other plants also have the same yellow leaves. Could it be the genetics? I feed them 2.5 ml/liter of BioBizz Bio grow. in my last feed I have added. 0.5ml of Bio Bloom and a bit of Biobizz top max to my watering too. since these are autoflowers. Yes I will be transplanting it. the plant was in an even smaller container for the first week of its life too. I believe it is around 25-30 days old at this point.
Bugeye
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Autos stunt easy from what I have heard from others. 30% perlite is great in a loamy soil, but would never be enough in clay. So it is up to you to gauge how good your soil aeration is, but it still seems suspect to me. I go with a base build of 25% potting soil, 25% coir, 25% perlite and 25% worm castings, then supplements in ratio. That base soil recipe gives a terrific combination of aeration and water retention.
StuffedOrange
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I'm not using any soil, I'm only using coco and perlite
StuffedOrange
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How often should I water btw? I water around every 3 days
Could it also be a nutrient deficiency? Since I'm only feeding half of the recommended nutrient feed for Biobizz Bio Grow?
Could it also be a nutrient deficiency? Since I'm only feeding half of the recommended nutrient feed for Biobizz Bio Grow?
Budzbuddha
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What is your ph of water and feed mix. ?
crimsonecho
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You should keep it wet, always. I think its a salt build up, i heard from coco growers that when you let it dry, you get problems.
Budzbuddha
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Reason I’m asking .... cuz with a coco / perlite mix you should have made it a hempy bucket and it wouldn’t be starving.
Yellow first leaves should never die off like that.
Yellow first leaves should never die off like that.
Bugeye
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Lol, you called it soil in first post, please ignore my advice. Good luck!
Budzbuddha
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Autos ......
Start in final container ... from the start.
If you planted in a complete soil container .... it will pull nute from soil .... no feed necessary.
Autos hate stress .... any stress.
Single light cycle from start to finish.
Plug and play type of plant ....
Start in final container ... from the start.
If you planted in a complete soil container .... it will pull nute from soil .... no feed necessary.
Autos hate stress .... any stress.
Single light cycle from start to finish.
Plug and play type of plant ....
StuffedOrange
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Oh so autos are supposed to never be transplanted? Would it be bad if I was to transplant them into their final containers real quick? Please tell me I did not just waste 20 more days of my time cause all of my plants are literally in the same pot size and they are all the same age with 1-2 day difference. I'm going to up the fertilizer amounts as I do agree with you on how it looks as if it is starving. I'm sorry Bugeye what I mean by soil is "substrate" I'm just used to saying soil more. No I'm only using coco and perlite. I will be adding some vermicompost really soon!
crimsonecho
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Don’t distrupt the roots, you can transplant.