Don't water with Sugar/Yeast water

[brainwarp]

[FONT=&quot]I think I killed my mother plant.

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]This is so nobody else makes the same mistake. But, if anyone has an ideas on what to do next, it would be greatly appreciated.[/FONT]
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[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Vortex. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]2nd Grow. Soil. Small closet grow space. Everything was going perfect 3 weeks into flowering. Lush, healthy, green mother, and 9 equally thriving clones.

Before mixing another batch of sugar/baking soda/yeast mixture to generate CO2, I dumped about 2 cups of the old sugar/yeast water on my plants. Then went out of town for the weekend. BIG Mistake.

Got back on Monday, and the leaves were all curled, droopy and dry. My first thought was hps light too close or under watering. Closer investigation showed the clone (which were closer to hps) were fine. Then I remembered I only dumped the water on the mother.

If you see the pic, the one on the right is the clone, and the one on the left is the mother ( it looked exactly like the clone 3 days earlier) I dumped distilled water on it, until it the water ran out the bottom. It does not seem to be getting better. Even the flowers are looking brown & crispy. Fortunately, I have 9 clones that are still in excellent shape.

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[brainwarp]

Also....

The problem gets worse the farther away from the base you look. The main colas are the worse, but the lower branches are not too bad.

I could clone the healthier lower branches, cut off the bad ones, and re-veg the mother?

 

[Cali.Grown>408]

what the hell where u thinking???? dumping yeast and sugar on your plants??? what did u think it would do???

 

[olishell]

Did someone tell you to?If so...smack them.

 

[wiseguy316]

i would send the plant to AA meetings for alcohol abuse

 

[GREEN000]

lol i would use just water from now on you might have just stunted it for a week oooh and what they said if someone told you to do that SLAMP THEM SILLY.....LOL

 

[Shackleford.R]

[FONT=&quot]Don't water with sugar/yeast water[/FONT]

uh... duh?

also your plants are probably more damaged by no watering for a weekend. i lost a girl that way. but seriously... yeast and sugar? c'mon....


Shack

 

[brainwarp]

Thank you everyone for the well deserved kick in the ass.

No, it was my own doing. I had the jug in my hand and the plants were there. Figured, what the hell. It was only the top 1/3, which was mostly water. All the junk was on the bottom. It was not the weekend without. I go 3 days without all the time, but I know it will need more water as she gets bigger.

Nothing but well water from here.

It will be lucky if its just stunted for a week then recovers. That does not look possible now.

 

[GREEN000]

that last pick looks like an overdose bigtime

 

[GREEN000]

if you have well water let it sit out for 24-48 hours lets the chlorine dissolve and the metals settle to the botton of your watering jug and only use 3/4 of the water pour the rest out

 

[GREEN000]

remember its a weed it will always bounce back just not what you expect

 

[Spoon420]

i agree with wat they all said... and did u say u put baking soda in too..? y??

 

[Cali.Grown>408]

Thank you everyone for the well deserved kick in the ass.

No, it was my own doing. I had the jug in my hand and the plants were there. Figured, what the hell. It was only the top 1/3, which was mostly water. All the junk was on the bottom. It was not the weekend without. I go 3 days without all the time, but I know it will need more water as she gets bigger.

Nothing but well water from here.

It will be lucky if its just stunted for a week then recovers. That does not look possible now.

wow....

 

[CyberSecks]

lol noted hope she bounces back

 

[super2200]

your asking about baking soda now? my advise it to stop the tricks and water the plant and let it grow. NO TRICKS just grow the plant. the c02 is probably a waste of time as well if not the right amounts being produced a fan in most cases is plenty of c02. Most rigged ass liter bottles in addition to a fan = not doing shit but making a mess. Talk on the phone while in your grow room will add lot of c02

 

[jawbrodt]

I can't believe no one mentioned flushing? Holy shit, that's the first thing you should've done. Highly recommended.

 

[ImTheFireMan]

for reals



flush that shit and let it dry, then flush again...

 

[brainwarp]

Not sure what you mean by chlorine in your well water. Well water around here is pure, and needs no settling time.

No change in plant health this morning. I have two options here....

1. Leave it alone and HOPE. Bottom half will likely be "okay," but 90% sure the top half will die and/or not fully mature. Drawback is I'm wasting valuable grow area on dead plants. I could give that space to the healthy clones, so they have more room to grow.

2. Make new clones with the bottom healthy branches, chop the dead stuff, and try to re-veg the mother. The only issue would be, my space is too small for 12/12 lighted space, and separate 18/6 veg area.

 

[ImTheFireMan]

its probably going to take 4-7 days to see a change, did you flush already? make sure you flush that shit!!

 

[brainwarp]

Yeah, I flushed it right away, then again 2 days later (this morning). I hope you are correct about 4-7 days. I'm hopeful, but not optimistic.

Doing some reading on RIU, it would seem what happened was like over-fertilization. Water get sucked out of the plant into the roots to dilute the fertilizers, drying out the plant. It would seem that likely that I have damaged the roots as well.

I still have healthy clones, but my yield has been fucked. I doubt I will get more than 2 oz, when I should have gotten 4.