Drooping/Cupping Leaves...Checked the basics...

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RyanWestCoast

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Hey Everyone,


600w HPS 20-24" from canopy
6" Exhaust removing hot air from tent and 4" bringing in fresh air plus a small fan to circulate air.
4x4x7 Tent
Canopy Temp 76-83
Ambient 77
Humidity 40-50%
7 Gallon Pots
Promix HP
City water 25-50 ppm
Water after nutes PH'ed to 6.2-6.8 room temp and the water sits out 24hours prior to adding nutes and watering.

They are photoperiod plants, growing in 1 gallons. Made the switch to bigger pots two days ago and gave them a light feeding. Currently under a 600 HPS bulb as they share a tent with my autos (running 18/6)

Can't figure out why they are doing this. I followed a light feeding schedule after the transplant to 7 gallons I gave them all a light watering and feed. Didn't soak the entire 7gallons of soil but enough so there was 2-3" of moist soil outside of the 1gallon size root ball. I'm following the GH feed guide and using calMg also.


Thoughts?
 

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macsnax

macsnax

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If they're not over watered it's probably transplant shock. Gotta be easy on those roots. Give it a few days it should perk up.
 
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RyanWestCoast

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I did everything I could to prevent the roots from seeing light. Made a mock hole with the small pot in soil, moistened the hole, hahaha, before putting the 1 gallon root ball into the 7gallon pot.
 
macsnax

macsnax

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Light hitting the roots during transplant is not such a but deal. It's being rough with them that's shocks the plant. If some tear or break the plant will show you it didn't like it.
 
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deno

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That's what I'd do - just clean ph'd water. Every visible root puts out microscopic roots that are fragile and tear easily when transplanted. The plant doesn't get enough water. Just make sure you let it dry properly before you water again. Now I don't know how long it's been since you transplanted. They generally bounce back quickly. You don't have to let the soil dry out before a transplant - that's generally done so the soil stays together. That's the key point - you don't want the soil disturbed during the transplant, because of the micro-root tearing.
 
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Ryante55

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RyanWestCoast said:
Hey Everyone,


600w HPS 20-24" from canopy
6" Exhaust removing hot air from tent and 4" bringing in fresh air plus a small fan to circulate air.
4x4x7 Tent
Canopy Temp 76-83
Ambient 77
Humidity 40-50%
7 Gallon Pots
Promix HP
City water 25-50 ppm
Water after nutes PH'ed to 6.2-6.8 room temp and the water sits out 24hours prior to adding nutes and watering.

They are photoperiod plants, growing in 1 gallons. Made the switch to bigger pots two days ago and gave them a light feeding. Currently under a 600 HPS bulb as they share a tent with my autos (running 18/6)

Can't figure out why they are doing this. I followed a light feeding schedule after the transplant to 7 gallons I gave them all a light watering and feed. Didn't soak the entire 7gallons of soil but enough so there was 2-3" of moist soil outside of the 1gallon size root ball. I'm following the GH feed guide and using calMg also.


Thoughts?
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Looks like they need nutes if that's a 7 gal pot you should have given it at least a couple gallons of water at transplant. if your in Coco I would go full strength nutes on first watering.
 
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Ryante55

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Also it looks like your in plastic pots if your plant was root bound at all in the smaller pot you should have gently broken up the root ball before transplanting to the bigger pot.
 
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RyanWestCoast

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I lightly broke up the very bottom of the 1 gallon root ball, none of them were root bound. Lots of healthy white roots, also made sure the soil in the 7 gallon wasn't compacted and that it was light and free from clumps.

I've overwatered in the past, so I didn't want to do it again. It's been 2.5 days since the transplant.
 
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RyanWestCoast

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Also thanks to you that have responded I appreciate that! Posted the same on another forum and no one has gotten back to me in days. So thumbs up!!
 
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Ryante55

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RyanWestCoast said:
I lightly broke up the very bottom of the 1 gallon root ball, none of them were root bound. Lots of healthy white roots, also made sure the soil in the 7 gallon wasn't compacted and that it was light and free from clumps.

I've overwatered in the past, so I didn't want to do it again. It's been 2.5 days since the transplant.
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It's good to let it get really dry the first couple waterings after transplant. That being said when you do water you want all the soil to be evenly saturated with a little runoff so the roots can fill the whole pot
 
Lite

Lite

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roots are suffocating, the coloration is also telling me that your PH is unstable, the ultra dark green tells me that you are over feeding/watering it.

Give it less to drink, and more attention to her illnesses. You can spend just as much time with your plants as you do now, but instead of just watering her (without coco in a smart pot, in which case u can water her 15 times a day if u want...)

sorry, super high, off topic.

Less water, more attention to reading the leaves. study every symptom of the leaves everytime u see a new one. She is talking to you and you need to learn sign language of leaves. bongsmilie
 
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RyanWestCoast

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My Ph has been pretty bang on 6.5 everytime. I've been messaged a bunch and kind of leaning towards transplant shock. The leaves have peeked up since taking the photos which is a good thing! Thanks for all the inputs I'll post pictures of progress.
 
bottletoke

bottletoke

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RyanWestCoast said:
My Ph has been pretty bang on 6.5 everytime. I've been messaged a bunch and kind of leaning towards transplant shock. The leaves have peeked up since taking the photos which is a good thing! Thanks for all the inputs I'll post pictures of progress.
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check the ph and ppms of your run off, its def not gonna be 6.5.
 
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