Emergency Please help

swampy13

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #1

I was on a trip for work and my room mate was taking care of the plants when I returned they had started to turn brown at the bottoms and leaves were dying off.......Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated before I lose them all.....

 

swampy13

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #2

 

bleezyg420

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #3

check your ph. Looks like they are locking up. I hate when you come home and shit like that happens. Once my roommate burned all my plants by giving them 10x the amount of nutrients I told him. Now I have a auto watering system. My room stays locked when im gone.

 

swampy13

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #4

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swampy13

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #5

If that is the case should I flush them or what should I do?

 

bleezyg420

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #6

well what have they been getting, nutrient wise. I still haven't diagnosed the problem. What about some of the really effected leaves, take pics of those.

 

swampy13

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #7

 

abullus@europe.com

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #8

they look nutrient deficient to me!!Better ask your mate what hes been putting in the old girls!!

 

swampy13

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #9

I am using Kool Bloom 3 tsp per gallon and FloraBloom 3 tsp per gallon......

 

swampy13

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #10

I was thinking I would put them in bigger pots with fresh soil and see if that helps

 

bleezyg420

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #11

your plants are locked up, they cant absorb what you are feeding likly because your ph is way off balance. Its not your roommates fault. That takes time. Do you have before pics, before you left. Im almost positive I could point it out there too. When the leaves are curled and not perky thats a huge problem.

 

abullus@europe.com

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #12

and is that mylar on the floor? you wanna get rid of that the light sometimes tends to bounce up and can burn the underside of the leaves!!


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bleezyg420

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #13

swampy13 said:

I was thinking I would put them in bigger pots with fresh soil and see if that helps

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thats the only thing you can do. Chech you ph first so I can confirm the nute lock out. But ya that is for sure. I still wouldn't get your hopes up. Thats a huge problem to tackle.

 

abullus@europe.com

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #14

the ph level can be as far out as 4-9 until it would seriously affect your plants, im sure your ph cant be that far out surely??

 

bleezyg420

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #15

i can bet its way to acidic. The ph is off, thats why its locked out

 

swampy13

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #16

OK so I tested it but I am beginning to wonder if the tester I bought is worth anything......I have a rapitest PH meter but it almost always says soil is at 7....

 

abullus@europe.com

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #17

best get yourself a new tester then, have you had to adjust the water ph much then to get to that 7 reading, that will give you some idea of if its bust?

 

swampy13

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #18

I will get some test strips tomorrow and try that I am also going to switch to differnet pots with new soil maybe that will help a little also

 

abullus@europe.com

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #19

well how much ph up or down have you been putting in? testing strips are a poor way of tseting ph, you can buy digital testerson ebay very cheap, all you need then is so ph 7 for calibration

 

abullus@europe.com

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• Aug 31, 2008

• #20

if your gonna re pot you need to be wattering them, surely you cannot do this?