Help! Masterkush Dying when put outside!

roorsmoker

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So i had a masterkush mother that has been alive for a good year or so. took clones off of it, and veg'ed it indoors using nothing but foxfarm and botanicare nutes. I bought smartpots this time (five gallons) and they seemed to have been working fine. i had them on an 18/6 light cycle, putting them outside at around midnight, and letting the sun do the work until sundown, and then keeping them in veg with cfls until they sleep again. Im the NE FL area so things are pretty humid/rainy lately.
However, this plant is a giant compared to others i have placed outdoors and the smaller ones never started dying like this one.

It was placed outdoors for the first time on the 19th, and does not look like it has initiated flowering. it instead looks like i could pull every leave off of it. i fed it a half concentration of nutes like a week ago. and i dont think it has been in the pot long enough( 3 gal to 5 gal two weeks ago) to have a salt problem. Every branch is wilting including the top cola. most stems are purple and leaves are yellow. i acclimated it for about two weeks of it being brought inside for a few hrs to keep it vegging. it never did this even in the hottest time of the day. i'm hoping its overwattered from all this rain and im going to acclimate the soil with more perlite(cuz i guess the smartpots didnt aerate my root zone good enough). Ill have a picture up this afternoon.
does anyone else have any input please???? anything would be helpful. i know its hard without a pic but ill have it soon.
my other strains, purple indica, a skunk hybrid, and LA confidential, and my other masterkush that are in dryer locations seem to be fine, but have not been solely outside but for one day.
 

z4qqqbs

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holy shit ......nice legs btw i hope ur a chick...... and dam how is the soil? is it drying up properly before each watering.....cause that wilt looks like my cucumbers i had once that wilted liek taht and then it die....u said it had been raining and shit down there ya ur problem could be from ur soil and idk wat the temp is that night be that could be it too....and if u have any insect killer/repellant id give it a spray it could be bugs and maybe even soil bugs check the ph as well
 

roorsmoker

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using dolomite by sweetleaves, and foxfarm soil. i wouldnt think just rain water would ruin a plant.
 

5150

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holy shit ......nice legs btw i hope ur a chick...... and dam how is the soil? is it drying up properly before each watering.....cause that wilt looks like my cucumbers i had once that wilted liek taht and then it die....u said it had been raining and shit down there ya ur problem could be from ur soil and idk wat the temp is that night be that could be it too....and if u have any insect killer/repellant id give it a spray it could be bugs and maybe even soil bugs check the ph as well
Did anyone in your yard or the neighbors yard use any weed killer around your plant?

I did this before with round up and killed a plant a few yards away. The wind most of carried it over. Just saying?

Also I would keep it out of the sun until it gets better.
 

siin82

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It looks to me like the plant went into shock, especially since it happened so quickly. I've experienced this many times, usually from over feeding. It could also happen in transplanting. Or could be ph shock (again, from transplanting or feeding with something that changed the ph level). Only other factor is burning from the sun (from the indoor/outdoor move), but it would only lose a few leaves.

That was a beautiful plant - it doesn't look like it can be saved. I've never recovered a plant when it's looked like that. The only thing to do is leave it alone and wait. You could flush it if you think it could be from over feeding.

Good luck.
 
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chitownsmoking

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im stumped how much or how not much are you watering it?
 

roorsmoker

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it's getting worse and worse. i've never had a plant die this fast. excessive rainflow the past few days seem like it would have been good for it, but maybe the pH change fucked it up.
 

roorsmoker

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it's inside now. under cfl's. but it's in the ac. im putting it in quarantine because im afraid it may be a random virus or disease. i dont have a pH meter i just pH the water before i feed it. i havent fed it in over a week, and it has only gotten regular rainwater since then. anyone know the pH of the rain in NE FL? or does anyone know where to get a pH meter for soil?
 

olishell

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You can't just put a plant into full sun when it's only known artificial light.It'll burn up. You have to do it gradually.
 

roorsmoker

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You can't just put a plant into full sun when it's only known artificial light.It'll burn up. You have to do it gradually.
did you not read what i first typed where i wrote that i have been GRADUALLY putting it outside from 12:00 AM to 7:00 PM and then CFLS from 7PM to 11:59 PM for the past 3 weeks. How the hell long does it take?
 

roorsmoker

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its starting to smell like rotten trim.... im almost thinking someone sprayed some weed killer on it cuz the stems are bendy but dead. the leaves look dried out in color but are still soft and wet. this is the weirdest thing i have ever seen. all foliage is falling off and smelling disgusting
 

Angus

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Damn. I'm stumped too. Whatever it was hit hard and fast...does almost look like it was sprayed with weed killer.

All I can say is sorry...and nice legs...:(
 

roorsmoker

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Damn. I'm stumped too. Whatever it was hit hard and fast...does almost look like it was sprayed with weed killer.

All I can say is sorry...and nice legs...:(
lol thats my girl. and she swears that no one sprayed it with weed killer. but it was overflowing with water from the rain this morning. however, smart pots drain fairly fast and that water quickly drained. its pretty much completely dead already. im still thinking weed killer or random ass virus. all my buddies have been planting all summer and yea it stresses them for a few days but never kills them.
 
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