I transplanted it into a hempy bucket. As I was tranplanting it the soil broke and I had to hold the shape of the soil together so my plant doesint get fucked up. If anything I must have shocked it. Is that why my leaves are all pointing down? Or is it something else. I'm watering twice a day because its in 100% perlite. Not to mention the two bottom leaves are turning yellow. The 1st two leaves.
Look at these pics please! Why is she sad
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StonedBlownSkiller
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probably does need some N. With all perlite you have to feed alot more often than soil because perlite doesnt hold nutrients like that. All perlite is best used as a hydro medium type grow
Nullis
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The 'bottom leaves' are actually cotyledons, which contain stored food for the seedling. They eventually always turn yellow and are no longer needed, as the food is used to support new growth. Typically they will be lost after at least a couple weeks, but if the medium lacks nutrients it will be sooner.
The soil 'broke' when you were transplanting because the root system had hardly developed and thus no roots were there to hold it to the shape of the container. That seedling should have been left alone to develop a more pronounced root system and a few more sets of true leaves before you considered transplanting it at all. If you transplanted the mass of unrooted soil directly into the perlite, then over watering could be exacerbating your problems indeed. There wouldn't really be any roots there to absorb the majority of the water you are providing, so your result is a sopping wet ball of soil surrounded by perlite.
The soil 'broke' when you were transplanting because the root system had hardly developed and thus no roots were there to hold it to the shape of the container. That seedling should have been left alone to develop a more pronounced root system and a few more sets of true leaves before you considered transplanting it at all. If you transplanted the mass of unrooted soil directly into the perlite, then over watering could be exacerbating your problems indeed. There wouldn't really be any roots there to absorb the majority of the water you are providing, so your result is a sopping wet ball of soil surrounded by perlite.
So your saying I could be over watering because of the soil that I buried along with the perlite? Hmm. Well when I water (twice a day with distilled gallon water) I pour it over the plant and on the very stalk bottom part of the stem and I can see the soil come up out of the perlite due to the gravity, force, and pressure of the water coming down on it. It also makes the plant move a little bit. But if this is the case then how can I correct this?