Tokintoucan
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Makes me feel a bit better haha
Overwatered my babies
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Bowser4:20
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Make sure you do a diary witg what youve done and when your done it so you know for nect time
Tokintoucan
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I have done. I will be repotting tonight as I literally have not a penny to my name till next week. Do we recommend repotting then giving the new soil a light watering then?
Bowser4:20
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Don't forget to take pics of the roots before repoting.
Just damp it down as you fill the pot up don't want it dry and don't any it wet lol needs to be like moist/damp to touch.
Just damp it down as you fill the pot up don't want it dry and don't any it wet lol needs to be like moist/damp to touch.
Tokintoucan
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With like a sprayer you reckon? Like as I fill the post keep misting it ?
Tokintoucan
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And what positive/negative signs am I looking for regarding the roots?
Bowser4:20
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Hopefully shit loads of roots lol
Let them settle in there new pots and hopefully you'll see a change, may not be over night may take a few days or so. But don't be temped to mess with them. Stop stressing and see how they pan out. Might just need repotting.
Let them settle in there new pots and hopefully you'll see a change, may not be over night may take a few days or so. But don't be temped to mess with them. Stop stressing and see how they pan out. Might just need repotting.
dirtWeevil
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passive intake was always a problem for me, when you upgrade to a five inch use your four inch to blow air in, you should notice the difference rather quickly
Tokintoucan
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Right terrible update the hps system is making things unbearable at the location, the noise, heat and everything is unbearable, going for an led setup instead, gonna have to go cheap at first and start again.
Bowser4:20
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What's actually making the noise ??
Tokintoucan
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The 6 inch fan plus its heatingbthe entire house up with nowhere to vent
Here is a simple hack,
Going to sound weird, but if your plant seems droopy, you think it has been over-watered. You can test by straitening a coat-hanger, round the tip smooth with fine sandpaper, so it doesn't tear roots. Then gently roll-n-push air channels slowly up through the container's bottom drain holes. Set potted plant on a fan, so that air --oxygen-- gets pushed into to the roots system. If it was is over-water, you'll see the plant perk up in a few hours. It will perk up really fast. Depends on pot size, a 120mm - 140mm pc fan (using a 12v wall wart) attached to a plastic pot saucer will give light air pressure to the bottom drainage holes. Make sure to remove fan before next watering. You'll have to water more frequently if you use this setup to oxygenate roots. If you decide to leave the fan for oxygen, put it on a mechanical timer, 30-60 minutes on; an hour or so off. Good to run it for a day right after a heavy water, if you suspect the soil is acting wet.
Sometimes a seedling mix can create a "wet center-ball" at the center of root mass (if too much is used); and even though you've transplanted into light and fluffy soil, with good drainage. Instead of drainage, the new soil insulate that wet-ball-from-hell and you'll get nutrient-lockout and a vicious cycle of over-watering. Where you'll think everything is nice and dry but center mass is soggy wet, strangling the plant..
Going to sound weird, but if your plant seems droopy, you think it has been over-watered. You can test by straitening a coat-hanger, round the tip smooth with fine sandpaper, so it doesn't tear roots. Then gently roll-n-push air channels slowly up through the container's bottom drain holes. Set potted plant on a fan, so that air --oxygen-- gets pushed into to the roots system. If it was is over-water, you'll see the plant perk up in a few hours. It will perk up really fast. Depends on pot size, a 120mm - 140mm pc fan (using a 12v wall wart) attached to a plastic pot saucer will give light air pressure to the bottom drainage holes. Make sure to remove fan before next watering. You'll have to water more frequently if you use this setup to oxygenate roots. If you decide to leave the fan for oxygen, put it on a mechanical timer, 30-60 minutes on; an hour or so off. Good to run it for a day right after a heavy water, if you suspect the soil is acting wet.
Sometimes a seedling mix can create a "wet center-ball" at the center of root mass (if too much is used); and even though you've transplanted into light and fluffy soil, with good drainage. Instead of drainage, the new soil insulate that wet-ball-from-hell and you'll get nutrient-lockout and a vicious cycle of over-watering. Where you'll think everything is nice and dry but center mass is soggy wet, strangling the plant..
MaineODGB
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Hard to think a seedling could be nuts deficiency. Light and water. Transplant to promix with Peat. Roots spread quickly and its light and drys faster than straight soils. I'm growing outside. I go from solo cup 14-17 days out to 3gal. Pot, then to ground after 2-3 weeks.
MaineODGB
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I transplant to promix with super soil 2-3" below. Gives roots time to adjust befor getting into richer soil