Root Damage?

Medicated Bonsai

Medicated Bonsai

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My plant seemed a little droopy and faded in color after I did a transplant..I think it was done around day 35 and I'm pretty sure I damaged the roots by doing so. Nothing really crazy happened but the roots were clinging to the pot like crazy and I didn't know what I was doing. She really perked up a couple days after I watered her tho(no nutes, just tap water 270ppm 6.2ph). The only problem I have now is that the leaves look faded in color? The "veins" look green and healthy but everything else seems kinda pale. Could it be from root damage or is it from a nutrient deficiency?
 

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Medicated Bonsai

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I'm not sure, I just know the PH and PPM levels of my water haha.. I'll have to pick up a PH meter for my soil later this week. Could the PH in my soil be too high or too low even though my water PH is ok?
 
TrillDank

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Start using a base nutrient. Whether it's organic or synthetic, it should help with turning those plants a deeper green.
 
Medicated Bonsai

Medicated Bonsai

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Lordhooha said:
I don’t even check my ph of anything in soil.
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Could it just be stress from the transplant then? I’m beginning to notice that it’s mainly effecting new growth
TrillDank said:
Start using a base nutrient. Whether it's organic or synthetic, it should help with turning those plants a deeper green.
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Dmannn said:
Ph and test the tap water too..
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I wasn't sure of the problem so I just let her be. She seems to be getting darker as the day progresses today tho? Its day 40 now and I haven't really given her any nutes. The tap water had a PPM of 270 and I PH'd it down to 6.2. Also, i'm used to living in a smaller town where we only had 1 company that supplied the whole town with water. I'm not sure how to find out which company supplies this area because LA county seems to be so large. It also seems like a weird question to ask the landlord haha. I wonder if she'd install an RO filter to the kitchen sink if I asked? It's a big house so theres 8 tenants living here. Seems like it'd be a reasonable request? What do you guys think?
 
Lordhooha

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Medicated Bonsai said:
Could it just be stress from the transplant then? I’m beginning to notice that it’s mainly effecting new growth


I wasn't sure of the problem so I just let her be. She seems to be getting darker as the day progresses today tho? Its day 40 now and I haven't really given her any nutes. The tap water had a PPM of 270 and I PH'd it down to 6.2. Also, i'm used to living in a smaller town where we only had 1 company that supplied the whole town with water. I'm not sure how to find out which company supplies this area because LA county seems to be so large. It also seems like a weird question to ask the landlord haha. I wonder if she'd install an RO filter to the kitchen sink if I asked? It's a big house so theres 8 tenants living here. Seems like it'd be a reasonable request? What do you guys think?
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Doubt your landlord will do that. More than likely your out of pocket on the ro filter.just simply feed her like you said you haven’t fed her in 40 days.
 
Medicated Bonsai

Medicated Bonsai

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Lordhooha said:
Doubt your landlord will do that. More than likely your out of pocket on the ro filter.just simply feed her like you said you haven’t fed her in 40 days.
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People have advised me not to feed her nutes for a few weeks. I'm growing in FF Ocean Forest and I guess it's got plenty in there already.
 
Medicated Bonsai

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Lordhooha said:
When did you transplant it into that soil? If recent yah leave it it’s got to spread out to feed just give it time.
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It's been 5 days since transplant now. The run off was at 740 ppm before I transplanted and went up to 1040 after I transplanted. I watered and checked 2 days go.
 
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