Glad to hear you figured out the problem Stoney!
Thanks SLB!! I just wish i would have been more pro active.... lesson learned!!!
Hahaha I always wondered how people grew plants in such small spaces.
I have a 5g pot as well for the big'uns.
I had no clue of it!!! I always check my roota after every harvest. and in those containers there was never an issue.... Duh, big lights make big plants which have big roots!! I'm looking into some new containers now... I have a tang dream out growing the veg cabinet, so i need to find something fast.... if all else fails i will use a bucket.
glad you got everything under control Stoney!
I hope i do.... things are starting to look better already, i wasn't expecting any change yet , but i believe they are continuing to bud!!!
glad to hear the good news stoney!! yeaaa ive havin probvlems of my own with the rust spots... but the floja is 8 weeks into flowering... soo it'll be done soon enough. =) glad ur good 2 go man. and every1 makes mistakes me.. even the pros... theyre just better at hiding it than we are. =p lol
yea, when my plants are sad I don't post as much... but when they are happy I post all the time. and your floja is looking super bro!!! i wouldn't worry about that little bit of rust at all. there is plenty of bud on that thing it won't affect it at all.
on a good note the flo K 48's and shooting stars are growing happy and doing well, still small but doing great!!!
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im glad you have isolated the issue. and thank you, the aos looks very indica.....ill be keeping her around for as long as i can after this....
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there are a few strains that you grow that i want to try, AOS being one of them.
Good you found a problem but thats might not be the actual problem....fix that one but the sick plant may not like the transplant...also remember different strains grow at different rates, some have fast growing root systems others not. not only that but some strains respond to certain grow rooms better than others, what works for your friend may not work for you. trends will likely be different in one grow room to another. although too much water might sound like the problem, the actual problem may just be, not enough oxygen. do you oxygenate your water before using? not real necessary but i do it....two reasons, to remove chlorine and to oxygenate water before giving to plants.
overwatering is hard to do with proper drainage. the rootzone being so compact may have limited drainage, the extra moisture probably led to anaerobic conditions (lacking oxygen) which allowed bacterias and fungus to take over... flushing with h2o2 sounds like a good idea. how did the rootzone smell? a rootzone smelling like soil will indicate a healthy root zone. you will know if your rootzone is living in anaerobic conditions....itll stink to all hell.
this may have thrown ph out of whack in base soil, a transplant after plants start to look better will help bring ph back to normal. id add some dolomite lime or gypsum to the soil before transplanting. just remember with a sick plant, dont do too much at once.
a good thing to remember too...deficiencies are hard to come by unless its N P K or ca and mag. deficiences wont happen overnight, its a pretty slow process and wont shrivel up the garden real fast....toxicities on the other hand will show in a matter of hours. just keep this in mind. look at nutrients as supplements and not life sustaining compounds. the real stuff is oxygen, water co2 and light.
Good point on the aeration of the water, you are right its about movement of the water. Airstones are usually the cheapest way to do this. All my power heads are in my fishtanks

About the toxicity, this is just my personal observation....may prove wrong in other cases.
I wish i would have taken pictures of the roots in some of them, I never seen roots that bound up and packed in. they had pushed all the soil up and out and formed almost like a sponge. the top of the soil felt dry and then when i slid the plant out the bottom was so soggy and soaking wet. they smelled good. the first thing i did was gently squeeze the water out of the root sponge then i tried my best to massage them open a bit and stuck my nose right up in there!!! i was so glad not to smell any rot or fungus.
there was very poor drainage the way they were. I guess i can be thankful i have such good quality water. I can understand you guys not liking the chlorine in city water. I have very clean well water that is almost perfect on the tests.
and i understand what you are saying about the stress of transplanting and waiting till the plant is healthy, only I had to put some fresh soil around that terrible root mass. i will also add a couple drops of superthrive to help with bacteria risk. I have also throughly cleaned my watering cans and spray bottles.
I am glad you mentioned the lime in the soil... i was gonna start doing this and now that you said something that confirms it, i will pick some up the next time I'm t the hardware store.
I think I'm gonna get back to basics again and stop using nutes. things grew much better than and it was much simpler... maybe I'll only use a little bit now and then. some of that could very well be burn because as you said, it happens fast, deficiencies don't.
I thank you once again for your help, tips, and general concern!!!!!! I wish i could rep again... i will soon!! and since the last time i posted pics they looked so sad and left such a downer, I'm gonna post some nice ones... a couple plants look better already. I'm gonna upload em now.... and make a snack, and smoke a bong!!
Thanks again everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pics coming soon!!!!!!!!!!!!