coreywebster
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Cmon man, you don't throw away plants in veg because they've had a rocky start.
More pics please!
Save them or start again?
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More pics please!
myke
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What have you done so far to correct the issue?
Powertech
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Amen. Never give up till they are dead, as in no more color at all
CannaCountry
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Don't give up on your plants...
Your plants are short on Mg...you need to either foliar spray Epsom salt or add it directly to their feed water.
You need to hold tight on going to bigger pots...coco grown plants can and will grow better in smaller pots.
You need to keep your coco moist by eventually feeding them at least once a day...if not more. If you let the coco dry out, the salts in the coco concentrate and you get burn.
Be sure you buffer any additional coco you use in the future to remove salts and to help satisfy coco's appetite for Mg and Ca.
So, make up your nutrients as you have always done (pH @ 5.8...add some Epsom salt into the feed (maintain your pH)...water the plants to run off...and leave them alone. Tomorrow, if the coco looks / feels moist on top, leave them alone. The following day if the coco looks / feels moist on top, leave them alone. As soon as the coco looks / feels dry on top...feed them again (this doesn't mean dry the pots out...it literally means just the top of the coco. The coco below the surface will / should / needs to be always moist). Before long you'll have to feed them everyday and you'll be a happier grower...but until they get better, you'll have to baby them just a bit. Be patient and have some faith. Good luck.
Your plants are short on Mg...you need to either foliar spray Epsom salt or add it directly to their feed water.
You need to hold tight on going to bigger pots...coco grown plants can and will grow better in smaller pots.
You need to keep your coco moist by eventually feeding them at least once a day...if not more. If you let the coco dry out, the salts in the coco concentrate and you get burn.
Be sure you buffer any additional coco you use in the future to remove salts and to help satisfy coco's appetite for Mg and Ca.
So, make up your nutrients as you have always done (pH @ 5.8...add some Epsom salt into the feed (maintain your pH)...water the plants to run off...and leave them alone. Tomorrow, if the coco looks / feels moist on top, leave them alone. The following day if the coco looks / feels moist on top, leave them alone. As soon as the coco looks / feels dry on top...feed them again (this doesn't mean dry the pots out...it literally means just the top of the coco. The coco below the surface will / should / needs to be always moist). Before long you'll have to feed them everyday and you'll be a happier grower...but until they get better, you'll have to baby them just a bit. Be patient and have some faith. Good luck.
arkady
Member
The roots do look healthy. I can see some thru the wholes on the bottom of the pot and the do look good tho so ill keep going. I feel Im lacking some nutes
arkady
Member
Thank you so much. This is exactly what am going to do now. Ill take some pics tonight and tomorrow just for comparison. Ill keep you all posted
arkady
Member
I think you might be right....
arkady
Member
Ill take post some tomorrow. I won't give up just yet
Juddy Rotten
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Yea this was a damn good point! I would just finish your run. It was all the stuff i did wrong in my grows and friendly council on here that got me to a point were growing herb became not easy, but fun and rewarding hobby! Dont give up! Flush with ph water. Well not flush.... But like said, till ro that way you may be cleaning out anything that might be burning those babies! And when you see em bounce back. ( your old growth is screwed it'll never change color) but a good indicator that your plants are back on track is if all your new growth is nice lush green! Then when you see them come back to life you can introduce maybe quarter strength feeds and acclimate them to your nutrient regime. Good growing man! -JR
Powertech
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Good to hear! I love hearing about people’s successes especially with a sick plant getting healthy!
Renfro
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Yep, don't throw in the towel until the plant does. There is something to be learned here.
arkady
Member
So here they are. They start to look much healthier. I'm now most certainly sure it was down to low pH. I thought I kept it at 5.8-6.2 but I was wrong. I keep the ph now at around 6. It seems to work. I have also managed to keep the temp around 24C throughout the whole day. I upped the light a little bit but thinking of going back down to the manufacturer's recommendations. I also have wanted to move them to bigger pots in a week or two times as I strongly feel these pots won't be big enough for them for much longer.
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arkady
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I definitely did. And again it was the community that kept pushing me and honestly that was the only reason I managed to get though this. Thank you all. Lets see how they do now
Renfro
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Thats what we are here for! Well most of us anyways lol, some just wanna hang in Politics and insult each other all day long smh. Glad we could help get your plant back on track. Do you have a journal or is this going to become one? I would like to follow along and watch your progress.
arkady
Member
I'll definitely open one. Maybe this should just become one. I'm so excited right now. I can wait to see them tomorrow see how they react to my perfectly balanced pH solution lol
Powertech
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I’d start a new one. You don’t want a potential nice plant keep being posted in the problem section
Do a link and summary of this thread, I’ll follow it