Friends garden is hurting

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Cookiezealous

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Plants are in living soil, humidity is where it should be, temp is perfect. I checked the roots and they seem to be too dry so we gave them a good watering, but all of this happened overnight or within a three day span. The temperature is stable, the only thing they are adding is beneficial microbes, does anyone have any idea what could be going on with this garden? They will be getting transplanted soon because the roots are getting crowded.
 

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PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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Cookiezealous said:
I thought the same thing but the roots and soil were bone dry
I just watered them to see if anything would change.
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If the soil is hydrophobic like Nope said use a wetting agent. I use yucca usually. A tiny bit of dish soap can work too, but I've personally never added soap to mine. If peat gets too dry it doesn't want to absorb water, hence the term "hydrophobic".
 
crimsonecho

crimsonecho

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roots doesnt look happy first of all and you have N toxicity. i think you can water with some h2o2 it will kill some beneficial microbes but they will colonize again but the h2o2 will fluff up the soil without damaging your roots. a very dilute solution (.2% or something you should hear fizzing from the soil but it shouldnt pour over the pots).

it may worth a try. and yeah if it was bone dry i’d use surfactant too.
 
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