HELP!! Plant drooping Dramatically

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This is my blue mystic mother plant . She was healthy yesterday in the afternoon. This morning when I checked up on her she looked like this. I'm currently using Fox Farm Nutes and I just added Botanicare's Cal-mag supplement to my feeding regimen. I fed her a full Veg solution along with a regular dose of Cal-mag on Monday. Before that she hadn't been fed for over a week . I'm using Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil mixed with some Sunshine Pro Mix soil for her 3 gallon pot. I only feed her 1 gallon of water a week, and her soil barely drains out, but stays very moist for up to a week and a half. I have her under 4 foot fluorescent grow bulbs on 24 hrs and my air flow is ok but could be better (small clip on fan blowing over the plant and the bulbs. I'm not sure what the issue is and this has never happened to any of my other plants or mothers, please help diagnose and treat soon.
 

Wado

Active Member
Hows the heat? or is the soil to dry? anytime ive had that happen its heat or needs water. good luck!
 

darkdestruction420

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thats moisture stress for sure, no doubt about it. 1 gallon a week? I put through at least as much water as soil through when i water, maybe your not watering enough each time and over time your soil had gotten to a point it is so dry it barely holds any water when you do water?
 
I've looked around at some photos of what underwatering looks like it deffinatley looks like thats my case. But The only reason why she wasn't getting feed several times a week was because her soil never really got dried out. I would check the weight of the pot and do the finger test, yet as i said above she stayed very damp for up to or more than a week. Im really not sure what to do, I flushed her with some regular PH water last night but now she is getting worse... dying in fact. I keep a few ohter plants in the same envoirment as her and they're all doing awesome. The only thing I can think of is that this must have been an issue that began a while ago after I transferred her from a 600w veg grow room to my closet veg box. It was at that point that she stopped drinking water like she used to, her root system was ridiculously strong before. If she does die, I'll take it as a lesson but I just really would like to know for sure what the issue is. Thanks for your help though guys... as a first time grower, any advice is appreciated.
 

bird mcbride

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If worse comes to worse take some snips and vase them into some water. You can cut the whole plant and it will live in water without roots. Tape some wet rockwool somewhere above the water level with some rooting agent. Maintain moisture in the rockwool to promote new roots. Clone as many as practrical. If you go down any of these trails at least you won't totally lose the plant if it doesn't perk up by watering. I've walked into this, actually quite a bit and usually after watering they get better pretty quik. Major overwatering can do this also.
 

darkdestruction420

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heres what you do, I borrowed this from uncle bens thread on plant moisture stress, as for the soil being moist still that used to get me too but then when i talked to uncle ben he explained to me thats its soil aeration that matters and alot of soils wont completely dry out unless you are waiting too long to water.When it feels light its time to water, dont wait for the soil to completely dry. i dont have the pm saved where he explained it so heres the part from his thread about it 5. Underwatering - not only is the plant now stressed due to a low supply of adequate moisture, but carbohydrate production has been greatly compromised (screwed up). Step up the watering frequency, and if need be, organic growers may need to soak the pot from the bottom up until moisture levels reach an even consistency throughout the medium especially with mixes that are heavy in peat. If severe, a little surfactant (liquid Ivory dish soap) added to the drench will help return the organics back to a normal moisture retentive state. If the pot feels light to the lift - it’s time to water. Don’t wait until the soil pulls away from the sides of the pot or leaves droop before you water.
 
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