mini flowering plant (pics)
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alright ceestyle, i just flushed my plant yesterday with about 4 gallons of water. today i checked on it and the burnt tips that on the leaves were curled up, semi droopy and i see the top new leave tips burned also. i hope my soil did not release all the nutes at once. is my plant showing any overwatering symtoms, and is that normal when flushing?
ceestyle
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if your plant needs to be watered when you flush, it should not show any symptoms of overwatering. if it is, you just need to let it drain and dry. i assume you have good drainage in your pot.
how old is your soil? flushing your soil will not make your soil any hotter than watering it normally. in other words, the more you flush it, the more of those nutes come out with it. if the soil's been in there for some time, chances are that it's getting weaker wtih every watering. this is why not to use nuted soil
just to make sure, you're not watering with nute solution now, right? a plant that size should not have a problem handling nuted soil, but the combination would just be too much.
how old is your soil? flushing your soil will not make your soil any hotter than watering it normally. in other words, the more you flush it, the more of those nutes come out with it. if the soil's been in there for some time, chances are that it's getting weaker wtih every watering. this is why not to use nuted soil
just to make sure, you're not watering with nute solution now, right? a plant that size should not have a problem handling nuted soil, but the combination would just be too much.
im not feeding my plant any nutrients what so ever just plain water...
i am not going to water after i flush, im going to leave it for a couple of days to dry. the soil i just bought 2 weeks ago when i repoted. and yes i have abvout 6 drain holes on the bottom, and i nearly let all the water drain, although the pot feels like its a bit heavy and wet...
i am not going to water after i flush, im going to leave it for a couple of days to dry. the soil i just bought 2 weeks ago when i repoted. and yes i have abvout 6 drain holes on the bottom, and i nearly let all the water drain, although the pot feels like its a bit heavy and wet...
ceestyle
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ok, well a few things:
1. You just transplanted. The plant was already a bit freaked out and recovering from nute burn. Transplant is shock in itself. Just let her chill out with regular watering and hopefully she'll recover properly. The only concern is that she's in a stage of growth where she's not putting resources into growing leaves, but buds. In other words, the recovery may not be complete.
2. I have no way of seeing your root system, but judging by the amount of foliage, your plant is in too big of a pot. What this means is that it will take a while for it to dry the soil based on its water needs, so it will take a while for that pot to dry. Be patient.
3. You've done all you can do for now. Just keep it moist, don't let her cook in temps above 90 or so, and hope for the best.
1. You just transplanted. The plant was already a bit freaked out and recovering from nute burn. Transplant is shock in itself. Just let her chill out with regular watering and hopefully she'll recover properly. The only concern is that she's in a stage of growth where she's not putting resources into growing leaves, but buds. In other words, the recovery may not be complete.
2. I have no way of seeing your root system, but judging by the amount of foliage, your plant is in too big of a pot. What this means is that it will take a while for it to dry the soil based on its water needs, so it will take a while for that pot to dry. Be patient.
3. You've done all you can do for now. Just keep it moist, don't let her cook in temps above 90 or so, and hope for the best.
shit its about 93' today, but i have her in the shade..
what do you mean keep the soil moist?
so if the soil feels dry up to 2 in should i water or water when its moist?
when i transplanted to the bigger pot my plant was root bound all over the bottom of the soil! so i beleive tranplanting helped alot by having my plant grow more inner leaves.
what do you mean keep the soil moist?
so if the soil feels dry up to 2 in should i water or water when its moist?
when i transplanted to the bigger pot my plant was root bound all over the bottom of the soil! so i beleive tranplanting helped alot by having my plant grow more inner leaves.
ceestyle
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when you transplanted, your plant had much more foliage. what i mean is that the amount of foliage/bud material on your plant is not so much that your plant will drain that pot quickly.
what i mean about moisture is just water as you normally would. go by pot weight, moisture meter, or sticking your finger in it.
what i mean about moisture is just water as you normally would. go by pot weight, moisture meter, or sticking your finger in it.
wow.
i just checked on it again right now and the top bud on the top which has all these outer leaves have yellow tips. on some other bud sites the bottom inner leaves are severely burnt, i hope it does not spread and burn the rest of the bud. so i guess it was true about the nutes all activating at once and that flushing was a bad indea. the dying leaves will probably fall of tomrow or the day after...
does this mean it will keep on spreading?
i just checked on it again right now and the top bud on the top which has all these outer leaves have yellow tips. on some other bud sites the bottom inner leaves are severely burnt, i hope it does not spread and burn the rest of the bud. so i guess it was true about the nutes all activating at once and that flushing was a bad indea. the dying leaves will probably fall of tomrow or the day after...
does this mean it will keep on spreading?
ceestyle
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Flushing does not "activate all the nutrients at once". It can only decrease the concentration of nutrients. Trust me on this. Putting it in fresh nuted soil, however, was not the best move for a plant suffering from nute burn.
This is how the nutrients work: they exist in the soil in solid form. You flow water through the medium, which dissolves an amount of nutrients determined by the solubility of those nutrients in water. The plant wicks the water + nutrients up through the roots into the plant. As you water more and more, fewer of the nutrients are available for dissolution into the water, and the nutrient concentration fed to the plant becomes less and less. At no time is it stronger than the first time you water.
In other words, flushing dissolves the nutrients and transports them out of the growing medium. It cannot cause a higher concentration of nutrients than when you started.
This is how the nutrients work: they exist in the soil in solid form. You flow water through the medium, which dissolves an amount of nutrients determined by the solubility of those nutrients in water. The plant wicks the water + nutrients up through the roots into the plant. As you water more and more, fewer of the nutrients are available for dissolution into the water, and the nutrient concentration fed to the plant becomes less and less. At no time is it stronger than the first time you water.
In other words, flushing dissolves the nutrients and transports them out of the growing medium. It cannot cause a higher concentration of nutrients than when you started.
the reason why i put it in the same soil is because someone on the forum told me it may shock the plant.
so i probably did not flush enough to disolve it all? should i flush again or leave it for a couple of days? will my plant stabalize after i flush it with the remaining nutes, its only 10-5-5 i dont understand why its burning so badly even though i stoped feeding it nutes
so i probably did not flush enough to disolve it all? should i flush again or leave it for a couple of days? will my plant stabalize after i flush it with the remaining nutes, its only 10-5-5 i dont understand why its burning so badly even though i stoped feeding it nutes
ceestyle
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so it's the same type of soil, but a new batch of it, right? so essentially there are new nutes in the soil.
i would just let it chill for a few days until it dries out. if it's still getting worse by the time it's time to water again, you can flush again. it's just time to stop fucking with her and let her get better. there's nothing more you can do right now.
i would just let it chill for a few days until it dries out. if it's still getting worse by the time it's time to water again, you can flush again. it's just time to stop fucking with her and let her get better. there's nothing more you can do right now.
ceestyle
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it either means you lost some soil through drainage, or that the soil was not compressed enough to begin with. When you first potted it in the new soil, did you thoroughly soak it? When you first pot, you should completely saturate it to get those roots moisture and eliminate air pockets.