My poor 11 day old baby has gone from awesome to awful over the course of a few hours

First grow here. I have two 11 days old (from seed planting) babies. They were both looking great 5 hours ago. One's soil seemed dry, so I watered it. The other one's soil was totally moist and shit. So I come to check up on them 5 hours later, and the one I didn't water is fucking dying or something. The dirt didn't feel dry at all, but I immediately watered it anyway. Other than that water difference, the two babies have grown up in precisely the same conditions, and indeed they looked almost identical a few hours ago. They don't look identical now. I just snapped a couple of pics for reference.

Here's the healthy looking one. This is exactly how the fucked one looked 5 hours ago: http://i.imgur.com/WPfDn.jpg

Now here's said fucked one: http://i.imgur.com/6KYHi.jpg

This shit has happened so suddenly and I am crushed and lost. What's going on and what should I do to save my baby? Please help.

I think the second one may have some root issues, that is really the only thing that will bring a plant to it's knees so fast. When you dig it up check the roots and see what happened.

regards,

Wait, are you saying there's no hope for my baby?

There is always hope, do you have soil pH and moisture testing equipment? It sound if the only difference between the two plants were the amount of water they received.

What is your feeding schedule? this is quite weird that one plant would become so damaged under identical environments, especially at that size (they are definitely out of seedling stage).

I would still dig it up and check the roots, you do not have to kill it. Just act as if you are transplanting, which may be a good idea as there is something suspect with that second plants environment.

regards,

Could be over watering. They look to be healthy other than the droop.

ru4r34l said:

There is always hope, do you have soil pH and moisture testing equipment? It sound if the only difference between the two plants were the amount of water they received.

What is your feeding schedule? this is quite weird that one plant would become so damaged under identical environments, especially at that size (they are definitely out of seedling stage).

I would still dig it up and check the roots, you do not have to kill it. Just act as if you are transplanting, which may be a good idea as there is something suspect with that second plants environment.

regards,

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Thanks for the help.

I only have pH measuring strips, and my measurements came up reasonable...

I don't really have a schedule yet. I water when the soil appears dry, which is usually once every two or three days. The sick one hasn't been watered for three days when I found it at that sad state. I gave them both like 0.3 ml/liter of Biobizz Bio-Grow three days ago, and did that again when I watered the healthy one the few hours ago.

I've never done anything like transplanting before, obviously. What should I check for, and what should I do when re-planting to try and fix the problem?

cranker said:

Could be over watering. They look to be healthy other than the droop.

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Wouldn't that be odd though, considering I gave the healthy one more water than the sick one?

Also, note that the leaves on the sick one are really yellowing and crispy.

Looks like an over watering issue. Just to be sure take out the dirt without breaking the rutes and throw some water on there then put it back in and see what happens.

CrisWalker said:

Looks like an over watering issue. Just to be sure take out the dirt without breaking the rutes and throw some water on there then put it back in and see what happens.

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So you're saying I should try to remedy over-watering with... more water? Or are we just trying to check if over-watering is indeed the problem by seeing if the plant gets worse with more water?

Thanks.

sonofmrgreengenes said:

So you're saying I should try to remedy over-watering with... more water? Or are we just trying to check if over-watering is indeed the problem by seeing if the plant gets worse with more water?

Thanks.

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I mean like maybe your not giving it enough water. So take the dirt out as if you transplanting it and throw a little water on the roots. If it gets worst then there's your problem.

Now I do not grow in soil but if it were my plant I would dig her up and shake off the soil and let her air bath for 30 minutes or so, while she is soaking up some O2 clean out the pot and replant with fresh soil.

regards,

CrisWalker said:

I mean like maybe your not giving it enough water. So take the dirt out as if you transplanting it and throw a little water on the roots. If it gets worst then there's your problem.

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So you're saying the problem is either over-watering (I'm giving it too much water) or under-watering (I'm giving it too little water), and the only way to find out which one it is would be watering the roots directly and seeing whether it gets better or worse? I hope I don't kill it in the process. Thanks.

ru4r34l said:

Now I do not grow in soil but if it were my plant I would dig her up and shake off the soil and let her air bath for 30 minutes or so, while she is soaking up some O2 clean out the pot and replant with fresh soil.

regards,

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I did as you said... It doesn't look like she's gonna make it. I'll be sure to report back anyway.

Does anyone have any idea what I can do to prevent this from happening to my other baby as well? I had no idea a plant could go tits up like that within such a short time without any prior notice. It really fucked with my growing confidence. I never thought weed was so damn fragile.

By the way, this is schwag bagseed I'm dealing with here. Looking at the healthy one, you reckon I got sativa or indica?

ru4r34l said:

Now I do not grow in soil but if it were my plant I would dig her up and shake off the soil and let her air bath for 30 minutes or so, while she is soaking up some O2 clean out the pot and replant with fresh soil.

regards,

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really, dont give advice like this too people ... you made this kid kill his plant.

EvolAlex said:

really, dont give advice like this too people ... you made this kid kill his plant.

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Aw fuck me.

EvolAlex said:

really, dont give advice like this too people ... you made this kid kill his plant.

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When has transplanting kill plants; and did you even look at the plant.

Your plant is not dead from transplanting and giving oxygen to the roots is never a bad idea, give her a few days in the fresh soil and see what happens.

regards,

To be honest, if you watered one but not the other, and the other one drooped down (the one that didn't get watered) I'd say it's from not watering. You should of just put some water on it and checked back later.

Just my opinion. :\