PICS - One Month in and my plants are drooping bad! - PICS + REP points given
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Disclaimer: I've only done one grow so I'm pretty new at this.
Maybe your plants want to be watered since the last time you watered was two days ago. You may not be overwatering, but could you be underwatering? Does water come out of the drainage holes after you pour it in?
Another potential problem I see is your lights aren't close enough to the top of the plants. It looks like you have the lights right next to the very bottom leaves in your pics. How is the plant supposed to sustain itself when the only leaves getting any light to photosynthesize with are the smallest ones at the very bottom? Try making the lights level with, or slightly above the top of your plants.
edit: I've heard some plants react negatively to 24 hours of light and no dark, so you might also try switching to 18 hours light and 6 dark.
Maybe your plants want to be watered since the last time you watered was two days ago. You may not be overwatering, but could you be underwatering? Does water come out of the drainage holes after you pour it in?
Another potential problem I see is your lights aren't close enough to the top of the plants. It looks like you have the lights right next to the very bottom leaves in your pics. How is the plant supposed to sustain itself when the only leaves getting any light to photosynthesize with are the smallest ones at the very bottom? Try making the lights level with, or slightly above the top of your plants.
edit: I've heard some plants react negatively to 24 hours of light and no dark, so you might also try switching to 18 hours light and 6 dark.
well from those pics your soil looks really dry. but stick your fingure in the soil 2-3 inches. and if the soil is dry then water it for sure if not then you have a much bigger problem
another thing being that you have multiple plants in one pot. thats a generally a no no
another thing being that you have multiple plants in one pot. thats a generally a no no
Compact Flourescent lights should be placed only a few inches from the plant. Again I can't tell for sure but it looks like they are a foot away. I actually have mine less than two inches from the top of each branch on my plants. They wont burn; just make sure you have a good breeze going on them.
That would almost certainly kill your plant. edit: in the condition it is currently in.
Your plants don't care about their bottom leaves, they want their top leaves to be the center of attention.
The plant seems top heavy because it is reacting to the deficiency of light by stretching upward as fast as it can. Your plant is drooping because it is not getting enough of it's life source...both water and light.
I don' think defoliating would kill the plant, but it could slow down the growth true tremendously.
Looks like they just need some water man. Drooping leaves = low Turgor pressure. Turgor pressure is the amount of force (or pressure) that the water inside the plant cells exerts on the cell wall, maintaining its shape and rigidity. When the plant is unable to find water, it is unable to replenish the water that has been lost through transpiration resulting in 'squishy' cells instead of rigid ones. This causes the plants leaves and stems to droop because there is not enough pressure inside the cells to hold itself up.
I'd say 8 times out of 10 drooping leaves is a sign of low water.
I'd say 8 times out of 10 drooping leaves is a sign of low water.
Yeah I may have exaggerated a bit, but you should never remove all of a plants leaves, even if you know it wont kill it. It sounds very counter-intuitive to the whole idea of growing a plant.
crazyMIman
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it looks to me like the leaves are wilting witch is a sign that the plants need to be watered. hope this helps.