QUICK question!! need HELP!!! PITCURES included!!

datkid

Member
OK i just got this plant from a friend.. he was doing it in deep water culture, buuut there arent many roots as it is still small. and it was a clone.. there are only a few roots poking out and the longest poking out maybe half an inch, and only a few were poking out.. I couldnt do it in hydro and the local shop said it would be cool to just drop into a bucket of soil.. heres the problem.. when i got it, it wasnt SUPER perky to begin with cuz like i said its still a youngin' and from a clone which takes a little bit to perk up, BUT i watered it when i first got it into the soil (2 days ago) a little bit just to get it comfortable and then i watered it a full watering yesterday, and when i looked at it today it was kinda droopy and the hydroton balls were dry. theres still life and the young parts are still standing tall as you can see but my guess is that the hydroton balls got dry and the roots got kinda dry being that they arent fully grown into the soil much, if any at all. what do you think. ANY HELP IS NEEDED



 

Serapis

Well-Known Member
You are going to play hell trying to get those two mediums to work together in that size net pot. You might as well just plant it in the soil. The roots are going to dry out. You need to set up a dripper, but then the soil is going to get waterlogged......
 

Xiphos

Well-Known Member
Hydroponics needs watering like every 5 minutes dude. Soil needs watering like every other day. What are you doing mixing those two setups??
 

datkid

Member
i have no idea what i was thinking doing that... Honestly the situation was i got this plant from a friend, in the netting pot with hydroton and all.. Ive never done hydro yet. i was hesitant to do hydro and didnt think it would survive me taking it out of the pot and putting into soil, so i just put it into the soil. lol i know i dont know what i was thinking and no im not a rookie which is the funny thing.. i shouldve just taken advantage of the way i received it and did hydro but just not ready. o well .. ANYWAYS i just took it out of the hydroton and netting pot and put it into the soil.. there was a good amount of roots actually. There was more roots then i thought about 8 inches long. you think it should rebound?
 
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