Newbie just about killed all his plants. help please!

Hi,

I was growing some beautiful plants which were doing very well on natural light.
they were approx 1.5 months old.

i went on holiday for 10 days, flooded the plants and hoped that water would tide them through. it didn't. i came back and they were all but dead.

Picture 1 is what they all looked like. I watered them immediately- one of them still looks like picture 1, so i don't know if there is any hope for her.
the other two plants (pictures also attached) have recovered slightly. the top leaves look like they are ok, although they have messed up tips (curled/dead). the bottom leaves are pretty much dead.

what should i do? do i trip the bottom leaves off completely? at the base of the bottom dead leaves, it looks like new baby leaves are sprouting.
should i trim the top leaves' curled tips?

any help would be great.

thanks

I would not cut anything yet. I'd water and put the plants under moderate light and temperature of 70ºF. They may all make it.

Thanks Shovelhandle.
What about the leaves that are clearly dead?
I heard/read somewhere that the plant puts alot of energy into trying to repair itself, so if a leaf is completely dead, its wasting its energy that it could be using for other growth?
Does that make any sense?

Well, I heard/read somewhere that Shov would not cut anything yet. <G>
Open cuts on the petiole isn't great for plants either. The dried up leaves will drop off on their own.

Oh wow that's a bummer, but I agree with shov.
Make sure you don't over water or under water. I give my plants water until I get a little run off from the bottom. Then let the soil dry out until I water again. And I would also recommend transplanting them from the terracotta pots into bigger plastic pots. The terracotta soaks up a lot of moisture and the root system will grow into the coarse surface. So if you wait to long to transplant you will lose almost all of the roots in the process. Best of luck to you. Peace.

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Originally Posted by 1st timer

Thanks Shovelhandle.
What about the leaves that are clearly dead?
I heard/read somewhere that the plant puts alot of energy into trying to repair itself, so if a leaf is completely dead, its wasting its energy that it could be using for other growth?
Does that make any sense?

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The plant will take the energy that's in the dead leaves back into the plant they will dry up turn yellow and fall off. Worry about the new growth it will tell you how the plants are doing.

hi guys, thank you for the advice.

the plants are looking much better. new growth is good. old leaves, some are dead, some are recovering (and unfurling) slowly.

I have a question on lights-
I am growing these (above picture is the biggest one of the three plants) on natural lights in the UK, which is now receiving 15 hours of day light, but maybe 20 minutes of direct sunlight everyday.
i don't think they have enough light. they are growing tall i feel- 60 cm high with only the 5th set of leaves.

What kind of lights should i supplement the day light with?
not too expensive £60, which is like $100 which is ok for veg and flowering stage? im not concerned about heat from the light as its near a window and ventilated enough with cold british air.

http://boards.cannabis.com/united-ki...uk-lights.html

this is my post about it on the UK specific part of the site. I'm not sure how active the community is, so have asked it here. thank you

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Originally Posted by MrGrowBig

Oh wow that's a bummer, but I agree with shov.
Make sure you don't over water or under water. I give my plants water until I get a little run off from the bottom. Then let the soil dry out until I water again. And I would also recommend transplanting them from the terracotta pots into bigger plastic pots. The terracotta soaks up a lot of moisture and the root system will grow into the coarse surface. So if you wait to long to transplant you will lose almost all of the roots in the process. Best of luck to you. Peace.

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MrG thanks. What size do you think they will get to? What capacity pot should i use? I read a post about how you only need very small pots because they are feminized seeds and they will flower and live out their whole lifecycle within 8 months or so, so the roots don't need more space than a small pot.
I believed it. Is it not true?