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so this happened within a few days and until now everythings been fine. its been flowering for like 3 weeks and i feed it with tiger bloom every other watering. anyone have any ideas what might have gone wrong? anything i can do to help it because i really dont want to kill it but it almost looks too far gone. thanks.
I'm thinking one of a few possibilities; overfeeding, overheating, overwatering or just thirsty.
If you're sure it's not lack of water or soggy soil, make sure temperatures in the room haven't somehow climbed drastically over the past few days. If temps are under 85, make sure you didn't accidentally overfeed them. If you did feed too much fertilizer, do a good flush, followed by a light feeding.
You may have something else going on, but that's what it looks like to me from your pictures. Once you figure out what happened, and get it fixed, you'll want to keep a close eye on it for male pollen sacs. Lots of stress in can commonly lead to hermaphrodites for many strains.
YIKES! :eek:
Mr C's advice is excellent. Good luck!
iam almost positive it isnt a temperature problem, the plant is in a cool basement. ill go easy on the fertilizer for the next week or so and hopefully things will turn out ok.
IF that isn't under/overwatering I'd say overfert. And I wouldn't go "easy on the ferts" I'd be doing the opposite.....flushing like crazy.
Good luck.
From what little bit I can see, your soil looks pretty damp. Is there any perlite in it? After a good watering, how long does it take to dry out? If it's only a short time, like a day or two, then I agree with Mrs. Hound - you might want to check and see how much fertilizer you used during the last feeding. If it was full-strength (or higher), and you haven't been using it regularly, you'll want to flush it out pretty quick. Those symptoms don't usually just clear up, unless it had something to do with under/overwatering. If you flush, start out with immediately feeding at 1/4 of what the bottle recommends for potted plants, then work your way back up gradually, as part of a scheduled feeding regimen. Those plants can be pretty sensitive to some fertilizers, especially bloom ferts with a crazy high N-P-K.
ya there perlite in it. i use this stuff called bar harbor all purpose potting soil and it takes about 3 days to dry out. i really hope i wasnt over zealous with fertilizer its the first time ive used this stuff. and yes i have been using full strength. have you ever seen a plant bounce back after being so unhealthy? thanks for the help.
ps. nice pup weed hound
Hard to say, chief. These plants are resilient, but they can obviously be finicky when feed too much fertilizer. I'd give it a heavy flush, if you haven't already, and see what happens from there. I've seen plants badly damaged by one thing or another (usually overfertilization) make a full recovery, but I've also seen plants that weren't as affected take turns for the worst and die. It's all up in the air. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for ya. :thumbsup:
I don't think its over-fed ... my guess is either not enough water, or too much, prob. the latter (too much water looks about the same as not enough) ... also think it can recover, if problem found soon ... stick a pencil up the drain holes a few inches, see if water drains out ... frequently, your soil will compact, and prevent proper drainage ... I've had that happen even with the best of soils and tons of perlite, it just 'happens' sometimes :jointsmile:
Are you using superthrive?
When you say 'full strength' you mean diluted according to label directions?
Cold temps... hm... are your plants sitting on a cold floor? Usually cold related problems will show up first as def/lockout symptoms... with the exception of root rot... which causes sudden catastrophic wilting...
Some soils will dry up like cardboard and actually repel water. Is the water pooling then running down the sides of the pot and draining? Does the soil have a lot of peat in it? How heavy is the pot? Can you smell anything through the holes in the bottom of the pot? Foul? what is the ph? Hope it recovers!
thanks for all the posts but she is just too far gone at this point. iam not totally bummed though ill just chalk this up as a learning experience.
well, ya still gotta figure out what happened ...it's NOT a 'learning experience' if ya don't solve the puzzle ... good luck :jointsmile:Quote:
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