Once beautiful plants are starting to look bad.

[chenman07]

I just check two of the five plants and neither were root bound. In fact the roots were not even close to filling in the whole pot yet. It seems like there has not been a large amount of growth in the roots since the last transplant.

chenman07 Reviewed by chenman07 on 07-15-2008. Once beautiful plants are starting to look bad. Help! My plants' leaves are starting to wither away and I am not sure what the problem may be. At first only the lower leaves were showing any problematic signs but more and more leaves are wilting and dying off. Anyone have ideas to what my problem is? H=Answer if you grow hydro or aero C=Answer if you grow coco S=Answer if you grow traditional soil L=Answer if you grow soilless other than coco (Promix, Hyponex, SunshineMix) Rating: 5

[stinkyattic]

Again... poor oxygenation means that there will be a discrepancy between nominal pot size and useable pot size.

[chenman07]

Flushed the plants and got rid of the stock drainage attachments.

I noticed several small bugs crawling over the surface of the soil after i had flushed the soil. I can try to get a picture but they are about the size of a pin head and remind me of seed ticks. I cannot give more details at the moment due to lack of a magnifying glass or eagle eyes.

Any idea what this bug may be and how it will affect the plant? Any safe way to eradicate them?

[stinkyattic]

Adult thrips may often be found on the soil surface.
If there is a very wet condition, like the trays could have been causing, you are creating conditions for fungus gnats. Dry out their homes, and they go away.