Urgent - Please Help ASAP!

[mackey33]

I had to rush out of town on business this week and my plants went without water for nearly 7 days! I watered them very well before leaving and the mistake I could have made was using aqua globes. I may have hurt her roots when inserting the globes in the dirt.(?)

Can they be saved?

How?

mackey33 Reviewed by mackey33 on 11-06-2008. Urgent - Please Help ASAP! I had to rush out of town on business this week and my plants went without water for nearly 7 days! I watered them very well before leaving and the mistake I could have made was using aqua globes. I may have hurt her roots when inserting the globes in the dirt.(?) Can they be saved? How? Rating: 5

[konvikt419]

if the watering is the problem she should bounce back fairly quick but it is not good to stress them so much close to flower or at all really now if the roots were damaged time will tell but in my experience they are pretty resilient plants so good luck just give them some tlc and hope for the best:smokin:

[mackey33]

The bottom leaves on one of them look bad...should I trim them?

[Weezard]

The bottom leaves on one of them look bad...should I trim them?

Not unless they have fungus or mold.
She needs all the stored energy she can scrounge right now.

Regards,
Weezard

[LolaGal]

Have you tried misting with a little water? Perhaps that might perk em up!

[Weezard]

I had to rush out of town on business this week and my plants went without water for nearly 7 days! I watered them very well before leaving and the mistake I could have made was using aqua globes. I may have hurt her roots when inserting the globes in the dirt.(?)

Can they be saved?

How?

Aloha Mack

Those look like indoor pots, please tell me they have drain holes in the bottom.

Weezard

[mackey33]

Aloha Mack

Those look like indoor pots, please tell me they have drain holes in the bottom.

Weezard

Well...they do now...

:i feel stupid:

EDIT: they are already looking better...not great but better for sure.

[Weezard]

Well...they do now...

:i feel stupid:

EDIT: they are already looking better...not great but better for sure.

They'll be OK now.
Almost time to transplant anyway.

Best of luck
Weezard.

[mackey33]

How much watering above normal should I be doing? I haven't gone nuts with the water but I feel the urge to water until I see some coming out the bottom...

[Weezard]

How much watering above normal should I be doing? I haven't gone nuts with the water but I feel the urge to water until I see some coming out the bottom...

Best to let them dry out a little before watering again.
Roots need oxygen!
The waterglobes, combined with the lack of drainage left the bottom roots in stagnant water, where they will drown and rot.
Plants are supposed to get aerated water that has fallen through a few thousand feet of air.
Cannabis need the best drainage you can give it because standing water goes flat in less than a day.
So, it's best to water thoroughly then let it dry out some and breathe in between.
That said, I'd re-pot those girls into larger containers and I'd mix some perlite into the new soil.
It'll give you a chance to look at, and smell the roots in the bottom.
If they got funky you might have to prune some off.

STOP!
Before you prune.
That's just what I would do,
Best wait for the experts here before you go all slasher on 'em.

I know you worry, but try not to love 'em to death, ya?

Regards,
Weezard