Please HELP- All my hardwork is instantaneously in jeopardy

[nabzzy]

Uptil now my plant was thriving and healthy grown to 1.5ft height. The part of the world where I live has regular power outages. This morning during a similar outage, I went to check on my plant to see if the battery powered light source was working. On finding the light to be dim, I took the plant outside on the balcony under the sun. In couple of hours, on another regular checkup, I found my female plant completely drooped and the branches structure collapsed facing downwards. There no bugs, and the leaves are all still lush green.
Ive brought it back in the closet and its been half a day, still no sign of recovery.
Please comment on what I can do it reinstate and revive my plant.
It would me a shame to lose something I consider so close to me.

I shall post pics soon. Thank you so much.

nabzzy Reviewed by nabzzy on 09-08-2010. Please HELP- All my hardwork is instantaneously in jeopardy Uptil now my plant was thriving and healthy grown to 1.5ft height. The part of the world where I live has regular power outages. This morning during a similar outage, I went to check on my plant to see if the battery powered light source was working. On finding the light to be dim, I took the plant outside on the balcony under the sun. In couple of hours, on another regular checkup, I found my female plant completely drooped and the branches structure collapsed facing downwards. There no bugs, Rating: 5

[Rusty Trichome]

The change in enviornment, lighting, and heat likely pissed her off.
What color pot are they in? The black ones collect heat quickest, but any direct exposure to the sun can overheat the roots. Especially if acclimated to indoor growing.

Keep her properly hydrated, stake her up if need be, and don't take her outside any more. You'll likley lose some leaves and you'll want to keep an eye out for nanners. Easy on the nutrients till she's showing new growth.

Unless it's for an extended timeframe, or every couple of days, I wouldn't worry too much about the power outages. Return her to your normal schedule asap.

Going from outdoors to indoors...watch for bugs. They crawl up into the pot from below, and out of the pot once you bring it indoors.

Good luck with her. :thumbsup:

[nabzzy]

I appreciate your suggestions. Here are few pics. The plant is dark colored, and I think you're right about it getting heated in outdoors.
Although its strange, Ive taken this plant outside on few other occasions and never noticed something of this magnitude. Just took few hours of heat to cause this debacle.
So basically, I should keep it hydrated and wait for its recovery, without any fertilizers?
I'm afraid, Ive already sprayed some food to it, before reading your reply.

[Rusty Trichome]

Any time a plant is stressed, easing-up on the nutrients is a benefit. Unless the stress is from under fertilizing. In your case, I would also raise the lights a notch or two till you see improvement.

Best case...you'll lose a few leaves, but you should start to see some new growth and vigor in a few days. Worse case...she's way overstressed, and may not survive. Be patient. (impatience makes a gardener do foolish things to their poor plants)

If soil is dry enough, carefully slip the rootball out, and see what the roots look like. The roots should be a healthy white, but brown roots are dead roots.

It causes added stress switching from the mellow lighting of indoors to the brutality of 100,000w of sunlight. Plus, it has a tendency to exhaust all the plants and soils moisture, quicker. Much quicker.