Quote Originally Posted by captainendoe
all the new growth on my best widow girl is curling down and sagging its looking a lot like over watering symptoms but i didn't change the schedule or water more then usual. I just transplanted a couple of weeks ago so i dont think its malnourished or root bounded. however i did pick some of the buds off in hope to encourage some more growth out of her the day before i watered her. Another of my f*ck ups was I only let the water sit out for a couple of hours before watering her too. So I'm worried i poisoned her with chlorine and florid.

Do you guys think it was the water or picking the buds off or both?
It's probably not the water cap'n.
The amounts of Chloramine and Fluoride in tap water don't add up to a flea fart inna windstorm.
And the trace amounts of Halomethanes actually benefit our bushes by keeping da bad bugs at bay.

Forget the old wives tale 'bout letting the water sit.
Dat's Bullspit!

Either draw your water from an aerated faucet, or half-fill a jug and shake it to get as much air into it as you can then water your plants straight away.

Sounds like overwatering from your description, but....

I'm not sayin' "you gave them to much water".

Jus' sayin' their water needs are not constant.
It's a balancing act.
And the symptoms you describe are not indicating too much water.
I grow trees with the roots fully submerged in water.
Long as I bubble air through it.


When you nip terminal buds, the plant goes into shock and stops growing for a day or so.

If you water as usual right after you "nip", the plant will suffer because it is not moving the water through the way it normally does.
So, the water stays in the soil and goes flat. (Loses it's dissolved Oxygen)
Just like it does when you "let it sit".

What you are seeing is the symptoms of suffocation.
When the plant stops "drinking", the water sits inna pot until there is no air left in it.

As for how to fix it?

First, nail the diagnosis.
Pictures would help.
Because.

Without solid information, this is all speculation.

Aloha,
Weezard