Are leaves this colour ok for young plants ?

[nibblebit]

Hi. This is a picture of two Lowryder #2 plants that are about a week old.

Is the colour of the leaves ok ?

I'm giving them 100 ML of watrer every 2-3 days when the topsoil seems to be getting almost dry, i hope this is a good watering regime.


Cheers,

NB.

nibblebit Reviewed by nibblebit on 04-06-2012. Are leaves this colour ok for young plants ? Hi. This is a picture of two Lowryder #2 plants that are about a week old. Is the colour of the leaves ok ? I'm giving them 100 ML of watrer every 2-3 days when the topsoil seems to be getting almost dry, i hope this is a good watering regime. Cheers, NB. Rating: 5

[Volcano_Lover]

There's no picture :jointsmile:

[nibblebit]

There's no picture :jointsmile:

Volcano_Lover - You Passed The Test !

Ooops, idiot me, picture now attached, thanks VL

[catchmeblowingood420]

yea the color is good, no worries. (:
i have a question tho, how do you upload pictures?

[nibblebit]

You reply to thread, then go advanced, then you have all the buttons.

Are these yellow spots ok ?

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[nibblebit]

OK, day 17 and i'm worried by two things, yellow spots on this plant :

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and the drooping leaves on this one :

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any advice/comments greatly appreciated.


Cheers,

nibs.

[Weezard]

They are drowning.
Surface dryness is a poor indicator of the actual root-zone conditions.

The best way to track their water needs is to weigh the pot.

Fill a pot with dry soil and sit it next to your girls.
When you want to check water levels, lift the potted, pot, then lift the dry pot and compare.
Yup, it's that easy.

To repair the present problem.
Get a slightly larger pot, put some almost dry soil in it. (does not hold it's shape when squeezed into a ball)
Very carefully un-pot your ladies and set them into the new, soil.
Surround them with more slightly moist soil and back the light off for a day or two, they should recover.

Next time.
Wait until they actually need water, then water sparingly.
Seedlings don't need much.

No love them to death, yah?

Aloha.
Weezard

[nibblebit]

Weezard, thank you very much. I've been watering them every 3-4 days and last time i did it i thought i'd given them too much, i then waited 4 days until the soil moisture meter said 'dry' and today iw atered again but they almost immediately looked worse.

I will repot them right now, i'm a bit nervous as i've never repotted a plant before but i'll post results.

When you say 'back off the light' do you mean move bulb further away or cut the hours ?


Thanks,

nibs.

[Weezard]

Just add a few inches to the height above the crown.
Full light will stress a plant with root problems.
Don't forget to bring them back down though.

Aloha,
Weezard

[nibblebit]

Thanks Weezard. I poured soil into another container (exactly same size/type, i bought four at the time) and weighed it, it came to 2lb 8 oz. I know i've used exactly the same amount of soil because i measured it with a jug before as i did this time so that was helpful.

The smaller plant with the yellow spots weighed exactly the same as the fresh container, so i haven't repotted her. I didn't water her today because the soil meter (which i'll never use again) said moist, but it said almost dry on the larger, wetter plant ! Also, the smaller plant isn't drooping like the larger one.

So the large one is now repotted, that was quite scarey, took me a while to probe the extent of the roots then lift her out and gently brush the wet soil from her.

So, using the weight method, the smaller plant doesn't seem to be over-watered. What do you think those yellow spots may be, they are only on two of the leaves and only on the tips of the serrated edges.

Thanks again for your help, i was beginning to panic and no-one had responded on another forum i've joined so i'm really grateful


Cheers,

nibs.