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Started showing signs of limp leafs fading in color.
 

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There not as perky as past few days the back ones showing lighter colors
 

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The took there watering last night there on a ever other day watering. They were very dry I have a moisture meter it was on 0
 
#6
Those pots look fairy big, and the plants are not huge, I think watering every second day is too much.

If they looked healthy before you watered them, and they look healthy in the first pic, then it must be overwatering.

Best way is to let the pot really dry out and then pick it up and see how heavy it is, and keep that as your baseline, and then after you have watered it don't water it again till it feels as light as it was when it was bone dry.

Don't worry about hurting your plants by letting it dry completely out, MJ likes going through dry cycles.

You want to cycle it through damp soil and then to really dry, and then damp again and then let it dry right out before you water it again.

Don't keep the soil damp all the time, it needs dry out to allow oxygen into the soil, plus if it's damp all the time you can get fungas gnats or mold or diseases of the roots.

You wont harm your plant by letting it dry out completely, I have had plants that were so dry the leaves were all hanging limply down the stems, but after watering and sitting them in the dark for an hour the leaves all stood up again.
 
#7
There not even full gal pots and plants are at least 2 ft there on 3rd week of lst
 
#8
Been droopy before I watered I thought it was bc they needed water pots was bone dry when I watered
 
#9
Well obviously lack of water is not the problem, as water didn't fix it.

I don't know what sort of moisture meter you have, but pots can be bone dry on the top and then soggy at the bottom or in the middle.

Yellowing leaves is also a sign of overwatering.

Get a fan blowing air on them, what is the temperature of your grow room?
Overwatering is more likely in cooler weather as the plants don't transpire as much water through their leaves, therefore the roots don't draw much water out of the soil.

Last winter I transplanted some seedling into bigger pots than usual, and then I gave them too much water, and after a day or so they started to show signs of overwatering, wilting leaves.
After 2 or 3 days things were not looking good and I thought I would lose them, so I thought I would try something.
I turned off the exhaust fan and then put an electric heater on high in the room and closed the door, so it would get quite hot in there.

Next morning I opened the door and they were praying.
(Leaves reaching up for the light)

See the hot conditions I created meant they transpired lots of water out of their leaves, thus drawing the excess water out of the soil and making it not so wet.
 
#11
Moisture meter doesn't work with this type of soil you need something called a hygrometer if you want to use a meter.

If they stay drooped for two straight days and the planters remain just as heavy then poke 3 holes around the planters about 1 inch from the side. Use a cone ended item to break as few roots as possible that fattens up making a nice hole. After the cone ended item is all the way to the bottom of the planter gently bore out the hole by moving the stick laterally 1/8th inch in one direction only, toward the plant, while still on the bottom of the bucket. (Not much here you will tear the roots out). This will provide oxygen and it will help dry the soil providing still more oxygen and has a terrific rate of success.
If you've been over watering this whole time and this was not an isolated incident you may need to treat with Hydrogen Peroxide. This is especially bad if you are in soil because it kills the beneficial bacteria. If you are going to treat with Hydrogen Peroxide then skip making the holes we do not use both methods in conjunction if we can help it.
 
#12
This is first time both gals have shown this ... Just 3 days ago they were perked up n gorgeous. I did a little spray mist on them that afternoon because temps jumped to 90 for he n half after that the bag seed showed first problem of drooping then the kritikal strain is doing same could be a mild heat stress maybe causing it to lock out ... Normally it takes 2 days to dry 3/4 of gal pot and the other day during maybe heat cause fans failed they started this crap
 
#14
Well honestly no I have not. The run off after watering them was 470ppm its still has nutes in soil I believe no bad discolored leaves yet no yellowing just a lighter coloring on the bag seed with drooping leaves. Kritikal has droopy leaves... But I have fox farm trio nutes gro big big bloom etc. I just don't know what n how much to use ...
 
#15
That's not same soil either roughly at 1 month I transplanted from a 4x4 starter pot to these now 1 gal pot and they have grown n done well until recently
 
#16
What's the ppm of you're water going in ? pH ? 470ppm is ok for hydro but not for soil. And they are two different animals altogether. Organic soils use acids excreted my micro organisms to chelate the nutrients into usable form. Hard to tell under the LED's but I would guess you've used up you're reserve or let the pots dry to much and killed the micro-herd.
 
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MidwestToker said:
What's the ppm of you're water going in ? pH ? 470ppm is ok for hydro but not for soil. And they are two different animals altogether. Organic soils use acids excreted my micro organisms to chelate the nutrients into usable form. Hard to tell under the LED's but I would guess you've used up you're reserve or let the pots dry to much and killed the micro-herd.
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My well water is at 140 ppm, dunno phone my meter is junk. What should I have coming out for over flow after water ... someone said between 4 n 800 was good ... I dunno it's hard to take igor off here most ppl seem to be messing around at ti.times
 
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