Please help! 3 of 4 plants are are wilting and Turing brown/yellow

[Ruki3]

So story is, I started germinating these seeds a little over month ago and I’d say they were growing pretty well the entire way until now. I have a feeling it might have something to do with when I transferred the plants into a bigger pot. About three or four days ago I transferred the plants into a bigger pot and before transferring I had the seedlings in a mixture of happy frog soil and ocean forest. In a 3:1 mixture (3 happy frog) and ( 1 ocean forest). When I transferred them over they I mixed them in a 2 gallon pot with the same soils, but with this mix I did about 55% happy frog and 45% ocean forest, I also put a little bit of Epson salt in the mix as well ( about a quarter cup each) also I put just about a cup and a half of perlite as well to maintain better drainage. I’m not sure if it’s nutrition burn or what so I hope y’all can PLEAAAASE HELP! Another factor I should probably throw in there is that there was pretty crappy weather the past couple of days including a really bad storm, so I didn’t want them to get washed away in that so I took them and threw them under a fluorescent light set up in the garage, which is not climate controlled and is the same temperature as outside would be. Also I’ve been watering these plants (rain water) based off of how dry the soil looks and based of the characteristics of the plant itself. So I don’t think I’m over watering. But here’s some pictures I hope I can get some good feedback here thanks!!

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

Don't do the water circle thing... It's wrong.
They should not need food.
I see lack of light and improper watering.
Would you give us a pic of where they normally grow?

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[ComfortablyNumb]

How much drainage is in those pots? If they don't drain fast enough, your plants will drown.

 

[Ruki3]

Don't do the water circle thing... It's wrong.
They should not need food.
I see lack of light and improper watering.
Would you give us a pic of where they normally grow?

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www.thcfarmer.com

Typically I have them outside but like I said because of that storm I brought them in here for a couple days and the set up looks like this

 

[LexLuthor]

A quarter cup of epsom salt per container? How big are the pots? Epsom salt is instantly available to the plants, that might be it.

 

[Ruki3]

How much drainage is in those pots? If they don't drain fast enough, your plants will drown.

They have 6 holes on the edges of the pot but none in the center think I should do a couple more holes in the middle?

 

[Ponky]

this isn't a solution for the problem. Just a way to protect the plants when they're outside. And if the temperatures are low but you want to use the power of the sun. Low temps can cause your issue. I've had that issue but never cured it. As I just destroy plants that have die off.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

Typically I have them outside but like I said because of that storm I brought them in here for a couple days and the set up looks like this

Ok. They need light. When they start turning yellowish and its not a food or pH issue, it's light.

 

[Ruki3]

A quarter cup of epsom salt per container? How big are the pots? Epsom salt is instantly available to the plants, that might be it.

The pots are about two gallons each

 

[Ponky]

I use about 2 to 3 grams of epsom per gallon. Not sure if you're doing it wrong or I am.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

Ok, those look like they have enough drainage.
The buckets are small, so you will have to water more frequently as they grow.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

1/4 cup?! Wow... too much. 2-4 grams per gallon is the standard. Add it to the water, not the soil.

 

[LexLuthor]

The pots are about two gallons each

A 1/4 cup per 2 gallons of soil is alot. I would go with 1-2 grams per gallon, which is like a quarter teaspoon per gram. A 1/4 cup is probably like 50 grams lol

 

[Aqua Man]

Flush the living crap out of that soil.... NEVER add epsom salt to the soil, only to the nutrients. Ad @LexLuthor said its immediately available.

Also water the whole pot. You don't need runoff but now that you added that epsom salt you are going to need a huge huge flush.

After the flush because you will be washing all the available nutrients out you will want a light feed of synthetic nutrients so that they don't end up with deficiencies. You will also want to add beneficials like bacteria and mycos.

I would be tempted to rip them out and repot them in the same mix WITHOUT epsom salt tbh.

 

[Aqua Man]

Also reduce the light intensity until this is resolved.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

I would be tempted to rip them out and repot them in the same mix WITHOUT epsom salt tbh.

Thaqt was actually what I was thinking, but I didn't want to say it yet.

 

[Aqua Man]

Thaqt was actually what I was thinking, but I didn't want to say it yet.

It's what I would do personally.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

It's what I would do personally.

Me too. I just hate telling people that they messed up. It's not their fault. There is just way too much bro-science these days.

 

[Ruki3]

A 1/4 cup per 2 gallons of soil is alot. I would go with 1-2 grams per gallon, which is like a quarter teaspoon per gram. A 1/4 cup is probably like 50 grams lol

Thanks for that information What would be a solution if that’s my problem?

 

[LexLuthor]

Thanks for that information What would be a solution if that’s my problem?

^^^What Aqua Man said and your welcome