Day 29 from seed in coco, 3 girls are absolutely praying, one has taken the hit from my poor effort at watering for a few days there. I tried to go to more smaller waterings, not considering that the roots need time between to actually breathe, and also underestimating just how much of the pot the roots have access to. Wasn't until I moved my sick one that I saw the roots coming out the bottom and realised they had already started to fill out the pots. Guess I underestimated them somewhat. So I totally underestimated how much water they have access to to cut a long story short.
Not overly surprised this one struggled, she's a genetic weirdo, but I'd still like her to live and see what she's about. This commenced 2 nights ago, so yesterday and today she's had no water. She is definitely better, but at the bottom of her leaf rise/fall cycle she sitting in dirt. A little shorter in the trunk than the others, partly I think genetic and partly stunting from overwater.
Her roots do show a little bit of brown on the end, so I've made my peace there's some root damage. Would love some advice on how to fix this, though I will say as soon as flower starts I will use Cannazym on all of them to keep roots white and pristine and break down the junk to make room. Priority now is to get her praying like her sisters, especially as she is ripe and ready for topping but can't do it while she's stressed. She's still making beautiful new veg which makes me think the damage has been caught early, but don't want to get hopes up just to watch her die.
I've drained the runoff that was in the bottom pot below, and stuffed the space with paper towel, which is drawing water out the bottom at a pretty good rate. As it soaks up I'll change it until it stops coming out soaked. If I understand coco (first grow), gravity will pull water from the top as the bottom empties which will leave loads of air around the top roots and start to restore the balance. I've poked some air holes around the outside with a chopstick to let some air in, I know it opens up for gnats but that room is basically hermetically sealed and right now priority is to dry her out. Increased the fan on her and brought temp up in the room a couple degrees too.
Anything else obvious I should be doing? Anything that helps me save her is much appreciated. I'm so close to having a beautiful room of praying plants on my first grow and would love to bring this lovely girl to her peak. She has a lovely low flat profile that should work beautifully, and that's before she's been topped. Cheers all.
