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Hello All,
I originally was a coco grower using synthetics but 2 months ago I wanted to transition to living soil in order to widen my skill range. I'm having a difficult time with the transition and made mistakes along the way. My biggest mistake has been soil saturation. Many warned me about the dangers of over-watering in large containers, so as an over-thinker, I believe I may have taken that too literally. During the first 2 months of the growth, I watered very minimally in increments of half gallons. I mistakenly misjudged soil saturation by basing my watering consistency on observing the bottom moisture of my pot. The bottom was always wet so I minimally watered once a week. The plant soon got sick and after some research, I learned that the rootzone was most likely bone dry. Yesterday I attempted to fully saturate my 15-gallon pot with about 2.5 gallons of dechlorinated water with predator nematodes mixed in to combat fungus gnats. I have never posted a question online but I finally have accepted that I should ask for help. I'm embarrassed to ask questions but I really want to bring this girl back to life. Below i will post all the specificatrions needed to diagnose my plant. Thank you to everyone who reads this and I truly do appreciate any advice offered.
Pot Size: 15 Gallon
Pot Type: Plastic
Soil type: Coast Of Maine Stonington Blend
Lights on: 20 hours
temp: 74 f
humidity: 62-65%
Co2: 900 ppm
water type: tap dechlorinated
IPM: Pure crop 1 every 3 days and nematodes/sticky traps
watering consistency: 1/2 gallon per week
Light type: 240-watt quantum board with Samsung lm301b diodes (set at 40% dimmed)
Light Intensity: 300 PPFD
DLI: 21.6
I originally was a coco grower using synthetics but 2 months ago I wanted to transition to living soil in order to widen my skill range. I'm having a difficult time with the transition and made mistakes along the way. My biggest mistake has been soil saturation. Many warned me about the dangers of over-watering in large containers, so as an over-thinker, I believe I may have taken that too literally. During the first 2 months of the growth, I watered very minimally in increments of half gallons. I mistakenly misjudged soil saturation by basing my watering consistency on observing the bottom moisture of my pot. The bottom was always wet so I minimally watered once a week. The plant soon got sick and after some research, I learned that the rootzone was most likely bone dry. Yesterday I attempted to fully saturate my 15-gallon pot with about 2.5 gallons of dechlorinated water with predator nematodes mixed in to combat fungus gnats. I have never posted a question online but I finally have accepted that I should ask for help. I'm embarrassed to ask questions but I really want to bring this girl back to life. Below i will post all the specificatrions needed to diagnose my plant. Thank you to everyone who reads this and I truly do appreciate any advice offered.
Pot Size: 15 Gallon
Pot Type: Plastic
Soil type: Coast Of Maine Stonington Blend
Lights on: 20 hours
temp: 74 f
humidity: 62-65%
Co2: 900 ppm
water type: tap dechlorinated
IPM: Pure crop 1 every 3 days and nematodes/sticky traps
watering consistency: 1/2 gallon per week
Light type: 240-watt quantum board with Samsung lm301b diodes (set at 40% dimmed)
Light Intensity: 300 PPFD
DLI: 21.6