Weak plant, growth stopped, leaves turning light green.

[roct5p]

Good morning,

I would like to ask for help as I can't figure out what is happening to this plant. She's about 8-9 weeks old, and was doing well in the beginning. These days, not so much.
About 2 weeks ago I moved her into this larger pot, but can't tell the changes started happening straight after. Removed some larger fan leaves to allow more light into the middle.

- Location is southern Spain with temperatures of 25-35 Celsius (77-95 F) and around 75% humidity;
- the plant gets around 8 hours of direct sun every day (sun is very strong here);
- I water it when the top half of the pot becomes dry;
- medium is "normal potting soil" from a flower shop, picture attached.

Any advice on how to save her would be much appreciated.

 

[Sunin]

she's hungry

 

[roct5p]

she's hungry

Thank you for your answer. I water her 1-2 times a week until the water starts running off at the bottom of the pot. I noticed however that even if I use about 2 litres (0.5 gal, roughly 20-30% of the water will come out at the bottom quite fast...
I drilled some wholes on the side of the pot to be able to check the humidity (with a chopstick) inside and the bottom part seems quite humid - even if the top half is dry. I add Bio Grow (by Bio Bizz) to the water once a week.

 

[Galgrows]

Hello Spain i also have soil that does not hold water for very long and my plants do get yellow like yours quickly do to it. So i feed more frequently and pour slowly.

 

[LoveGrowingIt]

Thank you for your answer. I water her 1-2 times a week until the water starts running off at the bottom of the pot. I noticed however that even if I use about 2 litres (0.5 gal, roughly 20-30% of the water will come out at the bottom quite fast...
I drilled some wholes on the side of the pot to be able to check the humidity (with a chopstick) inside and the bottom part seems quite humid - even if the top half is dry. I add Bio Grow (by Bio Bizz) to the water once a week.

You may be watering too fast. Give her a little and wait for it to spread out in the soil before adding more.

What are you feeding her?

 

[RootFarmer]

I see a lot of clawing but no indication of nitrogen toxicity. Those limp leaves that are doing a sort of reverse "taco" thing are water logged. Your soil is staying too wet and the roots can't access nutrients. Adding more won't help. You're basically looking at nute lockout via drowning. The soil needs to go thru a complete wet/dry cycle. Even watering a little at a time too frequently can eventually sog up your soil. As was mentioned, when you do eventually water, moisten the top few inches of soil EVENLY. Wait a few minutes. The water slowly with the remainder. You want even saturation but not soggy. With organics you don't want run off. You're just sorta washing away your nutrients that way. Lift your pots to feel how heavy they are. Become familiar with how a dry pot feels and also how it feels when you're done watering. That being said, the amount and frequency of watering should be dictated by the size, age and/or growth stage of the plant. During explosive growth their demands are far greater than a seedling. Make sense?

 

[GNick55]

looking like heat stress preventing it from uptaking water..
how often is it over 85 degrees?

 

[roct5p]

looking like heat stress preventing it from uptaking water..
how often is it over 85 degrees?

This time of the year it's between 85-95 degrees every day for about 16 hours a day. And this is in the shade. Goes over 100 degrees on the sun for sure. I decided to change the pot last evening, had a look at the roots. All white and no bad smell. Moved her back into a clay pot, and placed the pot in a shaded area to see if she recovers.

 

[roct5p]

First off, thank you for all your answers and suggestions. I decided to remove the plant from that bigger plastic pot to have a look at the roots, etc.
Good news that all I saw was white roots and there was no bad smell either. As I only had a smaller (roughly 3 gal) clay pot, I moved her back to that.
Used fresh soil out from a bag, that was a bit humid by default, not sticky but not dry either.
I think because of the high temperatures (70-95) I will keep her in the shade for a week or so to see if she recovers. And maybe start feeding her slowly in 2-3 days? What do you think?

 

[GNick55]

First off, thank you for all your answers and suggestions. I decided to remove the plant from that bigger plastic pot to have a look at the roots, etc.
Good news that all I saw was white roots and there was no bad smell either. As I only had a smaller (roughly 3 gal) clay pot, I moved her back to that.
Used fresh soil out from a bag, that was a bit humid by default, not sticky but not dry either.
I think because of the high temperatures (70-95) I will keep her in the shade for a week or so to see if she recovers. And maybe start feeding her slowly in 2-3 days? What do you think?

that’s good and yes keep in the shade till the stress of transplanting is over