Leaves are drooping, help please

Jmoney805 · Aug 19, 2025

Hi everyone,

I am growing some Jack Herer outdoors. I've noticed in the last few weeks my plants leafs are dropping. I don't know if it's over watered, underwatered or a nutrient deficiency. I am using fox farms soil. I have only given the plants nutrients maybe 3 times but stopped in the last few weeks since I saw signs of nutrient burn and I'm only using filtered water. Any help would be appreciated.

Phyto · Aug 21, 2025

It would really help to know how much and how often you’re watering. Color wise, the plant looks good. My guess, based on limited info, is too much water.

Ninjadogma · Aug 21, 2025

It just looks severely overwatered from appearance. The droopy appearance, the hard clawing, and the overall puffy look of the leaves with all the excess water it's holding onto... and likely not eating. Let the pot get dry. Like you can pick up that pot and it feels really light. The soil is likely to become hydrophobic by then so when you reintroduce water, put just a quart in, wait about 10 minutes and then do your regular full watering.

The pot should feel light when you pick it up, that's the only time it should get water again.

Jmoney805 · Aug 21, 2025

Ninjadogma said:
It just looks severely overwatered from appearance. The droopy appearance, the hard clawing, and the overall puffy look of the leaves with all the excess water it's holding onto... and likely not eating. Let the pot get dry. Like you can pick up that pot and it feels really light. The soil is likely to become hydrophobic by then so when you reintroduce water, put just a quart in, wait about 10 minutes and then do your regular full watering.

The pot should feel light when you pick it up, that's the only time it should get water again.

Thanks for the response. I didn't water it for two days and the soil was completely dry today. The leaves were drooping way more today. The weather has been in the low 80s sunny. So I watered it again and use a liter and a half of water. I've been watering it typically every other day. The pot is a soft pot so it has great drainage too. Not sure what's going on. I watered it before reading your post. But I stuck my finger pretty deep in the soil and it felt pretty dry.

Jmoney805 · Aug 21, 2025

Updated photo today

GNick55 · Aug 21, 2025

Jmoney805 said:
Updated photo today

what size bag?
what’s your growing medium?
how much water you give it each watering?

mancorn · Aug 21, 2025

The fabric does dry out quickly, but not uniformly. If the pot is just sitting on the ground the bottom can stay moist while the top half drys out. Get the pot off the concrete with some type of pallet.

LoveGrowingIt · Aug 21, 2025

I use these to let air flow under the pot, but there are other ways to do it.

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