Why is she going droopy

newgrowth99 · Aug 20, 2024

I have a plant, she started life as a clone. At the moment it's 3 and a half weeks old

Over the last two days she's looking a little droopy, I last watered it two days ago with a litre of water with no nutrients

The media is Coco and soil mixed and the pot is 4 gallons

I used a 20/4 light split.

I'm planning on watering tonight but I thought I'd post here first

HerbalEdu · Aug 20, 2024

usualy droopy plant could be a sign of under or overwatering.

it's up to you to figure wich one

proper wet dry cycle for soil are key, root need to breath and they can't in permanently too wet soil

newgrowth99 · Aug 20, 2024

HerbalEdu said:
usualy droopy plant could be a sign of under or overwatering.

it's up to you to figure wich one

I'm leaning towards under watering, as I'm very careful not to over water

2 days ago I gave a litre
3 days before that I give a litre + liquid seaweed 2 days before that I gave 500ml + liquid seaweed

And the top inch of soil was dry before all waterings

The humidity has been higher than last couple of days

Putthataway · Aug 20, 2024

Your soil looks wet. Do you have drainage holes in the pot?

Putthataway · Aug 20, 2024

newgrowth99 said:
I'm leaning towards under watering, as I'm very careful not to over water

2 days ago I gave a litre
3 days before that I give a litre + liquid seaweed 2 days before that I gave 500ml + liquid seaweed

And the top inch of soil was dry before all waterings

The humidity has been higher than last couple of days

Watering every two days is too much for that little plant. You want a wet / dry cycle.

HerbalEdu · Aug 20, 2024

i m in 6L pots (1,6 gal) the first weeks of growth i water with 1 L first watering after transplant in soil, then 0,5L every 7 days or so for a few weeks and then once the plant are big enough i usually water every 4-6 days with 1L again

every 2 days look like too often to me, also soil still look dark on your photo.

cannafarmer420 · Aug 20, 2024

Putthataway said:
Watering every two days is too much for that little plant. You want a wet / dry cycle.

They are in coco not soil

HerbalEdu · Aug 20, 2024

cannafarmer420 said:
They are in coco not soil

mix coco soil, op didn't precise what ratio tho'

newgrowth99 · Aug 20, 2024

Putthataway said:
Your soil looks wet. Do you have drainage holes in the pot?

Yeah I there's a fair few in the bottom, and the water runs off so I know it's draining.

That water patch has been there since the watering which does make me wonder if it's over watering now

newgrowth99 · Aug 20, 2024

HerbalEdu said:
mix coco soil, op didn't precise what ratio tho'

Oops my bad 1:1

BackwoodsCultivation · Aug 20, 2024

Looks dry to me, here is a before and after of my gals. This was about a week ago before I finished autowatering set up! They were definately thirsty! Lol!

Putthataway · Aug 20, 2024

cannafarmer420 said:
They are in coco not soil

What herbal said I don’t know anything about mixing coco and soil.

newgrowth99 · Aug 20, 2024

BackwoodsCultivation said:
Looks dry to me, here is a before and after of my gals. This was about a week ago before I finished autowatering set up! They were definately thirsty! Lol! View attachment 2250006 View attachment 2250005

Would a close up photo of the soil help?

HerbalEdu · Aug 20, 2024

Putthataway said:
What herbal said I don’t know anything about mixing coco and soil.

same i have no experience with soil coco mix, they may require more frequent watering than 100% soil

BackwoodsCultivation · Aug 20, 2024

newgrowth99 said:
Would a close up photo of the soil help?

It would greatly, dig around a bit for us too if the roots aren't all the way to the surface yet!

HerbalEdu · Aug 20, 2024

get used to the weight of pot when plant show sign of thirst, and weight after watering it's a good way to know when to water.

newgrowth99 · Aug 20, 2024

BackwoodsCultivation said:
It would greatly, dig around a bit for us too if the roots aren't all the way to the surface yet!

Yeah I can see a few roots, not sure how clear they are in the photo.

The soil feels a little dry to the touch, but not excessively

HerbalEdu · Aug 20, 2024

it look wet on top in the middle around the trunk and dry on border.

BackwoodsCultivation · Aug 20, 2024

Yeah I have to agree looks a tad wet still, I've grown in soil and coco, Coco always dries faster but the retention was not much worse than with soil. I would water tomorrow morning instead of tonight, personally.

newgrowth99 · Aug 20, 2024

HerbalEdu said:
it look wet on top in the middle around the trunk and dry on border.

BackwoodsCultivation said:
Yeah I have to agree looks a tad wet still, I've grown in soil and coco, Coco always dries faster but the retention was not much worse than with soil. I would water tomorrow morning instead of tonight, personally.

Thanks for you input, I'll reassess tomorrow

In the better news I have a little plant next to it that's looking much better

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