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I had them on 24 hours of light because they were growing very slowly for the first couple weeks, although now I think that the reason was RH too high (65-70%)Are you fully saturating the entirety of the soil at each watering? Fabric pots are tricky till you figure them out. I don't understand why anyone ever does 24 hours of light... I'd say they are probably stressed from that and look like they may have some watering issues... but need to know your exact watering practices.
Sometimes we need to learn our lessons the hard way!24 hr didn’t help..
you cannot push plants to grow!
patience..
Good to know, I did water them a bit at a time to try and saturate them, but I'll be sure to do it until run-off from now on.FYI if they are super dry you may need to soak them to get them saturated or do a little at a time till it soaks in everywhere, if the soil has become hydrophobic the water will just run past the soil and down the sides... it will take a decent amount of water to saturate those ... did you saturate them after transplanting? Roots won't grow into dry soil, so anything bone dry is basically wasted space.
They have a rotating fan going in there, going add a second fan today. I bought some trays but they're too large to fit all the plants I planned, so I'll need to add them once I sex them and take out the males. For now, I have a shopvac I use to get the runoff.Do you have air circulation? Gonna need to stengthen up those stems. Have you used fabric pots before? They require slightly more frequent watering because they get more air and dry out faster. They may not have been thriving because they are not getting enough water. I tried 15 gal fabric pots last year outdoors and it was not my cup of tea, but outdoor is different. I thought I was watering enough, it was running out and the sides felt damp, but they were not growing as I knew they should be, so I cut a pot off and low and behold the entire bottom 2/3 was bone dry... so I abandoned the pots, dug holes, and my ladies exploded. Not saying fabric is bad, they are great once you get the hang of it, and mine were just too large, I couldn't possibly do the lift test and the wind and sun sped up drying even more. Also, you might want to get some trays for under them because runoff is inevitable and necessary with those. Then once they are saturated they should be good for a few days. Fill an empty pot with dry dirt and feel the weight, do the same with a saturated pot, then you know what you're working with. Don't saturate again till they are light.
What I do with my regular house plants when I neglect them and they get bone dry, is put them in the tub, close the drain and water a bit at a time till they are saturated, and let them sit in the runoff till they stop sucking it up, let em drip off then put them back... I'm talking like 5-10 gallon planters with 3 foot tropical plants... even my little ones sometimes when I'm neglectful.
They're 3 gallon potsFully saturating 5 gallon pots with plants that small will only equal disaster. Not sure why you transplanted in to such huge pots.
They look like they will grow out of it if you dial things in.
They were originally, but had some stretching so I buried more of their stem and then didn't consider it when transplantingIt'd probably be helpful to plant your seeds/seedlings in the middle of your pots as well.
They've spent their whole lives in Fox Farms Ocean Forest/perlite mix, do you think that could be the cause of the N toxicity? Will try out a less hot soil next timeThey'll grow out of it. Looks like minor N toxicity but nothing to be worried about.
Agree with jp on the center of the pot thing
They've spent their whole lives in Fox Farms Ocean Forest/perlite mix, do you think that could be the cause of the N toxicity? Will try out a less hot soil next time
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