Hazardous Fumes Affecting Plants?

My question is simple - do you think/know whether hazardous fumes can affect plant growth? Let me explain...

I have many healthy plants (aurora indica, white rhino) that are in the process of being sexed right now. I switched to 12/12 about a week ago. The plants are growing in my basement with proper ventilation and air flow. I use FF soil and nutes and never overwater or overfert. I'm careful with the soil PH and only water with bottled water which has a neutral PH as well. My lights are 400 MH and HPS, each in the different stages. I've put a lot of time and thought into getting everything right and have learned over the years. The only element somewhat out of my control are bugs, which I keep an eye out for.

Anywho..., the plants are about 12" and looking great! They're bushy as hell and growing vigorously...except for one plant. This plant is all droopy and the fan leaves are curling downwards. There's also some brown staining on the leaves. She is a female and just looks sickly as hell, while the others seem fine. Here's where my question comes to play...

I've been doing some basement work and have been using chemical strippers near the plants. I'm quite diligent about using hazardous chemicals safely, so I've been making sure to get extra air flow and ventilation while using the strippers. I also clean up VERY well when I'm done with a particular section. All that being said, could the vapors negatively affect a plant and ultimately kill it?

I don't know if I can save this one little girl, but I'll try. I was just wondering what you all thought. I'll eventually upload pics, as I want to journal the growth from sexing on.

Thoughts......comments.....

I've added pics of the obviously unhealthy looking plant (now there's another wilting one) and the obviously healthy ones. What do you think? I want to nip this problem in the bud.

Perhaps some pics will inspire a response or two. Give me a minute...

the fumes could very well be harmful. strange how only 1 plant is affected. i have one myself that is having issues, and the rest are fine. i just havnt figured it out yet. yeah a pic would be nice. heres a link to bad room syndrome.
https://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=faq&cmd=article&id=38

They would respond to fumes but all should respond. I've had a few plants that just die for no apparent reason, same soil environment lights. just for no reason.

Grown from seed Im assuming? Sometimes you just get a shitty seed with flawed genetics. If your other plants are all healthy and its only the one plant that is looking bad then I would assume its something other then the fumes.

I've added pics...

Bumpity bump.

kinda looks like over/under watering. and seeing how its only effecting one plant maybe thats the cause..

dull1554 said:

kinda looks like over/under watering. and seeing how its only effecting one plant maybe thats the cause..

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I doubt that it's a problem with water, which is why it's so frustrating...

I water with neutral bottled and half strength nutes. They're all on the same schedule, but I won't water unless the soil is dry and the weight of the pot is light. So I'm thinking it HAS to be nutes or the fumes.

I just switched from Grow Big to Big Bloom so maybe they didn't like it - it's weird. The funny thing is, it's all the same strain that's failing too (the Aurora Indica). It started as one unhealthy looking plant and now, all of a sudden, it's three of them. The White Rhino is unaffected (knock on wood), so maybe it's genetic. I don't know. I'll just keep trying to keep em alive. I'll use straight water, aerate the soil, and keep fresh wind blowin on em. Maybe that'll help...

Anyone else grow Aurora Indica and have any type of genetic problems?

I think the whole crop of that strain might wipe out - they're dying fast. The White Rhino's doing great though...weird!

I was really looking forward to the Aurora too - I heard it was the bee's knees...

Whats the humidity in the room? And have you been poking the soil with anything to loosen it up? (not saying to do this, just asking if you have)

BCtrippin said:

Whats the humidity in the room? And have you been poking the soil with anything to loosen it up? (not saying to do this, just asking if you have)

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I keep the humidity right at 55% with an air purifier in the room. And I aerate the soil occasionally by poking at it. You think that could pose a problem? Perhaps damage the roots?

Twistyman said:

Years ago I was growing a plant and it started to sag and look like shit.. I asked my old man (farmer) what it could be... he looked around and said move * that.... I did and the plant was fine in a day or two....
*Glade air freshener cone....

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Nice! Placing an air freshener or manipulating air quality in a minor way seems innocent enough, but after some thought, it could certainly cause harm to the plants. Hmmm.....

Even though I don't have air fresheners in there, perhaps it was the stripper/paint fumes that harmed them.

If you have a digital pen that does ph and ec I would test some water before watering the plant write it down add water to plant when water fills up the drain tray stick the pen in and see what it reads. But when your leaves cup up thats high ph cup down low ph I have seen this before all the plants received the same water and one got weird some plants are more fragile then others and show signs quicker remember their sensitive girls GOOD LUCK

jrh72582 said:

I keep the humidity right at 55% with an air purifier in the room. And I aerate the soil occasionally by poking at it. You think that could pose a problem? Perhaps damage the roots?

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I dunno, it just kinda looks like some roots might have got damaged while poking at those plants. It just almost looks like they arent pulling enough water for the leafs.

Just a thought, because even with the fumes, after you aired out the room real good the plants should recover fast, and any new growth shouldnt show any signs of the stress.

It just seems weird because as you say its been isolated at first to one plant, then the one strain. Is it possible that you may have tried to aerate the soil in all those plants in an attempt to "save them" from getting damaged?

Anyways, if you did break a couple roots while poking around its not the end of the world, they should recover fast after the next watering.

BCtrippin said:

I dunno, it just kinda looks like some roots might have got damaged while poking at those plants. It just almost looks like they arent pulling enough water for the leafs.

Just a thought, because even with the fumes, after you aired out the room real good the plants should recover fast, and any new growth shouldnt show any signs of the stress.

It just seems weird because as you say its been isolated at first to one plant, then the one strain. Is it possible that you may have tried to aerate the soil in all those plants in an attempt to "save them" from getting damaged?

Anyways, if you did break a couple roots while poking around its not the end of the world, they should recover fast after the next watering.

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I water tomorrow and I'm not going to feed em. Hopefully a nice rinse will help. I'll also check the PH of the runoff, but the soil shouldn't be holding enough nutrients to alter the PH. FF makes good shit. I'll keep exploring, but they certainly got worse today. Oh well, I have others. I'll let you know how they look tomorrow and take some more pics.

Thanks again for all the advice.

Just wanted to check in and see how they are doing?

jrh72582 said:

I water tomorrow and I'm not going to feed em. Hopefully a nice rinse will help. I'll also check the PH of the runoff, but the soil shouldn't be holding enough nutrients to alter the PH. FF makes good shit. I'll keep exploring, but they certainly got worse today. Oh well, I have others. I'll let you know how they look tomorrow and take some more pics.

Thanks again for all the advice.

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