Bottom Leaves Wilting After Transplant?

Doesn't look like anything to be TOO worried about, however my two plants I just transplanted are wilting on the bottom leaves. Ones 2ft ones 2 1/2 ft both of which I tried to break the root ball up a little bit on all sides to promote new root growth. So far its been two days and they are still wilted. The top leaves however are bright green and HUGE. How long will they stay wilted for most likely? Is there anything I can do to make them healthier?

probably just shocked from the transplant. also messing with the roots can cause shock. personally i try to handle roots as less as possible. also make sure you are giving it the proper watering levels. too little water will make the leaves droop. but also too much water can suffocate roots. roots actually need oxygen. if the soil is always too damp then they will have trouble getting it. thats why in hydro the air stones and such are so important. it is also normal for lower fan leaves to die over time.

skiweeds said:

probably just shocked from the transplant. also messing with the roots can cause shock. personally i try to handle roots as less as possible. also make sure you are giving it the proper watering levels. too little water will make the leaves droop. but also too much water can suffocate roots. roots actually need oxygen. if the soil is always too damp then they will have trouble getting it. thats why in hydro the air stones and such are so important. it is also normal for lower fan leaves to die over time.

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This probably sounds retarded but would putting an air stone at the bottom of your planter before you put in the plant oxygenate your soil and increase growth?

That made me smile, thanks, sincerely

Actually that is a very little known trick from soil growers. Putting an airstone in the bottom of soil does help.

found my signature for sure! lol

FlyingOrangeDutchman said:

This probably sounds retarded but would putting an air stone at the bottom of your planter before you put in the plant oxygenate your soil and increase growth?

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no clue, actually never heard of that. i think it would be better to just add perlite to the soil for better drainage. then dont water until the pot is significantly lighter. your roots will get plenty of oxygen that way.

here some wikinfo "Most soils are aerobic. This is important because plant roots respire (that is, they consume oxygen and carbohydrates while releasing carbon dioxide) and there must be sufficient air -- especially oxygen -- in the soil to support most forms of soil life. Air normally moves through interconnected pores by forces such as changes in atmospheric pressure, the flushing action of rainwater, and by simple diffusion."

I took some pictures of the leaves does it look these will bounce back? I checked the soil and it's damp. I watered with 3/4 a gallon of water with 0-5-4 bat guano 0-0-1 seaweed and 5-1-1 fish ferts the day I transplanted them. I'll probably let get dry and then water with reg h20 3x before re-fertilization. This sound like a good course of action?



Thanks for the input guys!

Btw are you for real about putting in an air-stone?

skiweeds said:

also messing with the roots can cause shock. personally i try to handle roots as less as possible.

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Roots that are tightly grown together will not spread out into new soil in a larger pot nearly as fast or nearly as well as they will if the rootball is scored (slightly cut) or broken up around the sides and bottom. Instead of spreading out the roots will continue to circle and grow through each other. Making shallow cuts in the sides and bottom of a rootball the roots will push out into new soil. It is the same basic principle behind air root pruning pots. If the roots are not too tightly bound you can break up the edges and bottom loosening the outer/bottom root ends and they will then spread out into the new soil.

It is something good too do for plants, not something bad.

Brick Top said:

Roots that are tightly grown together will not spread out into new soil in a larger pot nearly as fast or nearly as well as they will if the rootball is scored (slightly cut) or broken up around the sides and bottom. Instead of spreading out the roots will continue to circle and grow through each other. Making shallow cuts in the sides and bottom of a rootball the roots will push out into new soil. It is the same basic principle behind air root pruning pots. If the roots are not too tightly bound you can break up the edges and bottom loosening the outer/bottom root ends and they will then spread out into the new soil.

It is something good too do for plants, not something bad.

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What you said is similar to what I did. One had a pretty solid root ball I broke up sides/bottom with my hands; the other I only had to do the sides. Also should I stop foliage misting?

FlyingOrangeDutchman said:

What you said is similar to what I did. One had a pretty solid root ball I broke up sides/bottom with my hands; the other I only had to do the sides. Also should I stop foliage misting?

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im told to never foliar feed marijuana but i did do it once and it didnt seem to hurt anything. i also took them out of the light when i did it until most of it dried up. however i think theres a good chance thats why your leaves look like that. if using an HID light or sunlight, the intensity can actually burn your leaves if they're wet. especially if it contains nutrients or other chemicals like neem. im not sure about t5s or CFLs cause i never used them. so yeah i would stop foliar feeding. about the roots, i use grow bags and i press around the sides everytime before and after i water so nothing stays too compact. yes it is good to loosen them up, but i wouldnt do any cutting cause you dont want to cut into anything healthy. i would just gently loosen it up by hand. you dont want to shock it too bad. i guess i shouldnt of said i try to handle roots as less as possible, i should of said when needed, i handle roots as gently as possibly. so i also say yes it is something good. it's just some people rush into it too much and damage healthy roots which can cause a lot of stress.