Help needed diagnosing sick plant

BurritoBandito said:

My plant went from green and healthy to showing all of the symptoms depicted above over the course of a few days. I'm sure the cold doesn't help, but since the transplant there have been no new or worsening symptoms. This leads me to believe that TwistItUp was correct in his assertion that it was root rot. I would love to give the plant warmth, but a heat pad is not an option in my situation.

Im looking forward to more conducive growing weather. Got a 5 gallon bucket fermenting some fish hydrolysate, and a compost heap getting ready for spring. My next run will be much better than this one was. I didn't expect much planting so late, and to be honest I don't even know why I did it. Boredom I guess.

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ok my mate, if your compost heap is sun facing, you could put your pots on it for warmth (after taking necessary precautions). You know cold roots struggle to complete their functions, if your feed water is freezing that will exacerbate the problem, your plants struggle to use your feed/water and oxygen levels deplete, creating conditions perfect for root rot.

I like that idea of using a compost heap for heat. This heat should not only help the roots but any beneficial microbes
that might be there will also do better with heat. It should be beneficial as long as the heat isn't too intense to where it cooks
the roots. I've seen compost heaps delivered to homes and people spray it with a hose then cover the heap with a tarp and you can see steam.
I would like to think this is bs, but I've been told in the past that a compost pile can even cause a fire. Maybe that's true I don't know.
I saw on a episode of Doomsday peppers where this man and woman made a makeshift hot water heater at their homstead using a compost heap.
There is definitely potential for quite a bit of heat from compost. I cant seem to find that same video. But there are plenty more showing the same thing.
Also when searching for that compost hot water heater video I found something else that really caught my attention that I might like to try. I saw something about using a compost heap to heat a green house. I have a green house that I use late in the OD season to protect my plants from rain. And seeing how you managed to have a plant growing during the winter and your plant appears to be OD. Now you make me want to try a winter crop in the green house, and coming across this compost heap in a green house for heat idea, mmmm. I might just want to try this. ;D

I must admit, that is pretty damned clever Reddan1981. I wish I could find that "like" button. Not sure if it's my browser, or if my post count is just too low. Either way, I like that idea.

TwistItUp, I'd be surprised if it were true that a compost heap could start a fire. It seems to me like the bacteria would die off pretty quickly at those temperatures. Then again there are extremophiles, which can survive in very harsh environments, and my assumptions are often wrong.

I did manage to grow a plant during the winter, but it is pretty scrawny looking. Where I live there have only been a few freezing nights so far, and I'm sure that the shorter days were detrimental. I'm not trying to discourage you from attempting a winter grow, I'd like to see the results of someone with more experience giving it a shot, but I don't think the conditions are optimal.

haha, If I did do it I would probably start with some auto flower strain.
I actual already did the idea with compost this year. But a bit different.
After the OD was harvested I moved a flowering plant from indoor outside and set it on top of the planter the OD was growing it. The old root mass and everything in the old planter was composting and giving off heat. But I'm not sure if it helped or made any difference.
lol, I swear at this point the neighbors must be like, Where does he keep bringing all these plants from! hahaha

That's a healthy looking plant. I can't wait to try again. I don't have the greenest of thumbs, and have a tendency to over-love my plants. This is only my second grow, and the first was not the greatest either. My first grow was done in a closet at my old apartment. I was using florescent tube lights, and a pretty ghetto home made hydroponic system. I had 8 plants and probably yielded less than 2 oz. This time around I only planted the one, and it looks like I'm going to wind up with maybe an 1/8 to a 1/4. That may even be generous. The buds look pretty loose and airy. Maybe they will fill in a bit more, but some of the pistils have already began turning orange. I would like to blame it all on how late I started, and the lack of light, but I've honestly got to say that I did many things wrong. I see some people's first grow and am jealous of their skill. For me there is a learning curve, and I think organic may be a bit more forgiving to my ignorance. I'll probably start a journal on my next grow, so I can collect tips from others along the way. It's hard when you have to hide it from your spouse.

hahaha, I started experimenting with growing bag seeds that I found under the couch cushions.
I kind of remember the same type of feeling about it being hard to hide it from a spouse,
but I was hiding it from my mother and sister, and my sister is quite the rat, and detective.
Year's later and having gotten a medical card growing is now even more fun.
That was 17 years ago when I was the age of 14 when I was sprouting my parents bag seeds that I found in the couch. I'm now 31. Oddly a lot of members on RIU decided I was a new grower the day that I registered on RIU. Like as if I had never been to a website before and know nothing about growing.

My like button showed up. I guess I just didn't have enough posts yet.