I think I fucked up lol

Alright so yesterday 2 of plants were bone dry starting to droop a lil bit. And I've only fed molasses once. They are 30days old. I have them in a coco, peat moss perlite with gaia green dry amendments with added dolomite and gypsum. My light is on 50% so 300w and they are 25in away. My temps have been a lil high when lights on 82-86 degrees and Rh 48-55%. Yesterday I top dressed some kelp meal, alfalfa meal and oyster shell flour.. and today my Gelato kiss is droopier yesterday. My PHC though is looking great and perked right up.. well in a frantic before work I just transplanted the gelato into a bigger pot. Roots still white and it wasn't root bound, I only watered very little during transplant bc soil was still pretty damp.. idk what to do? Did I make a mistake by transplanting???

Bill_Nye said:

Alright so yesterday 2 of plants were bone dry starting to droop a lil bit. And I've only fed molasses once. They are 30days old. I have them in a coco, peat moss perlite with gaia green dry amendments with added dolomite and gypsum. My light is on 50% so 300w and they are 25in away. My temps have been a lil high when lights on 82-86 degrees and Rh 48-55%. Yesterday I top dressed some kelp meal, alfalfa meal and oyster shell flour.. and today my Gelato kiss is droopier yesterday. My PHC though is looking great and perked right up.. well in a frantic before work I just transplanted the gelato into a bigger pot. Roots still white and it wasn't root bound, I only watered very little during transplant bc soil was still pretty damp.. idk what to do? Did I make a mistake by transplanting???

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I use mollasses in watering very often, feeds the microbes not the plant, too much sugar will cause adverse effect to soil, gets hot. Coco too l suppose. Dont use coco so no idea. But would assume same as peat mix.

Blackstrap molasses has micronutrients like calcium, magnesium, iron, and sulfur. And also is a source of potassium. So I believe it feeds the plant as well as the microbes.. but like I said I've only watered with molasses once and that was 2weeks ago.. and I don't think that would be causing my plant to droop now..

Bill_Nye said:

Blackstrap molasses has micronutrients like calcium, magnesium, iron, and sulfur. And also is a source of potassium. So I believe it feeds the plant as well as the microbes.. but like I said I've only watered with molasses once and that was 2weeks ago.. and I don't think that would be causing my plant to droop now..

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You are literally the Science guy.....

You should already know the answer.

Wizzlebiz said:

You are literally the Science guy.....

You should already know the answer.

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Lmao But I'm literally not a science guy.. And I wish I did know the answer.. What a knock off bill Nye I am, right lol.. I wish I knew. But yesterday was the most water I've gave it and maybe my soil mix I used for it didn't have enough aeration.. I forgot to put in my original post that I'm also using worm castings that I also topped dressed yesterday as well.. think the mix was fr to heavy bc it was taking about 5days to dry out good in one gallon pots only watering with 20-24oz of water ph'd 6.3-6.8 and I do have a accurate 8 soil meter and soil pH is 6.6.. I'm just hopping my uneducated ass didn't screw up by transplanting it into a bigger pot causing less air flow to the heavier soil.. idk though. Shit stresses me out sometimes lol.. any input and criticism is welcomed and appreciated..

I'd chill out hard on your additives on that transplant. If you use good soil, then...yah dial the action back for a bit. Good Luck!

Shes very very hungry for phosphorus. All the signs are there. Its a quick turnaround. She may need more P+ than the phc

Never a bad move to up pot either!

Snoopy808 said:

Shes very very hungry for phosphorus. All the signs are there. Its a quick turnaround. She may need more P+ than the phc

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Ok that makes sense.. I didn't use any amendments with much P only amended 4-4-4 all purpose to start.. but I transplanted it from 1gal to 5gal pot with 1/4 cup 4-4-4 all purpose and 1/4 cup 2-8-4 bloom, along with kelp meal, alfalfa meal and oyster shell flour all at 1/4 of recommendation on box. And like I said I only moistiended the new soil during transplant I didn't water the whole pot thoroughly bc I just watered it in 1gal yesterday and soil was still pretty wet.. would you recommend watering new pot thoroughly? I do have 0-11-0 seabird guano as well that's instant release that I could add to water.. but not sure if I should beings I used the 2-8-4 bloom already.. thanks.

hilltopblazer said:

I'd chill out hard on your additives on that transplant. If you use good soil, then...yah dial the action back for a bit. Good Luck!

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I mixed my own soil this time around with 50% coco loco, 25% sphagnum peat moss and 25% worm castings with added vermiculite, gypsum, dolomite lime and gaia green 4-4-4 all purpose and also very little kelp, alfalfa and oyster shell flour.. but I transplanted it into same mix just added some 2-8-4 bloom this time and more perlite.

Snoopy808 said:

Shes very very hungry for phosphorus. All the signs are there. Its a quick turnaround. She may need more P+ than the phc

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Alright so after work this morning I made a guano tea I didn't steep it very long but I fed both phc and gelato the tea.. just woke up and checked em out. The phc is now praising to the guano God's and the gelato has perked back up a good bit. Hopefully a couple more days it will be thriving again as well.. Thanks a lot, I appreciate your evaluation and willingness to help..