BagseedSamurai
Active member
Hi everyone. It has been a while since I have shown my face around these parts. 
I recently planted a feminized strawberry cough bean straight into 3 gallon soil. She has her cotyledons still green, and her first true leaves. Her second set of true leaves are peeking out as well.
The problem here is that the first set of true leaves are drooping downwards, and the plant is having a hard time staying upright (it falls over). It was outside on a balcony which recieves minimal direct sunlight from an east opening, so at first she was in a bad spot for light and stretched. I tried to remedy the stress by placing some more soil around her stem, hence shortening it.
I know without pictures it is hard to tell, but heres the jist.
-Soil Mixture: Big 100 gallon mixture of ingredients. Mainly soil and perlite, with some compost and rhizo and decaying material added to the mix.
-Light: At first indirect, now receives a good 4-5 hours of direct and the rest of the day is indirect.
The thing I think is making for a droop is the varying temps outside. Its gone from 80's in the daytime to 40's at night. Or from 60's in the daytime to just above freezing at night. If the temps get near to32 fahrenheit, I bring them in.
The droop and lean happened after I gave her a good watering yesterday of tapwater.
Any advice? I would hate to lose my ONLY baby. I may throw some beans into dirt just in case this one dies. But I am PRAYING she survives to become a great mom for some clones.
I recently planted a feminized strawberry cough bean straight into 3 gallon soil. She has her cotyledons still green, and her first true leaves. Her second set of true leaves are peeking out as well.
The problem here is that the first set of true leaves are drooping downwards, and the plant is having a hard time staying upright (it falls over). It was outside on a balcony which recieves minimal direct sunlight from an east opening, so at first she was in a bad spot for light and stretched. I tried to remedy the stress by placing some more soil around her stem, hence shortening it.
I know without pictures it is hard to tell, but heres the jist.
-Soil Mixture: Big 100 gallon mixture of ingredients. Mainly soil and perlite, with some compost and rhizo and decaying material added to the mix.
-Light: At first indirect, now receives a good 4-5 hours of direct and the rest of the day is indirect.
The thing I think is making for a droop is the varying temps outside. Its gone from 80's in the daytime to 40's at night. Or from 60's in the daytime to just above freezing at night. If the temps get near to32 fahrenheit, I bring them in.
The droop and lean happened after I gave her a good watering yesterday of tapwater.
Any advice? I would hate to lose my ONLY baby. I may throw some beans into dirt just in case this one dies. But I am PRAYING she survives to become a great mom for some clones.
