Help! Severe wilting after transplant

[audioguy]

Here's the plant before transplant, not the most well taken care of, but at least decent. You can't quite see, but it's in a 20oz bottle filled with some generic potting soil. The bigger black pot isn't filled with soil yet, just had it in there since it was it's transplant destination and I wanted to see if it fit in the cab.

- 4 months in veg, pruned several times as a bonsai mom.
- fed superthrive and alaska fish emulsion




Here's after I transplanted:



Not so good!

When I transplanted, I did what I always do, fill the new pot about 1/3 with new soil, then put the plant in, then fill around it with new soil. Then I gave it a thorough watering and threw it back in the veg cab. I checked it two days later and it looked like this! I knew it wasn't underwatered since I could still feel the wet soil in the pot, so I assumed it was an overwatering issue. I then dumped out all the soil and transplanted it again into new dry soil, gave it a tiny watering and then threw it back into the veg cab for a day to see if it would improve. It didn't

Here's my soil recipe for the "new soil" that seems to be effective at killing plants so far:

Soil Recipe

1 bag of pro-mix organic (28 liters or 7.4 gal)
9.3 liters of perlite
1/2 cup of blood meal
1 cup of bone meal
1/10 cup of epsom salt

Is there anything I can do? This plant is intended to go into flower in two weeks... it'll really mess up my perpetual schedule if it dies. Obviously it seems to be thirsty but I can't seem to get it to drink. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!

 

[circadian clock]

overfert? its dead probally why it wont take up water.

 

[MJBadger]

My guess is that your additives blood& bone are too strong for 28lts . What your using there on top of an already organic pro-mix is probably burning . The worst time for any plant is transplant & if the roots are disturbed at all you`ll get transplant shock .
There is stuff for transplant shock but i can`t remember what the hell it is in the u s , i take it that`s where you are .
Seeing as the plants still in veg i`d repot with a plainer potting compost & you must keep the roots slightly damp . Tranpiration seems to be an issue as well because the plant wilts when it`s under lights in the cab , try to reduce the heat it`s gettin & think on misting the foilage a few times a day .
Hope she pulls through .

 

[lordofthenugz]

Um... That plant is toast. I recommend going and getting a book on basic marijuana growing techniques, studying it, and following it's instructions exactly. Don't improvise or change anything until you have at least one or two successful harvests.

My .02

 

[Hammerhead]

the soil you transplanted to was way to hot killed your plan. You should have noticed this before it got that bad. I would get a new bag of soil something like happyfrog and transplant again put her back into veg and hope for the best. 4 months veg? your plants should be 3x that size at 4 months veg even with pruning....

Or just start over and learn by your mistake....

 

[Neo 420]

Time to put old yellar down....

 

[Obsidian]

Dead, you actually shock killed the roots.
the amt of nutes looks ok.
the double repot is what did it.
looks like you knocked off to much dirt from the rootball.

 

[187020]

Smoke report?

 

[audioguy]

thanks guys, but geez you're a tough crowd! The plant was that small after 4 months because the space I was growing it in is only that big and I've been keeping it that small on purpose.

I'm harvesting a couple days from now, and this plant is really my first real failure when it comes to growing. Sucks that my soil is too hot though, I already mixed all my promix with that recipe

back to the store!

 

[lordofthenugz]

Smoke report?

LMAO... only thing smokin that is the light!

Seriously though, it may have just been super finnicky about the repot, too hot on the roots, too soon back full blast after trauma, etc...

I'd consider adding an amendment to the soil that keeps it airier like perlite or something else chunky for better drainage so the watering doesn't boil the roots.

What is the temp of the soil when light is on for a while?

 

[vukman]

thanks guys, but geez you're a tough crowd! The plant was that small after 4 months because the space I was growing it in is only that big and I've been keeping it that small on purpose.

I'm harvesting a couple days from now, and this plant is really my first real failure when it comes to growing. Sucks that my soil is too hot though, I already mixed all my promix with that recipe

back to the store!

Would you rather be lied to and be given false hope? I have found that honestly, especially brutal honesty is sometimes hard to take but in the long run, it's the best advice you can get or give......

As for my 2 bits.....what can I say that already hasn't been said?

 

[Sessile G]

Time to put old yellar down....

BRUTAL!!

but true.

or..right now this moment cut the main stem at an 45 degree angle then put in water and trim other growth cut any leaves in half.

mabie it is too late

 

[joe guy]

Let's see u said 4 months veg? That root ball must have been a twisted mess and all bound up.. while I was reading this thread I gt to thinking.
You need to hit ur local hydro shop and pick up few things to get u started first smart pots u said u were using 20 oz cup get #1 smart pots and and a bag of happy frog or fox farm ocean forest (ffof) and get some good ferts try the general organics go kit... everything should be under 60 bucks..

The reason for the smart pot is if ur gona veg so long ur roots will need to be taken care of the smart pot will prune them for you and won't alow the binding u can veg as long as u want.. my bonsi mom is a year in october.. I got 3 #2s for 12 bucks even. Just cut the 1 gal smart pot in half so it will fit in ur cab.

Bag of good soil not that cheap shit.. u will only get out what u put in a 2 cu foot bag is 10 to 15 bucks.. so ur only at 27 bucks now. And using .5 gal pots its gona last for ever too

And the nutes try the go kit has every thing ull need and since ur runnin 1 its gona last u for ever.. its only 40 bucks and the organic is super forgiving I tryed to burn them and couldn't.. try that till u get the swing of things so 67 bucks for damn near of shit to actually grow a good run for undr 70 bucks

 

[MJBadger]

Smoke report?

Tastes like an old dehydrated corpse thats been fried & very harsh on the lungs .

 

[Neo 420]

Tastes like an old dehydrated corpse thats been fried & very harsh on the lungs .

LMAO...


I do not mean to laugh off of the OP ill luck but you can't possibly be thinking of smoking that shit. Like sucking on a old 1968 tailpipe that been rusted....

 

[TribalSeeds]

Smoke report?

thanks guys, but geez you're a tough crowd! The plant was that small after 4 months because the space I was growing it in is only that big and I've been keeping it that small on purpose.

I'm harvesting a couple days from now, and this plant is really my first real failure when it comes to growing. Sucks that my soil is too hot though, I already mixed all my promix with that recipe

back to the store!

What? Too soon?

 

[audioguy]

What? Too soon?

haha maybe! I think it was more the "you need to buy a beginners book on growing" that hurt the most.. lol

btw I wouldn't let my worst enemies smoke that thing!

been trying to avoid the hydro store as much as possible but maybe I'll pick up a few smart pots and some fox farm, but I was really happy to find the pro-mix organic stuff at a local hardware store, is it really shitty soil? I was using Miracle Gro Organic Choice before that and I figured I was stepping my game up!

Also, I'm pretty sure a rough transplant is what killed it now, I was in sort of a rush and I didn't let the rootball dry out much and I wasn't exactly handling it nicely.

 

[hereigrow]

Smoke report?

Lololololol!

But seriously that sucks. Just start over. Unless your dead set on the organic farce; soiless can b much easier to learn with.

Looks like nute burn or maybe some kind of pathogen in your bag of dirt like fusarium wilt...... Better luck next time
B

 

[exploziv]

fusarium manifests slow, they don't wilt and die so fast.

maybe PH/nute shock..

 

[Neo 420]

No no no......lol.... The op used bone meal in the mix. Was way hot. Needed to compost or " cook" before use. That's is the reason....