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probable overwatering???
probable overwatering???
right, i'll have my first case shots on friday, weve run into a little hitch, i think we overwatered. Heres a quick synopsis of all our problems.
1. The underside of the leaves are showing irregular patchs of black/brown spots and patchs
2.the top side of the leaves has a yellow and browning appearence
3. the leaves are starting to curl downwards slightly.
In the worst case the leaf has actually gone crispy. The plants are currently showing only slight signs but all are showing them to some extent. We initially had the seedlings in a high nut compost the transfered them to 4 inch diam seedling pots using a mix of coco coir and vermiculite. We think the compost is retaining too much water as the roots havent really spread into the coco yet.
The plants now have the 4 set of true leaves and other than this suspected overwatering are growing welled. Although all the signs point to overwatering we havnt been overdoing it, if anything playing cautious. the pots are light and the coir looked and felt only lightly damp.
does anyone think it could be anything other than overwatering??
if it is overwater, will the slightly damaged leaves be recoverable provided the mistake is solved??
if corrected will this damage early on effect the overall chance of growing a good and healthy and strong plant??
lastly if the plant so sensitive to overwatering would it be sensible to go against the normal rules of pot weight and medium dampstead and instead wait until the leaves slighly wilt before watering??
probable overwatering???
right, i'll have my first case shots on friday, weve run into a little hitch, i think we overwatered. Heres a quick synopsis of all our problems.
1. The underside of the leaves are showing irregular patchs of black/brown spots and patchs
2.the top side of the leaves has a yellow and browning appearence
3. the leaves are starting to curl downwards slightly.
In the worst case the leaf has actually gone crispy. The plants are currently showing only slight signs but all are showing them to some extent. We initially had the seedlings in a high nut compost the transfered them to 4 inch diam seedling pots using a mix of coco coir and vermiculite. We think the compost is retaining too much water as the roots havent really spread into the coco yet.
The plants now have the 4 set of true leaves and other than this suspected overwatering are growing welled. Although all the signs point to overwatering we havnt been overdoing it, if anything playing cautious. the pots are light and the coir looked and felt only lightly damp.
does anyone think it could be anything other than overwatering??
if it is overwater, will the slightly damaged leaves be recoverable provided the mistake is solved??
if corrected will this damage early on effect the overall chance of growing a good and healthy and strong plant??
lastly if the plant so sensitive to overwatering would it be sensible to go against the normal rules of pot weight and medium dampstead and instead wait until the leaves slighly wilt before watering??
