wilted plant

[slackerbri]

So there are six sensi-star plants in a chamber under a 600 w/ HPS. They were trimmed down last week after going into flower for a week and everyone seemed healthy and happy. I check on the ladies this morning and everyone is big, perky and happy except for one who is wilting and drooping, she was fine about 12 hours ago at the start of her "day" but now looks sad.

She is growing in FoxFarms Ocean blend and has been fed once with a diluded BioCanna BioFlores solution otherwise just water for 2 weeks prior and a diluded solution of BioFlores before that. She is fed via a res in the bottom of the bucket, one noticable thing is she is taking up her nutes considerably slower then the other plants as I fed her last week with everyone else and she has 3/4 a tank full and the others are at 1/4 tank. I misted her down with water because she seemed dry so hopefully that helps. Her leaves are nice and green and was perky and happy last night. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as this is/was my choice plant in the group.

 

[Blackvelvet]

Can you examine the roots? They should be white and not brown or black. Pay particular attention to the tips.

 

[MynameStitch]

Black you tell me how the hell is he going to examine the roots when it is in soil! Lifting the plant out of the pot can cause more issues and should only be done if transplanting!

Sounds like to me she may need water; if no yellowing or discoloration of the leaves then sounds like she may need water

how often do you water your plants? See without pics it will be hard to tell; because to much water and not enough water can make the plant droop but you can tell the difference by a picture.

 

[slackerbri]

water and pics

water and pics

Thanks for the quick replies. As Stictch said I cant see the roots and dont plan on moving them. I very rarely water my plants(maybe once a week) as they take most of their hydration and nutes from the res thru the roots and this has never been an issue. I wish I had time this morning to take pics but the lights went off, I can take some more this evening after they come back on but hopefully the plant is good and happy again by then. I did mist her down good so hopefully that helps and I also moved her away from the oscilating fan.

So expect some pics in about 11 hours or so, hopefully we wont need them but it'll definately help with the diagnosis.



Thanks again everyone,

 

[MynameStitch]

Once a week? How big are these plants and what size pots are they in?
You said they were fed once? How old are these plants?

They get there nutes from the hydration from the res? You said you are growing in soil how could your plants get water and nutes from a res if you are growing in soil????

 

[slackerbri]

I use the Botanical Brothers self watering pot system. Essentially its a 14", 6 gal bucket with a half-gallon res in the bottom thats refillable via feeding tube that extends up thru the soil, the of the pot above the res is 1.5" layer of Perlite and then soil up to the top of the bucket. The plants get most if not all their water and nutes from the res, they are about a month old, they spent 3 weeks in veg and have been in flowering for about 7-10 days. They are all currently between 24"-27" tall and aproximately 12-14" in diameter.

I've been using this system and the self watering pots work great, six in the room are fine and I would go as far as to say very healthy but this one, which happens to be the bushiest seems to be a lil sad.

 

[slackerbri]

I meant they only got one cycle of nutes. I started them on just water in the res and then a half diluded solution of BioVega and then water again, that was the first 3 weeks then at the switch to flower I fed them water the first feed and then the following week a half solution of BioFlores. So I only gave them nutes once in each cycle, I plan on giving them more nutes as the flower cycyle is considerably longer then Veg. I am mainly wondering why is has not taken up as much nutes as the others.