Hey guys I'll break it down quick here, this is my first grow It's been a rough learning experience filled with quite a bit of stress but I'm coming near the end of my first grow and I've hit a bit of a snag. My Alex has always been a little droopy but always seemed to grow well, however lately I've been noticing that small portions of a few leaves have been turning a dark color and getting mushy which I understand to be signs of root root/over watering and would also explain the droopiness that has always kind of been present. So today I decided I would do a transplant and water lightly in an attempt to be a little more responsible and timely with my watering. I tried to pop the whole rootball out with as little damage to the smaller roots as possible but in the end did a lot more damage than I wanted since the soil underneath was quite compact and it took quite a bit of effort to get what I did. No damage to the taproot and I understand I will suffer even further droopiness to transplant shock until the large amount of roots I ripped out are recovered. No root rot thankfully as the smell was clean and the roots where all still pretty white-ish, however how compacted the soil was def leads me to believe that not enough oxygen was getting to the roots and that combined with improper drainage was the cause of my long case of droop So I plopped the small root ball back in to more of the same soil, same kind of pot, added a good amount of 15-30-15 flower nute as I'm currently in 12/12, mixed it in the soil evenly as per the directions and poured in about two cups of water on the top with maybe a 1/2 TBSP of 3% hydrogen peroxide to aid in aeration. My question to you fellow growers would be.. Did I handle this correctly? What steps would you recommend I take? Tomorrow I will have the means to pick up Perlite and a good fox farms soil, I have been using kind of a generic potting soil from home depot that doesn't quite seem fluffy enough for me but that had a PH of about 6.5. I had also been growing with one 26w CFL. But now have two 26w and one 30w as well as adequate ventilation after the transplant. Any help would be greatly greatly greatly appreciated.
After transplanting into the FF soil + perlite you'll probably want to hold back on the nutrients for a week to see how your plant reacts to the new soil. That way if you have any issues you'll be able to increase the probabilities of identifying them quickly and clearly. I may be wrong on this but I think a 1/2 tablespoon is too much H202 for a cup of water. A capful of H202 per gallon of water I believed to be the appropriate amount. Best way to get aeration into soil is to allow the soil to dry before watering again. Where I live, due to high humidity, this can take a lot longer than the 3-4 days I see on posts. Also make sure you mix 40-60% perlite into the FF soil =D *and* find a way to put more draining holes in your container or get one that has lots of them. Good luck. peace.
Thanks a lot for that, I'll be sure to keep that all in mind. I'll be getting the supplies today.. so far she doesn't look any worse so we'll have to see how all this takes.
Just a quick update to give you guys an idea of what I'm looking at. It doesn't look like mold, it just looks like random small points on the plant are yellowing.. it almost looks as if someone dabbed bleach on the surface of some of these leaves Sorry for the large size but it's to make up for the lack in quality, hopefully you can make out what I mean. Thanks for the help!