What type of medium; soil or hydro? Soil What brand and type of soil? Scotts water keep whatever Indoors or outdoors? inside What strain? dont know How old are the plants? a month or so What type of lights and how many watts? Reptilite Deset 7%uvb How far from the lights? about 3 inches What is your watering frequency and source of water? about every other day and i water them personaly with water that has been set out for about a day What, how much and when was it fed? NPK? well i found out after i bought the fertilizer that it had to be added to the soil and it is 13-13-13 i fed them just today What is the medium/runoff pH and PPM if in hydro? i dont have a ph reader as of today What are the temps and humidity in the room? 70% and i dont know the humidity What size pots? 10 gallon Any bugs? Look real close. no Any other pertinent info? Yes, the leaves are really dry, and i guess you could say flakey. Ive been reading around and couldnt really pinpoint a problem exact with mine. i found out when i went to take pictures that there was a dead piece on one of the upper leaves. A few weeks about one of the branches on the wider plant broke off (dont know why) and around that same time the two begining leaves died on the other plant. I really want these to not die, please help? as you can see the plants are really droopy, its like there sad, and the main stem on the leaves of two branches are like broke so half of the plants leaf is up and then it drops. Hope these pictures hel, and i hope it can give me a straight foward answer. I will be buying new lights tomorrow, can anyone give me some lighting that i should have that wont make me broke and that i can get just around town? Thanks guys. [/IMG][/IMG]
Got any pics? You should probably invest in new lights...I don't know the details of that bulb, but I know that any reptile/aquarium light will give off too much heat and not enough lumens/energy. Invest in some CFLs or HID bulbs, and conduct a search of the boards for more info on each. CFLs are household items and rather cheap, efficient...HIDs will give out more energy with fewer bulbs, but are more expensive/costly to run. That reptile light is probably burning your leaves, thus the dry/flakey leaves that are dropping. It's wattage is probably rather low as well, which doesn't help. You are also watering too frequently...I assume. Every other day is generally too much unless your plant soaks up water like crazy. Stick your finger in the soil to determine how dry/thirsty it is...still wet 1-2" deep, don't water. Wait til it feels dry. You said you had "water keeper" soil, which I assume is meant to lock in the water/hold it for longer...not the best thing when it comes to these plants. Just water less frequently. Overwatering can lead to issues like this. Ph testing is necessary too, to help determine the issue if it isn't light-burn or over-watering. Good luck!
of ourse they do there floresent tubes like the ones in school ..you should get a cool light and a warm white...or just one with blue light ...there great for vegging
The link you sent me is a suitable light - it's comparable to a CFL, just a long tube. However, your cheapest/most efficient option would be to grab some spiral CFL bulbs, straight from Walmart or wherever. At $12 for 3-4 bulbs it's a good deal. When dealing with those, you need to pay attention to the smaller wattage number...the larger number refers to the "incandescent equivilant" which means nothing. Typically you'll get the 26wCFL (which would be 100w incandescent). They come in two spectrums as well, "daylight" and "soft white." Daylight is for veg, soft white for flower, but either one will be suitable for a quick fix. Search the boards for more info (indoor growers section) if you need it. Your plant is severely stretched due to the lack of light...twould be a great idea to get new bulbs in there ASAP, you will notice a great difference. She looks pretty decent otherwise, better than I expected. Just put those new bulbs 2-3" away from her and she'll perk up. Take care of the lights first, then worry about the soil/watering like I mentioned before. She shouldn't be wet all the time - let her dry out a bit before soaking her.