Detained
New Member
Strange Plant Death
Here is the set and setting:
I have an eight inch plant that was growing like a weed until a few days ago. It was started in regular soil from my yard in a two-cup tupperware bowl and the entire thing was transplanted a week ago into an 8in potter filled with potting soil mixed with perlite. I am using a 150 watt grow bulb about two feet from the top of the plant on an 18 hour cycle. It is in a ventilated, 72 degree room and is watered daily. Also, when I made the transplant, I sprinkled some scotts herb and flower fertilizer (18-11-12) around on top of the soil.
Question: Why is it dying?? Any help would be appreciated. It appears to have about 2 days left.
There are a few things that may be wrong:
1) If the leaves are turning brown or wilting you may be over fertilizing it. Solution: Flush the soil of the fertilizer salts with clean water.
2) You may be over watering. The plant's roots need oxygen. Solution: Don't water as often. It's O.K. for the soil to dry out a little, just don't let it get to dry.
3) It may not be dying. It may be in shock from the transplanting. Solution: None that I know. All you can do is wait.
4) The change in the light spectum from natural sun to artifical light can damage a plant (not getting the spectrum it needs or the spectrum it is used to). Solution: Get a different light, or put it back outside.
5) The soil may have a nutrient difficiency other than what is in the fertilizer you are using. (You will have to describe what the plant looks like for a diagnosis.)
6) If the light is on 18 hrs, you want to use a vegetive fertilizer instead of a flower ferilizer. Or, turn down the light cycle to 12/12 (light/dark) to force flowering (if this is what you want). I do not think this would kill it, but I could be wrong. I hope this helps. <LINK href="style.css" type=text/css rel=stylesheet>
Here is the set and setting:
I have an eight inch plant that was growing like a weed until a few days ago. It was started in regular soil from my yard in a two-cup tupperware bowl and the entire thing was transplanted a week ago into an 8in potter filled with potting soil mixed with perlite. I am using a 150 watt grow bulb about two feet from the top of the plant on an 18 hour cycle. It is in a ventilated, 72 degree room and is watered daily. Also, when I made the transplant, I sprinkled some scotts herb and flower fertilizer (18-11-12) around on top of the soil.
Question: Why is it dying?? Any help would be appreciated. It appears to have about 2 days left.
There are a few things that may be wrong:
1) If the leaves are turning brown or wilting you may be over fertilizing it. Solution: Flush the soil of the fertilizer salts with clean water.
2) You may be over watering. The plant's roots need oxygen. Solution: Don't water as often. It's O.K. for the soil to dry out a little, just don't let it get to dry.
3) It may not be dying. It may be in shock from the transplanting. Solution: None that I know. All you can do is wait.
4) The change in the light spectum from natural sun to artifical light can damage a plant (not getting the spectrum it needs or the spectrum it is used to). Solution: Get a different light, or put it back outside.
5) The soil may have a nutrient difficiency other than what is in the fertilizer you are using. (You will have to describe what the plant looks like for a diagnosis.)
6) If the light is on 18 hrs, you want to use a vegetive fertilizer instead of a flower ferilizer. Or, turn down the light cycle to 12/12 (light/dark) to force flowering (if this is what you want). I do not think this would kill it, but I could be wrong. I hope this helps. <LINK href="style.css" type=text/css rel=stylesheet>
