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Plant falling from the water weight.

GrowingerFox
GrowingerFoxstarted grow question 4y ago
I sprayed it with water and the plant fell. In another plant in the same grow room I spotted an insect, I'm not sure what it is. Maybe its related. I decided to put sticky traps and I will wait a little longer before watering. Solved it letting it to lean against a stick.
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Plant. Stem - Weak
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GrowingerFox
GrowingerFoxanswered grow question 4y ago
The soil seems dry but if I touch and scratch it with my finger I take dark brown soil and its moist. By the way, what RN means? I cannot find it anywhere on google.
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PTrain
PTrainanswered grow question 4y ago
Maybe quit spraying the plant itself and just water the medium around it. Soil looks a bit dry. I use a spray bottle just to keep the soil moist always just around the plant for the first couple weeks. Avoid spraying the plant, the water droplets can act as a magnifier for the light on the leaves. Just keep that soil moist RN would be best. IMO
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GrowingerFox
GrowingerFoxanswered grow question 4y ago
The 280 characters are really limiting, I cannot express myself well. The plant was doing fine. It's 6cm / 2.5inch tall. I've been spraying it with water, not every day, but sometimes. Today I did and the plant instantly fell due to the water drops weight, I helped it letting it to lean against a stick. When I sprayed the other plants (3 of them) this didn't happen, they have stronger stems, they are different strains though. I also have 2 fans at 100cm / 40inch height, an oscillating one of 20W and a fixed one of 12W. I stop them at night. I've found an insect in the other plant I have in the same grow room, I don't know what insect is but for how it looks it might be a fungus gnat or thrip. For what I read fungus gnats can affect the root system and maybe is why has a weak stem. Thrips in the other hand want flowers, but its too early. I'm not sure if its related, but might. I put sticky traps on all plants and I will wait a little longer before watering to avoid the soil too humid. There is a video, the one on the left, also in the diary.
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