strangebrew Posted May 16, 2005 After doing nothing but sup upon precious cloud nectar for months, one of my broad leaf kat's finally put out some new shoots. Oh the joy, the joy! But all of a sudden, after looking extremely healthy, these shoots have gone very limp and droopy. The horror, the horror! All I've done besides normal watering is water it once with Miracle Grow. Any ideas learned people? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darklight Posted May 16, 2005 Fungus gnats? I had a different species with the same symptoms recently, there's a thread on it at this forum Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyAmine. Posted May 17, 2005 If you think it is fungus nats (fuck'em) but you cant see any larva then slice some potato to about the size of a 50c piece and about 5mm thick. Place it ontop of your soil/medium for about 12hrs then look underneath, you should find some. If your plants are indoors, you can also get an idea from those yellow sticky traps that will catch any nats or other pests flying around, the bright color allows you to see them against the background. They have been helpful in diagnosing pest problems in the past. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
planthelper Posted May 17, 2005 proly root rot. keep dry. move to shadier location, so as to compensate for loss of roots. as often said befor the no 4 narrowleaved is immune against this rot. you can aswell plant the thing into the ground, this helps often because open ground has far better drainage than soaky pottingmix. thats why many people swear on crs (coars river sand). [ 17. May 2005, 14:02: Message edited by: planthelper ] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flip Posted May 19, 2005 First question what has your watering cycle been like? if it's been frequent and you've been keeping the soil moist then you may have a problem If it's been dry and infrequent you will want to give it a healthy drink droopyness is the result of not enough water (read hydraulics) to keep the non woody structures filled up and "firm" it's very stressful for the plant. Fungus gnats are the devils own creation (imho) often it's a good idea to let your soil dry out a bit and avoid using nitrogen rich composted potting soil although these are suckers off the main mother plant they shouldn't be in as great of danger if they were seedlings. In years past, I've lost hundreds of dollars worth of plants due to gnats and nowdays I always add a good old fly strip or two across the pots to pick the gnats off as they do their little mating dances. unless the pot is saturated, or "burned" with overfeeding... seems you just need to give it some water... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strangebrew Posted May 20, 2005 Thankyou all. I'm inclined to go with planthelper as it was doing quite well until I started giving it more water. Probably too much as there wasn't a lot of foliage on the plant. The cooler weather will be causing less evaporation as well. But the spud-test is now taking place! The soil was uncut potting soil as I didn't have any sand at the time. This probably isn't helping either. Do some people just use straight washed sand? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flip Posted May 21, 2005 yeah, seems like a rot problem best to dry the plant out you may even wish to transplant it into a better mix asap. I'm willing to bet the root mass has died back quite a bit do you have a pict? stay away from the commercial compost mixes use a lighter mix with much more sand and perlite make your own this time. [ 20. May 2005, 20:38: Message edited by: Flip ] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
