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Newsgroups: alt.drugs
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From: wmoreno@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (William Moreno)
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Subject: Re: Strange Plant Death
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Message-ID: <1993May3.190756.1181@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
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Date: Mon, 3 May 1993 19:07:56 GMT
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In article <C6GrBt.LID@acsu.buffalo.edu> v129qpm9@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Joseph M Kusumoto) writes:
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>Here is the set and setting:
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>I have an eight inch plant that was growing like a weed until a few days ago.
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>It was started in regular soil from my yard in a two-cup tupperware bowl and
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>the entire thing was transplanted a week ago into an 8in potter filled with
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>potting soil mixed with perlite. I am using a 150 watt grow bulb about two feet
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>from the top of the plant on an 18 hour cycle. It is in a ventilated, 72 degree
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>room and is watered daily. Also, when I made the transplant, I sprinkled some
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>scotts herb and flower fertilizer (18-11-12) around on top of the soil.
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>Question: Why is it dying?? Any help would be appreciated. It appears to have
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>about 2 days left.
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There are a few things that may be wrong:
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1) If the leaves are turning brown or wilting you may be over fertilizing it.
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Solution: Flush the soil of the fertilizer salts with clean water.
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2) You may be over watering. The plant's roots need oxygen.
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Solution: Don't water as often. It's O.K. for the soil to dry out a little,
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just don't let it get to dry.
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3) It may not be dying. It may be in shock from the transplanting.
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Solution: None that I know. All you can do is wait.
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4) The change in the light spectum from natural sun to artifical light can
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damage a plant (not getting the spectrum it needs or the spectrum it is
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used to).
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Solution: Get a different light, or put it back outside.
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5) The soil may have a nutrient difficiency other than what is in the
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fertilizer you are using. (You will have to describe what the plant
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looks like for a diagnosis.)
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6) If the light is on 18 hrs, you want to use a vegetive fertilizer instead
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of a flower ferilizer. Or, turn down the light cycle to 12/12 (light/dark)
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to force flowering (if this is what you want). I do not think this would
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kill it, but I could be wrong.
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I hope this helps.
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Will M.
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wmoreno@ringer.cs.utsa.edu
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Disclaimer: blah blah blah yak yak yak....
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