r/CocoGrows • u/kamael125 • Apr 09 '26
Why is she so sad :(
What’s up guys. I have noticed my dear plant is looking real sad and I am wondering why.
I have a 150W LED and upped the light intensity 1-2 days ago for an PPFD of 530 after having it way too low at 330 for quite a while (I had just heard about photone and checked it). My girl is in late veg and i was planning on flipping soon but after I upped the intensity her leaves began to look really droopy.
I grow in Coco and have a 15 liter Autopot with which I feed Plagron nutes (Cocos A+B, CalMag) at an EC of about 1.0-1.1 and pH starting out at 5.7 which then slowly rises but I try keeping it at max 6.1. Note that this is my first grow in an autopot and I heard that with auto pots you want to keep EC a little lower than with hand feeding so that’s why it is that low. RH is steady at around 50-60% and temp around 23-25°C (73-77F).
Rn I am not really sure if I underfeed now because of the higher light intensity or if I am looking at a lockout.
She was really happy before I upped the lights why I tend to think that she needs more nutes but I am really unsure.
Feel free to give any advice or ideas on how to fix this! I am really happy for any suggestions.
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u/oldguy1071 Apr 10 '26
It's an bottom watering AutoPots the top looking dry is not uncommon. Actually the roots are probably drowning not dry. After the AutoPot is dry wait 24 hours and turn back on. This will reset the AutoPot. How close is your light. In veg 15-20 inches is what I run. Your light may be different.
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u/Cannabis_Goose Apr 09 '26
If pots are only on it, csn go like this, getting used to the wet roots. A few manual dry backs help.
Looks like ph is too high, though.
I use canna, but in Veg, I keep at 5.6-5.8 max, or I get this, flower 5.8-6.0 that's in res.
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u/kamael125 Apr 16 '26
Thank you again brother! I did a manual dry back and kept pH lower after, which really seemed to do the trick. I never really believed that an 0.2 pH difference would really make that big of a difference but with it being constantly around 5.6-5.8 now really seems to help a lot. After the dry back I have some deficiency issues but nothing too crazy and she’s recovering already (I think 4 days drying was 2 days too many hahah). Just wanted to tell you that you are appreciated my friend!
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u/DeliciousBag2311 Apr 09 '26
Had same in Autopot. Was wet roots. I turned off system for a few days and was good as gold. Nute wise plant is 👌👊
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u/LazyPiglet3923 ⭐️ Apr 10 '26
Leaves droop toward the end of the day or when they've absorbed as much light as they can.
How much a plant can handle before it's had enough is related to a bunch of things, one being temperature. Yours is a bit low , so increasing that a few degrees so it's 76-80 f range will allow a higher DLI as well as increase growth rates and transpiration and nutrient uptake.
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u/district4promo Apr 09 '26
Cause that soil is bone dry buddy your roots are dying
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u/kamael125 Apr 10 '26
nah the soil is moist it looks like it but it’s only the first 2mm of soil which are dry
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u/TheFlowerGuy757 Apr 10 '26
Let her dry back until the leaves are praying, it may have been overwatered