So this is my first ever attempt at growing. Just germinated a seed for fun and it did really well so I decided to just go for it. Planted it, it grew really well but then I let it stay in the small pot for too long because I didn't have time to go get a big pot. So I believe it ended up getting root bound because it started to droop and the bottom leaves started to shrivel at the tips.
Anyways I ended up getting the new pot like two days after that started. I put it in the new pot and it grew no joke like a couple inches overnight. But the shrivelled leaves didn't recover. The ends that were shrivelled dried up and got crispy, but the rest of the leave was still good. Anyways after I put it in the big pot it took off, which I expected. The funny part was I had the shittiest little thing rigged up it was literally growing under a crappy little five dollar desk lamp with 1 60watt equivalent led bulb. In a decently cold basement in Canada. Thought I would mention that because I thought it was strange how well it was growing.
So anyways it grew to about maybe 3 inches shorter than what is shown in the pictures. I had been rotating the plant periodically to make sure everything was getting light, even though it didn't show signs it wasn't. Anyways, I'm a carpenter so I decided to make my self a little grow box. I don't want a huge plant so the box is about 45 inches tall. Still need to put a carbon filter in it, that's what the 4 inch hole in the back is for, also gonna put 2 computer fans in it.
ANYWAYS, hopefully somebody takes the time to read this I know it's long as frig. So yeah, I put the plant in the new box, a couple hours later I could tell it was loving the extra light. But I had also bought a new timer for the box, a digital one, but ended not pressing a button that needed to be pressed for the timer t work right. So it didn't shut off, and the plant ended up staying in the light for like 36 hours or something. But from a few things I've read that shouldn't really affect anything and that sometimes people actually do that purposely for various reasons. But either way, when I checked it the next day. I realized what happened, and saw that the leaves had all drooped. And one leaf actually moved straight up and was touching the leaf above it. So basically the branch stood straight up. Anyways that's gone now it went back down.
But yeah so it's been like 3 days now and the leaves still haven't perked up. And then I just went and looked at them and there was like wrinkles or bubbles on a few of the leaves. Hopefully you can see it in the pics.
Also I should mention that the next day when i opened the box it was a fair bit warmer than in the rest of the basement. The light don't produce heat like I can hold them while they are on, but it's warmer because I've got that shiny thermal wrap on the sides. So I thought maybe it had something to do with that, or maybe the box being closed was causing more humidity than the plant was used to since it spent all its life in the basement at like 20° Celsius. So after I noticed the drooping and the light issue. I fixed the timer and the door is left open until I can get some fans in there. Also I'm not under watering and I'm not over watering. I water when I stick my finger in and it's dry down to an inch or 2. When I water I get good run off, it starts to run out the bottom around like 5-10 mins after i water it. There's perlite in the soil and I also added some unpainted aquarium rocks into the soil too, to help with drainage. Also I fixed the timer I should mention that. I'm on a 20/4 light cycle, on at 4 am and off at midnight.
Problem is it's been 3 days now and the leaves won't perk up plus the wrinkles I mentioned. Can anyone help me here?
Anyways I ended up getting the new pot like two days after that started. I put it in the new pot and it grew no joke like a couple inches overnight. But the shrivelled leaves didn't recover. The ends that were shrivelled dried up and got crispy, but the rest of the leave was still good. Anyways after I put it in the big pot it took off, which I expected. The funny part was I had the shittiest little thing rigged up it was literally growing under a crappy little five dollar desk lamp with 1 60watt equivalent led bulb. In a decently cold basement in Canada. Thought I would mention that because I thought it was strange how well it was growing.
So anyways it grew to about maybe 3 inches shorter than what is shown in the pictures. I had been rotating the plant periodically to make sure everything was getting light, even though it didn't show signs it wasn't. Anyways, I'm a carpenter so I decided to make my self a little grow box. I don't want a huge plant so the box is about 45 inches tall. Still need to put a carbon filter in it, that's what the 4 inch hole in the back is for, also gonna put 2 computer fans in it.
ANYWAYS, hopefully somebody takes the time to read this I know it's long as frig. So yeah, I put the plant in the new box, a couple hours later I could tell it was loving the extra light. But I had also bought a new timer for the box, a digital one, but ended not pressing a button that needed to be pressed for the timer t work right. So it didn't shut off, and the plant ended up staying in the light for like 36 hours or something. But from a few things I've read that shouldn't really affect anything and that sometimes people actually do that purposely for various reasons. But either way, when I checked it the next day. I realized what happened, and saw that the leaves had all drooped. And one leaf actually moved straight up and was touching the leaf above it. So basically the branch stood straight up. Anyways that's gone now it went back down.
But yeah so it's been like 3 days now and the leaves still haven't perked up. And then I just went and looked at them and there was like wrinkles or bubbles on a few of the leaves. Hopefully you can see it in the pics.
Also I should mention that the next day when i opened the box it was a fair bit warmer than in the rest of the basement. The light don't produce heat like I can hold them while they are on, but it's warmer because I've got that shiny thermal wrap on the sides. So I thought maybe it had something to do with that, or maybe the box being closed was causing more humidity than the plant was used to since it spent all its life in the basement at like 20° Celsius. So after I noticed the drooping and the light issue. I fixed the timer and the door is left open until I can get some fans in there. Also I'm not under watering and I'm not over watering. I water when I stick my finger in and it's dry down to an inch or 2. When I water I get good run off, it starts to run out the bottom around like 5-10 mins after i water it. There's perlite in the soil and I also added some unpainted aquarium rocks into the soil too, to help with drainage. Also I fixed the timer I should mention that. I'm on a 20/4 light cycle, on at 4 am and off at midnight.
Problem is it's been 3 days now and the leaves won't perk up plus the wrinkles I mentioned. Can anyone help me here?
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