Overwatering/ root damage repair in soil

[Gabe301]

Having trouble uploading my photos but my roots are terrible. I’ve tried transplanting to bigger pots, I’ve tried loosening the root zone then trans planting and I’ve done my best to make sure I’m not overwatering but I’ve seen no improvements. I’m thinking of switching to coco instead of soil. My temps are 80 to 79 and my humidity is at 53. Not sure what I’m doing wrong and now I’m not sure when to water or how to repair the damage I’ve done to my plants pls help

[Gabe301]

[Gator]

Get your pots up off the floor, I've had the same issue growing in my basement, the room may be warm, but I guarantee that the tile floor is cold

[Gabe301]

Will do and thank you

[Bluey]

Getting them off the floor is a good start but those roots look like they may have been root bound.
Also you have some deficiency going on.
I don't grow in soil under lights but I always used much larger pots for soil grows outdoors.
Some here do grow successfully in small pots with soil under lights here but it is one of the more difficult grows to pull off without problems.

[Gabe301]

Thank you, I’m definitely having deficiency issues however, I’m not sure how to correct them, especially since you’ve heard they previously were overwatered in rootbound

[No3odiesShad0w]

For sure get them off the cold tile floor. The cold temps at the roots will ruin anything you're trying to do. Stove the places look okay it's probably the cold floors.
if that doesn't solve it, before your abandon ship and try a new medium, Nature's Living Soil has a product called Soil Revival. I've used that in the past with great success when I had root issues. This should correct any microbes issues you may be having as well a knock out some pests. Just be careful this stuff is potent.
Good luck and keep us updated.

[Gabe301]

Thank you for the help. I will buy some today.💯

[Mollisol]

My tent is in the basement on a concrete floor.

I put it on top of a peice of 3/4 inch foam insulation. Same insulation you nail to the outside of your home under your siding.

I had some extra laying around in the garage. It's not expensive. You can pick it up in 4' X 8' sheets at any home store.

[Gabe301]

Cause of the poor harvest money is kind of tied right now, but I will look into that. Thank you for the suggestion.

[No3odiesShad0w]

Speaking of foam. You know all those flat sheets of packing foam they put into lights boxes, fan boxes, anything else in a square box. I taped some to the blacked out windows in my grow room and I've had better heat retention. The windows are old, weird custom sizes, so difficult to replace, a huge source of heat loss/gain.
Now I'm the summer the room stays cooler longer and the heat stays out and vice versa in the winter. The moral of the story. Foam of any kind is a REALLY GOOD insulator. Though the soft, airy kind works better than the rigid dense one. The many gaps of air each provide a temperature buffer.

[Gabe301]

Having trouble uploading my photos but my roots are terrible. I’ve tried transplanting to bigger pots, I’ve tried loosening the root zone then trans planting and I’ve done my best to make sure I’m not overwatering but I’ve seen no improvements. I’m thinking of switching to coco instead of soil. My temps are 80 to 79 and my humidity is at 53. Not sure what I’m doing wrong and now I’m not sure when to water or how to repair the damage I’ve done to my plants pls help

These are supposed to be at week 4 going on five but I’m crashing and burning. Temps are 78 hum is 36. They are definitely overwatered but I’ve waited 5 days and they are still heavy when I lift

[Bluey]

You need to get your humidity up above 40. Should be closer to 60 at that stage.

Use this chart to plot your temps and RH

https://vpdchart.com/

I suspect your plants are suffering enormously, are quite ill and also extremely susceptible to pests and disease at that low RH.

[No3odiesShad0w]

If they're heavy, don't water. If they're not wilting, you're good. If they've been over watered, they could use a bit of a dry back. You'll see when the first leaf at the bottom slightly wilts, then you can give them a little water. If you do have slimy roots or weird stuff happening, the dry/wet cycle in peat will give them the oxygen they need and fortify them.

Might I recommend some kind of wicking system. You can look up easy to make at home ones on YouTube, you can buy some of you have the funds. As long as you have good drainage in the soil (ie pumice,perlite) you'll never over or under water again. I had many issues with over watering and under watering due to my health and not being home. My friend convinced me to look into wicking pots and it's been a game changer. The plants are perfectly watered all the time. And I can have anyone come and easily fill the reservoir so they stay properly watered all the time. And it doesn't need pumps or water lines. Seems like a too good to be true cheat.

[No3odiesShad0w]

If you do like watering often and/or you're using or going to use bottled nutrients, then I definitely recommend Coco. I think Coco is the superior medium for that grow style while peat shines for the organic, no till, multiple grow scenario.