I’ve got a big problem that I need some help on quickly.
I put my plant outside today to get some sun and it was liking it at first, but then I think it got too hot and stressed it out. I have a humidity bag over it to help with humidity.
I come back 20 minutes later and it toppled over and I don’t know what to do. I put it back inside where it’s nice and cool.
Gave her a little water.
Hoping for the best but… did the heat just kill the plant?
It’s 83 degrease outside with RH of 20%. Anyone have any tips for this? What should I do from this point on?
Put some kind of support in the dirt for her to lean on. She’ll bounce back after some time. You have to be mindful around midday. The intensity jumps at the hottest part of the day
Thank you, I did put a little more dirt in the pot to stand her upright.
Should I keep her out of light until she bounces back? Like complete darkness?
I haven’t watered since I planted the seed on Friday.
I was told to barely water seedlings, and keep humidity high around them because they mainly drink from their leaves at first ( correct ? )
The soil has been moist even today, but I did give her a little water when I came back outside and noticed she fell over from the heat.
And are you sure giving her Windowsill sun is a good idea considering she’s heat stressed?
It’s weird because I was gone for only 20 minutes, come back and it fell over, so I hope I caught it in time…
Outside, I would go without any kind of dome. That lets heat get too high and can magnify the light.
Just inside the edge of somewhere that is shady is a good place to get them used to outside. Ambient sunlight is still better than any artificial source. Move them closer to direct sun gradually as they grow.
Is this what you’re asking for?
Can dampening off be caused from heat stress?
Because it was perfectly fine until I put it outside earlier. It was outside for an hour, I checked on it, was fine, come back 20 minutes after and it was fallen over.
1: Yes and No, A now pic same spot with her laying over.
2: Not directly, but if she was overwatered it can certainly accelerate the inevitable. Might be nothing but a breeze blew her over, in this case its possible she’ll gimp back to health. If its pythium, shitcan the soil, clean the pot with bleach and drop another.
Before you asked this, I already propped her up with some more dirt around her to stabilize her back up, but I moved it away and it fell back over again, and I took that last pic.
Also, I thought dampening off was from fungus in the soil that infected the plant?
This is Fox farms ocean forest soil and i did clean the pot very well before I added in the soil.
She got leggy, because she needs more light intensity. What you did is cool, id do the same if I had a leggy one.
Damping off, yes you are correct - soil fungus. Overwatering is the short-bus to a short trip to Camp Pythium(damping off).
Doesn’t matter the Soil, Oceans forest is a little hot to start seedlings in, but that doesn’t seem to be your issue, originally(stretch) or now laying horizontal.
Just trying to help you assess, evaluate and learn.
Okay I got you.
I’m just confused here a little bit.
If she fell over due to being leggy because of low light intensity, how can this be the case if the sun is the best light source you can find? Way stronger than any artificial lighting. How do you fix the issue you’re talking about with the low light intensity if that’s the issue if it’s getting sunlight?
The reason I believe it is due to the heat stress, is simply because it was doing just fine earlier.
It wasn’t until I put it outside and an hour and a half later it fell over.
I think I caught it in time before it got worse, because I was only gone for 20 minutes since the last time I checked on it. It’s also 83 degrease out with 20% humidity. Which is why I put a humidity bag over top and poked holes to allow airflow.
1: See the color shift in this area at basically a bruise, has me concerned but we will watch.
2: Starts below this area note above and below.
3: Injury, if she’s gonna make it or not, pay attention above and below color and thickness changes.
4: If you have a paperclip or some wire handy, bend somethign in this shape and prop this girl up. She’s leggy and top heavy and not gonna stand on her own until she starts building some cells.
She’s survivable but you’re gonna ICU this one for a while.
Thank you for the tips! I’ll keep a close eye on it.
I guess I’m just confused on how to give it more light if it’s leggy.
I can’t put it outside in the sun because it’ll just get hot and stressed again like earlier.
I’m stumped on this
@HMGRWN is giving you the good advice @Adtr.bran . No dome when it’s outside. I learned that lesson the hard way on 3 $12 a piece ILGM seeds 4 years ago. I left the seedlings for 4 hours and they were cooked. When your inside…you need decent light to stop too much stretch when they’re little.
Oh okay, so the humidity dome most likely trapped in more heat?
Also, if you guys reccomend not using humidity dome outside, how else can I raise the humidity around my plants?
I live in a dry and sunny climate.
Humidity is really low here, which is why I thought the humidity dome would work well.
The only “dome” you could have outside is a greenhouse. I’m pretty sure that as long as you keep it watered correctly…it should do fine outdoors…even with low humidity. My friend in Colorado grows outside during the day and brings them in at night at 5500 feet altitude and low humidity most of the time @Adtr.bran
