Droopy leafs

[SnickleFritze]

Droopy leafs on plants, been in auto pots for just over a week, plants are 6 weeks old. Ph at res is 5.3 and 5.7 at pots. Ec is 0.7

I know it's either too much or not enough water but how can I tell? Not all leafs are droopy.

Thanks in advance

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[SnickleFritze]

Some with lights off

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[Yozhik]

do you have clay pebbles and air pumps?

 

[SnickleFritze]

do you have clay pebbles and air pumps?

Hi, I have 30% clay but no air domes as heard there's not much difference ?

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[Yozhik]

At first glance, they look overwatered.
But I'm not sure how that would happen in an autopot, when they're self-regulating.

The colour of the leaves looks very healthy.
If they were underwatered, I would expect more discoloration.

That's why I asked about clay pebbles and airdomes, because the roots might be lacking oxygen, if they're just sitting in water.

So, first thing I would check is the auto valve, to make sure its actually getting a little bit of a dry period, and not just completely full, all of the time.

They just look like the leaves of a plant that has just been heavily hand watered, and has that full belly droop.

 

[SnickleFritze]

Yeah I thought that, maybe I should turn off the res for a day or 2 ? The valves are always full or half full when I check never seen them dry ?

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[SnickleFritze]

If it is lack of oxygen is it too late too put air domes in ? Or is there something else I can do ?

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[Yozhik]

If it is lack of oxygen is it too late too put air domes in ? Or is there something else I can do ?

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We're dealing in hypotheticals here, because it might not be a simple lack of oxygen, although that is essentially what over watering is.

BUT, going with the hypothetical premise ...
Could you put air domes in, OR add additional oxygen to the root zone in some other fashion?
Hypothetically, you could; I'm sure of it.

CAVEAT: I haven't made the switch to Autopots, YET. But these are the types of scenarios I have pondered, and pondered ...
From what I have read, one of the greatest benefits of introducing the airdomes, is to minimise the risk of root rot.