Help my poor purple punch

[Oilcan]

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3 weeks ago my purple punch auto took a downward turn. I’m growing in 5gal fabric pots with happy frog soil and perlite 70/30 mix. I’m using reefertilizer for nutrients and following the auto feed schedule. I thought I may have been over watering. I let her dry up enough but she always is droopy and wilted looking. Once fed she perks up a little then right back to looking like dog shit. I cut the amount down to 2L. I’m on day 53. Soil ph 6.4. Light is 480 watts led at 18 inches.any help would be appreciated

 

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3 weeks ago my purple punch auto took a downward turn. I’m growing in 5gal fabric pots with happy frog soil and perlite 70/30 mix. I’m using reefertilizer for nutrients and following the auto feed schedule. I thought I may have been over watering. I let her dry up enough but she always is droopy and wilted looking. Once fed she perks up a little then right back to looking like dog shit. I cut the amount down to 2L. I’m on day 53. Soil ph 6.4. Light is 480 watts led at 18 inches.any help would be appreciated

I think you should check the weight of the bags before water and after, and then once an hour, remember a liter of water weighs a kilo, if they perk after a water and start drooping soon after, my guess would be that the soil isnt holding enough liquids, the plant isnt getting enough after the initial burst, the weight of the bags will indicate how much they soak up, how fast its been drank and evaporated by the plant and through the bag.

The medium looks high in perlite? with little fiberous matter to absorb liquids, if so you may have water more often, every couple of hours maybe.

You may find that the bag has dry pockets or is very dry to the outer edges of the bag, dig down a little see if you can find overly dry area's.

 

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3 weeks ago my purple punch auto took a downward turn. I’m growing in 5gal fabric pots with happy frog soil and perlite 70/30 mix. I’m using reefertilizer for nutrients and following the auto feed schedule. I thought I may have been over watering. I let her dry up enough but she always is droopy and wilted looking. Once fed she perks up a little then right back to looking like dog shit. I cut the amount down to 2L. I’m on day 53. Soil ph 6.4. Light is 480 watts led at 18 inches.any help would be appreciated

480w light @18 inch away is probly hurting them
. I use my 300w light @ 50/60 % power any higher and the plants would suffer,
Try raise your light and reduce power

It's very hard to overwater fabric pots so I doubt it's that,

 

[Rocket]

Have you tried flushing the plant, and how's the fresh air flow

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

Rule of thumb I follow...if the leaf itself but not it's stem is drooping the leaf is not aspirating the water fast enough thereby weighing it down so I give it less. If the leaf and it's stem are droopy it needs watering, there's not enough to keep the stem turgid and eventually your main stalk will lean over.

 

[Cannaficionado]

also make sure you use a surfactantat least once every few weeks. Helps break surface tension of water allowing to flow through the entire pot, even hydrophobic pockets that develop, all it takes is the pot getting too dry once and I guarantee theres hydrophobic areas below the surface. I use yucca every other week

 

[Oilcan]

also make sure you use a surfactantat least once every few weeks. Helps break surface tension of water allowing to flow through the entire pot, even hydrophobic pockets that develop, all it takes is the pot getting too dry once and I guarantee theres hydrophobic areas below the surface. I use yucca every other week

Thanks for all your advice

 

[Cannaficionado]

Thanks for all your advice

No problem