So a small update for two of my girls.
First up Bubblegum #2
She is looking perkier than I have seen her in many days. She would perk up a bit each evening, but not like this.
Next up Sneaky B
Also the perkiest this girl has been, possibly since I brought her down to this tent. There are still leaf symptoms all over her and I’m trying to monitor for worsening of those symptoms, but I will happily take perky leaves as a sign of improvement.
For those wondering what I’ve been up to...
I did something experimental and different and I tapped into my roots from my very first job at a flower shop. Here’s the breakdown:
I think the biggest first helper was getting the racks under them. I also chatted with Newty and she said ph was her biggest concern. She recommended a flush, like right away. Well, anyone who has had to flush - it’s a real friggin pain and it takes forever. I also have 5 (five!) sad, over ph girls. Here’s where I tapped into that good ol flower shop experience. Rather than the standard flush treatment, I gave these two girls a ‘heavenly dip’ (enter shed’s trademark circle R here). I filled a bin with 4 gallons of water with 1/4 strength nutes (ph at 5.5). This put the water mark at about 3/4 the height of the fabric pot. I set the plant into the water and let it soak up the water and flush down the ph. The first one I did in increments of 5 minutes (BG2). This didn’t bring the ph down quite as low as I would like, but it was dramatically lower and at least within the ph
guidelines for coco. I finished her with a full strength nute feeding.
When BG2 didn’t die the next day, I decided to try it again with Sneaky B. So the same treatment of 4 gallons of 1/4 strength 5.5ph water. This time I gave her a ‘heavenly dip’ for 10 minutes, 2x. Also finished with a full nute feeding. This one brought the ph down ~0.7 and into the proper range.
I’ve already heard from some “experts” that dipping plants is bad for them. When I ran my idea by Newty, she said Stank has dipped his plants before, for treating pests. My girls were in dire condition. I guess I was willing to risk it based on my knowledge from past experience; plus, I like a good experiment. I’ll keep watching them, but these two have bounced back in a way that will make it very difficult for anyone to convince me that dipping the roots under water is bad for them. This has also made me a believer that runoff ph
does need to be monitored, because these two girls had the highest ph runoff of them all. They have both recovered far better than I’d hoped for and better than any of the others have so far too. It’s a little early for high fives or anything, but I’m so excited to see them happy again, and pretty quickly too. A big thank you to everyone who has stuck around and helped through my droopy, sad lady show. Hopefully we’re really on the road to recovery here.
Happy Gardening!
I panicked a bit with some of mine once (i’m still very new to indoor growing) and moved the light higher. It didnt help and only sufficed to deprive the babies of light when they were trying to recover. I’m no expert about lighting - that’s just an anecdote 
Maybe do it slowly over a few days if you’re nervous about it (I would be!). 
Thanks guys!
...plus, what newty said about Van dipping his and having some problems the first time, he was dipping the foliage ( with the plant upside-down to treat for pests) and the first time he left it too long and burnt it.
it!
Makin room for the C99 seeds when they arrive.
I have a seed I was gifted a little while back that I have no idea when I’ll fit it in, it’ll be fun to watch some grow out and to see how you like it.
