Plant died in 3 days, yikes

[spysmasherr]

So I had a thread a few weeks ago how great my Gorilla auto and swiss cheese were doing. Last Sunday I changed my water( like every week) with a new bath (same mix) and in 2 days my swiss cheese was dead. My HUGE gorilla right next to it was doing fine. So I took some drastic actions trying to save the Swiss cheese. Fresh water, lower nutrients, extra hydroguard (nervous about root rot which I had last year but this year no problems). No luck. Then I check on them yesterday, Swiss cheese is basically done but I see my gorilla is taking a dive. This gorilla was a healthy monster 2 days ago. Making a few adjustments now trying to save the gorilla. Took out of my closet, got some nice fresh water in. I know we've had a heat wave here which has been reDONKulous and I have no AC in closet/hse/ location. Could a few days of over 90 degrees take the plants out? I have hot days before with out problems but this was a nasty heatwave.
Hate too loose my gorilla since it was huge and in flower.

spy

 

[Chris Scorpio]

How hot was yer hydro water?
I'm new to hydro/DWC but can't see two days toasting them like that
Bubbler still working?

 

[spysmasherr]

bubbler working . Never got a water temp.

spy

 

[vyserage]

Strange. I run RDWC in 82 to 88f water with hydroguard. Tents temp reaches up to 86s but mostly 81f. I can't see 2 days of 90+ killing your plants. Maybe contaminated water somehow?

For them to go bad that fast I'd say your airflow got blocked when you moved them around? (Roots drowned)

 

[spysmasherr]

I am wondering if there was some pathogen in the closet.

 

[spysmasherr]

Oh the pain. The gorilla is dead. Two plants gone in a week.The gorilla was in flower too. So pissed. No idea what did it minus some severe heat.
Gonna cry in my bud...

dlm

 

[vyserage]

That sucks, sorry for your loss Its always a sad thing! Thats really strange, i wonder what happened.

 

[spysmasherr]

Yeah well. Tough year for gardening I guess. My veggie garden seeds (mostly Beans) didn't pop. I think they were old. I got some new ones and planted them two weeks ago. Chipmunks ate my sunflower seeds I planted. Those f*ckers. And my outdoor seeds for the weed have been very slow coming out of the gate. Keep pushing I guess.
spy

 

[Chris Scorpio]

You musta did something goofy for them to just die like that

Strange indeed

 

[spysmasherr]

Not really. Just changed bath and picked a few big leaves off. It is possible that all combined with real high heat might have been enough to tilt the plants in stress. Wish I knew cause I hate to start a new set of seeds without knowing what took out the last batch .
spy

 

[Chris Scorpio]

Well without any pics we cant really help much

 

[spysmasherr]

Got a dead plant. Not much to see. It is pretty drooped over and dried out. Should the roots always be bright white? I did notice a little off white and I think they were always bright white when healthy, no?

spy

 

[vyserage]

Well without any pics we cant really help much

 

[Chris Scorpio]

They just died, so by looking at leaves, burns, etc we may be able to help a bit

Plants don't just die, they need help
Water
Heat
Nutes
Light
Critters

Pics or it didn't happen

 

[spysmasherr]

oH IT happened. I'll take a snap or two. Poor gorilla..

spy

 

[The Germinator]

heat and or nute burn is my guess since you didnt give alot of info...

 

[spysmasherr]

 

[spysmasherr]

Yeah no nute burn. Tips of plants leaves showed none of that. I was running a very conservative low level PPM actually.
spy

 

[Spitz]

Air pump problems?

 

[spysmasherr]

nope