Strange sudden dying in outdoor plant: help

Milo Amoore

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Hey, this is my first post on 420 magazine, but after reading through some of the threads I think I get how to do this.

My plant was doing great. It is an outdoor growing sativa dominant that has been in my garden in Southern California for around 8 months now. It's around 7ft tall, and we were looking to start its budding phase soon. It never had an issue until this last week where it suddenly started: drooping, bronzing at the tips and interveinously, dying off at the bottom, and looking much sadder overall. The plant is in its vegetative stage and has never once started to flower. It has been getting a consistent amount of water its whole life, and never seemed underwatered or overwatered at any point. My mother and I saw this and started think of reasonable solutions, so we purchased a fish-based 2-4-0 fertalizer on the recommendation of the of a garden store employee to try and help it. After applying it improperly at first, but then properly yesterday, it seems to be doing even worse. The soil supports tons of other life in the garden, and the only thing that's really changed in the last two weeks is the amount of light it naturally gets. Any help would be appreciated.

PS The pictures are from this morning. The first picture is of the bottom layer of foliage, which appears to still be healthy despite a bit of wilting.
 

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These pictures are just from a few days ago
 

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Man... let me see if I can call in some help. My first thought is the nutrient since that’s what’s changed.
@Emilya and @InTheShed are my two go tos for advice like this. Shed is in CA so he’d understand the CA outdoor aspect too.
 
Thank you for the welcome! The plant is in the ground. It's never been in a container, and it's all one tree. Let me get a better photo for you.
 

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This is a weed... she doesn't like moist. This explains the droop and why the lower roots have shut down to protect themselves from the flood water. If you have been watering her, at least for now it has been too often, but the hot summer sun may change that. Right now I suspect that the water is not being able to drain away from that area and the roots are struggling because of it.
 
@emily a Ok! Thank you so much for your insight! We just asked the gardener, and he agrees with you that it's an overwatering issue. I hope we didn't do too much harm in trying to save her. The soil isn't exactly sandy, it's more of a regular fertalizer. The ferns are growing fine, if that helps.
 
The plan now is to not water it until the soil is dry, but not cracked!
make sure to check at least an inch down. Just because the top is dry does not mean it’s dry further down! Good luck!
 
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