Here's Why Your Plants Are Growing So SLOWLY 🐌
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this video, we explore the phenomenon of stunted plants in the garden. If you have lovingly planted your seeds, transplanted your seedlings outdoors, only to have your plants take a nap, this video is for you. Learn the many possible reasons that your plants are not growing as quickly as you'd like and how to fix it!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Transplant shock
1:09 Temperature
2:10 Container size
3:01 Picking early fruits
3:31 Nutrients
4:37 Poor light exposure
5:50 Naturally smaller varieties
6:28 Pests
7:20 Poor drainage and compacted soil
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This is some really good information. I’m a seasoned gardener. There’s nothing this young man said that is wrong. Very concise and to the point I’m a new subscriber. Why? This younger crowd seems to be in tuned with nature. Well, at least the ones that care about gardening nowadays. Good for you young man!
Thank you for the kind words!
Just subscribed myself for pretty much the same reasons! 😊
Agree, new subscriber thanks to your kind words.
also we had a really cold spring in California this year.
Miracle grow! Lmao 🤣 nutrients! Feed the soil, not the plants. Elaine Inghams soil food web system is the best system I found in my 35 years of growing. But you need a microscope..
Love this. No opening song, you were fast and to the point. This is how it should be. Good tip about not walking on the garden. THANK YOU. Subscribed and liked
thank you for mentioning again , and again , and again.,,, that I need to be patient after transplanting outside... that rush and flow of indoor spring growing grinding to a halt once out there always gets my attention,... yet thanks again for the visual of them roots finding space and home in the soil prior to growing up... always key to remember..
I have to remind myself every year 😅
grow them fast and strong and transplant only once (for almost all plants) nice and young into soil, with right conditions of course.
NOTE: Full sun does not mean full 8+ hours of sun in zone 9 and above unless you are growing cactus. Some peppers require far less sun and heat than others and heat is a killer.
This white sun is going to scorch this summer
Had to plant my peppers under the mesquite tree in Tucson
@@BFjordsman My Primotalli peppers seem to like the shade way more than the sun. I think they had more than they needed back in Jan on the side of the house. They get sun burnt.
I'm in zone 9a south Texas. The sun and heat are brutal here. If I left my plants stay in full sun, the plants and fruit would be scalded easily in a short period of time. Shade cloth is a must.
@@brichter4669 some of my pepper plants were losing leaves in Jan with a few hours of Jan sun. They do much better in almost full shade.
So much great information packed into this short video. So glad I took the time to watch it. Everything you said makes sense.
Will be looking for more in the future. 💚😊💚
Great video, and love the way you keep run time down and just stick to facts and great tips, no padding. Well done, subbed.
I put the most beautiful plants in my garden that I started from seed. The last bed I planted were the jalapeños. 3 hours later we had the hailstorm from hell. A month later they are looking better and starting to bare fruit. I honestly think my harvest wont even come close to last years harvest.
Keep on GROWING (~);}!!!
Good info! I suspect transplant shock is why my turmeric isn’t growing tall, they look healthy but just isn’t getting taller than 6” lol
Most universities have soil testing for 15-20$ if you want to get faster results you can always do a slurry test with the same water you use to water your plants and you can build a nice guide from it.
Just answered why my transplanted peppers are not setting new fruit...I just picked the large pepper off the plant that set before I even transplanted it...looking forward to it now focusing on some new growth. Thanks!
Most precise video ever! Thank you
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Awesome video I’m happy to find this channel!
Just started growing food this year and I’m already blown away.
Welcome to the gardening community! Glad you found a reason to start :)
Wonderful, useful information. Well presented.
This was a great and well-informed video. A lot of videos I found regarding "how to make your plant grow faster!" is a lot like the videos of "how to make your hair grow stronger"! It's a lot of cool-looking or strange hacks that really have no basis or point. This was a great "This is WHY, and this is HOW." Thank you so much!!!
What a great, concise description. Thus was terrific information.
Thank you! Glad you thought so :)
I normally don't like using extra products (especially not animal byproducts) but I kid you not... I pretty much cured my transplant shock issues with fish emulsion fertilizer. There was an organic farm near me that always had amazing seedlings. I noticed that their seedlings would always outperform any others by far. So I asked how they did it and they said a couple days before they sell the seedlings, they hit everything with a nice round of fish fertilizer. I've started using it on all my seedlings and transplants and it makes such a big difference, particularly with my peppers!!! Also I tried biotone for the first time this year and that seemed to be pretty helpful with transplant shock and early stage vegetative growth as well (need a bit more testing to be sure though). Assuming I obey basic transplanting rules, I've essentially eliminated transplant shock which is something I really struggled with in years past. Anyone else had luck with this?
If you used fish emulsion and bio-tone, you are introducing a lot of nitrogen to the soil. I found compost has similar benefits and mitigates transplant shock. The two tomato seedlings I transplanted with compost, are doing really well. If you have extra compost, add half an inch to an inch now, to introduce more nutrients for the rest of the season. As your plants start to flower, start to switch to phosphorus and or potassium-based fertilizer, such as bone meal and Langbeinite
Bio tone alone didn't help me.
I use both those with good results also try foliar feeding have had great results w that.
That stanky fish juice adds amino acids well beyond NPK, you may also try some type of liquid kelp as both are commonly blended together. .
@@dantestanley6478is bonemeal alkaline or not?
Already my favorite gardening channel because you’re right to the point!
☺️ Appreciate that. Glad you found us!
Great video!!! Thank you
Thanks for the reassurance. My peppers are stressed! Theyve had crazy times, but theres still plenty of grow season left.
Yep, we are behind with some of our peppers too, they’ll pick up steam any day now 👍
EXCELLENT video!
Thank you very much!
Don’t forget soil pH, especially in containers. That’s a big one nobody seems to talk about.
@@dodril17 which is why he mentioned it…
@@dodril17I don’t really understand why you made this comment. Everybody watching this video is likely somewhat inexperienced, which can bring people to all kinds of issues, and in any case my container grown blueberries definitely need pH monitoring and adjustment.
true and I use. a cheap moisture and pH meter. Peppers like slightly acidic soil like most nightshades.
Very helpful information and elephant ears plant at the background is very attractive,
I lately had this issue with a cucumber. I was helping someone move and since they don't have a gardner I took one plant home. It didn't make it - but I cut it done and the roots are still growing. The other plants had similar issues with the owner after moving.
This was the exact information I needed to understand why some my plants are not doing so good so far, I started my tomato and pepper plants in the sunroom with grow lights in march, I’m in zone 4b , they were very healthy when I transplanted them to outdoor raised beds and pots, bu5 got to much sun and humidity in a short period, after that they didn’t show much growth at first, the tomatoes are now doing great, but the peppers are slow and not very high, they’ve started to flower and some have peppers but very small. I’m going to do as you suggested, patience and regular watering. Thanks for doing this video.
I think my pepper plants are tiny because of lack of nutrients. He mentioned yellowing leaves starting at the base which is what mine are doing, although the tomatoes (same raised bed) are doing a bit better 🤷♂️
@@slowpoke4557 my peppers are doing great, the humidity and temperatures have been high for about a month now, as for my tomatoes they lost a lot of leaves but the fruit is plentiful, I’m going to to limit their sunlight, hopefully they will all ripen on the vine. 😁
New viewer here, thank you for sharing this video. You spoke very well and delivered accurate/fact-based information.
Same.
Great content! 👊🏻🌻👊🏻
whats up man big fan my pepper are doing great because of u!!!!
Glad to hear it ☺️
@@geekygreenhouse 😎😎😎
Appreciate these tips! My peppers have definitely been slow to grow this season so this video is exactly what I needed.
Us too! Every year brings new challenges
I'm from Greece..I have the same problem with peppers too
Us too. Peppers have barley grown at all and they have been in the ground for 2 months.. still green and look good, but tiny.
@@geekygreenhouse How does one explain the Ruth Stout method, whereby hay( grass clippings or straw) are used? Seems to me, plenty say they don't have to water much, since those mediums trap water in...
@@JRESHOW Same here, in Ohio. I bought plants that were pretty large already and yet they are very short. By contrast, got tomato plants the same size and they took right off.
Yup.
Lots of information, perfect delivery. What's not to like?
Thanks for the tips .. I grow south facing due to location.. I grow large growth plants in the back and smaller plants in the front .. unless they like shade, vegetables and flowers. I hope that helps someone.
We have been having a problem with stunted growth on a few of our plants this year. I have been gardening nearly 40 years myself and with my family before that. Our problems ended up to be contamination of glyphosate in our compost and one bogus bag of potting mix. The contamination came in on store bought straw that was not organic and ended up in our compost. The bogus bag of potting mix was name brand but bought at a discount store for half price. We lost a lot of time finding out the causes and replanting where needed but everything is growing like gangbusters now. The rain from the Canadian fires' smoke is helping that.
Thank you for the tips!
Absolutely, hope you found something useful!
Extremely timely. Appreciate that this channel and PepperGeek focus on gardening issues that matter and make a difference. And that will be why both channels will gain more followers as word keeps getting out
I hope so. Their output is top notch
Beautiful plants 🪴
Thanks for visiting :)
Very informative information exactly what I need. You explained it very well in detail very easy to follow not all over the place, I watched lots an lots of gardening videos most is confusing and just not good infor. I usually don't subscribed just the frist video I watched. I knew your content is very good!
Quick tip- go for the tan fabric pots over the black. At least here in Az I've noticed a lot more soil life in the tan. I've moved the black pots so that the sides facing the sun are shaded. Years ago tho I noticed that the plants stayed small or stringy in comparison to tsn😢potted plants. Yet.... I'd like to see what the black pots do in a colder area. They may outperform the tan due to better warming?
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I liked this video, very informative
Glad you liked it!
Good information. Too much rain can do it too. We have been having big rain storms for several days in a row and I think the vegetable plants are either not getting enough sun and/or the water is washing out the nutrients and/or compressing the soil. This has really slowed the growth of fruit and flowers on my tomato plants and peppers as well as strawberry plants. On the strawberry plants even the foliage growth is slowed. Ironically the ones I have in deep water culture hydroponics are growing much faster; probably due to the oxygen in the water whereas the soil can get compressed, supplying less oxygen to roots.
Grind a zinc tablet, and put it into the water, add some magnesium and watch it recover.
cool video, i just started my channel and saw yours in my feed! thanks for the tips!
Lots of good info.... thanks!
Glad you thought so!
I concur
Easy to listen to. Some that make videos are knowledgeable and helpful info but are difficult to listen to as they are "sing-songy" yelling, or talk to fast. I turn them off as it get irritating.
0:44 you said it man. About couple of days ago, i had one of my rose plants which was transplanted a month ago and barely showed any signs of growth. I thought, i may have messed the potting soil and started to remove the plant from the pot. Too my surprise a giant root ball has formed beneath and i could see new white roots sticking out. I put back the plant as it was and within a week the growth took off with new leaves etc.
@5:17 wow
thank you for the info, as we have decided to start some seed in pots outside a few weeks ago
You should try to plant some garlic in fall in those pots when you are done-- it pops up first thing next year
@@madeinussr7551 Okay, Thanks!
Very helpful video. Thank you tharo plant, if I plant it in very sunny place , will it grow well?
Great video . 1 more thing to add to the discussion is soil ph . If your ph is not correct then your plants will not be able to use the available nutrients called nutrient lock. A ph meter is a good idea . I try to keep a 6.5 to 7 ph in my beds but some plants like a 6 to 6.5 like potatoes and blueberries and can go as low as 5 .
Blueberries can go even to 4.5.
Good stuff. Subscribed with a 👍 on top! :)
I have a few pepper plants that are doing this!
Thank you for the great info! Also, what is that beautiful plant with pink flowers at 7:39?
This explains why the tomatoes I grew from seed in the greenhouse don't seem to be growing very fast. I might have transplanted them a little soon. The starter plants seem to be taking off pretty fast though so it has been confusing me a little bit.
Vitamin B1 or seeweed can help by transplanting.
I skimmed the video....one thing I don't believe was mentioned is that many plants, eg tomatoes and peppers, will start puttin gout blooms when they are still small....I find that if I snip off the blooms or in case of peppers the little round heads forming the pepper early in the season, the plant will be able to put more energy into growing the plant size...it will have plenty of time to put out fruit in july/august.
You missed the bit where he said to remove early flowers!
Great tips on veghie gardening. Ty ☺️ 🌱🌟
Thanks for watching 😊
I got three plants, in a crested gecko vivarium, and they died back upon planting them into the tank, transplant shock I believe, and now they're trying to regrow, but the the new growth halts just after it sprouts. It doesn't always die off, it just stays as ungrowing sprouting tiny growth. The new growth that does eventually wither is then replaced with new new growth that won't develope. It's two nerve plants and a Begonia rex. The other plants in the vivarium are doing great. It's driving me mental.
Beets/leeks/carrots will survive in cool spring weather, but without a lot of sunlight, I find they ground slowly, if at all for months.
This is a very valuable video , I have been fighting very slow going bell pepper plants and trying to trouble shoot . Out of 30 ! I have one that’s looking like it’s bouncing back . We here in zone 8 in Texas had a late 3rd week cold front hit and of course I planted second week of April 🙄 so I believe that’s what happened to me . They look like they are trying to go but I have had what I think is bird damage as well so it’s been a fight . This is my first year trying and althou I’m sad about it it’s def been a huge learning experience ! Ty for this vid ! ❤️🙏🏻 we are all one
In my experience, bell peppers are just extremely slow growers. I've grown a variety of peppers, all of which are really slow growers, and bell peppers are the slowest I've encountered.
Also, if you see any flowers this time of year, pinch them off. It's too hot here in Texas right now for them to fruit consistently, and it's waste of the plant's energy. They'll likely fall off on their own anyways, but pinching them off speeds up the process and forces the plant to focus on long-lasting growth.
They do seem to grow slow and for me I have yet to experience a plant produce much more than two peppers in a season. I’m gonna try pruning the budding fruits early on this season per this video’s suggestion! 🤞
Mine are doing better after transplanting to larger pots and feeding them Vitamin B1 and better soil using Fox Farms Ocean Forest and Happy Frog. I do use Neptune Harvest liquid fertilizer now that they are flowering. Some pepper plants do not get very tall. My habanero is getting huge!
So glad you mentioned aphids. My okra plants basically stayed the same for almost a month after transplanting, so I checked under the leaves and found aphids. Without wasting a minute, I squished them and applied glue to the base of the stem just above ground level. Now, just 3 days later, there is already a huge noticeable growth in the plant size, with new foliage coming forth!
Aphids can be a problem of too high nitrogen in the soil
What kind of glue?
This guy said to just let nature take its course, but leaving it 1 day and I went from 3 to 30 bean pants snipped.
An aphid infestation can go from not a problem to being a big problem fairly quickly when their eggs hatch out.
Their numbers tripled over the last few days on my black eyed peas. I’ve been blasting them off with water but they come right back.
I’m waiting on my Castile soap to get here, then I’m going to try a soap, vinegar, water mix on them to see if that knocks them out.
The plants are growing vigorously and the aphids love the tender young growth and the ants are herding them right to it
Yes please What Kind of Glue? Please explain this process
@@gardeninggirlct @jeremysmyth8839 I had typed a reply to jeremysmyth and clicked the send button, but it disappeared. Probably because it had the amazon link. Sorry about that. The glue I used is Tangle-trap sticky coating. First I gently squished all aphids I could find under all leaves, then made sure that no leaves/branches of my okra plant were touching the ground or any other plant/thing. That left the stem as the only route for ants to reach the leaves. Then I applied the sticky coating glue around the base of the stem, roughly an inch above the ground, about an inch wide. Reapply every 3-4 weeks as the plant grows, as needed.
I would recommend applying the sticky coating glue on every okra plant after the true leaves show as a proactive preventive measure, instead of waiting for an aphid infestation to occur and then scrambling.
We have had rain almost everyday since may zone 5 everything in my garden is stunted.
i would also add too much sun for early phase of seedlings. i did it second year in a row with tomatoes.
i think i have found the culprit for why my tomatoes are growing so slowly, even my $5 tomato plant i got from the nursery is struggling with this Miracle-gro In-ground soil. the tomatoes just don't like the coarse material in this soil and i will be switching it out for potting soil that i know worked well with last year's tomatoes
What's the mounded white ground cover in the background?
Ours has been the overwhelming heat and drought we got hit with. 😢 We didn't plant too early for anything, but we had one of the driest June's on record, then getting torrential rain the last 2 days. Basically everything has been hit hard.
Yes, our weather has been erratic the past 2 years too. Thankfully the plants can be pretty resilient, but it isn’t ideal
Hello from Portugal, my name is André and I would like to know how many gallons is the first growbag that appears in the video. Thanks
This is a great video
Sadly none of the tips can really help me now. Compared to last year my plants are struggling hard but it is logical. Last year we actually had a heatwave, with warm temps the plants grew a lot better. Now we're under the climate average and have been for quite some time. Most of my plants, besides brassicas, don't really enjoy 15c during the day and 6c at night. They grow a lot more slowly because of it
And not only has it been colder, it was very wet too. That caused me to keep my seedlings indoors way longer, limiting their space a lot. (Kept them inside because slugs were decimating everything. Even my onions. ONIONS! They are known to be generally disliked if not hated by slugs. I fear they'll be more like shallots...)
Now that it's the end of the season, I had WAAAAY less harvest than I should have... Basically all my plants are big and healthy, but they were stunted somehow in terms of fruit production. I fertilized in different ways, same as I did last year. I watered regularly. The plants were all loving life, and growing nice and big, but never put out flowers until like this past week, and now there's definitely not enough time for them to be viable.
Any ideas on what could cause this kind of stunted plants? Where they're healthy looking but take months too long to put out flowers?
Take a thermometer and check tour soil temp. If it is above 64 degrees at 3 inches green beans are fine.
Excess growth can be slowed by growing crops cooler with increased spacing and using less water, a term called growing “harder.” If space allows, increase plant spacing and if crops can take colder temperatures in the 60º F range, you may want to consider this approach.
For me its got to be the soil. Im growing in almost 100% compost I bought from a yard in my area. I grow in raised beds. Almost all the veggies in my garden haven't budged only the flowers grow. I irrigate, fertilize, bio-charred my transplant roots, and the sunlight is better than last year since i cut some shadowing branches overhead. My garden should be thriving. Last year's harvest was good. Not great but decent. Back then I got soil from the same yard except i got 50/50 compost and regular soil mix. This year has been super discouraging. Gonna try my own native soil next year.
We have had the same issue this year with our new raised beds. New soil, poor growth. Over time, you should be able to improve your native soil by amending with relatively small amounts of organic matter. It's scary to bring in soil from unknown sources. Could contain herbicides (as much of the topsoil sold is used for growing grass only). Hope things improve for you!
I noticed that the last several rows of a cornfield seem to have shorter stalks then the rest of the field. Any words of wisdom?
i just stumbled across this video and now im about to run outside real quick 💀
What causes a plant to not respond to about anything you do to it, and watered "city water" but takes off well when a rainy period comes on?
Great video! ❤ You look familiar. Did you have a gaming channel?
Hello from Indonesia
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I transplant shock mine I took it from soil to hydroponic.... It's growing thank god
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what is that plat at 7:30? A Begonia??
OK is it weird, I was just in the garden, looking at the ornamental pepper and wondering why it hasn't grown much?
can you fix any plant that is stunted? or will it never recover?
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My apples just started putting on new growth. Worried for a second. My seed trays are trash. They just flop over outside
I think my soil is too compacted. I have some tomato plants that are much bigger than others.
Definitely possible, doesn't hurt to stick a fork in there and loosen it up. You can also try growing plants that have deep taproots (carrots, parsnips, parsley, etc.) to help open up the soil too.
@@geekygreenhouse Stick a fork in around the plants?
What if I flood irrigate my veggies. I've heard that flooding will compact the soil, thus making it less aerobic. Is that true?
Poke holes around the plant. I have clay soil that I am amending and I have to soak my ground about once a week. I use a pitchfork to aerate. It helps
I put my sweet potato slips in a month ago right before we had a cold wet month. They are still sitting looking very unhealthy. Do you think it was the cold? It’s a new raised bed with mushroom compost and I’m worried they don’t like it. Any info will be appreciated
Sweet potatoes are the last crop to plant. They are extremely susceptible to the cold. In my area, I do not plant sweet potatoes until three weeks after my last frost free date.
Thank you for the reply. I was thinking it was the weather. One week it was 70’s and the next month it was rain and 50’s. Our last frost date is March 15th. I planted them May 29th. The weather here (pacific N.W.)is always very slow going. Stays in the 50’s a long time with rain. Next year I will wait until mid June to plant .
@@smhollansheadthank you for this
This year has been a bust. 18 days no rain, temps in high 80's. Too early for that heat. Seeds planted, watered 2x a day, 1x before work, when I get home, but soil is dry as a bone. Seeds not germinated, transPlants not growing for over a month. Usually a 2 week inaction after transplant. This year, they just aren't growing. They are in mushroom manure, have had bone meal, blood meal. Usually, they are jumping out of the ground, not this year. I have short growing season, so this year I'm not counting on anything doing well.
It used to be planting time in Ohio was May 15th. Potatoes and onions sometime in April. This year(like last year) most planting happened in June and even then we experienced several very warm days in a row, followed by rather cool weather for a week(back and forth 3 times). It didn't bother my potatoes or onions a bit. But it did bother the beans, squash and peppers. Funny thing, my tomatoes are going like gangbusters(about 3' tall so far), yet my sweet peppers are only about 12" tall and all planted at the same time.
Sounds like my garden this year. I’ve been gardening for 10 years now and this is the first time I’ve really struggled 😩 my tomatoes have blight and I don’t think I’m going to get any lettuce, spinach, turnips, or chard this year.
Hi, does mung beans grow well in 100% organic soil?
Mung beans are a psy-op invented by Big Meat
Yes peppers. That's what I'm growing
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Or bad seeds. It can happen
"your plants don't like wet feet"
hydroponic gardener: "let's plant this into just water!"
I’m having tons of growth but super low fruiting. I think I need to get a soil test but I don’t fertilize too often either. My garden gets about 7 hours of direct Sun a day. Pot ash I use a lot of. maybe that stunts other nutrients that encourage fruiting?? Not sure.
I'd add a liquid fertilizer (or powder dissolved to water) to solve the situation this season and get decent harvest. Look for a npk fertilizer with a big "K" number (big related to other primary macronutrients). I have had troubles finding good ones but I found a chili fertilizer with npk 6-7,4-11 (brand Green24) and it has worked well with peppers, tomatoes and eggplants! Previously I had fertilizers with too much nitrogen and I grew a jungle or tomatoes but had to prune heavily to be able to manage that in a small balcony... When next season comes you can search for fertilizers that can be worked into the soil to add more K, microbes or whatever people usually do... I have a great source for soil chemistry information in youtube, it's Gardening in Canada. I don't live in Canada but surely the chemistry is the same all over the world!
@@noora7773 that's lots more potash though isn't it?
EARWIGS, went crazy on my cucumbers and parsley in the late of night. NO MORE ,,,,FLAME THROWER!! TheytHEY LL ALSO EAT MARIGOLD
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My 2 cents: do not use tap water on your plants if your house has a water softener system. Last year I transferred to this house which has a water softener, and starting plants from seeds has proven very difficult. Then I discovered water softeners lower the calcium in water but raise the sodium amount, which is no good for plants. I started using collected rainwater and the plants are more healthy.
Chlorine is added to tap water in Britain. Ageing it for a day lets the chlorine evaporate making it more plant friendly
...my tuppence worth!
My peppers not growing and there leafs are yellow I think I’m over watering
Isn't north side of any garden its neighbor's south side?
Planting things in the right time of year for the zone you live in is crucial. Lack of soil biology and high pH was another problem for me. Adding more compost and compost tea added the biology to balance the pH, and viola! My plants started to grow like CRAZY. Adding nitrogen fertilizer is only necessary when you don't have the right microbes in your soil. in nature plants partner with the biology of the soil to take exactly what they need. So no need to worry about over fertilizing. The best solution to pests is GOOD soil with unlocked calcium, healthy plants naturally resist pests. Organic gardening for victory!!
Mine were stunted. After a while they died. Then they caught on fire. Desert gardening is not easy.
😧 Dang, sorry to hear that.
meh, plants don't need time. I find you can get over the situation very very quickly by providing liquid hormones and liquid plant fertilizer on the foliage when the stoma are open (clear nights typically). And you can over water them for sure the first 2 weeks usually results in a faster bounce back. Burnt wood or charcoal-based fertilizer and compost also helps along with soil bacteria. Introducing excess worms helps also. Sometimes misting the plants regularly during the day (allowing them to fully dry also), can help. And sometimes I will mist with 1 drop of soap per gallon of water. This will remove any bugs just-incase. There is TONS you can do. TONS. If you have more time I would hang a black fine net or mesh above the plants to allow them to recuperate in partial sun. You can also water 3x per day for maybe 10-14 days before your plant will really experience over-watering anyways.... so yeah you have a LOT of room for error.
What 100% does not work to recover plants from shock (i've tried):
Salt-based fertilizer specifically phosphorous if you're already adequate
less watering
more sun-light (needs to be slowly increased, better to be part shade during shock)
wrong soil ph levels -> this one is really hard to fix
I've messed up so many plants over the past 18 months trying all these techniques to figure out what works. I tried to grow plants in soil that was over 8 feet below the surface which was 100% devoid of bacteria, nutrients, etc. 100% Clay and that's what led to these discoveries.
oh wow yeah... you addressed some of these points. I didn't see that coming. I commented at the beginning.
Bc you have bad soil or improper moisture
growers are using PGR's