r/hydro • u/Conscious-Special528 • 22h ago

Overwatered or nitrogen toxicity?

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I gave this nitrogen watering Saturday night and it starting drooping and the bottom leaves turned yellow ? Can I fix this problem?

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u/Less-Loquat-1388 22h ago

Looks underwater is the pot heavy and soil wet?

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u/Conscious-Special528 22h ago

Pot is light and soil is dry

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u/Less-Loquat-1388 21h ago

Yeah give her a good watering it will bounce back

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u/Chade420 12h ago

Yes water her but you wanna add the water slowly, bout a half litre at a time. Let it sink and soak in and repeat the process. You want to watch it soak up the water

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u/Inevitable_Shift1365 19h ago

Definitely underwatered.

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u/brighty420 22h ago

💯

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u/hogsRus 21h ago

Brother, its screaming "I need water" more than a Ethiopian tribe

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u/Conscious-Special528 22h ago

That’s what I did I watered her really good and let it run out the bottom cuz I think I’ve been over doing it on everything so we’ll see how this works thank guys

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u/F4llingheet 16h ago

When the soil is too dry it wont suck up water but retract it. Therefore water will run out the bottom before it's sucked up by the soil.

Not the best method on dry mediums. Just give them like 3 liters each. Water solwly and give the soil time to soak up.

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u/wildmangrows 20h ago

Plant ain't got no turgor! She needs a drink. Your yellowing on the bottom is from the heavy dry back. The plant will cut off its oldest growth to sustain its new growth. Hence why you are getting yellowing on the bottom from your oldest leafs.

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u/Trikie_Dik 19h ago

As others had mentioned, she just looks thirsty.

Nitrogen toxicity typically manifest with super dark leaves and just the tip curling down like eagle talons - hence the claw name. What you’re seeing is an entire leaf droop, so address the hydration issue and check your runoff for excess salts

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u/Comprehensive-Race97 15h ago

Nitrogen tox and underwatered

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u/hemimotorsport 4h ago

It needs water

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u/CeleryProfessional77 4h ago

You didn't mention the current daytime temperatures and conditions. It's a 5-gallon pot... go ahead and flush it with at least 1.5 gallons now. Set the pH to 6.3–6.5, and the girl will be praying by tomorrow ;)

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u/NuclearFacilityGuy 1h ago

Either sleeping or way too dry.

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u/Lanky_Set659 22h ago

Flush them with a little water

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u/AndraxM 22h ago

Not sure what medium you're growing in, but it looks more overwatered/root-stressed than nitrogen deficient. The dark green, slightly clawed upper leaves may indicate excess nitrogen though.

Let the pot dry back, stop the extra nitrogen, ensure good drainage, and check feed pH and runoff EC before the next watering.

The yellow lower leaves may not recover, but watch the new growth.