Looks like your soil may be a little hot in nitrogen here, as the leaves are looking super dark army green with that clawing pattern.
If you can, you could always take them out of soil, make a fresh batch with a lighter application of your organic nutes and replant them, giving them a slight water.
Just also wanted to check with the experienced growers here, but how does this sound for a suggestion?
I would transplant immediately into a proper medium with proven success. Root balls don’t like to be exposed without a lag and turn around period so you could basically keep the soil close to the rootball and put that into a proper medium. Within a couple weeks, you should see a drastic turnaround. Some great advice going here Cheers everyone!!!
This is the mix I used. They have gotten nothing but RO water.
six cuft of a mixture of 1/3rd each of Peet, vemricompost and Pumice.
2cup Neem
2cup Kelp
2Crab meal
1 cup MBP (Malted Barley Powder)
1cup Gypsum
1 Lbs Biochar
One lbs Azomite
One lbs Oyster Shell Powder
I started with 1/3 of this mix and two of sunshine #4 in solo cup, 2/3rd of mix and 1/3rd sunshine in 1 gallon pot and full strength in 7 gallon grow bags.
I had over watered when they were in 1 gallon and up potted to 7 gallon to over come the over watering. And then my dumbass over watered when transplanting, I pre-saturated the soil, transplanted and watered the top layer. This is when things took a turn, I kept checking the the weight of the pots and they were heavy so I didnt water. After a week or so with the pots still heavy I took them out side to help them dry up a bit and this is when they took a shit on me. I brought them in, reduced my lights intensity and waited for another week.
At this point, I decided to check soil PH(5.9 and 6.0), I dug down to the bottom three inches and the soil was bone dry in both pots. So I watered them again and they started to look better.
Can EC/PPM be checked in living soil? If so those numbers were 1050ppm and 850ppm.
I’ve flowered worse looking plants. Usually they self correct in the stretch. You’ll be fine and I’ve seen a lot worse. Also, every opportunity is a chance to learn and I bet you won’t do the same thing on your next run.
It also sounds like you have anaerobic pockets. You might want to use a saucer on the bottom and add in some microbes. EM is always a good one to use to help with the hydrophobic soil. Also, if you have the time check out the episode of Shaping Fire with Leighton Morrison about horizonal soil. It is an absolute game changer.
I agree with @DanOg. There may be dry pockets in the medium.
Did you cook the soil long enough before using it?
You may need to use a wetting agent if there are dry spots. Alternatively, you should water the pot very slowly, over a period of time, say 15 to 30 mins. Dumping a lot of water at once will not saturate the pot evenly. You can also try bottom watering.
Do not change the environment of the plant abruptly. Bringing it out and in will stress it. You need to introduce it to a new environment gradually, increasing 1 hour every day.
I’m not sure about peat moss, but I aim for 6.3 - 6.5 pH in soil (coco mix)
I don’t worry about ppm and ec for my soil grow. I pH my off gassed tap water and water the plants.