I Need Help - first time grower

[apexifly]

Strain: Blosser
Lighting:Medium
Grow Media/Soil Mix: Miracle Grow
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Started From:Bought Clone Seed or Clone
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Hello,

I bought two salvia plants from ebay: clones with roots.  Immediately after I received the package, I removed the plant from its humid box and planted them in soil and left it under direct sunlight, as I thought it would need light after being in a lightless box for 4 days (that was a big mistake).  I left the house to tutor these children in math and when I came back 2 HOURS LATER, the plants had completely wilted from their original state and turned blackish brown.  I have pictures below. 

DO YOU GUYS THINK IT IS POSSIBLE TO REVIVE THIS PLANT?

[strawberryfieldsforever]

First, get them out of the sunlight. Second, find something to prop them up with like a pencil or skewer of some sort. Find a plastic bag large enough to wrap around the cup-try misting inside the bag as well. I would leave them like that until they've regained enough strength to stand up on their own. You might lose the foliage, but the plants could still be saved.

[Sea Mac]

Water them! Pull half the leaves off (the biggest ones) then do what she said ...

They need drainage ....

You probably should have put each in a separate mug of water after unpacking (to recover from shock) and waited ...

You probably potted root shocked plants ...

[JustAnotherRegularGuy]

And yes they can be saved if you do what is mentioned above. And if it all fails terribly you can always get new plants from here 

JARG

[bifster]

Throw those suckers in a humidity tent ASAP!  Lots of indirect sunlight on a windowsill, prop them up like everyone said, and hope for the best.  Good luck, and if they don't live, now you know what to do when you get a new plant.

[oBEA5To]

Yah I would put them in a humidity chamber/tent fast and/or give them some good mistings. Salvia is a strong plants i think it will make it but i wouldnt trust ebay that much i would suggest if those plants dont make it get some from good ol Salvia Source!
I bought 4 cutting and so far only 2 made it. (other two died cuz i put asprin in one of the cuttings water and the other died for honestly i dont no what reason)
But stay strong man an i wish u all the luck there is to get those bad boys going and growing!

[apexifly]

The leaves on that plant all dried and fell off.  Is it possible to regrow a new set of leaves and grow taller? or is my plant damaged?

Thanks guys.  I really appreciate all your help.

[oBEA5To]

Naaa man Salvia D is a strong plants. Just keep her in that humidity tent an she will start to sprout some new growths she just needs a lil more care and humidity.
What i did is i put my salvia into a pot and it has no leaves now but i put a two liter bottle over her inside the pot not out like the two liter bottom is stuck in the soil an is digging in it an then got some saran wrap and wrapped it over and taped the loose pieces it works great its about 90%-95% air tight so only has a little bit of air and she doing great. look at my grow log and u will see the humidity tent structure. It works great if she needs some high humidity. But Your plant can still live man

[apexifly]

Here are pictures of those same two plants above. 

Will they survive??


PLANTS IN HUMIDITY ENCLOSURE


PLANT #1 Below


PLANT#2 Below

[JustAnotherRegularGuy]

Honestly it isn't looking that promising. You should cut off the dead black parts. Since the plants were already rooted you may still have a chance, but they still have to get through transplanting shock and are probably still recovering from shipping shock. It looks as if they have gotten much worse since the last pictures and if they are going to recover they need to show signs of getting better, not worse. Really it is just a waiting game, but I would say the odds of these coming back and growing are only around 10%. They still need to get adjusted to their new air environment too and with everything combined on top of that, it may be just too much for the plants to handle now.

JARG

[Sea Mac]

Plant 1 is still looking green.

If you keep the root balls alive they will likely put up new stems. Bare stems will sprout new laves at the nodes.

Keep up hope and just wait. They need light ...

[apexifly]

What type of lighting do you recommend?  artificial or sunlight?

[JustAnotherRegularGuy]

Sunlight is always best if you can get it indirectly and for a long enough period. Otherwise a 23 watt (100 watt equivalent) "daylight" CFL works very nicely for each plant. You need more than 12 hours and ideally 18 hours a day. If you have the time you can also let your plant get indirect sunlight most of the day and then turn on your CFL for only part of the day after the sun goes down (or before it comes up) to get the additional hours of light.

JARG

[FrogI]

I had one that pretty much died off but I kept watering the pot it was in with distilled water and soon another sprout sprang up out or the dirt and is growing rather well now.