Oh so add transplant shock as well as improper watering?
Add.. bury that rootball. And if you want to get slick. Cover the top fo the pot with rocks and the plant grows roots under the rocks.
I'd advise against this as novice grower is unable to control watering.
Just pulled up 50 dead plants from a lowspot that had standing water and it drowned the plants.
Lead supervisor of a 33,000 cherry wine CBD farm.
Oh tip. Transplant shock? Use b vitamin suppliment and add silica.
It might also greatly help if he used calmag and pH stabilize the solution.
RE: The Fire OG's are looking up a bit and I got some big roots poking up