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BFG420
BFG420started grow question 5 years ago
Day 15 noticing signs of over watering. After transplanting into 5 gal, I watered once every 24 hrs for 3 days with 2qts of water per plant. Definitely made a mistake and didn't let the soil dry out enough and am now seeing a slight yellowing of tips and faint brown spots. HELP?!
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NobodysBuds
NobodysBudsanswered grow question 5 years ago
water fully, or in this case a radius slightly larger than canopy as it fills into pot, but still make sure it runs out the bottom, or you might not be saturating everything underneath the plant. then, wait for it to dry a bit as usual -- top 1" or so at this point is good. feel weight, yadda, yadda, yadda.. yellowing and browning won't be from overwatering. that'll be something related to pH or nutes (concentration and/or ratio). it's early and that's faint at best.. could just be typical growing pains of early leaves and the plant will be more robust in a week that it won't show.... wait and see a tad for sure.. make sure it is getting worse and not just a blemish. if you haven't been pH'in your fertilzied water and your water-only irrigations, do so now... let that clear up first. if you've been fertilizing the entire pot, the roots are likely hitting some minor buildup where roots did not exist before.. give a good run through of entire pot if you think that's okay, then resume the watering that i suggested above. that'll help dilute it back down, if it did happen.. allow your recent behaviour to elminate anything i suggest or someone else suggests... take the least intrusive routes first, especially when you have plenty of time to figure it out.
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Fruitgrower
Fruitgroweranswered grow question 5 years ago
While she's young, in such a big pot. Just a few hundred mls of water will keep her going, the roots grow quicker when searching for water no need to water for runoff at this point, not until she gets much bigger anyway! 🌱👍
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smoke24
smoke24answered grow question 5 years ago
Stop watering and let the top inch of soil dry out, you'll be fine.
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Experimentgreen
Experimentgreenanswered grow question 5 years ago
Hello, My 1 gallon pots often needed watering every day when they would dry out quickly and usually it was only 1 qt to a half gallon needed. But you definitely need to wait until its its fully dry, so maybe it would be every day and a half or every 2 days. Try doing it differently over the next days and watch for improvement...if so you know it's just a water problem and nothing more severe. *i have a mephisto baby right now and I'm very careful with her because I don't want to stunt her. So just keep giving tlc and your plant will pull through. Happy growing
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GMSgrows
GMSgrowsanswered grow question 5 years ago
They look ok. I would completely water the entire soil,when needed then wait till everything is drying out, week or more if it takes that long. No worries of overwatering that way. Cheers
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