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"Correct" manuel watering schedule in soil (Biobizz Light Mix)

TheHighentist
TheHighentiststarted grow question 3 years ago
What's the right water schedule in soil? Whats your watering schedule? Personally: 11Liter pots/10Kg Biobizz Lightmix (2.6gallon) Water every 3-4day(Till soil dry) 275ML water up to week 6 of veg.(Unknowingly underwater) Im at week 8 and doing 500ml What should i do from here?
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NobodysBuds
NobodysBudsanswered grow question 3 years ago
first, don't try to pick out a volume of water and give it to the plant -- if you go this waay, you'll have to observe until it reaches X-percent of initial mass to learn when to give same volume.. this is more difficult for no reason. there are a ton of variables and nobody is going to be able to calculate anything accurate enough to give you specific instructions. it's much simple to simply observe and react... So, you are in soil.. due to varying amounts of nutrients in any "1" soil product, you also need some trial and error as to how you ramp up fetilization to supplement what is lost from the soil... depending how how hot the soil is and when you start, you may be feeding 1/4 to 1/2 strength to stat... (also depends on how irrational the instructions potentially were.. e..g FF notoriously instructs an overdose, lol) ... if you keep using same products, you'll be to smoothly ramp up and avoid all issues. (assumes consistent, decent products...) fertilize every 2nd or 3rd irrigation. more frequent may have a slightly lower concentation and probably have better results, if splitting hais, but barely discernable in this context. pick what is convenient for you. when you irrigate, always give enough that you get 'some' unoff.... it's important teh whole volume is saturated in a fairly even way. a dry pocket that repeatedly dries up faster and therefore will have solid nutes unavailable to the plant is an opportunity for salt build up ove time -- fast or slow. had it been drunk by the plant, it wouldn't dissolve into the next irrigation + whteve might be in that water. when you are feeding full stength and providing near 100% of what the plant needs through fertiization, start treating it like a soilless grow... get a religious 10-15% runoff and you will maintain a consistent;y fertile soil.... this will help you more quicly adjust your mix to properly feed the plant... one less variable wildly swinging around (substrate EC), salt buildup is nearly impossible to occur with any decent mix of nutes if you adhere to this method. feed every if aound 1.5EC or you can let it continue to ebb and flow a bit more with heavier feeds and more water-only irrigations between. So, it will dictate how much you give, not a number choosen from the ether. To be consistent, feel teh weight of the pot.... if you water at the same weight, it will require teh same volume of water, give o taek. Rate of transpiration in plant and evaporation from soil will dictate this rate... it will speed up over time with more root mass. Use weight as the signal.... can't fail. will automatically keep you aligned with the rate of change.
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crimsonecho
crimsonechoanswered grow question 3 years ago
you say you’re working up to x amount of water, i’m saying you gotta saturate the medium. you are not watering the plant, you are watering the medium and the plant takes up water from the medium, you let it get drier at times so the roots go down and around to find water, then you water again when it feels lighter. you water the medium.
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NobodysBuds
NobodysBudsanswered grow question 3 years ago
*** if you don't feed every time at end. continue to irrigate as before... a little runoff is enough, generally... water does even out on its own in the substrate through cappillary action and absorbant properties of the material etc etc, but that has limits. the faster you dump water the more runoff you probably want because it;ll find nooks and crannies to slip through and moe will un out and less absorbed per increment of time. i dump 1/4 to 1/2 gallon at a time on my 5gal nursery pots, lol... if in a rush... still turns out okay... just to give a frame of reference... extreme behaviour will more likely cause a problem, though.
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TheHighentist
TheHighentistanswered grow question 3 years ago
@crimsonecho I'm running 23-27C Temp Exhaust fan as "humidifier" with an Inkbird humidity controller. So every 3 minute, it runs for 15seconds. (80x80cm tent) 37-42CM Height - Plants have been growing healthy without any signs of mistreatment (other than one drooping episode) 300W LED light - 450-550 PPFD. As you said "500ml in 11l pots sounds like you are still underwatering. i use 1.5l in my 12l pots without any significant runoff." -I'm trying to slowly raise the amount of water, but im still moving cautiously. I'm trying to get to 25-33% (2.5-3.3Liter) pr. watering within the next 4weeks.
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crimsonecho
crimsonechoanswered grow question 3 years ago
there is no right watering schedule. temps, air exchange, plant size, light intensity, plant health are all variables that will dictate your watering. what you have to do is soak the whole medium everytime you water and wait till the pots gets light before watering again. 500ml in 11l pots sounds like you are still underwatering. i use 1.5l in my 12l pots without any significant runoff.
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TheHighentist
TheHighentistanswered grow question 3 years ago
Furthermore, i have not topped or fimmed my plants at any point. Is it too late to do any of these techniques?
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TheHighentist
TheHighentistanswered grow question 3 years ago
Sidenote: I only had one drooping issue, due to under watering (in week 6) Which is why im now slowly increasing the water amount. I am about to flip from veg to flower within a week. Does everything look good? Any tips before flipping?
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