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Mazgoth
Mazgothstarted grow question 2 years ago
I water the plant every 4/5 days,I was using 1.5L but I've seen that the leaves after watering they are turning down but in the next hours will go back again,maybe I was doing too much water,today I use 1L water after 5 days without watering and still the leaves got down once aga
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 2 years ago
Over and under watering can look almost the same and its good to note how to spot the differences. They both will have faded wilty leaves, the "stem" or better known as the petiole that is connecting the leaf to the main plant is how we tell, It will be flaccid/bendy/weak in underwatered plants and ridged/stiff/hard in overwatering. With this in mind plants can be easily overwatered if the medium is holding onto to much and is not draining fats enough. The solution is watering with less more frequently. Its a hard concept to get if you used to overwatering. I have done this a lot in my grows. Mostly I grow outside and I need to overwater my plants or they will die midday as the sun heats up all my balcony pots and plants. when I'm indoors this is not the case and a hard habit to break. Best Of Luck! ***disclaimer, multiple people are answering all questions as there is a contest called GOTM, when a user is selected as the answer they get a point. Please see the contest page for information regarding the details: growdiaries.com/giveaways/GotM-August-2022 Please note, when you reply to anything on the questions part of Growdiaries website, no one will be notified of this. Not even if you use a "@" tag in their name. Best to reach out to them in DM using your inbox, it can be found in the bottom right hand corner of the site. It's the small paper airplane button, it will be highlighted green if you have new messages***
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GrowingGrannie
GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 2 years ago
Hi Mazgoth... one thing you need to stop doing is planning your watering on certain days and in certain amounts... you need to let your plant tell you when it needs watering and how much it needs. Overwatering is a state of being constantly wet and this will really ruin your grow if not kill it altogether... and underwatering can look the same as overwatering, too... Your plant will tell you WHEN to water by being VERY lightweight... so every day, pick up your pot. Does it feel like it's almost lighter than air? If not, put it down and go on about your day. If it does, give it a drink. Water it enough so that water is coming out the bottom and collecting in a saucer underneath. Let that water in the saucer stay there for 15-20 minutes... the soil may drink it back up. If it DOES drink it back up, give it some more... keep giving it water until the soil no longer drinks up the runoff in the saucer and then empty the saucer and go about your day. Check the weight of your pot every day... as plants get into flower, they will need more and more ... but ALWAYS wait until your pot is lightweight before giving more to drink ... (all of this goes for nutes as well)... Good luck!
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Anonymous_2022
Anonymous_2022answered grow question 2 years ago
I had this with a strain and was told to make sure the water wasn’t too cold, for some reason straight out the tap I didn’t seem to like it and I would drope for 20 minutes, when I made the feed and left it to get at room temperature they seem to be a lot happier, but on other news make sure you’re not underwater in that’s quite a long time for such a small pot. Good luck 🌱
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DutchDoobie
DutchDoobieanswered grow question 2 years ago
High Mazgoth, The basic rule is that you give 10% water from the pot volume. So when your pot is 10 liters you give 1 liter water. Between waterings you need to wait till the top layer of the soil is completely dry (3 cm top layer). When the top layer is completely dry you give 10% from your pot volume again and continue doing this till harvest. Happy Growing! 😋
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Mazgoth
Mazgothanswered grow question 2 years ago
I water the plant every 4/5 days,I was using 1.5L but I've seen that the leaves after watering they are turning down but in the next hours will go back again,maybe I was doing too much water,today I use 1L water after 5 days without watering and still the leaves got down once again,I think in next hours or next day will be up but do you think this should be a problem and if yes how to solve it? And yes the soil is dry when I put my finger in maybe not 100% dry but at day 5 it's 80/90% dry
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