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Dan1000
Dan1000started grow question 2 years ago
Hi all, I have an indoor strain growing at the moment on week 6 of veg but haven't flipped yet, are they showing signs of underwatering? I gave them 600ml of pure water 2 days ago and they were really perky but have now slightly drooped a little but pots have a touch of weight?
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Leaves. Dropping off
Leaves. Wilting
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Steek88
Steek88answered grow question 2 years ago
Hi. Usually the leafs would hang like tht with over feeding or watering.. tho they look very healthy try not to water for a few days and let the plant suck all the weight in the pots before watering again
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 2 years ago
Under watered maybe, but over fed with nitrogen, definitely.....symptom of both are drooped leaves. Are you watering to run-off? If not it certainly could be too dry. Watering with distilled water (pure water?) can also be bad, as it can draw out dissolved elements from the plant through "reverse osmosis", again causing drooping. Rember too, if you are growing in soil, it should be a schedule of plain water/plain water/feed/plain water/plain water/feed.....otherwise you increase the risk of nutrient salt build up and/or nitrogen toxicity, especially if not watering to run off each time you irrigate. But without a diary, it is impossible to tell what you are actually doing.
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Sciolistic_Steve
Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question 2 years ago
first, was 600mL enough? did you get runoff or can tell entire volume of soil get wet? (10% runoff for soilles / ensure saturation with soil). If not, correct that bad habit. So, they are larger and with limited info and no diary i'll assume it's just a bit too dry. they are drinking faser and randomly picking a volume of water to give isn't probably underwatering them. You can learn how much water it needs in hindsight only... and experience after that can translate if your substrate is made of same stuff as before.. same proportions of perlite or whatever etc... so, it's good you wait for the pot to get light, then start watering until you get runoff (minimal runoff in soil required and may or may not contain fertilizer, but 10% or more runoff required in soilless while feeding every single irrigation in soilless too.. 1.3-1.5 ec concentration) You then learn a weight at which you want to use as trigger to irrigate again -- in soil, maybe 1" deep is dry... in coco maybe as the top layer changes color or even before that... if consistent with weight, it'll require same volume of water to achive appropriate runoff relative to soilless/soil needs. Now you know how much per pot is necessary and can avoid over mixing fertilizer etc. you can irrigate sooner than these suggestions, but it raises risks of pests and infections... but ppl are successful with multiple irrigations per day - usually have a well-sized pot and soilless/hydro context of course... need some mimimal use of given water before re-irrigation or you will damage the roots. A low water volume capacity substrate with superiour drainage qualities is needed. You might be fine watering at 50% of weight? depends a lot on what makes up your substrate
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GrowingGrannie
GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 2 years ago
You don't have a diary going for this grow? Why not?! There are 3 reasons, in general, for leaves to be drooping - underwatering, overwater (the state of being constantly wet) or nitrogen toxicity. If I had to guess, I'd say it was nitrogen but then no diary = no information. Start one... Good luck!
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