Watering amount?

BruBud82
BruBud82started grow question 1y ago
Any advice on watering amounts and what to look out for when close to being ready to harvest would be amazing! First time grower kinda winging it. I chose the auto as I thought it would be the best to start with. Pineapple express auto seeds purchased for the next round
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00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 1y ago
watering is a reaction. it's not a top-down thing. you use enough to accomplish the task. You wait for appropriate dryback before you repeat. react to stimulus... Some minor nuances if soil vs soilless but still the same basics. If you react to what you see in a consistent way, you'll automatically do the right thing. if not fully saturating each irrigation (10% runoff in soilless), you were doing it wrong from the start. if inductively choosing when to water, you are doing it wrong from the start.
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Hightai90
Hightai90answered grow question 1y ago
Only water when its dry and not moist and let nature do its thing
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WeedBetweenTheLines
WeedBetweenTheLinesanswered grow question 1y ago
i would definitely listen to organoman on this one man is giving all the advice i didnt get lol i agree you will learn alot more from a photo if you mess her up you can just extend your veg cycle if you mess up a auto you might end up with a severely stunted plant like i did lol do not overwater lol a tip from me is to pick up your pots when you first water and pick them up everyday until it fills like it did before you water or close to it that will give a great estimate on how much water is in your pot and of course you can't go wrong with poking your finger in about first knuckle length high and harvesting can vary based on what effects you want do you want more of a head high then you want cloudy trichomes but if you want couchlock you want more ambers your trichomes will tell you when you are ready but if you dont have a jeweler's loupe or something like it then go off of pistols like he said that will be better than nothing for sure lol alos if you have a decent phone you may be able to take a pic zoomed in and kinda see your trichomes hope it helps gromie👍
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 1y ago
Autos are really not for beginners, you are far better off growing normal photoperiod fems.........you will learn a lot more and they are far more forgiving of any small errors and you also get to decide when flowering occurs and only when you are satisfied with the plants development rather than autos which flower whenever they chose, whereby you run the risk of waiting 6-10 weeks fo dwarf plants to mature their flowers. In my opinion, the only advantage to autos is that you do not have to alter the light timer, otherwise autos do not offer anything above what can already be achieved with photoperiod fems. When it comes to watering, it is quite simple...........water the entire pot enough so that some water comes out of the bottom of the pot, then do not water again until the top inch and a half of the soil is completely dry again, be this one day or ten days. A quick guide as to when to harvest can easily be estimated by the condition of the flower pistils/hairs..........once there are 98-99% brown pistils, you will be entering the harvest zone.
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All_our_small_plants
All_our_small_plantsanswered grow question 1y ago
Hi, so I only water them with water about 7 to 12 days before the harvest, in summer I give them water almost every day and the last 2 - 3 days before the harvest nothing at all. I do this so they don't have too much moisture in the stems and dry better. Autos are faster than photoperiods but they forgive mistakes worse. A photoperiod can be grown until it reaches the desired size if a mistake was made at the beginning, but unfortunately, that doesn't work with autos. However, autos are easier in the flowering stage, especially when you have issues with light leaks in the tent. But in the end, it's a matter of getting used to it, I like to grow both :) Good luck with the grow and enjoy your harvest!
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