Last night I watered 15 plants 10 in 5 gallon and 5 in 7 gallons all felt pots. I have a almost 40/50/10 mix of FFOF/Coco/more perlite. I've been watering every 5-7 days or so. I always want my pots to dry out because thats what promotes root growth the most. I used about 30 gallons of water six 5 gallon buckets. Pots were a little dryer than normal this time since its been like summer and I was 24/0 vegging them for 2 more weeks after transplant. Temps were about 88-92 during the day and the RH was 35%.
Anyway that gives me 85 gallons of soil mix and 30 gallons watered. That gives me a run off of less than half inch in the bottom of the tent liner. That will be dry by the next day. I use a 15 gallon tote and mix nutes and ph everything in that and the 3 5 gallon buckets I'll dump in while I'm pumping that out. Just use a battery powered pump that connects to a full size hose. Otherwise its a bitch to water that much by hand and not being able to get into the back of my tent for the most part. I normally water about 35% of my of soil mass every 5-7 days. Fully water your soil it will still be damp while your roots go hunting for more water. Let the soil dry out so the roots expand more mass hunting for water. I've got some real monsters right now had to cut some back before switching to flower last night even.
Anyway that gives me 85 gallons of soil mix and 30 gallons watered. That gives me a run off of less than half inch in the bottom of the tent liner. That will be dry by the next day. I use a 15 gallon tote and mix nutes and ph everything in that and the 3 5 gallon buckets I'll dump in while I'm pumping that out. Just use a battery powered pump that connects to a full size hose. Otherwise its a bitch to water that much by hand and not being able to get into the back of my tent for the most part. I normally water about 35% of my of soil mass every 5-7 days. Fully water your soil it will still be damp while your roots go hunting for more water. Let the soil dry out so the roots expand more mass hunting for water. I've got some real monsters right now had to cut some back before switching to flower last night even.