Am I over or under watering my plants?

[jordanjordan1997]

I'm not sure what is wrong. I water my plant once a day, maybe every two days and the leaves are wilting pretty bad. The plant is two weeks old. I am using nutrient rich black soil from my backyard so I haven't used any fertilizer yet. Oh, and btw it's just bag seed.

 

[Cpappa27]

The roots are starved of oxygen from the constant watering. Water it till there is a good amount of runoff and then don't wait till it dries out completely bit till the first three inches of the top.of the soil is dry. Also it needs a good feeding, it's starving. . If your using dirt from your backyard then your soil.is alive and has plenty of natural beneficial microbes so using an organic fertilizer would do well in your soil.

 

[Pinworm]

Wow. That thing looks super hungry.

As far as your watering schedule. Stick your finger in the dirt, if the first 3 or so inches are dry then go ahead and water. Or you can do a quick test. Water, then wait and watch closely. When the first set of leaves start to droop, water, then you have a baseline of how long you can wait in between feedings/watering.

 

[Lysergicpt]

I'm not sure what is wrong. I water my plant once a day, maybe every two days and the leaves are wilting pretty bad. The plant is two weeks old. I am using nutrient rich black soil from my backyard so I haven't used any fertilizer yet. Oh, and btw it's just bag seed.

too much water , actually when the plants are that young i allways wait until the pot is bone dry , pick it up and see if it is really light , you can actually once let her start drop from underwater , she will recover in 15 minutes after watering .

Doing this will develop a stronger root system faster. and enables your roots to oxigenate, after you have a stronger root system its harder to overwater. but till they are establish , you better work on the dry side. Cannabis plants genetics thrive on dryer soils than too moist ones .

 

[Lysergicpt]

i forget to mention , that young , but not seedling stage , in that case you can only let the top inchs of the soil dry out , off course , but by that age she already have a deeper root and you can let the pot dry completly

 

[blimey]

Just checking, I see you're using a homemade pot, do you have holes in that for drainage?

 

[jordanjordan1997]

I put holes in the bottom and I'm actually going to transplant it soon.

 

[hrodvitnir]

Chill out a little bit with the watering.
Let the pot dry out a bit between each watering, or the roots will drown.

 

[MD914]

Thats a very hungry little plant...and probably over watered...but whats with the black tape?

 

[old shol4evr]

somebody finally noticed the tape ,i wasn't going to say shit and see how long it would take . great job md914 .best thing for him to do is transplant that thing and start feeding it

 

[old shol4evr]

i would say that sagging stem means under feed and it broke on him

 

[jordanjordan1997]

somebody finally noticed the tape ,i wasn't going to say shit and see how long it would take . great job md914 .best thing for him to do is transplant that thing and start feeding it

You couldnt see it in the picture but there was a bobby pin i had taped because the stem was growing crooked. The plant grew to like 3 inches over night so the stem was thin and growing crooked. The stem is sturdy now and I took the bobby pin and tape off. And also, the picture makes the plant look much more yellow than it is.