How bad is it to underwater?

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Ayokiwi717

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So I know its not good. I just woke up to my bland leaves all drooped and unhappy. So I gave them water, and they all shot back up. I thought at first mabe they were overwatered because my pots just leak water now when I feed them. I didn't think that was the issue since my pot were light, but thought hey mabe it is. Now I hope I just didn't fuck them up to much. Last night they looked fine. Now there back to looking good. How do you guys fish the issue with the soil. Im thinking I may have to water once, give it some time to let it soak in, then give it a second watering. I used to be able to feed 1000ml, now it starts leaking at mabe 200ml.
 
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RadicalRoss

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Better to underwater them than to overwater them, is my understanding. Cannabis thrives in an environment with a wet / dry cycle, so replicating this is our ideal.

Sometimes if you let your pots get really dry, the soil won't absorb water very quickly. What I like to do is just give it a little bit of water, wait 10 or 15 minutes, then some more water, wait another half hour or so, and then finish giving your plants the prescribed amount of water.
 
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youraveragehorticulturist

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The problem with under-watering is that you're always on the verge of what happened to you, wilted plants and hydrophobic soil that repels water.

Wilted plants can be no big deal, up to kind of seriously depending on your grow style. In a soilless mix with bottled nutrients, it's no problem, just water, then feed. If you're trying to use organic methods in homemade soil, it can be a bigger issue.

If your soil gets too dry it can be useful to poke a bunch of holes in the dirt with a bamboo stake or something. You punch through the packed dirt and roots and form new channels for water to get into the soil. Or you can put your pot in some kind of tray or saucer and dump in some water so the soil can suck up water from the bottom.
 
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Wizzlebiz

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How fast do you water?

Many times if water seems to be flowing fast right out of the pot its due to watering to fast and subsequently creating channels in the soil that the water runs right thru.
 
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MICHI-CAN

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youraveragehorticulturist said:
The problem with under-watering is that you're always on the verge of what happened to you, wilted plants and hydrophobic soil that repels water.

Wilted plants can be no big deal, up to kind of seriously depending on your grow style. In a soilless mix with bottled nutrients, it's no problem, just water, then feed. If you're trying to use organic methods in homemade soil, it can be a bigger issue.

If your soil gets too dry it can be useful to poke a bunch of holes in the dirt with a bamboo stake or something. You punch through the packed dirt and roots and form new channels for water to get into the soil. Or you can put your pot in some kind of tray or saucer and dump in some water so the soil can suck up water from the bottom.
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I agree. Have a tid bitt from my methods to add. Homebrew organic soils. I employ a wet dry cycle for maximum root development. My soil becomes hydrophobic in a matter of a few weeks. I gently rake the surface with a common fork bent to about 80 degrees from handle. I also water in steps. Just enough to cover the soil surface. Go away for 15 - 20 minutes. Come back add half the remaining volume and wait again. Add the rest. All are slowly added. Never a flooding. Water until run off. Not a bunch. Just running off. Keep the life in the dirt. Lift pots everyday to get used to wet, dry and getting there weights. Never let over dry. But let it get a touch dry. Roots will grow in search of water. Too dry and the micro roots, brains, begin to die off.

Watch te leaves for water needs as well. When they curl up along the entire length, canoeing, tacoing, They are thirsty. And don't mistake wilting from over watered for dry. Common mistake. Best wishes.
 
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Ayokiwi717

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Merkn4aSquirtn said:
Each time you water, do it enough to get back 15% of what you put in.
Wait some days.. probably 4 and check again.
If the pots light - repeat.
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How long until all leaves are back to normal. Most leaves are, but there is some that aren't. Some of the leaves are extremely dry. Prob to a point were they could crinkle them like a leaf. Im hoping they will be fine
 
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vostok

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Ayokiwi717 said:
So I know its not good. I just woke up to my bland leaves all drooped and unhappy. So I gave them water, and they all shot back up. I thought at first mabe they were overwatered because my pots just leak water now when I feed them. I didn't think that was the issue since my pot were light, but thought hey mabe it is. Now I hope I just didn't fuck them up to much. Last night they looked fine. Now there back to looking good. How do you guys fish the issue with the soil. Im thinking I may have to water once, give it some time to let it soak in, then give it a second watering. I used to be able to feed 1000ml, now it starts leaking at mabe 200ml.
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Increasing Inflorescence Dry Weight by Keeping Ya Babes Thirsty


Conclusions
This study suggested that controlled drought stress can increase the concentration of the major cannabinoids THCA and CBDA and the yield of THCA, CBDA, THC, and CBD in chemovar II cannabis without reducing inflorescence dry weight and irrespective of decreased P n .

These results were achieved by gradually drying the substrate over 11 d until plant WP reached approximately –1.5 MPa during week 7 in the flowering stage. Comparable results can be expected using leaf wilting as a drought-stress indicator with fertigation triggered at a leaf angle 50% higher than in its turgid state.

This method for administering drought stress and the results of this study should be applicable for similar varieties of chemovar II cannabis; however, other chemovars or varieties may respond differently.
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IMO: water by weight lift think then water or not

good luck
 
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