Does anyone else only water upon seeing drooping leaves?

jfarrismu

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Drooping leaves look filled and heavy with water and wilting is wilting idk how to describe it but you can Forsure tell a difference
I guess what I'm trying to say is that leaves will droop (as in start to lower their altitude) before they will full on wilt. I'm wondering if waiting until they start to droop a bit (not full on wilt) would be better (for a novice grower) than to risk overwatering
 

Hollatchaboy

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I guess what I'm trying to say is that leaves will droop (as in start to lower their altitude) before they will full on wilt. I'm wondering if waiting until they start to droop a bit (not full on wilt) would be better (for a novice grower) than to risk overwatering
If you're growing in s living soil, water 5% water to soil volume. If you're using bottled nutes, water to 20% runoff. It's easy once you get it down. You'll get it. Watch your plants as much as possible to learn what they are telling you. Keep a journal with notes so you can reference them whenever you have a problem.
 

PadawanWarrior

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If you're growing in s living soil, water 5% water to soil volume. If you're using bottled nutes, water to 20% runoff. It's easy once you get it down. You'll get it. Watch your plants as much as possible to learn what they are telling you. Keep a journal with notes so you can reference them whenever you have a problem.
Adding more aeration helps too. If you have enough it's hard to overwater.
 

ImpulsiveGrower

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I guess what I'm trying to say is that leaves will droop (as in start to lower their altitude) before they will full on wilt. I'm wondering if waiting until they start to droop a bit (not full on wilt) would be better (for a novice grower) than to risk overwatering
Yes I would say it would be better to have your plant a bit underwatered instead of overwatered if you had to choose. Plus one can be easily fixed and one can’t. Wait for some slight droop but not much at all and then water. Also pick up or weigh your pots. Also measure how much water you give unless you have a shit load of plants.
 

Zephyrs

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Yes I would say it would be better to have your plant a bit underwatered instead of overwatered if you had to choose. Plus one can be easily fixed and one can’t. Wait for some slight droop but not much at all and then water. Also pick up or weigh your pots. Also measure how much water you give unless you have a shit load of plants.
I find that feeling the weight by picking each one up to move tells me all I need to know about when to water next. Of course I move 6 plants twice a day on an outdoor light deprivation schedule. So it basically becomes muscle memory on how dry each planter is. But that's just me :blsmoke:
 

PadawanWarrior

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I find that feeling the weight by picking each one up to move tells me all I need to know about when to water next. Of course I move 6 plants twice a day on an outdoor light deprivation schedule. So it basically becomes muscle memory on how dry each planter is. But that's just me :blsmoke:
You should come over and try that on my 15 gal pots or living soil that has lava rock and pumice for aeration, lol. Lava rock is heavy as fuck.
 

Zephyrs

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