Letting soil fully dry during flowering.

JJ05

JJ05

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I recently read that letting soil fully dry before watering during flowering makes the flowers stop forming/progressing? Has anyone heard such a thing before?
 
JJ05

JJ05

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Reason I ask is because I’m in week 6 of flowering and I usually water every 2 days but I waited an extra day and a half to let soil dry a bit more to help combat fungus gnats. Will the 1.5 days extra they waited for water hurt flower progression?
 
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cage

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JJ05 said:
Reason I ask is because I’m in week 6 of flowering and I usually water every 2 days but I waited an extra day and a half to let soil dry a bit more to help combat fungus gnats. Will the 1.5 days extra they waited for water hurt flower progression?
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There is research about controlled droughting that suggests it can increase the THC in certain conditions.
But usually if the plant is drooping already and has to go period of time without water/nutrients, it can certainly focus on getting some seeds ready instead of producing alot of seeds. Or buds in our case.
So don't over do the drying, there is other options for fungus gnats.
 
JJ05

JJ05

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cage said:
There is research about controlled droughting that suggests it can increase the THC in certain conditions.
But usually if the plant is drooping already and has to go period of time without water/nutrients, it can certainly focus on getting some seeds ready instead of producing alot of seeds. Or buds in our case.
So don't over do the drying, there is other options for fungus gnats.
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Thank you! Plants today were still very healthy and perky looking! No droop from waiting an extra day and a half for water. I take it if they waited too long for water/food then they would visibly look unhealthy and happy vs how perky and healthy they looked this morning before watering?
 
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cage

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Yes, you probably have decent size pot that can retain moisture long enough.
Againts fungus gnats it's often enough that the top of the soil dries few inches, so the larvae/eggs dry up,
since the gnats lay them in the top soil.
 
JJ05

JJ05

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cage said:
Yes, you probably have decent size pot that can retain moisture long enough.
Againts fungus gnats it's often enough that the top of the soil dries few inches, so the larvae/eggs dry up,
since the gnats lay them in the top soil.
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Hell yeah, thanks again! I won’t do that again but my pot size is 5 gallons and I feed a gallon at a time.
 
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