Overnight change

curious618

curious618

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Last night the leaves were pointing up towards the light. This morning they are super droopy for some reason. Hopefully they bounce back but any advice or feedback? Bag seeds, Happy Frog soil, rain water about once every 5 days right now. 18/6 light schedule. Haven’t fed any nutes yet cause cotyledons are still green. Will be feeding Dr Earth granular once I do start. Thanks in advance!
 

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TheSadBadGrower

TheSadBadGrower

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Leaves will move all over the place in a 24 hour period. Usually when they droop its a sign of needing water or being over watered.
 
curious618

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I just watered on Monday, I may have given too much. They’ve grown a bunch the last week and half or so and I probably thought they needed extra. Y’all think just leave them and let em dry out?
 
BostonBuds

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Have the plants always been in those containers or recently transplanted? The soil appears to be dry but only you can check to see, lift it and see how heavy it feels, you should be able to tell from it's weight if there's water in it. Were the lights on or off when you noticed they are drooping? How do you water, do you fully soak the soil so there's run off? If you had watered on Monday and they were fine yesterday then they shouldnt be "overwatered" now.
 
curious618

curious618

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BostonBuds said:
Have the plants always been in those containers or recently transplanted? The soil appears to be dry but only you can check to see, lift it and see how heavy it feels, you should be able to tell from it's weight if there's water in it. Were the lights on or off when you noticed they are drooping? How do you water, do you fully soak the soil so there's run off? If you had watered on Monday and they were fine yesterday then they shouldnt be "overwatered" now.
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They have been in these pots the whole time, 2.5G pots. I have been watering only towards the center of the soil, where the seedling is to avoid over watering. I don’t water to run off. Lights were on when I noticed dropping.
 
BostonBuds

BostonBuds

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The roots are grown and probably reaching around the whole pot by now, it needs to be watered. Water the whole pot until water starts coming out the bottom, make sure there are drainage holes in the pots and they are not blocked.
 
curious618

curious618

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BostonBuds said:
The roots are grown and probably reaching around the whole pot by now, it needs to be watered. Water the whole pot until water starts coming out the bottom, make sure there are drainage holes in the pots and they are not blocked.
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Thanks for the advice. Gave me both a good drink. I’ll update the thread with how they respond. Thanks everyone!
 
hotrodharley

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Ryuazki said:
It’s kind of work if your want to check a need for water and your a not familiarly with weight. Using both techniques at once
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Learn from this then. When you transplant and before you water pick it up. Then water and pick it up again. Finger checks or watering on a schedule leads one to post on here asking WTF.
 
Cinco

Cinco

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Ryuazki said:
It’s kind of work if your want to check a need for water and your a not familiarly with weight. Using both techniques at once
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I definitely wouldn’t trust the finger test, maybe my hands are calloused but I can’t tell shit. Water the plant to overflow, then feel it. Or even weigh it. This is its watered weight. Let it go until it’s dry and just about to droop, and feel or weigh it again. This is the dry weight.

From then on, water somewhere in between. You’ll just be able to lift the plant and instinctively know pretty quickly.
 
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