Overwatered or underwatered? Any suggestions

Dutch_cultivator717

Dutch_cultivator717

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Today is day number 19 for the big girl. They have big growing in fox farm ocean in those containers since seed, and they have only been watered with plain watered ph between 6.5-6.8 and molasses’s, liquid seaweed and Mycorrhizae. I watered Sunday night around 8pm and have a watering tomorrow And water every three days as they are dry. Temps have been between 68-80 during day and 68-70 lights off. Humidity has been a steady 55-60%
Is this underwatered, overwatered or time for a transplant?
 

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jimihendrix1

jimihendrix1

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Transplant.

Get a cheap Lowes/Walmart Moisture/PH/Light Meter, and use the Moisture function. Never let the needle get to Dry. Low Moist only. Dont let them stay wet longer than 3-3.5 days. If plants dry out to much, you risk fertilizer burn when watered again, as it concentrates dissolved solids, and when they are rehydrated, they are concentrated. Add in a feeding at this time, and you have double the trouble.

IMHO from what I can see you plants look great.
 
Dank Bongula

Dank Bongula

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I think your watering is right on. Your plant(s) look healthy and happy so your system is working.

Time to pot up...if you are using the same soil, it should go pretty seemlessly...could even do it prior to your next watering so your soil remains intact while plopping it into new soil/pot. Another advantage to using the same soil is you won't need nutes for another 4 weeks or so.

Not sure what your light schedule is, but I try to water early in the day so the plant has light and water to use for whatever witchcraft chemical processes it needs the water for. I don't know if there is any science behind this, and I've not looked into it, but a plant in wet dirt for the night just doesn't appeal to me, so I try to avoid it...plus I can't check on it, so I don't want to add anything to it before I ignore it for the next 15 hours or so.

How big a pot are you going to go into and how long of veg are you thinking?
 
Dutch_cultivator717

Dutch_cultivator717

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jimihendrix1 said:
Transplant.

Get a cheap Lowes/Walmart Moisture/PH/Light Meter, and use the Moisture function. Never let the needle get to Dry. Low Moist only. Dont let them stay wet longer than 3-3.5 days. If plants dry out to much, you risk fertilizer burn when watered again, as it concentrates dissolved solids, and when they are rehydrated, they are concentrated. Add in a feeding at this time, and you have double the trouble.

IMHO from what I can see you plants look great.
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They’re typically dried out to the point where they definitely need water by day three and if I go any longer say therefore they will show signs but this is just a to so that’s why I was curious if they were underwater.
I appreciate that though boss
 
Dutch_cultivator717

Dutch_cultivator717

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Dank Bongula said:
I think your watering is right on. Your plant(s) look healthy and happy so your system is working.

Time to pot up...if you are using the same soil, it should go pretty seemlessly...could even do it prior to your next watering so your soil remains intact while plopping it into new soil/pot. Another advantage to using the same soil is you won't need nutes for another 4 weeks or so.

Not sure what your light schedule is, but I try to water early in the day so the plant has light and water to use for whatever witchcraft chemical processes it needs the water for. I don't know if there is any science behind this, and I've not looked into it, but a plant in wet dirt for the night just doesn't appeal to me, so I try to avoid it...plus I can't check on it, so I don't want to add anything to it before I ignore it for the next 15 hours or so.

How big a pot are you going to go into and how long of veg are you thinking?
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OK, gotcha! Since tomorrow is my watering day should I just lightly water the top layer of soil today and then do my watering tomorrow? I will be putting them in their final home which is a 3 gallon pot with Foxfarm ocean forest soil, I only plan to let them veg for 40 to 45 days and then switching to flower.
My light schedule is 18 hours on 6 hours off and the lights go off at 7 AM and come back on at 1 PM. I have always watered right before the lights go out, that’s what I’ve been told to do and it’s never really seem to do any harm

I appreciate it boss thank you!
 
Dank Bongula

Dank Bongula

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You'll be fine just doing everything tomorrow. Being more on the dry side helps keep it all intact when transplanting and then you gotta do a full water anyway.
 
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