I have my month old plants in 5 gal buckets under a 900w LED. How often should It be watered. I do it every 5 days or so
Quick and Simple Watering Question
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MonkeyPickAss
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Way to revive a thread started over a decade ago lol.
I am new to rollitup...not even sure where to begin...this site seems so complicated.
coreywebster
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Don't worry about it. Better than starting a new thread with every question. Welcome to RIU!
5gal is pretty big, go on the weight of the pot, if its soil you don't want to overwater, if its soilless you can water more often.
If your plants is happy with watering every 5 days then carry on, it will need watering more often as it grows bigger.
Going on the top of the soil dryness can be misleading because the top can dry quickly due to strong fans or high temp lights.
Get used to feeling the weight of the pot when its been watered and when its drying out.
You will get the feel for what your plant wants in no time.
BorgCube
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Hey guys! Thought I'd piggyback on the thread to not start yet another thread on the same subject. I'm rigging a computerized system to control watering using capacitive soil moisture sensors and peristaltic pumps. The moisture sensor gives me a reading between 0 and 100% - where do you figure the sweet spot would exist for watering (soil)? 0 is bone dry, 100% is nearly a slurry. Not sure how "wet" these plants like it. Or is the idea to stagger periods of wet and dry? Thanks for sharing your insight on the matter.
The meter is a great tool for a learning beginner...I've drowned plants before, so I bought a meter with 2 probes (no power/batteries required)that measure both ph as well as moisture.yeah im a big fan of the moisture meter too. Besides I dont want to get my fingers dirty.
Nifty little device, but I can already tell by eye and basic judgment on the moisture just after a couple months of usage. The meter can definitely help you to get there.
I use it for my regular house plants as well, they all use up water differently so that's where it comes in real handy.
im surrounded by horseshit! lol! any tips or pointers on utilizing it other than to simply add it to compost? ive read on ILGM of a horsepoo and sand mix but thats all that was said.. it was mixed...
hotrodharley
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Horse manure is probably the least beneficial animal manure. Any manure must be properly composted or you’ll be growing some of everything the horse ate in addition to weed seeds. It’s a short shot of nitrogen and it’s best property is it’s decent humus. Mixed with sand?
Buy a bag of Sunshine #4 or a bale of Pro Mix.
hotrodharley
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Your worm shit is what you need from your setup. EWC rocks. Buy what I suggest to get started. Then start building yourself some super soil. Using manure and EWC.
You can grow in straight sand if you run DTW. But that’s more work than it sounds like getting it set up and getting rid of your waste.
kush kitty85635
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bummer- that link broke.... i love reading info
MarsSP
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Water? Better lack of it than it's excess.
Not sure, just let it droop and you'll see. Living near a river where the air is moister than the average (75%, 2 weeks without rain), I'm watering my outdoors flowers once a week, consider the fact that they're 8 hours of direct sunlight and more than 25°C during the day and their leaves are not wilting, drooping or dropping. I could wait for more, but I already know what I'm growing, 3 gals containers. My vegs see no water for more than 10 days now, 2 gals pots, except for the clones in very small containers which waters every other day.
Sativa's and Indicas has different needs. Your medium matters. Turfa, perlite, sand, regarding of your composition it'll retain more or less water. Size of your container matters.
So many variables here. There's no recipe, just don't believe it. The best approach is still empirical, learn, ask, watch your grass grows.
I'll gather infos about hydrometer, but looks like the best approach to be sure (new growers) of how it should work.
Not sure, just let it droop and you'll see. Living near a river where the air is moister than the average (75%, 2 weeks without rain), I'm watering my outdoors flowers once a week, consider the fact that they're 8 hours of direct sunlight and more than 25°C during the day and their leaves are not wilting, drooping or dropping. I could wait for more, but I already know what I'm growing, 3 gals containers. My vegs see no water for more than 10 days now, 2 gals pots, except for the clones in very small containers which waters every other day.
Sativa's and Indicas has different needs. Your medium matters. Turfa, perlite, sand, regarding of your composition it'll retain more or less water. Size of your container matters.
So many variables here. There's no recipe, just don't believe it. The best approach is still empirical, learn, ask, watch your grass grows.
I'll gather infos about hydrometer, but looks like the best approach to be sure (new growers) of how it should work.
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skunkushbrid, I’m really interested in your perlite plan. I have been thinking about perlite in coco, are you talking about using straight perlite?
MickFoster
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I doubt you'll get an answer......lol.
This thread is 16 years old and skunkushbrid hasn't been seen in 14 years.
Hi.. I am new here. Can you tell me where to find the guide?
MickFoster
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I doubt you'll get an answer......lol.
He hasn't been seen in 14 years.
RoidDroid69
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So, i've been searching and looking a simple but working formula for watering 20L pot. I got this " Advanced Nutrients - pH Perfect, Grow, Micro, Bloom master recipe " and it shows how much & what nutrients you put/L @ different weeks. The issue here is how can i add right amount of water to my babies when the chart shows like " Week 1, pH Perfect Grow 1mL/L, pH Perfect Micro 1mL/L etc etc. So im wondering what could be the right amount of water for 20L fabric pots and how many times a week. I am sure i'll fuck this up, if i go with how much the pot weights and stuff. Thanks and sorry!
Herb & Suds
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There is no absolute
Otherwise we would all have automated grows
Feel and touch are a big part of growing
You can’t even nail down strain specifics let alone various phenos
You might be better to grow hydro rather than finding set amounts in soil
Btw
Welcome to RIU
RoidDroid69
New Member
You're right, nothing worth comes easy. Thanks for quick response!There is no absolute
Otherwise we would all have automated grows
Feel and touch are a big part of growing
You can’t even nail down strain specifics let alone various phenos
You might be better to grow hydro rather than finding set amounts in soil
Btw
Welcome to RIU