Watering measurments

Hey all

Well i just put my babies in there new home for the next couple of months.

How much water do i feed them? do i water them everyday? Some people say everyday and some say every 2-3 days.

I'm goin to start the nutes in about a week and a half. They've been in their permanent home for a week now. Fox Farms soil 1/2 Ocean Forest 1/2 Happy Frog in a 10 gallon pot. any suggestions on the nutes measurment? i wanna mix only what i use so im figuring 1 gallon for all the plants. is that enough?

Confusion has set in! Please help!
Here are my babies. FEED THE CHILDREN!

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Well I'm right here with you, I think you're supposed to soak the soil nice and wet and than water again when about 1 inch under the soil is dry.

The idea is to make the roots chase the water, bigger roots, bigger leaves, bigger buds.

I found my new plants today, wilted and fallen over cause they were under watered. Everyone is saying DON'T OVERWATER, well don't be too cautious if you think they need water and they're not moist and wet, water them a little bit than. I could be wrong about this, but I don't think I am.

Good Luck, I just started growing to so.

yea just give them a nice slow water so soil can soak it up. then wait for the soil to dry out befor watering again. about 2-3 days and you might want to wait a bit before adding nuets as your girl may be a bit young for nuets. and when you do start to nuet them start with 1/4 the strenth that it says on the bottle and work your way up. and nuet every other water.

hope this helps fenster

jesus is right about the 1 inch rule. If the soil is dry about 1 inch or so down near the plant, then water is most likely needed.

With plants that size, I say give the soil a good soaking with about 2 gallons each pot ( to get the soil nice and wet and make for happy roots) then wait about a week or use the 1 inch rule. Then until they are about 2ft tall just about 2 liters of water each. At the moment I have 3 outdoor plants that the rain has been taking care of for the last few weeks. For me, everytime it rains I dont need to water for a week. But I dont know whether you're growing indoors or outdoors.

As far as nutes go, your plants dont look like they will need nutes tille they are a foot or so tall considering the soil mix you're using. And when it comes time to give nutes (if using water-soluble chemical nutes) use about 1 tablespoon per gallon of water for the 1st month. Then lower it to like 1/2 tbsp and so on.

If you just transplanted them today or w/e hit them with a small dose of nutes (1/2 tbsp per gallon) and that will help them bounce back from transplant shock

hey bongtokin thx for the info.

Im using 10 gallon pots. so i should just give it 2 gallons of water right now and do the one week rule?
i've been giving them 200ml of straight water every other day for about a week now.
thnx again.

You cant set an exact amount or time to water. Just scratch around with your finger daily and see if the soils dry or wet.

i wait until the fan leaves droop slightly - then i water. you will learn to recognize it, and as long as they don't droop too low, that will not result in underwatering problems. it's insurance from overwatering, which can much more severely hurt your plant.

Personally, I'd go with juslikejesus' advice. Let the top inch or so get dry before watering again. A bit of drying makes the roots reach out.

I've never liked the idea of waiting until you see a little wilting... to me that seems like unneeded stress on the plant. Just my opinion.

i'm sure there is some effect, but minimal. i've learned to spot when plants droop just a little - not just MJ, but the legit stuff i have on my patio balconies and raised bed gardens. the more you work with plants, the more you notice subtle cues.

i'm sure it is closer to optimal if you watered before any drooping - unfortunately, i have been hurt way to often by OVERwatering, something that is much harder from which to bounce back. my plant moisture meter is broken, and i already nearly lost an heirloom totato plant and i bunch of flower seedlings from overwatering.

Speaking of a moisture meter... I was in Harbor Freight yesterday, and noticed that they have a little meter for $6.99 that measures light intensity, soil moisture, and soil pH. I don't know that I really need one, but for that price I may just pick one up for the hell of it.

I don't know if you'd want to trust a pH meter that cheap. Can't think of a use for a light meter when many know how many lumens they are using.

The water meter might come in handy - the cheapo one I bought in the gardening section ultimately died, but it helped me learn/see when a plant needs water, the resemblance of the soil when it's time to water, etc.

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