Watering plants

Sound,

Can anyone tell me on how much water too give my plant, its on its 3rd week budding, a fairly big pot with a normal size plant.

I have been giving it 200ml of hot water every2-3 days

PurpleHazerBlaza said:

Sound,

Can anyone tell me on how much water too give my plant, its on its 3rd week budding, a fairly big pot with a normal size plant.

I have been giving it 200ml of hot water every2-3 days

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Water until you see water seeping out of the holes at the bottom of the pot. Don't water again until top 2 inches of soil is dry or the pot feels light. Why are you using hot water?

fill a big bucket / water can full of water, leave it sit for at least 2 days in room temp before feeding, as for watering its exactly what the last poster said!!!!! u should rep good advice, good luck bro. bb x nl

Over watering occurs from watering to frequently, not from watering with to much water at one time. In a 2 gal container I wait 2 - 3 days before watering again.

bakeddude said:

Over watering occurs from watering to frequently, not from watering with to much water at one time. In a 2 gal container I wait 2 - 3 days before watering again.

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exactly, at a certain point your soil will only retain a certain amount of water, after that your just wasting water. What I do is get a 1 gallon drink mixing cup thinging, and slowly our it in, as soon as i see water seeping out I will note how much water I used and then use that amount from there on out.

JeepBeep said:

exactly, at a certain point your soil will only retain a certain amount of water, after that your just wasting water. What I do is get a 1 gallon drink mixing cup thinging, and slowly our it in, as soon as i see water seeping out I will note how much water I used and then use that amount from there on out.

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dont forget tho althaugh ur pot wont grow ur plant will and so will the bud!!!!!!!!

what im saying is, its fine measuring the amount of water it will take at a certain time but as the plant grows it will get even more thirsty, so the best thing to do is water slowly until u see the water running off from the bottom, wait until the top 2 inches is dry and repeat the process all over again!!

WATERING IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!!!

bigbud x northenlights said:

dont forget tho althaugh ur pot wont grow ur plant will and so will the bud!!!!!!!!

what im saying is, its fine measuring the amount of water it will take at a certain time but as the plant grows it will get even more thirsty, so the best thing to do is water slowly until u see the water running off from the bottom, wait until the top 2 inches is dry and repeat the process all over again!!

WATERING IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!!!

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Can I get an Amen!!!

PurpleHazerBlaza said:

Sound,

Can anyone tell me on how much water too give my plant, its on its 3rd week budding, a fairly big pot with a normal size plant.

I have been giving it 200ml of hot water every2-3 days

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200ml is good every other day if your using a big set up other wise do as everyone else say water it until it seeps out the bottom and wait till the pot is light and plants can take a dry season , but overwatering does more harm

everyone has been giving purplehaze good advice, but I've been experimenting with one of my white rhinos. I'm growing it in a 16 ounce beer cup from seed to harvest I hope. Anyway this is a greedy bitch! I find myself havig to water her three times a day! I swear if she does'nt get that third drink of water by bedtime, she gets all droopy and shit. I guess with their not being much space in the cup for roots or soil it dries out every few hours. Anyway I'm two weeks into flowering and I'm really resisting the temtptation to transplant her because I want to see what happens, but I gotta say I'll probably never do it like this again. Too much stress on me and the plant. LOL!

bakeddude said:

Over watering occurs from watering to frequently, not from watering with to much water at one time. In a 2 gal container I wait 2 - 3 days before watering again.

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Damn I wish I ran across your post six weeks ago...Took me FOREVER to figure that one out!!! +rep.

They took care of your watering advice well. Though I still dont understand the "hot"water?


"cap k" thats cause your container is very very small. A general rule of thumb is the bigger the container the bigger the plant. As well as the more dirt, the longer it can retain water

ThomasJeffersonDidit said:

They took care of your watering advice well. Though I still dont understand the "hot"water?


"cap k" thats cause your container is very very small. A general rule of thumb is the bigger the container the bigger the plant. As well as the more dirt, the longer it can retain water

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Indeed duly noted. sometimes I just gotta find shit out the hard way.