Hydros a different story tho. God help you if it's a plant that's fully climatized to hydro and you let it go dry. It will immediately go into panic mode and leaves will start drying up.
@@grow4profit You hear, you water your soil to keep the bacteria alive, true. But you need to balance that with a constant moist environment that produces unwanted diseases and funk. I dry my plant like the OP says once a week or so. Then a good watering. My last pot...has a 20 inch diameter. My roots reached out to about a 16 inch diameter.
@@Mellowcanuck33 nice I'm trying to see how long they go without watering...testing em out .I'm bout to transplant 5 plants tommarow there 3 months old into a 7 gallon !
Overwatering is the most common mistake new growers make, especially when growing in soil and hand watering. If you are growing in containers, an easy way to judge the moisture content is to lift the pot to see how heavy it is before, during, and after watering. You should be able to get a feel for how much water is needed fairly quickly if you practice this method every time. Adding water slowly, a little at a time, and allowing it to soak in each time helps also. You really shouldn't see much, if any, "run-off" using this method. It may take me a little longer watering this way, but I use that time to carefully inspect my plants for pests, training, etc. Happy growing everyone! ✌️💚
@@schoene_neue_weltin what possible way is watering like that going to increase ppm/EC in the medium?? I know plenty of people who don't water to any run off at all and they have no problems with salt build up in the medium at all!
Yall talking 2 different languages. You talking about organic soil. He's talking about using bottles nutes which has to have runoff and a ph pen. Organic soil doesn't need to be ph and doesn'tneed runoff. Yall both right
I like to bottom water, makes it harder to overwater since the soil only soaks up so much, and if there's any water left at the bottom, you can just pour it out. It also promotes the roots to stretch down towards the water, speeding up root growth, which in turn speeds up the whole process. Of course, this is really only feasible until a solid rootball forms in the pot, the plants get real thristy after that, and you really have to top water until runoff, ontherwise you leave the house for a day and come back to a bone dry pot of soil and a plant on the edge of wilting.
Very true about the weight. Of thr pots. It's important to remember as they get bigger. Above and below soil. . That they will use more water than when first put into pot. Also succession in size of container importance. If you put a seen in a 3 gallon container u may have issues. Start in 12 2 16 Oz. Plastic cups. With half seed starting mix and half grow mix. Transplant 4 weeks or less after this. Into 2 to 5 gallon finish containers. Never rough up plants. During flowering most of all. Never let anyone squeeze buds. Never. Go away. Scary spider. Mite!!!!
Yeaaaa no, wait for the leaves to tell you when to water, this is the best way ive found to prevent overwatering while giving ur plants enough time to dry out. The leaves will go from nice and perky to slowly sitting lower than normal, thats the key indicator. If the leaves are damn near dangling from the stem then u waited too long and you might be underwatering. Overwatering on the other hand is how often you water not how much you give at once. Leaves on an over watered plant will curl down and have a claw appearance, this is also normal when you hit them with water after the dry period but they'll raise back up in a few hours or less. The top inch of the soil is just the top inch of the soil, think about the rest of the soil where moisture may be present. If the soil feels bone dry and the pot feels light but the plant looks happy then leave it alone. Let the plant tell you when it needs something, pay attention to when it speaks. Happy growing👍
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Watering properly is essential for growing organic. My current method. 25 gallon fabric pot. Sits on a raised platform. I transplant from red solo, half gallon, five gallon pots. Then I put her in the 25 gallon pot. 2 gallons of water/touch of cal-mag. Once every 2-3 days for the first month. By the end of flower, she will take two gallons just about every day.
@@GAmerJUM One pot 3x3 canopy. Its really stable. No real worry of drying it out. The plant has more than it needs. I grow one big healthy plant at a time.
I've been growing in the mountains of Arizona for a few years without any watering aside from the rain. I start the seeds early direct sow. They germinate when they are ready, generally in early-mid April after the last snow. If you never water them, they won't come to rely on you for it. Trust the rains. Permaculture systems a must.
I could probably make it at altitude in AZ. I met an older grower in Kauai. He developed a strain that can handle Hawaii's enormous rainfall and the cool upper mts.
exactly this. don't over-think it. Probe the top soil with your finger to see how dry it is. water accordingly. You'll get the hang of it pretty quick. :)
The leafs will tell you when they need to be watered.Once they start to hang down and if in a pot you can pick up one side and see how heavy or light they are.Also find out whether they are from a desert dry climate or Mediterranean area.
I like that. The cheap meter I have is probably not that accurate. My biggest mistake when they were seedlings is under watering and sometimes over. My yield took a big hit because of that.
It highly depends on the strain and environment so best is to grow the same strain multiple times to get that feeling of how much and when they need it
I plant mine in blue 55 gallon barrels that are cut in 2. Now I have 2 circular planters. I drill about 35, 3/4 inch holes in the bottom, and then a bunch around the sides. When I water my plants, I watch for the water to come out the side drainage holes and stop. Then I leave it for 2 to 3 days, depending on the weather. I also started using dried grass clippings to cover the top of the soil. I find it helps any roots that may find their way onto the top of the soil and even keep a bit of extra moisture in.
I bury an empty 2 liter bottle with a pin hole in it beside the plant. Fill with water and let the roots have a drink. Put an old towel spread across the base with wood shavings from the pet store as a mulch.
Oxygenation. Hydro grows use bubble stones that enrich the water with oxygen. Wet earth gets sticky and compact. That means when wet at all times the roots do not get enough oxygen and they basically succocate.
So there’s watter roots that are supper white and don’t need a lot of oxygen when you take a plant with soil roots there darker want more air now if I take eirther tyow and slowly move them over to the other should go fine but if I just uo them and move then it takes a while longer for the proper roots to form and watter roots and turn soil roots soil roots can only grow watter roots it can’t just switch
I've grown them in water without soil. They turned out great. It's called "hydroponics" 😂😉 The water isn't the problem. The problem with overwatering is that it impedes gas exchange through the roots. With proper drainage, you can flood them regularly and allow them to drain afterward. Nutrients should be the bottleneck, not water. 🤓
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Make sure you have proper ventilation in your grow space. If not, the soil will take much longer to dry out and you'll probably end up over watering. A small fan on medium setting is fine. That "top inch of the soil" method is useless for determining the moisture of the entire root zone. Also, every plant will be different so pay attention to what they're telling you from day to day.
Neglected a plant outside, never watered it, and now it's a beautiful healthy bush. Im going to let it go. I don't even mind if the buds go to waste when they come; it's a beautiful plant.
Good point about easier to correct underwatering than overwatering. I tend to over water my 5 gal buckets. I know I need more drainage. Pearlite, I know. Thanks for the tips.
@@ThickRedPaste I've got holes but it seems that the soil in the bottom holds the water. I think I need an inch or three of 3/4 inch stone. I'm getting a handle on it. . . in the past I'd drench the plant every three weeks. Pots never shed that half gallon of water. I'm watering them with cups of water every day rather than a half gallon every few weeks. Thanks for you inputs.
Also gonna point out that these plants won’t drink water in temps above 90 so skip watering during the highest heat of the day because otherwise mold will try to grow
@@unsoundfoxlyI live in Phx Arizona does this still apply? We kinda have a dry heat but still above 90 most days. Starting my fist plant soon, need all the help I can get🙏
Wait for the top inch to become dry, water slowly, allow for approximately 10% runoff. You do want some but not a lot. Leaf drooping is a good indicator too, if they're not perky and the soil is dry on top, you probably need a little watering. Having great drain holes and plenty of perlite (about 10% of your soil) should almost always prevent overwatering.
I tossed seeds in my gran's asbestos plant troughs. That shit growing. Never watered it. Even got a purple haze plant. Bob marley vibes every weekend. Saves beer money.
Just soak it one good time,(lift plant, it should be heavy) now leave it alone until it's dry.(lift plant, should be light) works well with fabric and plastic pots. ( This is not a preferred method for organic grows.)
Better to just pick up the pot after a good watering and learn how much it weighs wet. Then wait a few days and pick it up dry and feel the difference. Now you have reference points and can always tell when you need to water just by picking it up. Fingering the soil can be messy and difficult with a dense root mass
Funny... I learned this the hard way. A few ruined grows but this is actually how I do it. Also as the plant matures you have to increase the water amount to the size of the plant
@@dmo848This is absolutely the best way. You won't overdo it and it teaches you proper discipline for watering. I use a one liter bottle until the flushing stage where I use a full gallon of ice water.
once in the saucer without pouring on top so that the roots seek water and breathe...then always water normally and don't forget to flush only water the last 10 days against phytotoxicity, even organic ones🤗
I remember a psycho every seven days and the topsoil will be dry enough for me to water I was told that this makes the plant go into a defensive mode when it stresses out the leaves will curl down like a frown this causes the plant to produce more THC
La principal razón por la que las plantas mueren no es por exceso de agua, sino por falta de oxigenación. Las plantas necesitan oxígeno para funcionar y la mayor parte del oxígeno se absorbe a través de las raíces
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Everyone always gives this advice, but then under waters. Once a day is a good general rule in the morning. Then again in the afternoon if it's drying up quick like in late flower.
more often than not youll only need to water them every other day.. unless youre in a very dry area. and use cloth pots. they drain better than others.
Tiss better to under water than over water. If the plant is heavy leave it alone. If the plant is light and you can easily pick it up off the ground its time to water. It takes several days for a plant to recover from over watering. It only takes a few hours of recovery if under watered.
In the beginning your plant must have water. When it's in the bud stage you want to cut the water back which helps the plant to produce thc. To many variables to get specific.
I once grew a 6 ft. plant on my backyard porch in a middle-class neighborhood in an illegal grow, and no one even knew lol it turned out to be a male so it didn't stink as bad but it still had a smell being that big. I have no idea why I did that. It was my first time, and I just wanted to see if I could actually get it to grow, and it just kept getting bigger, lol. I wish it was a female because that thing was huge and thick with twin stalks with a shit ton of off shoots.
True bit a bit unclear. YoU want to make the soil really wet u want the maximum of warer the soil can take and then you wait until the pot is the half of the weight. Plated outside its quite similar there the plant benefits even more if you give it about 10liters in the direct area of the plant and then wait really long with warering. So the roots will easy grow in the „water bubble“ this bunble goes downwards and the roots will follow.
Me and my brother split grow duties. We got into a fight and were not talking for 2 weeks. I thought he was watering the plant that was more "his". That plant did not get watered for 18 days but still grew 2x in size from week 1-4. Granted where I live has a higher avg humidity but this was indoors. It was in a 10 gallon pot so it probably found some water there for awhile.
I always did the finger method back when i still used soil. Push your finger into the soil. If you get up to the first knuckle and still dont feel moisture. Then its time to water.
Underwatering can also stress the plant causeing it to do some wild cool mutations like huge buds when they do have water OR crazy thc production... some of the best bud ive ever head was from a grower that had some that looked like he dipped it in crushed salt and he told me it produced crazy trichs from being water deprovated but told me its not worth it because of how many he killed and still kills 😂
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I water mine once a day every morning they have proper drainage i give them a good amount of water ive never have had a problem in California its over a 100 all summer long
Ive been growing for years and its honestly sdhocking how many problems stem from people just over watering and not allowing for propper dry times inbetween. The worst part is that people think they are doing the right thing as they are tending to their plant in their eyes lol.
Know little about it, but would suspect that just like any other fruiting and flowering plant, the desirable products are a drought protectant and excessive watering would promote vegetation at the expense of the 'good stuff'.
Overwatered roots will definitley rot and weaken which leaves them susceptible to disease. Even if the container has proper drainage, if they dont dry out properly in between waterings you are asking for trouble. I grow for a living in the legal market. Watering is automated. Over the course of a grow some plants will uptake more than others, which means some bags are always wet, some are always kinda dry and you shoot to have most in the goldilocks zone. The wetter plants are always a touch stunted and when we have sent off samples for testing, they come back positive for pythium and fusarium. This is despite using a preventative biocontrol 3 times throughout the grow. Not to mention the positive effect of dryback during early flower when you stack those bud sites up. Also dryback is really important during late flower because you are tricking the plant into putting all of its energy into trying to reproduce, which drives resin (and therefore THC) production. I see some people wilt their plants before watering, that is a bit too far, you dont want to dry out the root zone and frig up all the enzymatic activity going on there.
@@JimmyChitwood15 Sounds challenging. What type of media please? I didn't notice anything like that while using aquaponics media, flood and drain but I didn't grow weed in it. Are you related to Joie?
@@snookmeister55 Coco coir right now. But i have grown in natural soil and also peat based media as well. The only hydroponic grows i have ever done were lettuce and tomatoes when I was in university. As I understand it the root structure and enzymes etc are different in hydro vs non-hydro grows and the growing media in non hydro grows provides natural habitat for wet loving pathogens.
I found a remote disused grow spot 😂it had a big trench that snaked threw the scrub ,lined with black plastic then covered in leaves and it had pipes that you poured the water 💦 into the trench below ⬇️,looked pretty farmer built 😂
Always remember water the dirt not the plant Get in the routine of Watering your plants early in the day As opposed to night your plant won't have time to process the water like it should The whole point is not to leave water standing on your roots
I water once a week with a Little nutrients. Except the 2 in Organic soil. They only get water. Some videos on my channel. It's my first grow. Mind you I'm in a Legal state.
I find when growing in five gallon pots with organic soil, I only need 1/4 of the recommended nutrients, or I see nutrient burn on the leave tips. Outdoors they enjoy full strength fertilizer mix.
@@mr.reptar I use General Hydroponics liquid fertilizers. I blend Cal/Mag, Flora Micro, Flora Gro, and Flora Bloom. The liquids provide charts that allow you to tailor the fertilizer to the stage your plants are in.
You can water how much as you want, but what your plant needs is oxygen. Do not forget about it. This plant grows perfectly in hydroponic. So water is not a problem. Just don’t choke your plant. Roots need oxygen.
When it's in a pot just flood it every few days or less if it dries out. If it's in the ground and grass and all sorts is growing nicely don't water it'll do great on its own. If the ground dries up quickly you can water constantly but consider correcting soil so it will retain moisture longer. These plants need watering once every 1-7 days depending on size and needs.
Water 5%- 10% of your soil volume everyday to every other day is literally as easy as that and you'll never have to guess again or do the finger test because you know your spot on with watering.
you can't water too much, you can only water too often. Going by the top soil is not a good idea, just water by weight of the pot. Water until you see drain, lift the pot try to roughly memorize the weight, and then water again once its weighs approximately half as much. Its foolproof.
