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We were discussing this in Cap's Tea thread, and it started to jack things a bit. I think its an important discussion...
kushtrees said: ↑
Capulator: There are some very good growers that swear by watering with only water at night, no nutes. So, nutes during the day, only water at night. Plants do drink at night, so yes you can apply tea at night. You do want to be careful with over watering, but when you water should not be a consideration
Ftwendy: No fooling? Wow.
I never knew that you could water at night as part of a regimen... I've only done it in emergency situations. I have an automatic setup that applies fresh water three times during the lights on (I manually apply feedings daily in a dtw setup). I've always gone through a few days of interrupted sleep while waiting to dial in the timing of waterings when I transfer plants from veg into the flower area... all so I could avoid applying water during the dark. Seems like wasted effort now. I've been doing that for years. :)
Do you apply water at night?
squiggly: I mean just think about it dude. Does it rain at night?
I am like a super nerd scientist, but more often than not the people I see having any kind of trouble are the people who have thought the most about shit.
Seed in dirt, and get out of the way. It has always worked for me (but then I again I'm organic soil and mostly worry about keeping the soil alive).
budboy229:
I've always sought to time my 'good night' plain water applications so that there was apx. 50-75% of my final dose remaining in the root zone when the lights went out. Closer to 50% is what I shoot for. That way the ladies have water, are not starved for oxygen, and are ready for more wet goodies when the lights click on the next am.
It's easy to understand fresh water applications at night being a major benefit during late veg and the first few weeks of bloom (esp to increase stretch) -- however, do these dark waterings happen throughout the entire flowering period?
What is your water and feeding schedule? When, what, and how much are you applying?
Thanks! ftw
kushtrees said: ↑
This seems like a dumb question but what the heck...
Is there any less benefit from watering with tea during the night cycle? I dnt have time to do it during lights on and was just curious
ftwendy said: ↑Is there any less benefit from watering with tea during the night cycle? I dnt have time to do it during lights on and was just curious
Watering at night is generally a bad idea, ime... inviting humidity spikes and drowned roots. Sometimes you just have to be a slave to the plant. :)
Capulator: There are some very good growers that swear by watering with only water at night, no nutes. So, nutes during the day, only water at night. Plants do drink at night, so yes you can apply tea at night. You do want to be careful with over watering, but when you water should not be a consideration
Ftwendy: No fooling? Wow.
I never knew that you could water at night as part of a regimen... I've only done it in emergency situations. I have an automatic setup that applies fresh water three times during the lights on (I manually apply feedings daily in a dtw setup). I've always gone through a few days of interrupted sleep while waiting to dial in the timing of waterings when I transfer plants from veg into the flower area... all so I could avoid applying water during the dark. Seems like wasted effort now. I've been doing that for years. :)
Do you apply water at night?
squiggly: I mean just think about it dude. Does it rain at night?
I am like a super nerd scientist, but more often than not the people I see having any kind of trouble are the people who have thought the most about shit.
Seed in dirt, and get out of the way. It has always worked for me (but then I again I'm organic soil and mostly worry about keeping the soil alive).
budboy229:
watering with a timer...I used to do it at night.
but if you hand water...its really easy to accidentally get some light in and potentially hermie the plant, or stall their budding substantially
If you think about it...when you water in nutes, they don't suddenly become only water at night. That nute soaked medium is sitting there all night too. Also with DWC the nutes are all over the roots day AND night. The plant simply does not use nearly the amount of nutes at night as it would during the day when photosynthesis is occuring. But it certainly does not seem to hurt the plant in any way directly.
but if you hand water...its really easy to accidentally get some light in and potentially hermie the plant, or stall their budding substantially
If you think about it...when you water in nutes, they don't suddenly become only water at night. That nute soaked medium is sitting there all night too. Also with DWC the nutes are all over the roots day AND night. The plant simply does not use nearly the amount of nutes at night as it would during the day when photosynthesis is occuring. But it certainly does not seem to hurt the plant in any way directly.
ftwendy: LOL... does it rain at night? Sure it does. It also snows occasionally. :)
I've always sought to time my 'good night' plain water applications so that there was apx. 50-75% of my final dose remaining in the root zone when the lights went out. Closer to 50% is what I shoot for. That way the ladies have water, are not starved for oxygen, and are ready for more wet goodies when the lights click on the next am.
It's easy to understand fresh water applications at night being a major benefit during late veg and the first few weeks of bloom (esp to increase stretch) -- however, do these dark waterings happen throughout the entire flowering period?
What is your water and feeding schedule? When, what, and how much are you applying?
Thanks! ftw
