2026 Outdoor Grows! let's see em!

[applicanon]

These have been getting 4.5 hours of HPS at dusk (till 1am)
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Tahoekushcat, what are the pots you use with all the dimples in them called? I've been seeing a bunch of guys using them but they weren't around back in the day when I started growing, so I never learnt what they were called. Wouldn't mind trying them out myself if I could figure out what they were called so I could pick some up.​

 

[Tahoekushcat]

Tahoekushcat, what are the pots you use with all the dimples in them called? I've been seeing a bunch of guys using them but they weren't around back in the day when I started growing, so I never learnt what they were called. Wouldn't mind trying them out myself if I could figure out what they were called so I could pick some up.​

Hey
These are called AIR-POTS.
They go by other names like self-aeration pots too

 

[OldBoy25pnw]

I guess I'm having a slight issue with recognizing a thirsty plant. If my pots are light and they really take the water, I understand that was a thirsty plant. But I keep letting myself think the light green new growth isn't greening fast enough and therefore needs more water. That's not correct, is it?

I'm just comparing new growth on plants I see here with mine, and almost every time I come away thinking I'm missing something.

With my limited experience, if there is one thing I know for sure, it's that I have never given a plant 3-4 gallons of water in one watering. Last year it was 1 gal tops for pots and in-ground plants each time. That with 90+ temps for a long stretch and drought. My potted plants seemed cooked by September last year.

I have much to learn, apparently.

The new growth is fine being a lighter color it will begin to get the nutrient flow in a few days as the tissues develop and begin to do their job and should green up, presuming the required nutrients are available.
The new growth will be the first to wilt if you are getting dry in my experience & it can be a pretty quick occurrence if you are growing in containers, I used to do the lift test to see how heavy they were & got pretty good at checking that way along with a finger into the soil to see what the moisture level felt like & as noted in another reply there are meters available.
I am doing it all in the ground again because my attention is a little less required than when I grew in bags, start checking right after you water and you'll begin to tell the difference in moisture levels.
They tend to use a little less water when in flower so learning what they are asking for through the life cycle dance does matter but if you miss and find a wilted plant water it as you normally would, do not put it in the pool, run a hose on it non-stop or other non helpful drowning techniques people try.
A healthy plant will recover by morning outdoors in the heat from afternoon wilt that is how its supposed to work, wilted in the morning and you are DRY.
At my PNW location it is raining & I am glad to have gotten trellis net over them last week or I'd be out there worried about them tipping over.
Good luck all

 

[GNick55]

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