Are these under or over watered?

[BionicKroniK]

We use our water meter from the sides of our fabric pots...I'm tryna get a pic posted here, but...

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

Watering SOIL

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The other day I had an idea and after testing, it works great. To know if you need to water, get yourself a soil meter. Poke or drill 4 holes in your pot 1/4 way up from the bottom spaced around the pot. Insert the meter probe into the hole and test for moisture. If its dry, then water SLOWLY...

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[Mr.GreenthumbOG]

You’ve gotten some expert advise for sure.
with the soil your growing in, and the recent transplant, your watering too often, but probably not enough when you are watering. Water till you get a little runoff. Then not again till they dry out. Could be 5 days between watering depending on conditions.

 

[GardenWeasel77]

They were under watered. Bounced back about 7 hours after watering.

 

[growsince79]

They were under watered. Bounced back about 7 hours after watering.

Did you saturate the pots, or just a cup each?

 

[BionicKroniK]

Ways to check if your plant needs watering...

Fabric pot

Air pot

Helps eliminate the "guessing" game, or "by time you realize you have a problem, it's too late" heart ache...

 

[Edinburgh]

Never mist an indoor plant! There are outdoors strains that will get dew or rain but there bred to prevent mold allot of indoor strains may not be as hardy and intentionally misting plants can cause mold and other problems, do not run multiple strains at same time bc you will be forced to raise light for tallest strain and smaller strains will suffer, yes you can put stuff under pots to raise but different strains grow at different rates doing this will save u grief, a tip after watering note the weight of pots when plants are little you want them to dig there roots for water so note weight of pot and do not water till the pots are lighter and topsoil is somewhat dry, as your plant gains size u will water more frequently to the point that some strains turn into pigs, this is best way to water by weight of pot before and after watering, allso transplantation shocks and stresses your plants and there gona droop for awhile even more so if overwatering, never transplant autoflowers to much stress and shock can and will cause them to dwarf out, you sow ur seed in the pot u intend to do your whole run in.

 

[GardenWeasel77]

Did you saturate the pots, or just a cup each?

Saturated the hell out of em.... That's what they needed for sure. I'll post pics this morning of what they're looking like now.

 

[GardenWeasel77]

One day later...

 

[ArtfulCodger]

You can easily test the over/under watering question for yourself: Take one of your plants, and don't water it again until it loses turgor and the lower leaves droop straight down. Given how small those plants are relative to the pots they're in, it's likely to take many days. As soon as you see that droop (it's not subtle) water to run-off. Next time, water one day sooner. Compare the health of that "test plant" to the others over time.

 

[JustsocksNopants]

Blumat set up will sort out your watering issue if your like me unpatient when having to water the Blumat lets the plant drink when ever she wants too

 

[GardenWeasel77]

Ways to check if your plant needs watering...

Fabric pot

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Air pot

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Helps eliminate the "guessing" game, or "by time you realize you have a problem, it's too late" heart ache...

What should the meter read when it is time to water. What should it read after a watering?

 

[JustsocksNopants]

My guess is if you look at the attachment pic you can see the red, light blue,, dark blue ,,colour indicafor. Red being Ozzie dry Light blue that about bang on dark blue we’ll go figure deep shit

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

Water when it is in the red. Leave the probe in while you water so you can see when the water gets to the probe.

 

[GardenWeasel77]

Water when it is in the red. Leave the probe in while you water so you can see when the water gets to the probe.

Got it. I thought it was percentage based lol.

 

[BionicKroniK]

Hopefully this helps...

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

That makes sense. The water takes the path of least resistance on its way through the pot. Some areas will have more than others.