It depends on the growth medium. What are your plants growing in?How do people water daily and have happy plants?
Yep!Likely Coco vs soil
Coco requires daily watering, it doesn’t retain moisture like soil does. Soil holds moisture longer. Also, the size and type of containers can require more watering if the pot is too small, cloth vs plastic containers. Plus other environmental factors, temp, humidity, air flow… front right looks way overwatered.
Sorry. I have no experience with pure coco. Someone who does should show up soon.They’re both in pure coco and receive the same feed, but one of them gets daily waterings. Tent is in the upper 70’s and about 60% humidity. Plenty of air movement and the clones are in one gallon fabric pots. Daily waterings seem to just be too much for a plant to handle I don’t understand
One possible factor is how much of the dust and smalls are left in your coco. The more little stuff is left in the coco, the more susceptible the media is to over-watering. I run 100% (well-rinsed) coco with Blumats, which drip all the time, without over-watering problems.They’re both in pure coco and receive the same feed, but one of them gets daily waterings. Tent is in the upper 70’s and about 60% humidity. Plenty of air movement and the clones are in one gallon fabric pots. Daily waterings seem to just be too much for a plant to handle I don’t understand
Do you start the daily feeds right after transplant or do you give them initial drybacks to make the roots search. Also do you get daily runoffOne possible factor is how much of the dust and smalls are left in your coco. The more little stuff is left in the coco, the more susceptible the media is to over-watering. I run 100% (well-rinsed) coco with Blumats, which drip all the time, without over-watering problems.
I grow in a 70% coco and 30% perlite medium. I used to wait till the top inch dried out but I believe it’s much better to water once if not 2x per day if your schedule allows for it also depending on your temps and RH. Leaving coco to dry back can cause PH and EC fluctuations in my experience. Watering more often helps stabilise this. Also the salts in the nutrients dry up if you allow the coco to dry back too much, this can dehydrate the roots and cause tip burn.The plant in the back (#1) has had drybacks while the plant in front (#2) is getting water daily as an experiment.
Both had two drybacks at transplant to promote root growth. How do people water daily and have happy plants?
Coco should be treated more like hydroponics instead of soilI grow in a 70% coco and 30% perlite medium. I used to wait till the top inch dried out but I believe it’s much better to water once if not 2x per day if your schedule allows for it also depending on your temps and RH. Leaving coco to dry back can cause PH and EC fluctuations in my experience. Watering more often helps stabilise this. Also the salts in the nutrients dry up if you allow the coco to dry back too much, this can dehydrate the roots and cause tip burn.
I feel like i should be on a automated system keeping it this wet lol. Being in one gallons i might just water em all daily.Coco should be treated more like hydroponics instead of soi
I agree with that once the root system is fully established but it looks overwatered to me soCoco should be treated more like hydroponics instead of soil
How does one go about checking if its established in fabric potsI agree with that once the root system is fully established but it looks overwatered to me so
I water till about 10-20% run off regardless of plant size. Works fine for me. I would start off in solo cups first and only once I see roots coming out the bottom will I transplant into a bigger pot. You don’t want to put a seedling in too big of a pot as this can water log the pot and make it difficult to establish a good root system.How does one go about checking if its established in fabric pots
So basically if the pot is a little bigger like 1gallon up then give em drybacks until roots are established, otherwise water to run-off dailyI water till about 10-20% run off regardless of plant size. Works fine for me. I would start off in solo cups first and only once I see roots coming out the bottom will I transplant into a bigger pot. You don’t want to put a seedling in too big of a pot as this can water log the pot and make it difficult to establish a good root system.
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