Watering seedlings how much is too much, how much is too little?

[Gmix]

Looks fine bud
Seedlings require very little light.
Don’t water for a while the soil is quite wet

 

[Waffleman]

Looks fine bud
Seedlings require very little light.
Don’t water for a while the soil is quite wet

Oh yea I had just watered it and took a picture! I let it dry out until the top 2 inches are dry before watering it again. My previous grow which was my first indoor and autoflower I defo watered too much so I'm much more careful right now :) But thanks for the feedback!

Reason I was asking too is because in my previous grow i kept the light so close, the leaves of the seedling weren't this green. Like they were yellowing out a bit (which is not good ofcourse), but i guess you could go too green colored where they might have nitrogen issues (i believe that could cause very dark green leaves). So its nice that you guys can give it the OK or not :P

 

[Waffleman]

How moist was the soil when you planted? That'll matter. Young plants need somewhat moist soil, but be careful not to water close to the stem.

The soil was not moist at all when I planted them. That's how I've always been doing it, I will germinate the seed, then put it into the soil but not too deep. Spray some water on top of the soil and let it do its thing. But I always use a spray bottle and especially in the beginning use very little water as I don't want to drown my seed.

 

[quirk]

I wait until the day after sprout then transplant my jiffy into a pre-moistened 5gal airpot. Each of these plants are in the same light, fluffy, well draining mix and each will take right at 1/2 gal to slight run off. The only difference is the time it takes for each pot to go from moist to dry.

 

[Waffleman]

Little update on the seedlings. They had their first true leaves so I guess its in the vegetative state now. They are basically 18 days old now.

Its interesting, they are 2 different seeds and you can see one is much bushier than the other. Even though they are both sativa plants, the one in the back seems to have wider leaves.

If anything jumps out as problematic looking, do let me know :)

 

[Waffleman]

I wait until the day after sprout then transplant my jiffy into a pre-moistened 5gal airpot. Each of these plants are in the same light, fluffy, well draining mix and each will take right at 1/2 gal to slight run off. The only difference is the time it takes for each pot to go from moist to dry.

Quick question, why do you wrap your airpots like that? Isn't the point of them to have the airflow? Or do you have some special reason?

 

[quirk]

I put the pantyhose on to deter unwanted pest entrance and to maintain a cleaner grow area. The pots still "breathe" with no problem.
Your grow area is spotless. I'm a messy camper.

 

[Waffleman]

I put the pantyhose on to deter unwanted pest entrance and to maintain a cleaner grow area. The pots still "breathe" with no problem.
Your grow area is spotless. I'm a messy camper.

Ah smart though! I got those tiny gnats always no matter how clean i keep it (think they might be attracted to my humidifier) .. so maybe thats something i can try. I just try to make sure everythings pretty clean and hang a bunch of yellow stickies everywhere xD

 

[Captspaulding]

Man this auto flowers “don’t like to be up potted” is a myth. Don’t pay attention to that bs. Plants like to be up potted. Auto or not.
I use a sprayer to water babies.
It’s good practice, keeps you from flooding out the root zone of sensitive seedlings.
Good luck

 

[mjvdet13]

Really simple rule. every time you water you want to see a full cycle of wet to dry.. water when the pot is dry. If you water on soaked pots then you can cause other issues

 

[budsofgeorgia]

im an idiot so i just purchased some kitchen scales and started weighing my pots

 

[BB22]

Really simple rule. every time you water you want to see a full cycle of wet to dry.. water when the pot is dry. If you water on soaked pots then you can cause other issues

I use a combination of “hefting” the pot for wet or dry weight.

A lot of learning to do. I’m working on trying to read the plant.

It’s a rewarding hobby.

 

[Waffleman]

Man this auto flowers “don’t like to be up potted” is a myth. Don’t pay attention to that bs. Plants like to be up potted. Auto or not.
I use a sprayer to water babies.
It’s good practice, keeps you from flooding out the root zone of sensitive seedlings.
Good luck

Same thing! I upgrade from a hand sprayer to one of those with a hose (but still has a spray head once it needs a decent amount of water) and then upgrade to just pouring water in with a water bottle that has holes in the plastic bottle cap. Works pretty well! Thanks for the input

 

[Waffleman]

im an idiot so i just purchased some kitchen scales and started weighing my pots

Its not a bad idea I would do the lifting of the pot and would notice a difference but only once the plants are already quite large and need more water. During seedling phase/beginning veg i don't water them too much

 

[Waffleman]

I use a combination of “hefting” the pot for wet or dry weight.

A lot of learning to do. I’m working on trying to read the plant.

It’s a rewarding hobby.

Agree! Each grow I feel like I'm learning something new. Which makes sense, you make the obvious mistakes first and after those you can really start mid/maxing this

 

[Sunasun]

im an idiot so i just purchased some kitchen scales and started weighing my pots

I don't think you understand what idiot means.
That's the most accurate way.

Tldr
Great idea

 

[budsofgeorgia]

I don't think you understand what idiot means.
That's the most accurate way.

Tldr
Great idea

because im an idiot

 

[Rama777]

Obviously not for seedlings, but I use this for 2 gallons and up. I can’t reach to lift my 7 gallon pots up that are in the back of my square tent. Works perfectly for me in soil pots. Not sure how they would perform with coco.

Other nice thing about them is you can see where you are at with your pots. I give my 7 gallon pots 2 liters of water maximum, if they are dry. And if they are actually dry to the bottom (which the meter will tell me), then I will top water and bottom water. If I see that the pot is dry 75-90% of the way down and then abruptly reads moist at the bottom, I know to only top water 1.25-1.5 liters. Quite handy for my style of watering.

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[Captspaulding]

because im an idiot

You too eh?

 

[budsofgeorgia]

You too eh?

Its what I'm told