Almost two weeks old,gave about 1 gallon of water last nite phed to 6.3..there in 5 gallon pots..test a lil of run off and it was like 7.4 ish..looks lil droopy to me..i thought over water but maybe something else
Maybe overwatering??or not.
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I have trouble like this in the first two weeks sometimes. If the pot is heavy you can take a pencil or something like it to poke some holes in the medium to get air down in there and put a fan aimed at the pots not directly at the plants just the pot itself.
Using fabric pots..and have air blowing on them...whats the purpose for the holes in the medium..thanks
Soil does seem kind of tight and compacted some if that makes any sense.
I gallon each pot
Yeah.. That's a lot of water for a 2 week old auto plant in a 5 gal pot.. For comparison, I grow my photo period plants in 5 gal fabric pots.. They use up about a gallon per pot every few days.. After 2 months of veg and 5 weeks of flower! Basically baby trees, lol
The roots of your plants are probably just getting to the bottom of the pot. You shouldn't even need to fully water the pot until the leaves of the plant are past the pots edges (that's my rule of thumb). No need for run off this early in life. Run off in a large pot at 2 weeks old, means way to much water at this stage. Roots grow by searching for water sources. You don't want young roots just sitting in damp soil. You want the soil to dry out so that the roots keep growing and searching for water sources.
Thank you so much..so you would say overwatering,and maybe other grower errors..lol ill let her dry out a few days..the soil is called coast of maine platinum growers mix with all the blood meal,kelp,and all the other good stuff so i know it was probally to hot..thats why i started with seed mix on middle..just for shits and grins..if phed water was 6.5 going in and 7.5 coming out, what does that mean??lol and also thanks for taking the time to pass some knowledge along..
So anything you suggest me doing..maybe some molasses next watering??and is it good for the soil to be so compacted and seems kind of tight
So anything you suggest me doing..maybe some molasses next watering??and is it good for the soil to be so compacted and seems kind of tight
I replied ..last message was for you sorry..still learning all the proper ettique✌
I was going to ask about light height. Depending on where it is now, you may want to lower the light, or raise the plants closer to it. That's the only other thing that came to mind..
I mentioned this yesterday on another post, but I'm starting to see it more and more.. Soo, if you're on your first few grows, try to use a soil that is at your level of growing. Beginer grower? Try a beginner soil. That kind of thing. What's happening is new growers are getting bags of platinum/ pro/organic mixes and don't quite understand them yet.
That soil has everything you need from seed to harvest. It actually says in there website that if you are using 15gal pots or smaller, then there is no need to add anything else, at any point. That would be my recommendation, lol. Dont add ANYTHING, lol.
Compaction is bad. You don't want the soil to get hard or compacted. Oxygen needs space to flow, and roots need to move freely. Compaction is usually the result of overwatering or bad drainage. You can shake the pot to loosen up the soil as well. Just do it lightly.
As for run off.. I don't use that method. It's waayyy to unreliable. Waayyy too many factors and variables involved for it to be acurate in any way. At 2-3 weeks old, in that brand of soil you have, I can safely say that the ph of the soil isn't an issue. At least not yet.. It hasnt really even had time to become and issue if that makes sense, lol. If you ever question the ph of a soil and want to check it, I suggest getting a soil ph probe. I'd trust a $15 soil probe before I trusted the ph of the run off. I use the accurate 8 soil probe. It's a little costly but it's accurate and will last a lifetime.
