Why am I still tripping???

At the most I've watered once every 2 days when hand watering, waited for a slight droop early on letting me know they needed it, drenched em good in the shower, then waited for next droop, count the days in between, gave me a fair basis to watering schedule....Gotta let them roots breathe.
 
At the most I've watered once every 2 days when hand watering, waited for a slight droop early on letting me know they needed it, drenched em good in the shower, then waited for next droop, count the days in between, gave me a fair basis to watering schedule....Gotta let them roots breathe.
Ok I think that's the problem over watered....and maybe I watered the nutrients out too. Tomorrow is feed day should I go ahead and feed them give few days till I see droop then water?
 
Yesterday morning at 4am
So your a day in to dry out.....Watch closely to see when you start to get some stem droop, that means water pressure in the cells isn't enough to keep them stiff.......leaf stems are a good indicator, just the leaf part drooping means more water than they can transpire and it's backing up in the leaf giving it more weight (hence the drooping)...if leaf AND it's stem droop there's not enough water pressure to maintain rigidity in the cells ( she needs water)......I have had em looking fine at lights out and the upper 1/3 drooping by lights on before. Kind of panic inducing but they always sprang back up a couple hours after watering...gave a good indication of how many days in between I could go at that stage, took a day off that amount and they stayed happy till they were using more than I was giving them, so dropped that by a day etc....bearing in mind I use soil...coco is a completely different thing.


Edit: thnks for the rep.. :smoking:
 
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The best method seems to be a good weigh in of each pot saturated before you put plants in then watering again when it gets to 1/3 or 1/2........can't remember which..


Edit: thnks for the rep.. :smoking:
 
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So your a day in to dry out.....Watch closely to see when you start to get some stem droop, that means water pressure in the cells isn't enough to keep them stiff.......leaf stems are a good indicator, just the leaf part drooping means more water than they can transpire and it's backing up in the leaf giving it more weight (hence the drooping)...if leaf AND it's stem droop there's not enough water pressure to maintain rigidity in the cells ( she needs water)......I have had em looking fine at lights out and the upper 1/3 drooping by lights on before. Kind of panic inducing but they always sprang back up a couple hours after watering...gave a good indication of how many days in between I could go at that stage, took a day off that amount and they stayed happy till they were using more than I was giving them, so dropped that by a day etc....bearing in mind I use soil...coco is a completely different thing.
I use soil too! Thank you.....
 
A simple moisture meter may be the cure for your dilemma especially in soil.
 
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