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Rsawr

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You guys just leave your mechanical timers, or adjust them the hour? Ever forgotten and been pissed? I hate daylight savings... always throws me off the day after. Either tent not awake yet, or asleep an hour earlier than I thought...
 

Lordhooha

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You guys just leave your mechanical timers, or adjust them the hour? Ever forgotten and been pissed? I hate daylight savings... always throws me off the day after. Either tent not awake yet, or asleep an hour earlier than I thought...
I mean they’re still set to 12/12
 

twentyeight.threefive

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My plants are healthy and thirsty in late flower? How else shall I water 6 week flower plants that are healthy but in coco that dry out in less than 24 hours :)
Any pictures of your girls?

I'm flowering out two girls in coco and little 1 gallon cloth pots. They would be perfect candidates for an automated watering system. They easily can drink a gallon a day each. Sadly they normally get fed once daily and are pretty much bone dry by the time I can get to them again. I'll know for next time though, either automated watering or stick to 3 gallons.
 

Lordhooha

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My plants are healthy and thirsty in late flower? How else shall I water 6 week flower plants that are healthy but in coco that dry out in less than 24 hours :)
My plants are healthy and thirsty in late flower? How else shall I water 6 week flower plants that are healthy but in coco that dry out in less than 24 hours :)
Small pots? ran coco in 5 gal with 27k watts and watered every three days while the rooms was 89 degrees. I’d like to see pictures.
 

Rsawr

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Yup, 5 gallon pots. They want watered twice, week 6ish of flower. Really didn't think that was unusual! All of my grows have started to drink more around now, then slow down again when they are more ripe.
The 2 on the left don't care, once is enough, but they're smaller [they are sitting on 8 inch buckets] 2 on the right dry out, as well as their 5th sister in her own tent. I am gonna do straight coco next run to see if it helps.
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twentyeight.threefive

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Yup, 5 gallon pots. They want watered twice, week 6ish of flower. Really didn't think that was unusual! All of my grows have started to drink more around now, then slow down again when they are more ripe.
The 2 on the left don't care, once is enough, but they're smaller [they are sitting on 8 inch buckets] 2 on the right dry out, as well as their 5th sister in her own tent. I am gonna do straight coco next run to see if it helps.
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Looking FULL. Hope you have lots of fans. Too much foliage for my liking but I might be a plant satist.
 

Rsawr

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Looking FULL. Hope you have lots of fans. Too much foliage for my liking but I might be a plant satist.
Yeah, I know! Your plants always look hella nice. I have gone harder on leaves before, but I wanted to see what would happen if I basically took zero. Just the ones that get in my way when I water. I like the bushy look of them, and it'll feel like a treasure hunt when I get down in there on harvest day and see all the hidden buds. Got a new 6inch infinity, 3 fans, and a big 2500 square foot dehuey sucking water out of the room. No bud rot here!
 

lusidghost

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You'll get better results in coco with daily multifeeds. IMO if you want to water every three days stick with soil.
I've heard this, but I don't really understand. If you have enough moist medium, what's the difference? it seems to me that you're better off watering less if possible because that means more air to your roots. How often do you swap out DWC water? Certainly not several times a day. What's the difference?
 

Rsawr

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In a DWC res there are more total nutrients than in just the damp medium of a single pot, so the plant is easier able to take what it wants, right? In the pot you have to keep topping up the tiny damp "res" with the right mix?
 

Brettman

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Back to OP, I’ve never bothered changing until this year. I am going to adjust them in the hopes that we do keep daylight savings time. I think we’re just waiting on New York now.
 

lusidghost

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In a DWC res there are more total nutrients than in just the damp medium of a single pot, so the plant is easier able to take what it wants, right? In the pot you have to keep topping up the tiny damp "res" with the right mix?
Just up your dosage a little then? When I used 5 gallon or even 3 gallon fabric pots, I would water once every two days until they demanded a daily watering, but they never required more than that. I could see if you had a big plant in a small pot, but that would be more of a demand for moisture than nutrients.

Right now I'm growing 6 plants in a 2 x2 ft bed covered ion panda film. They have plenty of coco to dig around in, and it stayed moist for much longer than in fabric pots. The plants doing fine. I went three days without watering them last week, but I think that's pushing it nutrient wise. Every other day seems perfect.
 

twentyeight.threefive

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I've heard this, but I don't really understand. If you have enough moist medium, what's the difference? it seems to me that you're better off watering less if possible because that means more air to your roots. How often do you swap out DWC water? Certainly not several times a day. What's the difference?
In DWC the roots are continuously exposed to nutrient solution. Multi feeds in coco are similar as you constantly try to keep the roots exposed to fresh nutrients. Feeding DTW to runoff prevents salt build up and EC spiking.
 
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