When to start watering whole pot

Rootbound420

Rootbound420

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What week is a good time to start watering the whole pot and getting runoff? Im in 3 gallon air pot with organic soil and autoflowers. Right now im at 1 week 1 day. Still watering just a ring around the stem. Let me know guys its my first grow and watering is my biggest issue. Lol when and how much gets stressful!
 
crimsonecho

crimsonecho

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just water the whole pot and wait till its almost dry. overwatering is not watering too much mostly, its watering too often. if your medium is well aerated it’ll not get waterlogged so you can not overwater by giving too much water at once.

and runoff in organics is not really needed. youre only gonna leach out organic material and stuff. just water till you get 5% and if the medium soaks it back up i a couple of hours dont even bother with dumping it out.

looking healthy tho, keep up the good work!
 
crimsonecho

crimsonecho

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crimsonecho said:
just water the whole pot and wait till its almost dry. overwatering is not watering too much mostly, its watering too often. if your medium is well aerated it’ll not get waterlogged so you can not overwater by giving too much water at once.

and runoff in organics is not really needed. youre only gonna leach out organic material and stuff. just water till you get 5% and if the medium soaks it back up i a couple of hours dont even bother with dumping it out.

looking healthy tho, keep up the good work!
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oh is this organic organic or bottled nutrients and microbes organic?
 
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Playk328

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What I did last run and it worked very well.. I premixed my organic soil, I moistened it to where it was spongy but not over watery.. I them planted the seedling direct and just let that baby go for a few weeks without watering her at all.. Now they are getting massive and I feel this year I had faster veg growth so far.

Edit.. I forgot to say I started in 7 gallon pots.
 
Rootbound420

Rootbound420

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crimsonecho said:
just water the whole pot and wait till its almost dry. overwatering is not watering too much mostly, its watering too often. if your medium is well aerated it’ll not get waterlogged so you can not overwater by giving too much water at once.

and runoff in organics is not really needed. youre only gonna leach out organic material and stuff. just water till you get 5% and if the medium soaks it back up i a couple of hours dont even bother with dumping it out.

looking healthy tho, keep up the good work!
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Thank you! Will do and going to start a journal today as well new to this site but liking it so far!
 
crimsonecho

crimsonecho

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Rootbound420 said:
Thank you! Will do and going to start a journal today as well new to this site but liking it so far!
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welcome

Rootbound420 said:
Yea its full organic soil black gold. No added amendments this run but next time im going coco mix with gaja green amendments. Mr. Canuck style. Lol
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dont know mr canuck sorry but ive just started using coco in my organic mix and its a completely differently beast for sure. also add a decent amount of fresh ewc
 
crimsonecho

crimsonecho

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Rootbound420 said:
Look him up on youtube he gives detailed tips and tricks and is 100% organic. He has lots of videos on autoflowers good channel.
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i bet he does and i think you’ll soon find out no amount of tips and tricks compare to real life experience just live and learn taking in whatever you can eliminate the wrong and unuseful shit apply the good ones as much as you can.
happy growing man
 
Rootbound420

Rootbound420

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crimsonecho said:
i bet he does and i think you’ll soon find out no amount of tips and tricks compare to real life experience just live and learn taking in whatever you can eliminate the wrong and unuseful shit apply the good ones as much as you can.
happy growing man
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Thanks man!
 
weedstoner420

weedstoner420

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If it's peat-based soil you probably don't want to let any part of it dry out completely, it can get hydrophobic and be difficult to rehydrate. Better to water the whole surface area from the beginning, vs only a small area in the middle. Or bottom-water and remove whatever doesn't get sucked up after 30 mins or so.
 
Rootbound420

Rootbound420

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weedstoner420 said:
If it's peat-based soil you probably don't want to let any part of it dry out completely, it can get hydrophobic and be difficult to rehydrate. Better to water the whole surface area from the beginning, vs only a small area in the middle. Or bottom-water and remove whatever doesn't get sucked up after 30 mins or so.
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Thanks for the info!
 
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DoobieDoobs

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I keep my soil moist at all times, since they are little seedlings I water the whole pot, because microbes in the pot need the moisture to live. I would recommend you to get to know your pot and soil, how much water it can take before run off, water slowly and try to avoid run off.
 
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