anyone else?(h20 related)
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BCBuddy420
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yeah my plants are just 10 inches tall and they drink 6 gallons of water every other day. Im sure they will need that much water as I head to flowering. doesn't sound the least bit unusual. If they drink lot's, keep watering them, it's good. I use the hand scale method for checking to water my plants. You take a dry pot full of the same medium your using, if you don't have one, wing it by feel, and you lift it to feel it's weight, when it's thirsty it will be light as the dry pot even with the plant in it, basically. If it still weighs a bit then leave it till it's dry. You start using this method and it will get easier as you get better at judging the weight. Hope this helped ya and take care of those plants 
~ ur BCbuddy
~ ur BCbuddy
jondamon
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How tall are you plants?
What size pot do you have them in?
what are the temps night and day?
what is the RH of your area night and day?
The average rule is for every 1ft of growth you need 1 gallon
1ft = 1 gallon
2ft = 2 gallon
3ft = 3 gallon
etc
But a little tip is the bigger the pot the better.
On my next grow i plan on using a 2 gallon for propagation and the rest of the grow i will be turning the little ladies to flower on week 2 of veg. after they have been topped.
I will only be allowing colas and a couple of bud sites lower down on the branch as i want to try and make some monsterous colas.
Follow the rule and you will be fine and should not need to water every day.
DO however remember that if your plant is 18inches tall before you turn her to flower then she will double or triple in size so you need to allow that in the pot size you choose before you change to 12 12 so you would transplant into a 3-4 gallon pot before you switch to allow her to grow properly.
You will be fine as you are and dont worry about transplanting now as you will give her some uneeded stress you are just gonna get a bit pissed off from watering all the time.
Good luck and remember the rule.
J
What size pot do you have them in?
what are the temps night and day?
what is the RH of your area night and day?
The average rule is for every 1ft of growth you need 1 gallon
1ft = 1 gallon
2ft = 2 gallon
3ft = 3 gallon
etc
But a little tip is the bigger the pot the better.
On my next grow i plan on using a 2 gallon for propagation and the rest of the grow i will be turning the little ladies to flower on week 2 of veg. after they have been topped.
I will only be allowing colas and a couple of bud sites lower down on the branch as i want to try and make some monsterous colas.
Follow the rule and you will be fine and should not need to water every day.
DO however remember that if your plant is 18inches tall before you turn her to flower then she will double or triple in size so you need to allow that in the pot size you choose before you change to 12 12 so you would transplant into a 3-4 gallon pot before you switch to allow her to grow properly.
You will be fine as you are and dont worry about transplanting now as you will give her some uneeded stress you are just gonna get a bit pissed off from watering all the time.
Good luck and remember the rule.
J
northeastern lights
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A gallon a foot is way too much, unless your outside IMO.
These right here outside took 4 gallons a piece and they were 25 gallon holes.
My girls are 3 feet in 3 gallon bags and take 1 gallon every 3ish days. I'm about 3 weeks into flowering. What's with all the 3's jeesh.
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northeastern lights
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Thanks. I just have never in my years of growing used more than 1/2 of the volume of media as water.
Example: 1.5 gallons for a 3 gallon pot
wiseguy316
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if the leaves aren't drooping and the pots are light water em. It's getting warmer they are thisty.
northeastern lights
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Must be a giant plant. Pics?
northeastern lights
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No way it drinks a gallon a day.
northeastern lights
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What's your media?
desertrat
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not unusual at all to be watering every day with a pot that small. you have got to be close to root bound. if you're in the right sized pot, you shouldn't have to water any more than every three days.
jondamon
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Is she drinking it?? or are you loosing alot out of the bottom in run off?
I use coco and aim for 20% run off every time i water.
On my first grow i used a 2 gallon pot for a 3ft tall lady and she drank a gallon every 2-3 days but i had a run off of around 1litre (4.55L = 1 gallon)
J
I use coco and aim for 20% run off every time i water.
On my first grow i used a 2 gallon pot for a 3ft tall lady and she drank a gallon every 2-3 days but i had a run off of around 1litre (4.55L = 1 gallon)
J