dry soil

so i hear alot about people watering only once a week. but i feel like if i wait a week my soil will get so dry it gets sucked out by the exhaust fan lol. basically i can heavy water my plant on morning and when i get home from work it is super super dry. i have a 4 ft by 3 1/2 ft closet with 400w mH light in it. a fan in the ceiling blowing down and an exhaust fan to take out smell.... its not but about 75 in there and cant figure out how when i leave for a week and january i am going to keep these things from frying up. let me know what i am doing wrong

Is the water running out the bottom?
2 things to try - water twice, that is water once, and let it sit for a hour or more and water again.
Or, let it sit in a tray, water good till water runs out the bottom, and let it sit in the tray for a hour or 2 and suck up from the bottom.

Soil can get too dried out where it won't hold moisture until it gets properly rehydrated over a long time. Think gentle sustained rain shower instead of thunderstorm

mikedouglas said:

cant figure out how when i leave for a week and january i am going to keep these things from frying up. let me know what i am doing wrong

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repot into substantially bigger pots.

...water your ladies....wait 1/2 hour, then water again....this will fully saturate your soil...which will lower the maintance a bit.

thanks alot guys for the help, they are curretly in 2 gallon pots so i figure that is big enough for the size of plant im trying to end up with. ill try the water once then a half hour later do it again. i understand your points well. thanks again