First Grow, what am I doing wrong?

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Fishwow

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First grow,
Bought clones from dispo
I am growing outside next to vegetable garden.
Hardened off then transplanted to 5 gallon fabric pots. They have been in pot for 6 days. I’m using fox farms happy frog. Nothing added to soil. Watered from tap water with inline filter. (same water I use for vegetable garden) watered every 2-3 days depending on dryness of soil. Seem happy during the day but drooping at night has gotten progressively worse the last three nights. Does seem to be localized to new growth and tops of plants. Weather in Colorado just got above 80 degrees during the day and has been slightly breezy the last few days. I’ve been moving them into more sun each day as well. Any ideas or pointers are greatly appreciated. I am as new as they get when it come to growing cannabis. Thanks
 

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cage

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Fishwow said:
First grow,
Bought clones from dispo
I am growing outside next to vegetable garden.
Hardened off then transplanted to 5 gallon fabric pots. They have been in pot for 6 days. I’m using fox farms happy frog. Nothing added to soil. Watered from tap water with inline filter. (same water I use for vegetable garden) watered every 2-3 days depending on dryness of soil. Seem happy during the day but drooping at night has gotten progressively worse the last three nights. Does seem to be localized to new growth and tops of plants. Weather in Colorado just got above 80 degrees during the day and has been slightly breezy the last few days. I’ve been moving them into more sun each day as well. Any ideas or pointers are greatly appreciated. I am as new as they get when it come to growing cannabis. Thanks
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Watering 5gallon pots every 2-3days, even tho fabric and depending on how compacted the soil is, might be overdoing it.
Especially considering the plants probably don't have full on root systems all over the pot. Yet.
The droopiness might be because of the excess moisture/lack of oxygen in root zone.
Some perkiness difference is normal as for night vs day comparison, but yours might be more due overwatering.
Heavy pots indicate too much water.

Size wise they are ready for full sun, but considering the droopiness, I'd increase the amount of light bit more incrementally.
Then you could start thinking about adding nutes.
 
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DanKiller

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Like cage said, too small plants for those pots, everything you describe says over watering..
But they look alright, just let the roots breath some more
 
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Fishwow

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cage said:
Watering 5gallon pots every 2-3days, even tho fabric and depending on how compacted the soil is, might be overdoing it.
Especially considering the plants probably don't have full on root systems all over the pot. Yet.
The droopiness might be because of the excess moisture/lack of oxygen in root zone.
Some perkiness difference is normal as for night vs day comparison, but yours might be more due overwatering.
Heavy pots indicate too much water.

Size wise they are ready for full sun, but considering the droopiness, I'd increase the amount of light bit more incrementally.
Then you could start thinking about adding nutes.
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Thanks for the input, I will try slowing down on the watering. They’ve been getting between 7-8 hrs of light a day. I did give nutrients for the first time last night since transplanting. Just a fish emulsion I use for vegetables that I’ve had really good luck with. This is kind of just a experiment for me to see if it’s something I want to continue adding to the garden each year. They look a lot happier this morning.
 

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formularacer

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I would say get them in the ground.
Not sure about hardening them off after 10 weeks of 14 hours of light a day popped them in ground had rain-ish cloudy for two days then they just took off. No sign of drooping or unhappy leaves.
I had done a silly thing of putting two seeds in a pot, the second seed was short and lacked growth. I just transplanted them recently away from other plants and both of the runts are taking off in growth.
Started several plants in tent 14 weeks ago. Put them outside a month ago. They have more than doubled in size.
I water just about every morning. Set timer for 45 minutes.
When the sun is out the leaves will track it to a degree, when the sun goes away the leaves will relax.
I watched my Durban Poison spread its leaves to the sun.
 
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