Growing/Watering in 100+ degrees heat

dankantorNorCal

dankantorNorCal

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I bein growing outdoors and i noticed its bein 100+ degrees, and will remain at that for at least 2 weeks and maybe rest of summer... shud i water more than every 3 days, because i drop the water on soil and come bak like 2 hours later and top centimeter is already crispy dry.


any suggestions?
 
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3fingerlid

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I'm in SoCal & its been in the mid 90's these last few days. I'm giving my potted plants a quick watering every morning b4 the sun comes up. So far I havent seen any drooping. If it gets over a 100 then I'll move them to the shade/partial sun and see if I can gert away with watering every other day.
 
dankantorNorCal

dankantorNorCal

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i alrdy had it over-watered + over ferted, by sum guy who watered my plant one night. but its bein flushed and still recovering?

shud i do any foilage its only like maybe 4"-5" tall
 
Mammoth22

Mammoth22

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no real need, but if you felt the urge, go ahead. spray on the undersides as well. any leaf curling?
 
dankantorNorCal

dankantorNorCal

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yes a couple leafs curle down
sum bottom leaves r yellow but thats just enbryo leaves i think
one leave also just curls over on side

i wish i had a camera.
 
dankantorNorCal

dankantorNorCal

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shud i mist when it drops to like 70 degrees? or at like 2 am cause it gets dark at like 9-10


shud i make tea or just water?
 
dankantorNorCal

dankantorNorCal

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i just sprayed cold water mist during coldest part of day but still sunny and know they seem all droopy at night? is this normal for at night, usually stays perked up?
 
Screwylewy

Screwylewy

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My plants love it over 1 inch a day but my hot house is only 7 feet tall and 1/2 the plants are almost touching. I fill 5 3gal bottles every day and use them at night when the water gets under 90 degrees. Don't let them stay dry to long a mister works awsome in the heat of the day.
 
Alistar

Alistar

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Yeah, plants droop in the night when they are sleeping, and when they wake up they become all straight-up and perky to reach for these sunrays! :)
 
brickedup417

brickedup417

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depends on the soil and area around you its benn 100 here and i only water every 3 days im at 2300 elavation, but i have friends 60 miles south that are watering 3 times a day and showing no signs of overwatering.
 
SCARHOLE

SCARHOLE

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Water em at night to stop the evaporation loss, Get a spike an make a hole in your soil to deep root water as well, replace spike when done.
cover the soil with some mulch to keep the water in the ground better.
( I also have some water absorbing starch polymers called "Zeba gel" , am I use Miracal moisture control soil)


It was 104 yesterday where i live, has been in the 100s for a month now.
I only water em every week to week and a half, and only give em a 2 liter.
When it was in the 80-90s i could water every 2 weeks
 
notoriousb

notoriousb

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SCARHOLE said:
Water em at night to stop the evaporation loss, Get a spike an make a hole in your soil to deep root water as well, replace spike when done.
cover the soil with some mulch to keep the water in the ground better.
( I also have some water absorbing starch polymers called "Zeba gel" , am I use Miracal moisture control soil)


It was 104 yesterday where i live, has been in the 100s for a month now.
I only water em every week to week and a half, and only give em a 2 liter.
When it was in the 80-90s i could water every 2 weeks
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^ ^ makes sense if youre guerrilla growing and cant get out to water them much but if you have them in your yard or close by where you can see them more, you'll probably want to water every day in 100+ degree heat. there are a lot of variables like the drainage of your soil and how much sun you get but its a lot easier for a plant to recover from over watering than underwatering and the chances of overwatering are almost next to none with temps breaking 100

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