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ricky6991

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My plants are 6 week veg. They only have 4 nodes each and are trained every few days... as of a week ago, they have looked really droopy. I water then 2 gallons food then 2 gallons water and repeat. They are watered every 2-3 days.

They are in 10 gallon pots and vegging under 8 - 1kw lights. Temps are perfect 76-78. Humidity is 59%. They are in promix. So enviroment is pretty perfect. They were happy with 2 gallons of water each time and this week they have been looking like need water all the time.

So my question is are they root bound and want more space for roots or are they not getting enough water at one time?
 

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What size pots are they in now?
I would also suggest checking the medium with your finger. Is it moist? If so and.they still look droopy then I would say yes rootbound
 
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scarecrow77

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There not rootbound at 6 week of veg in those pots...u should b watering your pots till you have some runoff ..to avoid dry spots...those plants will be drinking alot now..there a good size...if those are fabric pot your useing there will be no root circling in them...there air pruned...you can grow trees in those 10 gallon ones...hope this helps
 
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ricky6991

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10 gallon pots.

I fed them 2 gallon each on Thursday and today they were still drooped.

Normally after feeding they are up to lights after few hours. All week i have noticed they are ok but not upwards like before. They are curved alittle downward.
 
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ricky6991

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scarecrow77 said:
There not rootbound at 6 week of veg in those pots...u should b watering your pots till you have some runoff ..to avoid dry spots...those plants will be drinking alot now..there a good size...if those are fabric pot your useing there will be no root circling in them...there air pruned...you can grow trees in those 10 gallon ones...hope this helps
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Yes they air prune... i can move the fabric away from promix and do not see white roots circling. They seem to be stunted compared to normal growth. Thats the confusion, am i not watering the promix fully with 2 gallons because there is absolutly 0 run off? Or will i run into several mis-diagnosed issues from small pots?

I am switching to flower in 2 weeks and thinking i dont want any issue in flower.

Finally, to add, only 8 plants go in each room.
 
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ricky6991 said:
My plants are 6 week veg. They only have 4 nodes each and are trained every few days... as of a week ago, they have looked really droopy. I water then 2 gallons food then 2 gallons water and repeat. They are watered every 2-3 days.

They are in 10 gallon pots and vegging under 8 - 1kw lights. Temps are perfect 76-78. Humidity is 59%. They are in promix. So enviroment is pretty perfect. They were happy with 2 gallons of water each time and this week they have been looking like need water all the time.

So my question is are they root bound and want more space for roots or are they not getting enough water at one time?
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Looking at your pictures, I do not see any petry dishes under the plants that collect and hold your runoff. I wouldn't even try to grow without them. Any plant will root rot if the water just sits there...unless they are water plants (lol). They look healthy in spite of getting to much. Good luck. Peace
 
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scarecrow77

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ricky6991 said:
Yes they air prune... i can move the fabric away from promix and do not see white roots circling. They seem to be stunted compared to normal growth. Thats the confusion, am i not watering the promix fully with 2 gallons because there is absolutly 0 run off? Or will i run into several mis-diagnosed issues from small pots?

I am switching to flower in 2 weeks and thinking i dont want any issue in flower.

Finally, to add, only 8 plants go in each room.
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thats what im saying mate..u won't c them circling because they don't in the fabric pots..as soon as your roots hit the fabric there air pruned so they can't circle....every 3rd watering make sure U have runoff...u don't want runoff every watering or U will be to wet in the bottom of your pots ...you want your pots drying evenly.....you can flower away in those pots ...what sort of yeild U after in those pots..
 
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ricky6991

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Well, a good friend uses 15 gallon pots and gets 2 lb each plant under 1kw light. My room mimiks his but i am not expexting as much. I want maybe 12 lb off my 8 lights.

This is first promix run. I have done hydro for 2 yrs.
 
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