Water until it drains??

Hey,
I have plants about 7-8 weeks into vegetative and I have them in 5 gal buckets...I water them about 700-800mL and there isn't any drainage, but it seems like htat would be enough...Any suggestions?

Always water until you see it come out of the drain hole.

Rule of thumb.....................water till approx 1/3 of what you poured in.................runs out

yea i always water til i get about 10 % if not more runoff

and wowowowowow 5 gallons is ALOT

i like to keep my plants on the drier side... actually i rarely have runoff or just a bit... right now im in 2 gallon bags (ocean forest) and water each with about a cup of water/ day... sometimes more, sometimes less... i like to gather a feel for the water uptake (different at different stages of the plants cycle) and be careful not to let them wilt (dry out)... if adding water for the slower ones to catch up i never use nutes... only feed every other "main" watering... a good rule of thumb (for me, anyway) is ill weigh out mentally the weight of a dry plant to one with about a cup and a half of water and find a balance in between... this promotes root growth as the roots swell seaching for water

of course for larger pots i would use more water... for 3.5 gallon pots i use about 2 cups of water... oh yeah.. the plants mentioned above are only 30-40 inches tall... kush so not heavy drinkers like sativas...

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