Is it a watering issue?

[Kellogz121]

Hey guys! Long time viewer frst time poster.

6 weeks into veg (30.50 CM) and I'm noticing that the LOWER leaves of my plant look a bit droopy and sad. Not really sure if it's a watering issue or transplant shock? I wanna start flowering but feel like this should be addressed first. Thank you an advance.

 

[Emilya Green]

Hi @Kellogz121 , welcome to the forum!

hard to tell in purple light, but yes, it looks like a watering issue. Transplant shock needs a reason to happen... I doubt that is it.
Tell me how you water... how you determine that it is time to water, and how much you give when you do.

 

[Kellogz121]

Thank you for the speedy reply @Emilya I was watering just a little every day. When I transplanted I started doing about 20 FL OZ every other day. My other plant is thriving but this one clearly isnt.

 

[Kellogz121]

@emilyaand I wait until the soil is kinda dry but I dont let it get completely dry before watering. Using the finger method

 

[bluter]

in for a lesson lol

we'll let em handle this one.
for coles notes - check out the proper way to water a potted plant in em's sig.

 

[Emilya Green]

@emilyaand I wait until the soil is kinda dry but I dont let it get completely dry before watering. Using the finger method

Yes, there is a better way. The problems are pretty much how you are watering a weed. Pretty much everything you do I have mentioned in my now world famous watering article. Please read it. Your plants will thank you.

 

[Elvin]

Or you can do like I do. Get a 1-gallon watering can. Attach a short hose to it to make watering the back plants easier and mix your fertilizer in it and water it just like a darn houseplant.
It's quick and it does not hurt the plant in any way.
I'm able to empty that can in about a minute and I have made my fabric pots with enough of a lip that the water does not overflow and quickly soaks in and runs out the bottom as it should eventually. Why bother with minimal amounts of water when you want the flushing action of run-off anyway and in the wild, it gets a copious amount of water at once not a drop or two? Ever see water standing for a few seconds before it soaks in outside during a rain shower? That really is all I'm doing.
If a plant can withstand a rain shower then it can withstand a watering can that mimics that shower.
But, to each their own. Go slow, go fast; both ways will get the plant watered without harm.