Overwatering

[1BadVTX]

Hey guys I am running a big bag of ffof, additional 20 - 30% perlite, around 10 lbs of worm castings in three gallon felt pots for autos the center of the pot about a solo cup size hole is seed starter soil. They are just out of seedling stage
My questions is can i saturate the soil without worries of over watering now that I have passed the seedling stage or should I continue adding small amounts more regular? i am worried about gaining dry pockets in my soil.
Thanks for any input I'm sure it has been asked before but couldn't find anything with my soil set up.

 

[Lime]

Overwatering is actually watering too soon , when pot is wet!

We saturate pots til runoff once they are established plants.

Wait to dry before watering again which might take 5-10 days depending on pot and plant size.

 

[Lime]

Only one thread per topic please, no need to clutter forums.

 

[1BadVTX]

Thanks I accidentally sent thay twice trying to figure out how to delete the other

 

[Lime]

Thanks I accidentally sent thay twice trying to figure out how to delete the other

No worries mod will remove it

 

[1BadVTX]

alright awesome I will follow your advice on watering my plants are starting their third node is that established enough to start watering to runoff?

 

[Lime]

alright awesome I will follow your advice on watering my plants are starting their third node is that established enough to start watering to runoff?

Have a pic? Of plant in new pot?

 

[Nunyabiz]

Kinda depends.
You might be able to get your soil tilth to the point to where you can treat it like a hydrosoil but it will be more difficult especially in tiny little pots.

You will also need to bottle feed.

What you are describing is exactly what I'm doing, but I am using a different soil and in 25 gallon pots with worms and cover crop so my soil tilth and my soil biology requires that I keep my soil moist at all times, I water about 1 to 1.5 gallons a day, even when I don't even have a cannabis plant currently growing i still water daily for the soil biology, worms, cover crop.

 

[Lime]

Great thread from @Emilya check this link...

The Proper Way To Water A Seedling In A Large Final Container

 

[1BadVTX]

yeah right here is one of them the others are around the same size

 

[1BadVTX]

Kinda depends.
You might be able to get your soil tilth to the point to where you can treat it like a hydrosoil but it will be more difficult especially in tiny little pots.

You will also need to bottle feed.

What you are describing is exactly what I'm doing, but I am using a different soil and in 25 gallon pots with worms and cover crop so my soil tilth actually and my soil biology requires that I keep my soil moist at all times, I water about 1 to 1.5 gallons a day, even when I don't even have a cannabis plant currently growing i still water daily for the soil biology, worms, cover crop.

I have biobizz for later in the stages I read that the soil I am using can carry my plants for the first couple of weeks before starting nutes. biobizz feeding shows starting it in week 3 I believe. i just don't want to burn them if they are too young

 

[1BadVTX]

in the center of my pots is about a solo cup size area of seed starter soil to allow them to get a little bigger before hitting the nutes in the ffof

 

[Lime]

I'd wait another week before fully saturating this plant in those pots.

Read @Emilya thread great read should help with your question

 

[1BadVTX]

I'd wait another week before fully saturating this plant in those pots.

Read @Emilya thread great read should help with your question

Alright will do. Thanks again!

 

[skirk]

Fine looking medium and plant.

 

[1BadVTX]

Fine looking medium and plant.

Thanks I'm still learning been studying but there are so many contradictions in things I figured it better to ask you guys that actually grow.

 

[Nunyabiz]

My method of growing is pretty much the opposite of what most folks in here will advise you.
To me if my soil was such that I had to let it literally dry out for 5+ days before watering again then that soil isn't worth growing in and I'd dump it and start over. But thats me.
If I had to grow in tiny pots (under 7 gal) and was going to bottle feed then I would just grow in coco with 30% aeration and water everyday with 1/4 strength nutrients.

I prefer growing totally organic so I have to use larger pots at least 15 gallon minimum so there's plenty of nutrients all the way to harvest and large root mass to store nutrients for flower.
So I do Living Organic Soil no-till with worms, predator bugs, cover crops.
Inoculated with mycorrhazae, the best way by far to water this type of soil is small amounts several times a day and never let it dry out.
You don't want it wet, in fact if the soil is working properly you really can't over water unless you toss it in a swimming pool.
But just adding enough water to keep the soil nice and moist is just right and all the roots, worms, microbes etc stay happy.
I also super oxygenate my water so everytime I water I add dissolved oxygen into the soil.

 

[BeanTownFan420]

Kinda depends.
You might be able to get your soil tilth to the point to where you can treat it like a hydrosoil but it will be more difficult especially in tiny little pots.

You will also need to bottle feed.

What you are describing is exactly what I'm doing, but I am using a different soil and in 25 gallon pots with worms and cover crop so my soil tilth and my soil biology requires that I keep my soil moist at all times, I water about 1 to 1.5 gallons a day, even when I don't even have a cannabis plant currently growing i still water daily for the soil biology, worms, cover crop.

This is what I do in Happy Frog I feed and flush as if it was hydro so my soil is always completely wet every other day from the flush feed I do. This is my result after 47 days into the flip without vegging them at all from seed. I never have a water issue and I soak my pots every other day so much I need to use my shop vac to empty the oil pans. Day one then today with the treat like hydro but in soil.

 

[VetSmoke85]

Yeah I'd agree with @Lime. Let those roots spread out in search of water a bit more. Especially with an auto. I'd love to do what you're doing @Nunyabiz but my space won't allow for large pots unfortunately. Thought about coco too but another stepping stone is I don't have much free time to be mixing nutes and feeding daily. Found with the size pots I use and the biobizz soil I can usually go 2-3 days between feeds at their thirstiest letting the soil dry out completely.

 

[1BadVTX]

I also have a space problem that's why I went with 3 gallon pots it is still not legal where I live. Hopefully soon it will pass so I can do what I would like to.