watering a plant while gone

[klup]

i have one female plant, early weeks of flowering, around 3ft tall with the pot. i have been giving her around 2 liters every other day with some petersons mixed in.

i have to go away for 5-7 days. i wanted to know if i could use a tray to water her for that long. ive watered from the bottom before with smaller plants, but only to experiment. would it be possible to put 5+ liters in a tub underneath and have it safely water the plant. would i need to maybe add a layer of rocks/pebbles to the bottom to better separate the excess water from the roots?

[turtle420]

Maybe you can setup a "wick" system.

Don't know about making a bottom out of water.

I guess somebody watering the plant for you is out fo the question?
:)

[klup]

definitely cant have someone water her for me, so i guess a wick is my only hope. thanks

[NorCal Grown]

Cannabis does not like to be watered from the bottom of the plant.....

[stickyichy]

yeah thats one way. Or you can put her in a tub of water while your gone. I did this for 14 days came back and all of my 3 plants were healthy and nice. All the water was gone too but thats besides the point.

The best possible option would be to set up a hydroponic system where it drops set up on a timer.

[50ul }{4ck3r]

yeah thats one way. Or you can put her in a tub of water while your gone. I did this for 14 days came back and all of my 3 plants were healthy and nice. All the water was gone too but thats besides the point.

The best possible option would be to set up a hydroponic system where it drops set up on a timer.

lol...i dont think so....you leave your roots in water and the soil....Overwatering!!!!!

come on get real.....i would say if u have the money...auto watering kit with a timer !!!!

but please don't let your roots sit in water!!!!
if you do that you might as well kick yourself in the azz!

[NorCal Grown]

I guess I should have explained the you don't want your roots under water for that long. Hell, it would be better NOT to water them for a few days then drown them. My :twocents:

[50ul }{4ck3r]

your right Norcal....klup get a cheap water pump and a timer for daily watering...and set the timer to only water for like 3 min each day!!!

Good Idea There!!!!!

[stickyichy]

Just telling you my personal experience.

College student strapped for cash with no time. i bought 2 tubs put about 2 gallons of water in them and let my plants sit in them for 2 week. Horrible, lots can go wrong such as root rot, over watering. But if you don't have any other options 2 weeks without water is death. id rather over water and have them live so i can nurse them when i get back then come back to brown plants. having my plants alive is much better then not watering and that my friend is why putting them into a bucket with water is much better then kicking my own ass.

having said that, if you do have the time and money invest in a drip system. you can even make your own using a pump bought from any fish store or home gardening place for around 10$ plus 7-10$ tubing. the timer should run about 15$ putting you in about 35+ or so.

[stickyichy]

just an after thought but there are some cool things that when i was trying to figure this out people suggested to me.

Automatic Plant Waterers - Lee Valley Tools (http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.aspx?c=1&p=45295&cat=2,2280,54307&ap=1)

Plants Can Survive Your Holiday (http://gardenline.usask.ca/plants/holidays.html)

http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-growing/144902-keeping-my-plants-alive-part-2-a.html

[NorCal Grown]

If you really are to poor to buy a $20 timer...... maybe this is the wrong "hobby" for you. I made a decision grow. I didn't grow until I could buy the correct/safe parts to do it. One other thing I would like to point out to "poor" growers, what if you get caught?? I put aside a pretty sizeable amount of money to pay for lawyer frees and lost time at work if I get busted. Something to think about.

Oh, one other thing more on the topic. Turn your heat way down. If your house is pretty cold(~45F), the plants will slow their use of water/nutes.

[NorCal Grown]

One more thing, on the cheap. You don't "need" a pump, gravity has never failed..... remember gravity?? Water tub on a stand, with a drip line glued in the bottom. $10 tops. :thumbsup:

[klup]

i think ill go with the wick system or your 'gravity drip' seems like it would work well. as far as money im saving for a small hps right now, so im fine with going ghetto on things. ( i am a 'strapped college student')

for the timer, is it just like an outlet timer or what?

thanks for feedback

[NorCal Grown]

This looks like a killer little light for a budget grow...... looks like it would be easy to air cool too. Cheap Hydroponics - Discount Hydroponic Supplies, Grow Lights, Hydroponic Fertilizers, and much more - Sunleaves Pulsar Mini 250w Switchable System Complete (Powered by CubeCart) (http://cheaphydroponics.com/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=454)

[specialized]

maybe try transplaning into a bigger pot and then water the hell out of it with a tray on the bottom might last for 5 days or so

[klup]

update: she survived and looked great. also starting to get hairy, but i need more lights on her. i got a canon for christmas but it randomly stopped working last week so no pics, sorry.

[klup]

heres 2 quick shots from a couple days ago. i had to use my broken sony but theyre decent.

its bagseed but if i was to guess a strain, id say sweet tooth related.


also got a question on cloning but im trying to google it

[klup]

well shes about 3-4 weeks from harvest and starting to fill out quite nice. i have taken 5 clones and a small branch broke about a week ago, so im trying to save it. i have 3 42w 27k, plus 2 26 watters, one 65k and one 27k. the main cola is pretty dense but i think it might have hermied from light leaks.

PLEASE FUCKING READ AND HELP

i plucked two possible bananas(more so they ripped and they had little strands in them, so maybe calyxes??) and now i see more on the cola. the lower branches are just starting to get real resinous and the hairs forming true buds. i looked at some of the buds and they have these little 'spikes' with 2 hairs popping out like the ones i ripped from the main cola.

im hoping im just overreacting to the calyxes but i know it could easily be hermie. need some help friends PLEASE