Explain why if you can

[WashougalWonder]

I live in Pacific NW. Going thru a sopping wet spell, like water squooshes out when you step on the ground.

Well just before this started, I put a couple males outside so I can harvest some pollen. Now we try very hard not to overwater our indoor stuff. We try to have a wet-to-dry before we water again to prevent root rot or suffocation.

Why can these, now outdoor plants, take so much water, grow well, and show no signs of root stress at all? How can they tolerate so much water and why can we not do the same with indoor grows?

[Weezard]

I live in Pacific NW. Going thru a sopping wet spell, like water squooshes out when you step on the ground.

Well just before this started, I put a couple males outside so I can harvest some pollen. Now we try very hard not to overwater our indoor stuff. We try to have a wet-to-dry before we water again to prevent root rot or suffocation.

Why can these, now outdoor plants, take so much water, grow well, and show no signs of root stress at all? How can they tolerate so much water and why can we not do the same with indoor grows?

Plenty root room and dissolved Oxygen mostly.
And we CAN do the same indoors.
I grow loverly herbs in buckets of water.:jointsmile:


It's not the water that drowns roots, it's the lack of Oxygen.

As long as it rains at least once a day, even in muck, the raindrops are carrying as much dissolved air as they can hold.
That's why the outdoor girls can grow through pooled water
Without fresh, aerated water they would suffocate in about 3 days as the water goes flat, then stagnant.

So, I drop in an airstone to prevent that.:cool:
Cheap li'l aquariun airpump plugged into an UPS, makes for a low maintenance grow.
No dirt, no soil pathogens/pests, total, instant, PH and nute control.:thumbsup:
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And those are "cherry Tomatoes" Sweet 100s.

In soil, just vigorously shaking the water jug before watering, or keeping an airstone bubbling in it, will keep your roots happy whether you "overwater" or not.:rastasmoke:

Aloha.
Weezard

[WashougalWonder]

How interesting, and those tomatoes look great. Certainly can aerate the water before using.

[BringerofDope]

i think its natural sunlight just dryinging out your soil faster. plants grow better outdoors than with artificial sunlight, just a fact. plants get bigger,healthier, drink more water...not rocket science. plus you never mentioned if you just put the plants outdoors in their pots, or planted them in the ground, of course a plant in the ground has more root room.

[khyberkitsune]

Purely what Weezard says - roots need oxygen, leaves need carbon dioxide. The majority of oxygen absorption for ATP comes from the roots, and carbon for growth/sugars comes from the air.

As long as dissolved oxygen levels are allowed to remain at levels sufficient to sustain plant life, the plant will typically live as long as there is no other imbalances that will cause detrimental effects.

[WashougalWonder]

i think its natural sunlight just dryinging out your soil faster. plants grow better outdoors than with artificial sunlight, just a fact. plants get bigger,healthier, drink more water...not rocket science. plus you never mentioned if you just put the plants outdoors in their pots, or planted them in the ground, of course a plant in the ground has more root room.

The amount of hours of sun in 2 weeks can be counted on two hands, it has been dreary and rain for 2 weeks, no drying at all

Yes, they are in the ground. I do not see any faster growth or anything like that, and bugs have been eating too, but they seem to be just fricking thriving in the sopping wet ground. I let them get that wet in pots and they are dead meat.