Is this normal?

[TheHump]

The other day I noticed my plants were drooping a little bit and the bottom leaves are yellow. Can anyone give me some advice?

[orangeman]

Well I cant tell a God damn thing from pictures because I'm not there but it looks like your leaves are healthy (except those bottom ones) and if they are healthy looking but drooping maybe your overwatering it? Because your soil does look wet so thats what I'm suggesting. Do you have any drainage for yout pots?

[TheHump]

I forgot to mention, these are 3 weeks into flowering.

I only water them about once every 5-6 days, there is drainage too.

[included]

water them more often....

I water soil plants once every other day in flowering.

[cmorbud]

more water!!!!!!!!!!!!

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What if your moisture level in the soil is good would you still water it. I find that I only have to water mine about every 4 days.

I have a moisture meter and I am only watering it when is gets between 1 and 2 on a scale of 4. Should I be watering more as well? I have a slight droop, nothing this major, on the 4-5 day.

[Zandor]

As they grow their nutrient requirements as well as the frequency changes. You need to keep up with the life cycle of the plant as best as you can.

The deeper you go into flower the more nutrients your plant will need and use. It does look a little week on the N what nutrients are you feeding them?

If you have proper drainage you should be watering every 3-day's. If you can go 4 or 5 then you don't have enough drainage in your soil or enough drain holes for it to leach out.

[TheHump]

I am using superthrive for nutrients...you think i need something else too?

[sabre71]

read your superthrive!!! supethrive is not fert.its vitamin and hormones

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Thanks Zandor!

I actually added more holes after purchasing the pots as I wanted a little more air for the bottom of the soil. I am using a compost/manure/potting soil mixture. I also have a nifty cover for the top of the soil (see other postings) that really have eliminated most of the evaporation. I also have a layer of Peat Moss under my nifty cover to even further reduce evaporation.

Is this wrong?

[Zandor]

Thanks Zandor!

I actually added more holes after purchasing the pots as I wanted a little more air for the bottom of the soil. I am using a compost/manure/potting soil mixture. I also have a nifty cover for the top of the soil (see other postings) that really have eliminated most of the evaporation. I also have a layer of Peat Moss under my nifty cover to even further reduce evaporation.

Is this wrong?

Well it's not evaporation you should worry about. The leafs can even absorb the water as it evaporates to some point. But the peat moss is a good idea because it will stop alga from growing on the top of your soil. So for that reason it's a very good idea.

You may want to add some bone meal or some worm casting or bat shit from time to time. If you are early in veg you can add some fish shit to raise the N level or bat shit. It sounds like you are growing organic and that's fine. It's slow but that is good too sometime. Just don't make the plant work to hard for nutrients.

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Right now I am in late veg, with about 8 days to go. Kinda playing it by sight with the bag seed, more of a trial run to get the set up working properly. I think the organic is a little slow too, next time with real seeds I will add in a little Fox Farm products. Or if there are a couple organic receipes that someone could contribute. I would like to make my own.

I added bone meal to the soil mix when I was preparing the soil. Mixed all components together and added some water and worms and then let set in a window sill for about a month and a half never letting it fully dry out, and stiring lightly about once a week. The worms are still in the pots and only 1 tryed an escape. I have read that if the soil mix is no good then the worms try to get out of it, can you confirm that?

[TheHump]

Cool...i will get some fert for my girls. well...I just found out that 2 of my 5 are males...the others haven't shown yet. It still kind of hurt when i cut those males down.