your watering technique in soil

[BobBong]

The medium may be saturated if you have met the conditions of potting correctly:
1) pot is of an appropriate size for the plant you intend to put in it
2) soil is of an appropriate lightness to the temperature and lighting at which your plants are kept (=relative to how fast they use available soil moisture).
3) pot has proper drainage

This is enough flaming out of 'best' greenthumb.

You, sir, have earned yourself a time out in the penalty box. I didn't ban you earlier for insulting me personally because I honestly don't think your opinion is valid, but when you go around insulting others, I've got to do my job as a mod and enforce board rules.

You will find warnings and/or infractions for every incidence of flaming in your post history next time you log on.

Damn! You beat me to the punch!

Ohhh.. okay.. i guess you can have this one... :jointsmile:

[fiddyonefiddy]

ok my bad
sorry bob didnt mean to get you busted.
see stinky if youda left this post in advanced you wouldnt have all these troubles...hehehehe
heres more info:
the plants are in a gallon container they are 60 days old around
12 inches tall runnung under a 150w .18/6. they were recently transplanted. im watering 1/2 gallon water only,the soil i have has nutes in it(i know thats wrong but thats what the wife brought home) thats why i am using just water.the soil is pulling away from the edges. i also thought that this would be better to have the roots search for the water, and the soil close to them would only absorb what it needed from the bottom. just my thinking .i water only once a week maybe twice it has been really cold here in the evenings so i dont have alot of evaporation right now but its getting better. i also wait till they begin to droop before watering. see stinky i have been reading, hhehehehe
im trying a clone from some bag seed also, day two looks good i got a question about it so ill start a new thread
thanks to everyone who responded and thanks to stinky for moving the right area so it would get a response.
speedy


ps to bob
fawlty towers rules!

[stinkyattic]

I think your logic makes sense actually. The one thing you want to be aware of is that -how do I explain this- your water carries the chemicals (nutes that you give it plus whatever it picks up from the soil) with it. The plant uses a certain amount of water plus a certain amount of the chemicals. Not all. Eventually, there will be an imbalance from the leftover stuff. This is why DRENCHING the soil to the point where some water runs out the holes, about once every week or 2, makes sense. These excess salts get flushed out so they do not harm the plants.
Many experienced indoor growers will give a good drench weekly, then a couple light waterings in between as individual pots start to feel light.

[Hennessy1414]

)20 inches,agreed Bob must be high,dont saturate the whole medium,tis not good,specially for youngins....if your medium is constantly saturated,it can slow growth,or even deprive roots of oxygen causing root rot which can lead to a short death after,bob is a complete moron..altho he could pry grw a ok plant at the maximum,lol. As a general rule of thumb just water lightly at the base of the plant ,and re water when the top layer is almost dry or dyed out,...plants wont grow good if soils constantly saturated,they need to penetrate and reach for water as they grow,good luck.

the fuck was that :wtf:

[BobBong]

the fuck was that :wtf:

I think there was a self destruct sequence initiated somewhere along the line...

[Hennessy1414]

I think there was a self destruct sequence initiated somewhere along the line...

:angry3:

that guy should be:bnd2:

[BobBong]

:angry3:

that guy should be:bnd2:

Nah, everyone should be able to learn from their experiences..

[Hennessy1414]

Nah, everyone should be able to learn from their experiences..

spoken from a true grower :rastasmoke: