You should water until you have decent runoff. Make sure that the soil is getting moist all the way through and not just running down the sides of the pot. When watered thoroughly, the pot should be heavy for its size. Pick it up and remember what the heavy pot feels like.

Do not water again until the pot feels light or soil is dry, not just at the surface, but when you stick your finger into the soil 1 or 2 inches. Then you can water again thoroughly.

If your plant is drying out too often (say daily or more often), that usually means you need to move up a pot size, depending on root mass. Don't let the roots cook in a dark container in the sun. Shade the pot and roots with something.

And yes, watering a container more often will wash nutrients away faster. You may want to feed at every watering with a reduced strength nutrient instead of a periodic full strength feeding.

When your plant starts to bloom, you will need nutrients made specifically for blooming plants. Fertilizers are labeled with the N-P-K %. For bloom, you want to have a very low or zero N and high P and K.

For just vegetative growth, you just need something balanced, like a 5-5-5 or 10-10-10. Always read the directions and start with a weaker solution than they recommend.

FYI, I buy almost all my hydro and growing supplies online. Google is your friend.

Good luck.
crabbyback Reviewed by crabbyback on . Complete newbie! Hi bought some feminized seeds and also got some free ones, germinated and planted fine about 5 weeks ago and all are doing ok but still only about 5" tall - is this about right? They are in individual pots but growing them outside on the terrace so getting natural light/sun. Have been watering them every day and now need to think about feeding them? Not much choice round here though for fertilizer stuff so someone suggested a tomato feed - is this ok and how often/much should I give them? Rating: 5