Quote Originally Posted by 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?
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.
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