Muncheemamas first try....

[newgroweroldsmoker]

i think you have to make a water schedule for your plants.....sure thing, leaving them two days with no water can't cause any harm BUT you must NOT water them everyday....leave them unwatered for a bit....this will make the roots thirsty eager for water, as a result the roots will search for water even deeper and develop an even greater root mass and root system, your plants will look healthier....the basic rule of watering is to water whenever the first 2 inches of soil feel dry to the touch....try not to overwater.....i unserstand you love them and want to grow as fast as possible....by overwatering or watering too often you're not helping them but stall their development...

NGOS

[newgroweroldsmoker]

on the first pic on the left, is that a fan ?

[muncheemama]

yes, its a fan... I guess I can stop watering them if i need to, but the soil gets super dry.
they start to droop if I wait too long.

[HARDDON]

First thing I would do if I were you....

1. Lose the reflectors. There really is no need for them and they will only shorthen the life of your CFL. Almost all CFL are built for 'base down' operation. The number one enemy of ballasts on these bulbs is heat. Lose the reflectors and you can get the temps down to 75F with your fan.

Your bigger plant shows a lil heat stress.

2. The containers you have them in have to go....get some real potting containers. The ones you are using appear way too shallow. You tap root is gonna grow like a side root and that may hurt your main bud sites later on when you need them.

You will want to keep the same size diameter wise, but deeper.

Place some small stones (ideally lava rock) at the bottom of your new container. (make sure it has holes on bottom). Fill will your new soil about 3"-4". Water to run-off. THis will 'set' the soil to fill the gaps in the rocks and help eliminate airpockets. VERY IMPORTANT!

Thoroughly water plants in existing containers. Carefully remove entire soil pak and transplant into new pots. Fills sides up with new soil.....water thoroughly to run off.

Make sure your new pots have the little saucer / collection pans at the bottom.

When you water, ALWAYS, during veg, water the entire soil base. Not just around the plant. Water very very slowly so ALL soil is wet. Water until water begins to seep out the drain holes in your container. SLOWLY.

Finally, cut your lights to 18/6.

While opinions vary, my personal reccomendation is to allow the plants to sleep 6 hours and hormones and THC are produced during the night period.

My own plants thrived under 18/6 and stressed under 24/0.

As close as possible, right before you leave....

water the plants, from the top of the soil SLOWLY, until the water runs out and fills all the way, your container saucer or water runoff plate.

This will saturate the soil.
This will flood and saturate the water holding lava rock.
THis will allow your rock to absorb water while you are gone, keeping your soil moist without the effects of water logging the soil.

Doing this, with reduced air temp by losing the reflectors and the reduction in light schedule will allow you to travel and be worry free.

Your plants appear healthy although they also appear a tab bit over watered.

On plants this young, USUSALLY, leafs down mean over watering...or not enuff air in the soil. Not enuff air is also caused by over watering them.

And yes, I would add an inch or so of soil to the first one that strecthed a bit.

Besides that, you have a nice lil grow going on.

As for the watering everyday....

If the soil drys everyday then it needs to be watered everyday. Frequency of water is dependent upon many factors but it all comes down to water your plants when dry, and not until.

If you do these things, you will not have to worry about watering while you are gone.

But, you need to do this stuff now, so you can time and practice and make sure it will hold water for 72 hours with out stress.

If your plants are 15 days old now, sex is being designed. Buy the end of the 3rd, or, 4th week, sex has been determined.

It appears less stress equates to more females...and vice versa.

Get this done and report!

Nice grow setup....

HARD ON loves a woman who can grow her own smoke

[muncheemama]

I live in a tiny little mountain town, so I will venture to the big city this afternoon and get more pots. I will update with more pics soon
thanks for the help guys.

[HARDDON]

Dont get the pots with the water over flow basin BUILT IN.

Make sure they are saucers, bigger than the diameter of the pot top.

Then post a pic of your cleavage.....

Plants in front of course :

[muncheemama]

Dont get the pots with the water over flow basin BUILT IN.

Make sure they are saucers, bigger than the diameter of the pot top.

Then post a pic of your cleavage.....

Plants in front of course :

you asked for it....

[HARDDON]

Hey honey babeeeeeee!!!!!

You can call me Hard.

[muncheemama]

here are the new pots.. Tookthe reflectors off the lights too. The big one seems to have suffered a bit of shock from the move, we'll see how she looks in a few days.

[HARDDON]

Whenever I transplant, I raise the lights for 24 hours.

Not too high, but just enuff to give them a break.

Point your fan so its blowing horizontal....180 Degrees.

Right now its pointing up and the back plants arent getting any stem strengthening wind.

In fact I dont even see the other plants, so raise the fan UP and point the fan DOWN for a more direct effect.

Just enuff so they're flipping in the wind.

What base rock did you put in the bottom?

Whats the temp?