watering problem

[carnagethakilla2]

im going away for a while, how long can a 3 week old seedling live without water?.....i need an answer ASAP,im leaving in the morning

carnagethakilla2 Reviewed by carnagethakilla2 on 04-29-2006. watering problem im going away for a while, how long can a 3 week old seedling live without water?.....i need an answer ASAP,im leaving in the morning Rating: 5

[The Grim Reefer]

How long are you going to be gone for?

Do you have someone around who can water it if it's going to be too long?

How big is the plant?

How often are you watering it now?

[carnagethakilla2]

5 days
no
on its 3rd set of leaves
every other day

[The Grim Reefer]

Ooof. I've left my plants 4 days without watering before, I came back and was surprised to see them survive and pull through the way they did. A lot of the leaves did fall off though.

What's the temperature like?

I know they sell water retention crystals you could mix into your soil, but in your situation it sounds a bit late for that if you're leaving in the morning.

<3

[carnagethakilla2]

thanks,the problem is....im on EIP, and i got in trouble at school, n the guy is sndin me to jail until i got to court......i hope my baby will be fine.

[The Grim Reefer]

If you don't have any other solutions, just make sure it's really well watered before you go - if you really wanted to (I don't recommend it) you could water it from the bottom by putting it in a saucer or bowl with a little bit of water in it.

Good luck bro, things will turn out well for you.

<3

[carnagethakilla2]

do you think that if i water it more than normal will it die from over watering?

[Garden Knowm]

You should not have any problem leaving your plants alone for 4 days.. I have never watered plants every 4 days....
Once or twice have watered every 5 days. but usually more like 7-10 days...

using 3 gallon+ size pots...

When I water I use at least 1 gallon of water and then let the plant sit in the run off.. The plant usually absorbs the run off within 1 hour...

just saturate the shit ouutta her.. and if you have to set her in a tray of watre..

iloveyou

[carnagethakilla2]

good newz........im back and everything is fine, the plants new leaves are bunched 2gether quite a bit since i didnt move the light up enugh.......but it was healthy and no dry or dead leaves

[buthead]

i took off in a hurry one time and put 4inch pot behind a cabinet,2weeks old,cme back week later,they looked the same,just need some water and then went bak onto a light schedule 24 hrs.looked lik they were in suspended animation,wen i broght them back to life,lik they were dormat or something...been my exsperience butheads and the bevisss/