12/12 Watering Times ?

[iwantFUEGO]

sorry i dont knowm yet... ;P

[iwantFUEGO]

i usually water when the lights come... but last time i watered i did it when the lights turned off (in the morning) because i had just woken up and noticed the soil was dry...
Now its been 1 1/2 days since last watering and shes just starting to flower... do you think i can wait to water tommorow night or will she dry out in 12 hours? Im only worried cuz shes just now starting to show pistils and i dont want to stress her at all.
thanks.

[Garden Knowm]

stick your finger in the soil.. is it moist?

if it is moist... don't water.. if it is bone dry.. water...

an NOW you KNOWM

[MegaOctane12]

Reminds me of the guy on Office Space. "OK, but this is really the last straw this time" Very funny avitar. Very funny movie.

People say to water them in the morning, or what you similate to be morning. Why? I don't think you could give me a good enough expaination for this. Outdoors it rains at any time of the day, and the plant do quite nicely. They aren't that damn smart or picky. Just water them a little before they dry out.

Why? Because Photosynthesis takes place during the day.


Carbon Dioxide+ WATER + Light -----> Glucose+Oxygen+Water. Watering at the very start of the day will mean the plant has adequate water for when the sun comes up. That's pretty much common knowledge, scary some people who supposidly are in the business of plants don't know this.

[Opie Yutts]

I don' t have a point... it's a message

: )

Is there a point in your message?

[Opie Yutts]

stick your finger in the soil.. is it moist?

if it is moist... don't water.. if it is bone dry.. water...

an NOW you KNOWM

I agree. This is really one of the most reliable methods to tell if you need to water. Also watch for soil pulling away from the side of the container, and feel how light the container is. With a little practice you will be able to tell using either one of these ways too.

[Opie Yutts]

Why? Because Photosynthesis takes place during the day.

OK, so is this relavent some how?

Or are you suggesting that there is no moisture in the soil at night? That can't be it, I must be missing something. Help me out here.

You water plants in soil roughly every 4 to 10 days. The moisture stays in the soil this whole time. Even longer sometimes, especially outdoors. That is unless everything I've ever thought I knew about dirt and moisture is wrong.

People, don't worry. I promise: If you water your plants at night, the dirt will be moist when the lights come on.

[Opie Yutts]

scary some people who supposidly are in the business of plants don't know this.

Scary how some people ridicule others, before considering there's the slightest possibilitly they might be wrong themselves. Must be nice to be God.

And what business? It's barely a hobby.

[seattle420]

isn't it hard to see what you are doing in the darkness?

water your plants when they need it.

if they don't need it, they are probably dead.

don't water too much,

but you gotta get the water flowing through your plants.
remember,
roots grow in the spaces between the soil particles

so you need good drainage!

and they don't like their feet too wet
so let em dry out a bit every few days

[Opie Yutts]

isn't it hard to see what you are doing in the darkness?

Not really, I have cat-like reflexes and vision. Actually, my grow room is a closet, and plenty of light from the room gets in when the closet door is open. But then again it's irrelivant since I do hydro, except for my mothers. Well wait, I guess it is relivant, since I guess some other peoples situations are similar to mine. Anyway, that's not my point. Night, day, dark, light, dawn, occassionally the early-mid late morning, but never at dusk. Never. That's just sick. You water the plant if it needs it. It pulls it up through the roots and into the rest of the plant. Depending on how much, perlite, vermiculite, and other stuff you have in your soil, that water should be staying in there a few days. That is if you are even a mediocre soil mixer-upper. Enough time for several mornings to pass, so why the hell does it matter? Photosynthesis or none. Identical conditions, except for water schedule, and do you think yield will be affecteded if neither control subject is moisture stressed? If so how much? 0.000001% perhaps?

water your plants when they need it.

What he/she said.

so you need good drainage!

Ditto, and water retention too!