Could this be Overwatering Or underwatering?

[kdspecial]

Hello There,,,

As of the last couple days My plants have started to droop down In the half of there day light cycle. As I am a new grower I am affarid I have been watering too much is this the result? Or is it I need to water more now that they are becomming little trees? I used Coco and I had been watering about every day and a half. Should I be stepping it up based on this picture?

I have backed off of all nutrients As you can maybe see I had given these plants far too much due to my lack of experience. But I have not gievn any food to these guys for a week and a half now. They have just started to droop like this.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. The only diffrence in the box is that the temp has gone up 2 degress to 80 I assume that will effect water consumption?

Thanks

kd_special

kdspecial Reviewed by kdspecial on 07-17-2006. Could this be Overwatering Or underwatering? Hello There,,, As of the last couple days My plants have started to droop down In the half of there day light cycle. As I am a new grower I am affarid I have been watering too much is this the result? Or is it I need to water more now that they are becomming little trees? I used Coco and I had been watering about every day and a half. Should I be stepping it up based on this picture? I have backed off of all nutrients As you can maybe see I had given these plants far too much due to my Rating: 5

[Jdog7000]

They look a little pale to me.
Other causes could be Wrong PH or heat.
But yes it could be over watering.

[kdspecial]

Thanks for the help. I will see what happens. All i can do is just see what happens I guess. I think I may buy one of those watering meters. It seems I just can't figure it out on my own.

I should look more into Ph levels as well then what lowers and Raises your Ph levels maybe my TAP water isn't at PAR. The guy from the store said the Water here Toronto Canada is pretty decent. But my building is old so Old Pipes I guess that could have an affect.

kd

[yoyohunter]

Just do what I do and let your water sit with the top off for about 2 days before using it and most of the chlorine will dissipate! I use milk jugs to store. Actually it just occured to me while typing this I wonder what would happen if you boiled the water first before using it (and letting it cool of course). Any notions on that anyone?

[noodlesqld]

apparently boiling the water does help by evapourating most chemicals that are put into our drinking water. but im not to sure.

[kdspecial]

Thanks for all the tips dudes. I have checked Phs and they all seem fine. I am going to use less water forsure and perhaps use a spray bottle and folier feed. very light solutions of course. If they don't start to look better I have 2 seedlings that are looking great so I will try and get a Momma out of them and start again. Its all a learning process anyways.

kd_special

[gorillafarmer]

a little to much h2o. Peace

[Higzy]

Thanks for the help. I will see what happens. All i can do is just see what happens I guess. I think I may buy one of those watering meters. It seems I just can't figure it out on my own.

I should look more into Ph levels as well then what lowers and Raises your Ph levels maybe my TAP water isn't at PAR. The guy from the store said the Water here Toronto Canada is pretty decent. But my building is old so Old Pipes I guess that could have an affect.

kd

My necropost = my 2 pennies: I too live in Toronto, Canada, and the tap water at my house has a pH of 7.0. Usually, 4-5 drops of pH down (per gallon) is enough to get it in the 6.5 range. The plant in your photo has droopy leaves which may or may not be underwatering. Overwatering looks the same, pH-related issues will also look similar. As someone who has been growing for quite some time - I'm easily able to determine what the cause might be for 'droopy leaves', but if I cannot associate it with over/under watering, I assume it to be a pH related issue and will flush my plants with pH'ed water - 5.5 for plants in early to mid veg. A pH of 6.5 for plants in transition - end of flowering cycle/harvest.