so confused on when to water..

[shovlboy]

My plants are around 2 feet tall. still vegging. They all look droopy. They are in grow media..when i transplated them from soil they all had a big root ball of soil still left on them. I use a flood and drain system. I was watering them 3 times a day with 20 min watering times. PPM is 1300 and the PH is 6, Lights are 19/5. When I dig down into the media and touch the soil it is damp. When they get waterd the water level goes up about half of the pot, Is that ok? There is some yellowing on the younger leaves. The droopiness isnt sever..its just I know something is wrong. This is my first grow. That root ball keeps the soaked longer then I want them too. What should I do?

andy

shovlboy Reviewed by shovlboy on 01-03-2007. so confused on when to water.. My plants are around 2 feet tall. still vegging. They all look droopy. They are in grow media..when i transplated them from soil they all had a big root ball of soil still left on them. I use a flood and drain system. I was watering them 3 times a day with 20 min watering times. PPM is 1300 and the PH is 6, Lights are 19/5. When I dig down into the media and touch the soil it is damp. When they get waterd the water level goes up about half of the pot, Is that ok? There is some yellowing on the Rating: 5

[Tokudai]

Drop it down to 2 waterings a day maybe? test it and see, depending on the flow/capacity and design/media of your system it will be slightly different than another setup

[xcrispi]

go buy 10.00 moisture meter for soil .
mine is lil green cube w/2 probes coming out of it . 1 for moisture , 1 for p/h .
home depot
peace
crispi

[Perp]

Stop watering so much. You still have a root ball of soil that will take time to dry out. I doubt you need to water even once a day, but I don't know how big the root ball is.

The soil acts like a sponge so even if it only comes up half way, its all gonna get soaked. Water only once the root ball is dry; you're going to have to time it out but remember, as the plants get big and begin flowering they're gonna go dry faster, so watch out.

You probably only have to water once every two or three days right now, but later you will probably have to bump it up to once a day.

[shovlboy]

Thank you so much everyone, perp thanks for anserwing my question about the water only coming up half the way.

I let it dry before I water it again. Does anyone know how long I should let it water for, ok, its a 40 gallon reservoire filling a 70 gallon reserivore, Got only 6plants. It prolly emptys the res in 10 minutes.

[shovlboy]

Oh yeah today I did my monthly Flora Kleen run through. I ran the hydroponic recirculate for an hour. As it directed between nutrient changes. That got it really wet. is it ok to do that? I was having the problem before..