Underwatered will they be ok?

big_expectations!

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So my girls progressively started drinking more over the past few days since transplanting them on the 5th and Night before last they wilted overnight pretty bad. This is my 1st time growing my moisture meter Showed that they needed water so I watered them And lightly misted the leaves. Will they make it?...growing in FFOF vivosun vs4000 led light altering with highbridge springs water ph to 6.3 to 6.5 water to slight runoff temp at 76 RH at 65%..I did feed them 4 days ago with GH rapid start and GH calimagic and Fishsh!t soil enhancer...last pic is what they looked like 2 days ago b4 wilting
 

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Greengrouch

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Do away with the moisture meter and water to runoff whenever they feel light (assuming soil or peat based potting mix) if coco water to runoff daily. They should bounce back pretty quickly after you water them though I’ve forgotten to water or gotten too busy/been to tired more than a few times and had droopy plants. They always bounce back for me
 

big_expectations!

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Do away with the moisture meter and water to runoff whenever they feel light (assuming soil or peat based potting mix) if coco water to runoff daily. They should bounce back pretty quickly after you water them though I’ve forgotten to water or gotten too busy/been to tired more than a few times and had droopy plants. They always bounce back for me
Had to get the moisture meter because I was overwatering at first..even once the top couple inches feel dry there's still plenty of moisture deeper in the pots
 

go go kid

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can you weigh your pot? if you weigh it when its dry, and then after you water it, you can measure just how much water they need untill they get larger
 

go go kid

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if there useing up water fast, you might want to look into folier feeding them, at least untill you get them into there final pots. that, or give them like a 1/8 strength nutrient solution when you water. in small pots, you wash out the nutes faster
 

big_expectations!

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if there useing up water fast, you might want to look into folier feeding them, at least untill you get them into there final pots. that, or give them like a 1/8 strength nutrient solution when you water. in small pots, you wash out the nutes faster
Even in ffof I should use some nutes? Only been in the ffof since the fifth and I only water to a slight runoff..probably going to transplant them into their final 5 gallon pots once they fully recover
 

go go kid

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Even in ffof I should use some nutes? Only been in the ffof since the fifth and I only water to a slight runoff..probably going to transplant them into their final 5 gallon pots once they fully recover
ok, dont bother then, they will be just fine wthout it, hope they recover fully
 

McShnutz

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Give it more time also if you can bump up the temp a bit, like say 80 or 82 that can help to dry things out a bit.
Keep being patient, they'll bounce back
 

big_expectations!

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Thought you were overwatering...
Cool. It's your grow!
Happy growing
All advice appreciated, I listed all the info in my original post along with pics just seeking some guidance as to if these tops will survive..I already messed up and sprouted in soil that was way to wet which I believe stunted my growth these girls are 47 days old from seed
 

McShnutz

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All advice appreciated, I listed all the info in my original post along with pics just seeking some guidance as to if these tops will survive..I already messed up and sprouted in soil that was way to wet which I believe stunted my growth these girls are 47 days old from seed
I still stand by overwatering. FFOF is peat based and holds moisture quite well. It also "AS IS" holds enought nutrient to sustain plant growth for 4+ weeks. You direct sowd into soggy FFOF? Bad idea.. but whatever shit happens, lessen learned. You need to encourage the soil to routinely dry back to encourage proper root development that in return sustains plant growth needs.
A puney room mass will not produce healthy plants robust growth.

To me it definitely looks as tho your watering habits and quite possibly over generous hand at offering "extras" into the watering scheme just added insult to injury.

Your leaves are dark green and on a couple plants the lowest fans are necrotic. Mabey it's splashed nutrient. Mabey not, but it looks like the New Growth is twisting and this is why I said your were over watering. If your root system was properly developed from the get go, before planting into the FFOF, your would have more vegetative growth than you do presently. In return, your plants wouldn't look overfed and overwatered.
 

big_expectations!

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I still stand by overwatering. FFOF is peat based and holds moisture quite well. It also "AS IS" holds enought nutrient to sustain plant growth for 4+ weeks. You direct sowd into soggy FFOF? Bad idea.. but whatever shit happens, lessen learned. You need to encourage the soil to routinely dry back to encourage proper root development that in return sustains plant growth needs.
A puney room mass will not produce healthy plants robust growth.

To me it definitely looks as tho your watering habits and quite possibly over generous hand at offering "extras" into the watering scheme just added insult to injury.

Your leaves are dark green and on a couple plants the lowest fans are necrotic. Mabey it's splashed nutrient. Mabey not, but it looks like the New Growth is twisting and this is why I said your were over watering. If your root system was properly developed from the get go, before planting into the FFOF, your would have more vegetative growth than you do presently. In return, your plants wouldn't look overfed and overwatered.
Thank you for the info so I didn't plant directly into ffof I used a seed starting mix from Walmart but yea was soggy when I planted..growth didn't really start until transplanting into the 1gallon ffof since then growth has been great 6 days after transplanting they needed water then 5 then 4 then after 2 days my soil went dry top to bottom according to my moisture meter and pots were very light so I watered them with just straight ph water to 6.3 since then plants have all sprung back up other than the tops on 3 out of the 5 and those 3 are twisting and feel dry to the touch
 
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