WATERING HELP: rule of thumb is 200 ml per 4 gallon container - thats too low - NO?

pkgrower said:

Yes sir chronicis, my question was about exactly how much water...

I know how much my ladies need...at least I thought I did, until I saw this stupid rule of thumb. I was just asking if I was off or the video was off. From the answers here, it seems the video is off and that equation is low on water and will dry out most plants.

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I know the video that you've seen. Just ignore the video, its pretty impossible to have a "regular/daily" watering cycle when the plant uses different amount of water/nutes depending on the size of the plant, temperature etc. The best bet is just to use the weight/dryness of the pot as the measurement when to water.

If you are this worried about watering or if you are over watering PK.....
Take your x amount of water.... and divide it by three.....

Feed your Plant Three times a day with smaller amounts of water... It does not have to completely soaked.
Best thing for you it sounds like is a drip feeder. This way you get the same x amount of water, with plenty of oxygen to the roots all day long.
I hand feed 1-3 times a day... Water - feed - water
wait till the top gets dry and continue..
If you know how much your ladies need, then why would you change the routine?
Just saying i go and water when my lady's tell me to water them The signs are obvious. If you have a healthy plant you will know when you over water.

Cheers
ttdid420

I drink 200 ml of water a day no more no less. Even when its hot out side. Or when i go to the gym.

SelfDutchOven said:

I drink 200 ml of water a day no more no less. Even when its hot out side. Or when i go to the gym.

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Are you a plant? Especially one that grows exponentially in 4 months?

k dude relaxing outside and working are two different things.... when i relax i don't drink much either... but when i work in the heat or cold i drink a lot... im pretty sure the plants are working not just sitting there relaxing my friend.....

pkgrower said:

I have been growing for a couple of years. I know when the plants need water, but never knew exactly how much to give.
I've heard the trickle out the bottom thing but I was looking for a bit more data, then I saw this video which had that rule.

According to that rule...(I have 7 gallon pots) My plants need 1/8 gallon of water and I give them about a gallon each. ...

Do I need to turn it down a bit?

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This is as far as I got (reply#4).

You've been growing for a couple of years and you are listening to some clown on you tube on how to water?!??

Why??? I mean, how did you manage the first couple of years? I did see the next post that was wondering if you plant had seen the vid and 'rule of thumb' and followed it.

C'mon man, listen to your plant, not you tube. That's like you tube telling you a schedule and how to screw your old lady, instead of getting her opinion on it.

My old lady has a CCW, so I get her input. LOL

Wet

No doubt all of you are correct, but my healthy plants dont show signs of overwatering ever, but i have been kinda almost flushing them every feeding.

Last crop i used 5 gallon pots and watered them w a gallon of water each, when they needed it. but massive amounts of water comes out the bottom of the container. Moreso, than ive been told is healthy....

But the plants show no signs of not liking this except maybe lower yields, but that is hard to determine!

pkgrower said:

No doubt all of you are correct, but my healthy plants dont show signs of overwatering ever, but i have been kinda almost flushing them every feeding.

Last crop i used 5 gallon pots and watered them w a gallon of water each, when they needed it. but massive amounts of water comes out the bottom of the container. Moreso, than ive been told is healthy....

But the plants show no signs of not liking this except maybe lower yields, but that is hard to determine!

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That 'kinda flush' is called leaching and is a good thing. Lots of run off is a good thing, you never get any sort of salt build up and never need to flush.

What you did last crop with the 1 gallon of water in a 5 gal container when they need it, is correct. At least that's the way I've been doing it for better than 35 years for ALL my plants, not just mj.

Let me guess, the info that it was 'more than healthy' came from a mj site, yes? And the lower yield bit just doesn't follow any sort of way. How would that work?

Go back to what you did last crop and quit getting grow advice off you tube. Any idiot can put a vid up with bogus information and you had it right last time.

Wet

Thanks Wetdog!!

I guess I thought the "kinda flush" was possibly stressing them. Ive heard flushing the soil is a bit of a stress on the system.

pkgrower said:

Thanks Wetdog!!

I guess I thought the "kinda flush" was possibly stressing them. Ive heard flushing the soil is a bit of a stress on the system.

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A *flush* IS a bit of a stress on the system. I mean 3x the pot size in water? 15 gallons through a 5 gal pot is a long ways from 1 gal through a 5gal pot.

Unless you have seriously over nuted, I see no reason at all to flush, ever.

Wet

That's good to know that flushes arent necessary, unless you bake the plants in fertilizer.. I kind of wondered if there was a good reason behind flushing, besides that. Thanks.