Im about to burst with anger!

guys, i know its no ones fault, however i have tried flushing my plant for the first time as some of you have suggested.

i measured exactly the amount of water that i'd use for the flushing, about 3 times the size of my pot.

Now the plants are Drooping like mad, the thing i feared. i find flushing as bad as overwatering, its like i just killed my plant, drowned the roots. im really fustrated. oh well.. will start over if it doesnt get better in the next few days.

asrultraz said:

guys, i know its no ones fault, however i have tried flushing my plant for the first time as some of you have suggested.

i measured exactly the amount of water that i'd use for the flushing, about 3 times the size of my pot.

Now the plants are Drooping like mad, the thing i feared. i find flushing as bad as overwatering, its like i just killed my plant, drowned the roots. im really fustrated. oh well.. will start over if it doesnt get better in the next few days.

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Dude you will be fine. just let em dry out.

switch10 said:

Dude you will be fine. just let em dry out.

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they seem so stressed, poor things, i like to see em grow, not suffer

what dosn't killem makes than stronger thay be good

As long as you have quatliy soil, such as Ocean Forest, you cannot over water no matter how much water you put in the soil at one time. Overwatering occurs when the soil is watered too often. If you watered your 3gal pots every day, you will have overwatering problems. If you put 50gals of water through them at one time, you wont have a problem unless you are using crappy soil.

A cheap soil, especially one made for outdoor crops, will hold tons of water. If it is holding a lot of water, this causes the soil to become "soggy". This is what causes the problems.

Make sure you don't skimp on the soil. If you are using a cheap soil like Super Soil from Home Depot, make sure you add a ton of perlite to it. I used to use almost 50% perlite when I was using that soil. Now that I use Ocean Forest, I have no compaction problems nor will the soil ever get soggy.

It is not the flush that is causing this, it is your soil.

i just use Quality Multi-purpose compost

That is where your problems are coming from. If all you are using is compost, your roots are staying soggy. Get some Ocean Forest soil or even Super Soil in the brown bag from Home Depot ($5 a bag) and some perlite and you won't have any problems.

I agree with Bongrippinbob 100%. I actually use a little heavier soil - but I only water when it gets really light. It's more about how often you water than how much! I saturate my soil, up to and beyond the point of "Overflow" everytime I water - but I let it dry out pretty well before doing it again! Flushing a plant shouldn't leave any more water than I end up with every time I water!

It sounds, to me, like your compost is just retaining too much water. You probably need, at least, 25-33% perlite or vermiculite.

got some Bio Bizz All use soil... from a THC site, so tommorow will be transplanting my plants into that