Requesting advice!

Hello guys, thank you for checking in on me.

Im not feeling particularly anxious, but I would feel much better with some advice from my favorite online dope smokers.

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strain: lowryder #1 (x4)
age: 25 days (from sprout)
Temps: 73-78f
humidity: %38
Tent sfoot: 3.3 x 3.3 ft
Light: 400w mh
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I've made a mistake watering (in the dark lol) and I've got an overwatered plant at the moment. My first thought is to just skip this plant next watering, and gently get the others. But Im curious how to handle this best, and I appeal to you guys

Will adding very small amounts of water (to overwatered plant) bring fresh oxygen to the roots? Or will it only slow them from drying properly?

Also, if my foliage is blanketing, and doesn't let light into the substrate, could that keep my soil too soggy? Could air moving between the plants help?

Any and all advice/ ball busting is very much appriciated. I'd like to know more about caring for plants with individual needs.

Just let them dry out before you water them each time. Lift each pot to see if it is light (dry) or heavy (wet), or buy a probe.

I would let it dry out before watering again. You won't be supplying the needed oxygen to the roots through small watering. Your plant is essentially suffocating and needs to breath, so let that soil dry out.

Cannabis can handle drought like conditions way better than flood. Next time you feed, watch closely (be patient) and wait until you see the lowest set of fan leaves start to droop until you water again. Log the amount of time it took.Then you'll have a good baseline for how often you should be feeding/watering. I usually only water my 7 gallon pots once every 5 days.

xSwimToTheMoon said:

Hello guys, thank you for checking in on me.

Im not feeling particularly anxious, but I would feel much better with some advice from my favorite online dope smokers.

**
strain: lowryder #1 (x4)
age: 25 days (from sprout)
Temps: 73-78f
humidity: %38
Tent sfoot: 3.3 x 3.3 ft
Light: 400w mh
**

I've made a mistake watering (in the dark lol) and I've got an overwatered plant at the moment. My first thought is to just skip this plant next watering, and gently get the others. But Im curious how to handle this best, and I appeal to you guys

Will adding very small amounts of water (to overwatered plant) bring fresh oxygen to the roots? Or will it only slow them from drying properly?

Also, if my foliage is blanketing, and doesn't let light into the substrate, could that keep my soil too soggy? Could air moving between the plants help?

Any and all advice/ ball busting is very much appriciated. I'd like to know more about caring for plants with individual needs.

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Yes, a (gentle) fan will aid in drying.

Pins right...also they just cant handle it the 1st mth or so, they really look like death after you overwater. You might have a couple weeks of hell with it but it should bounce back. Dont underwater to think it will balance out bc it wont.

Thank you guys for the quick replys to this time-sensitive issue. I try to take notes, and I will be sure to include the watering intervals time .

I keep a dry pot on hand and try do my best going by weight, but having real data should help me establish a better routine.

Thanks again guys. I'm glad I don't have to go it alone.

You touched on the answer in your question. Increased air flow will help dry out an over-watered plant. I would hold off any more watering while you start to tip the pots. This is when you get a feel for dirt moisture levels by slowly and gently tipping the pot forward every day. After 3-4 days without water you should be tipping a pretty dry pot. Pick the pot up to assure yourself the pot is dry and note how it feels to tip the empty pot. Now you know moisture levels and can check each pot daily while you figure out a regular watering schedule. Don't be afraid to keep good notes and use that info to help your scheduling.

Good luck, BigSteve.

Grandpapy said:

Yes, a (gentle) fan will aid in drying.

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Absolutly

If your soil is dense, without good drainage, it will take forever to dry, and once you see the droop of the leaves and branches that over watering will cause, your plant is fucked.
If your soil is airy, which is a must for proper root development, it will probably dry out in 3 or 4 day's. If it doesn't have that, I would repot NOW, into a lighter soil mix, and at the same time increase pot size. Good luck, and as Pinhead stated above, dry is much better than wet.

Jimdamick said:

If your soil is dense, without good drainage, it will take forever to dry, and once you see the droop of the leaves and branches that over watering will cause, your plant is fucked.
If your soil is airy, which is a must for proper root development, it will probably dry out in 3 or 4 day's. If it doesn't have that, I would repot NOW, into a lighter soil mix, and at the same time increase pot size. Good luck, and as Pinhead stated above, dry is much better than wet.

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Thanks dude. And thanks as well bigsteve

I forgot to mention the soil! Ffof with %15 additional perlite. The stems are in peat pots, in seed starter.

The last couple of nights my plants have all been drooping at lights out. Apparently that's normal in some strains. I can't find mention of it in any lr1 grow journals.

The soil in this plants pot in particular does stay moist longer than the rest though.

Here's how she looked yesterday in the light. For the last week the soil has been blocked and I exchange the air passively. So not much forceful air passes through in the day.

Temps are ok though, and I do "train" their massive stalks with a battery fan for a few hours each day when I'm with them.

Also, I've seen this strain grown in a big gulp cup from 7-11,20 Oz pepsi bottles, and other things. But mine seem to be on par of the size of my first grow attempt. male bagseed photoperiod. even bigger than that once they started to flower at 15 days! Im very impressed with them so far. They're from vision. But she is only in 1 gallon. What do you guys think about transplanting eventually? I didn't plan on it at first. I have two of them in 2 gals.

Do breeders just take the runt when it's time to do a photoshoot for dwarf strains? If I had a micro grow I might have had troubles. Here is the plant in question.

Plants have circadian rhythms that are tuned to earths 24 hour light cycle. They don't sleep in the way we think of sleeping but when the lights out they no longer have an opportunity to eat and other processes take over like energy metabolism and growth.

They can anticipate the start of each day and will follow the sun/light to maximize photosynthesis. Drooping when the lights out is normal as the plant can no longer photosynthesize, it will focus its energy elsewhere. So no need to have those leaves reaching for light that's not present.

Temp looks good, your plant looks healthy. If you go to transplant, look into fabric pots. They dry out quicker and it's harder to overwater a plant that's in one.

Hate to bump again, but this is what she looks like an hour or two before lights out. she tricked me, but I got some great insight from your responses, Reguardless!