Do you think these will be OK?

ClaytonNewbilFontaine

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My normal watering schedule ends up being every 3 days I forgot and they went a full 24 hours without being watered. I watered them this morning and I'm at work now. Do you think when I come home I'm going to see OK plants? Or did they get too fried?
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GrowerGaz95

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Im pretty sure your going to be fine bro, im sure once or twice on your third day upon lifting them i bet they could of gone another 24hrs, But please do update us with photos when your home.
 

obijohn

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Should be fine. I gauge watering mine when my plant with the most leaves starts to droop just a little. I'm always here so I water it right away. If your leaves were totally limp, that is likely a problem.
 

madvillian420

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how much of the discoloration was there before the watering issue? the plants will probably make it but id be as concerned with the leaves as anything else
 

ClaytonNewbilFontaine

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I don't think they're going to make it. They look the same as they did this morning. I mean I'm close enough to harvest that I'm not freaking out, but what do I do? I don't know if I should just keep letting it go or chop it. It's close. I'm seeing amber. It's just the leaves, do they matter at this point. I'm not freaking out but I'm heart broken. How the fuck did I let this happen! I feel so fucking stupid. I'm out there every damn day. Then I saw it last night, but I didn't want to water it when the lights were out. I
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Billytheluther

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You’ll be ok, looks like they transpired a bit and got some burn but i think they weren’t lavish prior to the one day you let them dry anyways, at this point theres nothing you can do other than let them finish up normally.
Are the leaves brittle and break or do they still have moisture in them?
 

ClaytonNewbilFontaine

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You’ll be ok, looks like they transpired a bit and got some burn but i think they weren’t lavish prior to the one day you let them dry anyways, at this point theres nothing you can do other than let them finish up normally.
Are the leaves brittle and break or do they still have moisture in them?
For the majority of them they still have moisture. Some on the end of the worst ones dried up though.
 

VincenzioVonHook

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What did they look like a few days before the missed schedule? How much are you putting through on the third day? I'm putting like 3L through 4.5ish gallon pots every second day, and I'm not getting runoff anymore. If I wait to the third day, they droop hard. They look like a few plants I had that were underwatered for an extended period in flower when I first started growing. Leaves all twisted and dried out, which is usually caused by pH swing when the medium loses its water. The cation exchange capacity is thrown out of whack when the medium is too dry.

I had to put 4L through today to get about a cup of runoff (i'm using cheap osmotic slow release that builds up in the medium, so I need to flush once a week). What type of medium are you using? I find mediums with a peat base and more organic matter such as compost and EWC go better with a medium that's not left to dry out too much. Organic mediums even more so.

I water on the second day when the top is dry to the point of being hydrophobic, but still moist about a knuckle or two deep, otherwise I get lockout/pH swing issues in potting mix every time which manifest in a similar fashion.

Just thought I'd mention it as the majority of my issues at first with crispy leaves and loose bud structure was from under watering during flower. In veg I let them go up to 5-7 days depending on the state of the medium, but in flower I like to keep them relatively well hydrated.

All you can do now is ride it out. Some people purposely remove all their leaves during flower, so you're still doing better than that with what you have left. Good luck.
 

Billytheluther

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For the majority of them they still have moisture. Some on the end of the worst ones dried up though.
You should be good just keep them watered from now on and keep temp in check,
Remember though that growing it is the easy part…

You don’t wanna messup when drying it, if you do over dry it forget about someone telling you to add moisture to it via a wet fan leaves or other things..
ive found this to turn into a hay smelling product.
Just take your time the first time you should be good
 

ClaytonNewbilFontaine

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What did they look like a few days before the missed schedule? How much are you putting through on the third day? I'm putting like 3L through 4.5ish gallon pots every second day, and I'm not getting runoff anymore. If I wait to the third day, they droop hard. They look like a few plants I had that were underwatered for an extended period in flower when I first started growing. Leaves all twisted and dried out, which is usually caused by pH swing when the medium loses its water. The cation exchange capacity is thrown out of whack when the medium is too dry.

I had to put 4L through today to get about a cup of runoff (i'm using cheap osmotic slow release that builds up in the medium, so I need to flush once a week). What type of medium are you using? I find mediums with a peat base and more organic matter such as compost and EWC go better with a medium that's not left to dry out too much. Organic mediums even more so.

I water on the second day when the top is dry to the point of being hydrophobic, but still moist about a knuckle or two deep, otherwise I get lockout/pH swing issues in potting mix every time which manifest in a similar fashion.

Just thought I'd mention it as the majority of my issues at first with crispy leaves and loose bud structure was from under watering during flower. In veg I let them go up to 5-7 days depending on the state of the medium, but in flower I like to keep them relatively well hydrated.

All you can do now is ride it out. Some people purposely remove all their leaves during flower, so you're still doing better than that with what you have left. Good luck.
I water a gallon every 3 days. Those are 3 gallon pots. I'll get the tiniest bit of run off that way. I didn't really know that about watering in flower. I def could water after 48 hours instead of 72. They're light at 48 but not completely. So I go one more day and they're completely dry. Maybe that's too long. Thank you for that.
 

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