Well the only thing i know is the only time i water them is when i can lift the pot and its not as heavy like you can tell if there dry and are ready for the next watering i dont let them stay wet for a long time its just because theres so much soil the plants take a while to use up all of the water. there not stringy i cut all of the lower brances and leaves off after stretch the blue dreams are just large plants.
If the plants take a week or more (aside from the first week after transplant) then something is a miss by all accounts, pot size, lack of lighting/heat and so forth. If you check around the forums you will find a lot of info on how the wet/dry cycle promotes root development in soil, and how stagnant/wet feet effect root zone. Again I don't know too much about organics and microbial activity possibly helping in this situation but do go and check this all out because if it is a problem, it will be costing root development > yield.
I agree but its just because there in being pots then they need to be since they only veg 4 weeks. its not like they look like there doing bad at all they are all praying and they have always. im thinking of downsizeing the pots but that will only require me to water more often im not sure if that would be a benefit. 7 gallons is a lot for a plant to use all the water from especially if they dont have a huge root system.
Again you need to read up on the wet dry cycle and understand why more dry outs upto a point is a benefit. Convenience vs more effort/yield is ofc something you have to weigh up yourself. As perspective, some people manually feed in coco every day, twice a day or more is also done by people, they get huge yields. In soil a dry out every 3 to 5 days is a good trade off for convenience, depending on pot size, mostly less yield than coco though. Pot size dictation to ensure enough dry cycles comes down to veg time, a pot your size could easily dry out in 4 days but you'd have to veg a lot longer to build a root system to make that possible. If your setup works similar to light mix/synthetic then all you are doing is wasting a lot of good soil while likely slowing down root development or even killing off roots due to anaerobic spots. They can still look healthy up top, it's not a black and white indication of the root zone development/health. It's also good to point out that two plants in the same environment but different size pots can both look healthy but the one in the more applicable sized pot (even if it's smaller) will yield more due to a happier more efficient root system. This ofc goes both ways, you don't want a pot that is too small, like say 1 gal with a 8 week veg.
Thanks for the input! i have a plant running in a 2 gallon right now and if it comes down to it i will be using smaller pots, I think part of the reason they don't dry out very fast is because i'm using the white bags, I really need to get the fabric pots that would help allot.
Skip the fabric pots, I've seen a few experienced growers who've no doubt used them say they are not good. As Johnny linked, those pots are good but imo http://air-pot.com/garden/ are superior, although more expensive they are worth it. They guide the roots into the air holes a lot better, the type johnny use are good don't get me wrong, but you will still see root circling, especially in the bottom.
