Great thread Riddles! Subbed and following your methods now. I already said it in your "Flushing" thread, but it turns out I've been making it rain without even knowing it! I have 9 bag seeds in an uber stealth freezer convert at about week 6 (5 inch pots). 8 of them are good and strong, but the 9th (named #1 because it was the first seed to germinate) is a friggin' redwood; it's only about 5 inches high but has almost 6 sets of alternating leaves... pretty sure it's Indica the way it's growing.
About 10 days ago ago, I noticed about half of my crop was looking droopy and all were dry to about 4 inches. My grow conditions are pretty unique (I'm gonna try to get a journal going once I get a stealth opportunity), but suffice to say I'm growing in a converted freezer where the temps go from 68-80/Night-Day and the humidity goes 60%-10% /Night-Day. The exhaust system I have in place does total odor control but the combination of the negative pressure inside the freezer and the awesome exhaust I built makes for pretty dry days. When I first noticed the dry surface soil and the droopy leaves, I immediately watered until I had a ton of runoff. The next day, I checked on them and the surface was dry again. It had been almost 2 weeks since I fed, and I saw some yellowing on the initial lower leaves, so I dosed them good with my own nute mix (a blend of 1/4 strength FloraNova Grow, 1/2 strength Neptune's Harvest Fish Seaweed Blend, and 1 teaspoon/gal Grandma's unsulfured molasses) until they just barely drained... It's only been about a week and while there hasn't been any "ridiculous" vertical growth, I'm seeing an increase in nodes and a much smaller internode space than I'm used to. Also, the stems themselves are getting really thick... One question though. Will my plants always look droopy when I'm making it rain? Will I begin to see rigidity again in the petiole?
Again, awesome thread... Rep++
Also, when I saw this thread name, I thought you wrote it just for me