How much to water 2 and 3 gallon fabric/smart pots ?

Yesyes3000

Yesyes3000

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Hello I am wondering how much and often I should water my plants in 2 and 3 gallon fabric pots ? I understand some plants drink more than others but what is the safe zone ? Thank you
 
diggs99

diggs99

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Yesyes3000 said:
Hello I am wondering how much and often I should water my plants in 2 and 3 gallon fabric pots ? I understand some plants drink more than others but what is the safe zone ? Thank you
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Im gonna assume your in Soil

Water until you see runoff coming out the bottom. Lift the pot to gauge its weight, dont water again until you can feel it getting lighter.

This will give you an idea of how much water they are uptaking and at what pace. Obviously as they get bigger this changes.

If your in coco, do the same as above until they established a good root ball, then blast away, give them as much water/nutes as they can handle without overwatering them. Which is hard to do in coco.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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Yesyes3000 said:
Hello I am wondering how much and often I should water my plants in 2 and 3 gallon fabric pots ? I understand some plants drink more than others but what is the safe zone ? Thank you
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It depends. Size of plant, ambient temperature, soil - coco - peat. Health of plant, veg or flower. Too many factors to just say water x amount every x amount of time.
 
Nickcg123

Nickcg123

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Your girls will tell you when they are thirsty,
Wait until the leafs start slightly drooping then water until run off. This will encourage good root growth! If you're not comfortable with letting the girls tell you when they need water, buy a moisture meter or lift up the pot to determine when a watering is necessary
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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keep the RH in mind as well, the lower your RH, the more they'll drink, if it gets very dry, you might want to cut back on nute strength slightly, they can burn themselves trying to keep up with transpiration
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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Yesyes3000 said:
Soil. Promix with perlite added
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promix isn't soil, its mostly peat with some perlite and nutes added to it, but as i understand it, you can treat it like soil, water it to runoff, then let it dry out a little before you water again, the amounts will vary by plant, according to all the factors mentioned above
 
Yesyes3000

Yesyes3000

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
promix isn't soil, its mostly peat with some perlite and nutes added to it, but as i understand it, you can treat it like soil, water it to runoff, then let it dry out a little before you water again, the amounts will vary by plant, according to all the factors mentioned above
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I belive that promix bx is what you speak of. I may be wrong but I’m pretty sure the stuff I have is soil.
 
Yesyes3000

Yesyes3000

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
promix isn't soil, its mostly peat with some perlite and nutes added to it, but as i understand it, you can treat it like soil, water it to runoff, then let it dry out a little before you water again, the amounts will vary by plant, according to all the factors mentioned above
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Although I have heard that promix isn’t soil before
 
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