Over Watering Question

So I'm on my second grow and I have a Dinafem White Widow on day 50 of flower. I have NEVER had an over watering issue in the past so I wasn't quick to spot it this go around. Basically I saw that the leaves were droopy the last 3 waterings and I did the finger check and the dirt was dry up to my knuckle, which I have always taken as a sign to water the plant. This morning I notice after only 2 days the leaves are droopy again! So I only added a little water to see if the plant would perk up, and it did. My question is, if the plant is over watered, would it perk up after being watered?

The leaves, when they droop are not crispy or anything, so I don't think it's under watered.

Lights - 8 bulb 4' T5 HO about 2 inches over an even LST'd canopy
Container - 5 Gallon bucket with tons of drainage holes that are not clogged
Medium - Organic potting soil (from local nursery), EWC, Peat Moss, perlite, Kelp meal, espoma tomato fert, fish oil

Watering frequency - Whenever needed, but lately it seems every 2-3 days.

Tea watering - Kelp Meal/EWC compost tea is given every 3rd watering.

I would post pictures of the droopy leaves but they've since perked up again after this mornings small watering.

I might be wrong, but i think your problem could be that your plant is rootbound, it can show signs of underwatering even though it has water. think its cuz the roots and water displace oxygen. like i said, i could be wrong, just giving you something else to think about

the answer is : The plant is drinking more because it is thirsty being the last couple of weeks in flowermode. ching !

MASTERofTHEgrowers said:

the answer is : The plant is drinking more because it is thirsty being the last couple of weeks in flowermode. ching !

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yeah obviously, especially considering he gave little info and zero pics, it's amazing you can be so certain it is what you say. could be literally many different problems, that's y i said "here is something to think about" instead of saying "this is what it is, ching".

Sorry I'm super paranoid about posting pictures. Here's one I just took of the plant. One other thing I neglected to mention - The plant has not exhibited slow growth or anything, the buds have doubled in size in the last week actually. I just have never had to water a plant so much before, so I wanted to be sure I wasn't over watering it.

nonamedman420 said:

yeah obviously, especially considering he gave little info and zero pics, it's amazing you can be so certain it is what you say. could be literally many different problems, that's y i said "here is something to think about" instead of saying "this is what it is, ching".

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thanks for agreement, but I don't think you should call OP a ching or Chinese man he might be european

Well after 2 days the plant is back to drooping again. It appears to be an over watering issue since the dirt is still moist. I'll check back in, in a week or so once I get it sorted out.

A very common trait for overwatering is that as the leaves droop, they still look reasonably healthy, and the tips of the leaves curl in toward the main stem. Underwatering, the leaves just droop straight down and look dead.

The plant in the pic above looks perfectly fine. When watering, let your medium dry out completely, then give a full watering with 5-10% runoff, then let dry out again. Depending on plant size, medium and pot size, drying out typically takes ~3 days.

-spek

MASTERofTHEgrowers said:

thanks for agreement, but I don't think you should call OP a ching or Chinese man he might be european

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i didn't, read his post, he said this is what it is... ching. lika a " this is what it is. badabing" type of statement

mattypp said:

Well after 2 days the plant is back to drooping again. It appears to be an over watering issue since the dirt is still moist. I'll check back in, in a week or so once I get it sorted out.

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i was reading about rootbound signs, and one sign is the appearance of "underwatering" when the medium is still moist. it's caused from the roots absorbing all the oxygen and then them drooping. its from having more roots than the meduim can healthily hold. please take all things into consideration before assuming something is what it isn't. I'm not saying 100% i'm right, i'm just saying things don't always work according to logic, they can be underwatered even though the medium is moist, but it's only because of no oxygen. try some h2o2 and see if they perk up, it could literally need more water only because the water in there has no oxygen.