Watering question

is it normal for a plant right after watering it droop a lot and take whole day to perk back up? Or is that a sign of over watering?
After I watered her she instantly dropped


This is her 24 hours after she perked right back up like nothing happened

it is a sign of overwatering. your soil doesn't look bad, does it drain well? if water gets trapped in the roots when you water it might cause that, drooping till it dries out, but it seems like it would have to be a chronic problem...no pun intended.
as long as you let it dry out till your pot gets good and light, maybe a 1/4 of the weight right after a watering, that shouldn't happen.
you're using too much N, your leaves are too dark, and look at the leaves sticking out past the edge of the pot, they call that "the claw" and its from too much N, back off the grow nutes a hair and it ought to clear up

nice lookin plant otherwise

Do they perk back up with the lights on?

I'm using fox farm ocean forest and I think next round I'm gonna add some perlite to soil. Pot takes a while to dry out and I guess I worry to much and end up overwatering them. Last time I feed her was 2-3 weeks ago. I gave her 1ml of grow big and her leafs were a lot darker week ago.

Dtl420 yea like every couple hours leafs would rise little by little with lights on. When light went off she was still a little droopy. I checked on her this morning and she perked right up but took her long time for leafs go back to normal.

olie24 said:

Dtl420 yea like every couple hours leafs would rise little by little with lights on. When light went off she was still a little droopy. I checked on her this morning and she perked right up but took her long time for leafs go back to normal.

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I've read about how this is caused by the roots getting cold at night. It's a fairly common occurrence, I've had a few that do that. I rarely notice as I don't check on them during their night cycle, but they always looked fine in the light.

More perlite can never hurt, just have to water more frequently. And it does look like it's getting a bit too much nitrogen, just give it straight ph adjusted water a few waterings and it should lighten up.

Definitely looking good though, well trained.

olie24 said:

I'm using fox farm ocean forest and I think next round I'm gonna add some perlite to soil. Pot takes a while to dry out and I guess I worry to much and end up overwatering them. Last time I feed her was 2-3 weeks ago. I gave her 1ml of grow big and her leafs were a lot darker week ago.

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My plants sag when watered but bounce back in 3 or 4 hours. My pots are 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 gals. I keep runoff to a min. slow recovery may be overwatering or poor draining soil ( my "GUESS" ). Fill a not fat jar 1/3 with your soil. Add water to 4/5 mark. shake or stir well. Let settle. Sand layer should be a healthy band 20% or so or more. If thin find some "COURSE" sand to add. + more perlite this will fix your drainage.

mine always droop straight after feeding but not for a whole day, just a couple of hours. mine are in biobizz soil and I only feed twice a week. I like to let mine dry out a bit before next water, from what ive read on the internet over the years most people tend to over water there plants thinking the more they water the bigger yield they will get. that is defo not the case or we would all be over watering. not saying you are over watering by the way I'm just talking about others in general

250w HPS grower said:

mine always droop straight after feeding but not for a whole day, just a couple of hours. mine are in biobizz soil and I only feed twice a week. I like to let mine dry out a bit before next water, from what ive read on the internet over the years most people tend to over water there plants thinking the more they water the bigger yield they will get. that is defo not the case or we would all be over watering. not saying you are over watering by the way I'm just talking about others in general

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Not to mention gnats! They're one of the lesser pests, but they lay their larva in your waterlogged soil and the larva feast on your roots.

Water also attracts ants, which isn't that big a deal until they bring their aphids into your grow space.

I always let the top inch dry between watering.

Thanks guys for the help. one more question One of my plants the stem is turning red on older leafs and slowly the main stem. She in bloom could that be a deficiency? My temps drop to 69 at night and during the day they mostly stay at 79-80. When she was in veg the stem was nice and green with these temp swings. U think I should feed her? Haven't feed her in 4 weeks. She was in a 5g pot then transferred to 25g fabric pot
4 weeks ago before switching lights to 12/12
Here's a pic.

red stems is either genetic, a response to cold weather, or a phosphorous shortage, feed her good with some bloom nutes, and it may be the light, but it looks very dark green, like too much N

It was a lot darker 4weeks ago it slowly turning light green. I have not feed her in 4 weeks. I write when I feed and how much . I feed only 5ml of grow big. Since then no nutrients. This is a pic of the day I feed her and then she keep getting greener till now. the inside growth is turning lighter color and stem starting to turn purple on the leafs only effecting old growth. The new growth looks nice and green. Day she was feed and the pic above is 4 weeks later no nutrients added just water only.