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Watering amounts??

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Got 3 autos on day 11

Watering 500ml each every 48hrs

In 12l smart pots

Is this enough/not enough??

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Hard to tell tbh as depends on the soil, the heat, etc. I learned a couple to 3 days is about right for my old setup. Poke your finger in and see how long they take to feel dry for the first inch or so.
Others are possibly better as I'm now a hydro grower tho :)
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Nanook wrote: โ†‘
Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:07 pm
Hard to tell tbh as depends on the soil, the heat, etc. I learned a couple to 3 days is about right for my old setup. Poke your finger in and see how long they take to feel dry for the first inch or so.
Others are possibly better as I'm now a hydro grower tho :)
Ahh right that's fair enough mate๐Ÿ‘

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500ml in a 12 litre pot at this stage is ok this is the stage you want the roots searching for the water this helps us to build a strong root ball system.


When feeding at the mo Iโ€™d advise slowly feeding a ring around the plant over the next few days get em really searching about 4 inches in from the sides will be about spot on I imagine
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Smokey wrote: โ†‘
Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:31 pm
500ml in a 12 litre pot at this stage is ok this is the stage you want the roots searching for the water this helps us to build a strong root ball system.


When feeding at the mo Iโ€™d advise slowly feeding a ring around the plant over the next few days get em really searching about 4 inches in from the sides will be about spot on I imagine
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That's basically what I've been doing, making a ring around the stem roughly 2 inch away โœŒ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™

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Every feed just move the ring out about an inch wider and so on. All the works going on underground at the moment, healthy root system promotes healthier and bigger plants bro are you using just water ? Any root stimulant ???

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Yeah sounds about spot on to be honest buddy.

At this stage as smokey said your encouraging roots out and searching. Once they have filled the pot you'll be looking to drench it more.... but your edging closer to pics so I'll hold my tongue to say too much more

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Smokey wrote: โ†‘
Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:37 pm
Every feed just move the ring out about an inch wider and so on. All the works going on underground at the moment, healthy root system promotes healthier and bigger plants bro are you using just water ? Any root stimulant ???
Just water ATM as I read up that autos dont really need nutes until week 2/3?

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GMO wrote: โ†‘
Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:39 pm
Yeah sounds about spot on to be honest buddy.

At this stage as smokey said your encouraging roots out and searching. Once they have filled the pot you'll be looking to drench it more.... but your edging closer to pics so I'll hold my tongue to say too much more

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In time you will learn to read the plants buddy they will tell you exactly what they do and do want/need, root stim generally works different to a regular feed nutrient, the root stim helps the roots to develop quicker and stronger again at this stage we are looking after whatโ€™s under the surface as opposed to anything above it. Some use root stim some donโ€™t I personally do as I like to think every little helps at this stage

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