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No water for a week - Coco vs Soil
- Thread starter bounty29
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tnhndecapper
Member
damn.....why ????? plants that size look pretty good to have gone that long with no water...mine would drink one watering in 36-48hrs then i'd be scared.. they'll live..
tnhndecapper
Member
what are you feeding them...???
G
Guest
Hi
Out of interest what size are the big pots??
Ive got a 4 day holiday coming and i am trying to prepare
Unfortunately i grow in coco and dont have a dripper!!
Yours look ok i think, with a bit of love they should pull thru
Thanks
Out of interest what size are the big pots??
Ive got a 4 day holiday coming and i am trying to prepare
Unfortunately i grow in coco and dont have a dripper!!
Yours look ok i think, with a bit of love they should pull thru
Thanks
They're fed GH Flora series, 6ml Micro and 9ml Bloom per gallon, the last watering was just straight water though. It definitely didn't help that we had a record breaking heat wave the same week I was gone. The "big pots" are 6" pots. I think they'll all pull through fine, not too worried about it, although the coco 2 liter is going to have some heavy pruning done, not sure if I'll even keep it. They were all watered right before I left, the would've fared a lot better if I had left them in an inch or so of standing water.
I hope they bounce back. Last time I went out of town I made this
It did not cost much and all the parts come from the local Mega hardware store. When I got home all the girls where happy.
It did not cost much and all the parts come from the local Mega hardware store. When I got home all the girls where happy.
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zombi3girl
Member
aww, poor Babies. I had a similar incident happen, I visited my mom and my boyfriend turned off the A/C before we left,3 days later the box was at 104 degrees, but only one plant died....good luck!
Danger Mouse
Member
B29,
FWIW, have you seen these ...
https://www.buyaquaglobes.com/?cid=496749
They look kinda silly, but might be a cheap short-term solution.
Best,
DM
FWIW, have you seen these ...
https://www.buyaquaglobes.com/?cid=496749
They look kinda silly, but might be a cheap short-term solution.
Best,
DM
a wick setup might have helped too. the coco only had to be kept moist. since they're in veg, and he knew that not tending to the plants while on vacation is 'suboptimal,' showing a slight N deficiency would probably have been preferred to seeing such sad plants...but i dont mean to speak for bounty29.
but yeah i think what is pictured is surely stressin hard, but still alive and should perk up, albeit with damage, to continue on with its otherwise productive life
but yeah i think what is pictured is surely stressin hard, but still alive and should perk up, albeit with damage, to continue on with its otherwise productive life
Hitchhiker
New member
I had same experience I was 7 days away and disaster was ready. I gave them plenty of water and pot plates were also full of water. I had 11l wet coco and 1l water on the plates. 1/3 was crispy dry when I arrived. Luckily a bit was saved and now growing while I'm building new system.
It teached something Now I'm building improved system.
I was 7 days away and disaster was ready. I gave them plenty of water and pot plates were also full of water. I had 11l wet coco and 1l water on the plates. 1/3 was crispy dry when I arrived. Luckily a bit was saved and now growing while I'm building new system.It teached something
Now I'm building improved system.
