How often do you water during high temps ?

[Buddaluva]

Its been in the 90`s here for a couple of weeks now

We got some rain a few days ago , but its been so hot and humid that my plants do not seem to be doing good ,

the top of the ground is completely dry but idk how far down the dryness goes , and i dont want to poke deep holes in my soil and damage any roots

When it stays hot like this how often do you all think would be good to water without over watering

Every few days ?

I want to water them because how dry they seem but i dont want to accidentally over water them because of an illusion that the heat might be causing me

I hope im making sense in what im trying to ask here

Sorry that my pics are not the best

 

[vorzh]

they look like they could use some water. Throw some Silica in there if you're worried about the high temps, but the girls usually love that hot ass weather. It's been hot as shit here without a drop of rain for months (90+)

 

[Buddaluva]

Thanks my man ,

when you say use some silica do you mean something like this

http://www.lowes.com/pd_10392-74291...oductId=3305740&N=0&catalogId=10051&langId=-1

 

[Green and Gold]

When I started growing in 1979 I read in a book that you should water the day before they wilted. They wilted the sixth day, so we watered every fifth day in the heat of the summer.
But an organized friend taped yardsticks to a bamboo pole and set it next to a plant. After a good soaking in mid-summer he found that his plant grew 2" the first and second day and 1" the third day. The fourth and fifth day the plant looked great but did not grow. So he started watering every third day. Instead of 6-9 foot plants he got by watering every 5th day, he got 9-12 foot plants and yields were much higher.........

 

[vorzh]

When I started growing in 1979 I read in a book that you should water the day before they wilted. They wilted the sixth day, so we watered every fifth day in the heat of the summer.
But an organized friend taped yardsticks to a bamboo pole and set it next to a plant. After a good soaking in mid-summer he found that his plant grew 2" the first and second day and 1" the third day. The fourth and fifth day the plant looked great but did not grow. So he started watering every third day. Instead of 6-9 foot plants he got by watering every 5th day, he got 9-12 foot plants and yields were much higher.........

It's an art not a science, i'd agree. Has a lot to do with plant stage, humidity, direct sunlight, etc. Also, the only 'problem' with overwatering is a lack of DO2 to the roots, so, if you can up the DO2 levels (with smart pots/air, or aerated solutions, for example) you can get away with watering less.

And no, i meant something more like http://www.hydrofarm.com/pb_detail.php?itemid=1001

I'm not sure if what you have shown will work, however i'm not sure that it will not, as well. ( i don't know)

 

[Midnight]

It gets mid 90's low 100's here everyday. I have my stuff on 2GPH drip emitters. They get watered once a week, I start at 8:00pm and stop at 8:00am. See my sig for a look see.

 

[Manstien]

Hey I have temps no where near you guys, you should add mulch and water crystals though....I used a peatmoss based medium too! retains water for sooooooo long with all these 3

 

[Buddaluva]

It gets mid 90's low 100's here everyday. I have my stuff on 2GPH drip emitters. They get watered once a week, I start at 8:00pm and stop at 8:00am. See my sig for a look see.

Plants look good my man ,

I cant run any type of drip system to my grow ,

its a guerrilla grow , and i water from a nearby creek

Hey I have temps no where near you guys, you should add mulch and water crystals though....I used a peatmoss based medium too! retains water for sooooooo long with all these 3

Iv thought about mulch but i was told not to ,

something to do with fungi or bacteria build up or something ( i dont really remember what it was , its been a while since something was said to me about it )

 

[Midnight]

Plants look good my man ,

I cant run any type of drip system to my grow ,

Thanks budda, have you ever tried a ram pump. I used them back in the days when I used to do gorilla. Beats the hell out of carrying water around. these things will pump water up hill, require zero power and you can run it into a container and then do a drip off of that.

http://www.clemson.edu/irrig/equip/ram.htm

 

[Buddaluva]

Thanks budda, have you ever tried a ram pump. I used them back in the days when I used to do gorilla. Beats the hell out of carrying water around. these things will pump water up hill, require zero power and you can run it into a container and then do a drip off of that.

http://www.clemson.edu/irrig/equip/ram.htm

Iv thought about trying to run some type of pump from the creek with a hose but i haven't figured out a good way to do it yet

I will check in on that ram pump your talking about

I have a tub in the creek right now because its shallow

I took my shovel and dug into the creek and made a hole ,

I took a rubbermaid tub from wal mart and cut the bottom out of it ,

Then i cut 1" holes in it so water can flow through and keep it fresh , then i pressed it down the best i could in the creek

It makes it easier to fill my jugs up

A pump would be so beneficial if i can get on to work , and it will be going up hill some

this how i made my tub

 

[Midnight]

A ram pump would be perfect for your setup. Take a look at the link in the other post.