Over watered or under watered?

If it feels dry water now. Do those buckets have drainage on the bottom?

 

Check your drain holes. If im ever unsure of the moisture content in the medium you check the top obviously by sticking a finger down an inch or two and if its dry then, well its dry lol.

That being said, just because the top two inches are dry doesn't meant that the bottom half isn't moist. It very well may be moist still.

I'm a fan of big drainage holes. One reason is to never question if i have good enough drainage. The other is so I can lift the pot and check the drain holes and see if the medium looks dry or mosit.


By the size of your plants, and how much perlite seems to be in your medium, i would say underwatered. No matter how much volume of water they get at any given time, it can still dry out within a day especially if the roots have filled the bucket.

 

Not saying it can't be done in 5g buckets, but to still be veggin, those ladies look like they need a TP into a 20g pot or so.

 

4 days outside, in the sun, in a bucket... I would vote Underwatered.


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You'll see improvement in a few hours. By tomorrow they'll be back on schedule. Just remember to expect frequent waters with the size of the plant, the size of the bucket, and being outside.

 

The intense rain could have even fucked with soil and roots some. I water with a 5 gal bucket but going to change that because when they get bigger pouring from high up will fuck with the soil and stress plants. Recovers next day.

 

I actually plan on getting a blumat drip system set up soon. Apparently has very positive reviews and no pumps or timers needed.