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DomsChron
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I was looking over another forum I go to (from my main seedbank dutchbreed) and I came across an AMAZING thread they had on the wet and dry cycle of this wonderful plant. So, I decided to use it to help aid me in making a thread to help keeping you from overwatering! I would credit them, but I'm unsure if they want credit or not.
I posted this with hope for it to be stickied, because I think that hopefully new growers reading this will realize how important the wet/dry cycle of this plant can be. I realized that these stickies are mostly used by newer growers, so I have this aimed towards those who have tried to grow their own meds before but always seem to overwater their plants.
So here's the scoop. Pythium is a harmful fungi that thrives in warm moist environments with a low oxygen content. Pythium attacks the root systems in plants that have not been properly dried out before their next watering. It's more common along people growing in hydro systems while its warm, but occurs sometimes when you overwater. Want to know how you can "properly" water your plants?
What happens is as the plants use up the water you administered, the oxygen gets pulled through the compost keeping the medium aerobic. When you water to the point of saturation, all stale gasses get driven out the the cycle starts again.
Note: A totally dry 6 liter root ball will take .75 to 1 litre of water before being fully saturated depending on the compost and grow medium. Keep in mind that every strain is diffrent though, and each strain needs special attention. Take into account what I say and eventually with experience you will be growing like a pro.
I posted this with hope for it to be stickied, because I think that hopefully new growers reading this will realize how important the wet/dry cycle of this plant can be. I realized that these stickies are mostly used by newer growers, so I have this aimed towards those who have tried to grow their own meds before but always seem to overwater their plants.
So here's the scoop. Pythium is a harmful fungi that thrives in warm moist environments with a low oxygen content. Pythium attacks the root systems in plants that have not been properly dried out before their next watering. It's more common along people growing in hydro systems while its warm, but occurs sometimes when you overwater. Want to know how you can "properly" water your plants?
What happens is as the plants use up the water you administered, the oxygen gets pulled through the compost keeping the medium aerobic. When you water to the point of saturation, all stale gasses get driven out the the cycle starts again.
Note: A totally dry 6 liter root ball will take .75 to 1 litre of water before being fully saturated depending on the compost and grow medium. Keep in mind that every strain is diffrent though, and each strain needs special attention. Take into account what I say and eventually with experience you will be growing like a pro.
