Does this look like overwatering?

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Hey guys so my plants are in late veg about 7 weeks and one of my plants is droopimg alot I think I bumped up the amount of water too quickly I went from 3 - 4 litres and started noticing the plant being limp curling down and light yellow at the top with slightly scorched tips on new growth.

I am confident environment is fine correct heat and rh plus my lights aren't turned up too high either. I am growing in allmix by biobizz and have potted up 3 times so only have given light feed for about 10 days now and am pretty confident that ph isn't an issue. What do you guys think based on images? First image is last night before lights out and second is a few hours after lights on.
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Pretty sure with air pots and fabric pots it's kinda hard to overwater, that's one reason we use them. Drooping at near lights out is pretty normal they are getting ready for "sleep" period. (Mine are pretty damn droopy too)
 
Leaf droop is usually environmental. If the RH/temps get out of range the stomata on the leaves close stopping transpiration and the water gets backed up in the leaves making them heavy. This is more prominent when the plants are growing fast in veg. If your RH and Temps are in range don't worry about it.
 
Leaf droop is usually environmental. If the RH/temps get out of range the stomata on the leaves close stopping transpiration and the water gets backed up in the leaves making them heavy. This is more prominent when the plants are growing fast in veg. If your RH and Temps are in range don't worry about it.

Great stuff I actually think that it is due to the environment being a little off the rh was at closer to 60% and now in late veg it should be closer to 50 when temp is 77f.
 
Main thing is how heavy do your pots feel? Think 40 to 50% of saturation weight is time to water ( might be wrong).

I usually wait until fairly light to water again 2-3 days in this size air pot thought just maybe the plant wasn't ready for the increase in volume of water. I'm fairly sure its my own silliness not managing environment been bit bust the last week and distracted.
 
Pretty sure with air pots and fabric pots it's kinda hard to overwater, that's one reason we use them. Drooping at near lights out is pretty normal they are getting ready for "sleep" period. (Mine are pretty damn droopy too)
It is hard to over water fabric pots - but I often manage it. Here's my over watered Jack Herer that's also been over fed and lived a few weeks before I had a pH metre, so problems. She's coming back strong with very light feeds and ph'd water,
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yours looks great!
 
It is hard to over water fabric pots - but I often manage it. Here's my over watered Jack Herer that's also been over fed and lived a few weeks before I had a pH metre, so problems. She's coming back strong with very light feeds and ph'd water, View attachment 1310419yours looks great!

Thanks for this makes me feel better about my situation hope they get better for you. A few tweaks then I'll flip to flower before they are too big for my tent.
 
I usually wait until fairly light to water again 2-3 days in this size air pot thought just maybe the plant wasn't ready for the increase in volume of water. I'm fairly sure its my own silliness not managing environment been bit bust the last week and distracted.
@Bill.de.Cat is correct about water weight in the pot.

What you need to learn about watering will come with practice. Here are the basic rules: Never let the soil dry out. Soil and or coco can become hydrophobic if allowed to dry. This means it repels water. This in turn will create dry pockets in the soil and roots there will die. If your soil - coco have accidentally dried out use a surfactant to help re-wet it. I like yucca powder. Don't let soil remain soggy by watering too much too often. Root rot, damping off, molds, fungus gnats and other problems start in soggy soil. When you do water water the entire pot. How to learn when to water starts before you plant the seed. Fill your container with fresh soil/coco and weigh it (heft it) this is the lightest weight and consider it a dry pot. Now slowly water until the soil/coco will no longer absorb the water and run-off begins; weigh the pot (heft it) this is the maximum water, the wettest the pot can get. The difference between wettest and driest is the maximum water weight, for ease of explanation lets just say the water weighs 20 pounds. When the pot loses 10 pounds (half of the water weight) it is time to water again. There is an art to watering.

If your plants were rebounding from being too dry, they will take in too much water and you can have droopy leaves for that reason as well.

Don' worry to much your plants look fine.
 
@Bill.de.Cat is correct about water weight in the pot.

What you need to learn about watering will come with practice. Here are the basic rules: Never let the soil dry out. Soil and or coco can become hydrophobic if allowed to dry. This means it repels water. This in turn will create dry pockets in the soil and roots there will die. If your soil - coco have accidentally dried out use a surfactant to help re-wet it. I like yucca powder. Don't let soil remain soggy by watering too much too often. Root rot, damping off, molds, fungus gnats and other problems start in soggy soil. When you do water water the entire pot. How to learn when to water starts before you plant the seed. Fill your container with fresh soil/coco and weigh it (heft it) this is the lightest weight and consider it a dry pot. Now slowly water until the soil/coco will no longer absorb the water and run-off begins; weigh the pot (heft it) this is the maximum water, the wettest the pot can get. The difference between wettest and driest is the maximum water weight, for ease of explanation lets just say the water weighs 20 pounds. When the pot loses 10 pounds (half of the water weight) it is time to water again. There is an art to watering.

If your plants were rebounding from being too dry, they will take in too much water and you can have droopy leaves for that reason as well.

Don' worry to much your plants look fine.

Aha thanks man light bulb moment im pretty sure the reason was letting the soil dry a little too much between feeds because the leaves felt full of water and seemed heavy also every couple hours I peeped into the tent today it seemed to be improving slightly makes sense now. Thanks for the helpful info much appreciated.

I'll post a picture tomorrow of my plant healthy and vibrant hopefully.
 
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