Watering your plants

Note on watering:

   Before you water the soil, always check it for dryness with the moisture meter.  

   Individual plants may be using water at different rates than their neighbors.

   Don't assume they all consume water the same rate.

Foliar watering and Feeding

   Give your plants a good wetting down in the early to mid part of the light cycle, so that it will be evaporated by the time the light goes off to prevent mold. One of the reasons for foliar watering once a day is to simulate rain, and wash dust that clogs stomata and pores off the plants. If your plants are growing vigorously, you can also feed them weak fertilizer solutions to boost the energy output of the plants, especially in the vegetative phase of growth, but I don't recommend foliar fertilizing during flowering, as the salts can build up and become deadly, burning the leaves. During flowering, foliar spray with clear water just to avoid complications.

   Pour, or if you have a pump spray, drench the soil generously, making sure the water comes out the bottom into the saucer. The water will filter down through the soil, pushing out root exhaust gases (like C02!) and drawing in fresh oxygen which the plant will feast on with great relish, since you naturally oxygenated the water.(right?)

   Each of your plants is also sitting in a plant saucer, yes? Good, because if through the judicious use of your moisture meter you notice that the moisture level is dry in the bottom of the pot, then you have to water the saucer.

   This will soak the bottom of the roots, and even out the moisture in the pot. This doesn't have to be done as often as the foliar or surface watering, only as it starts to get dry down there. (maybe once a week) Just fill up the saucer in one shot, and that's it. Don't overdo it by filling it up the second time unless you are using small pots, and they are drying out too fast to maintain moisture.