How often do you check your plants ????

[gdogfunkly]

I check on them 2-3 times a day. Once in the morning for foliar feeding and then in the evening to check both tents again with lights on (one is in flower) for veg foliar and scrog tucking/feeding/watering. Then sometimes a third peek about an hour before lights out.

[GreenhouseEffect]

At least twice a day. More depending on what I am doing.
I have been known to spend basically my whole day in the greenhouse, smoke a bowl, drink my coffee, plant some radishes, do some trimming, fiddle with something, smoke a bowl, stair at my plants.....
Right now I am away from them, trusting somebody else to take care of them, and it is KILLING me. Daddy Misses you!!!

[Campesino]

"Smoke a bowl and stare at my plants" is my favorite form of meditation

[St.buds]

Once a day. times depend on stage of life and what needs to be done tht day

[Mr.furley]

Once at light on and once at light off, watering, feeding, and training times require more time than just checking. I also have been known to sleep next to my plants.

[H4john]

My plants are in my bedroom so i sleep eith them every night lol 😀

[gdogfunkly]

One of the first plants I grew was on a stool in my bedroom in a tall, south facing window. It didn't get huge but I loved smelling it every night when I went to bed. I got one seed from it and grew that seed the next year!

[Mr.furley]

I have the grow in a separate building so it like "camping out with cannabis"

[DoctorJohnson]

I also have been known to sleep next to my plants.

[Obi-Wan]

I’m in my grow room twice a day to check the pH of my 2 reservoirs. I run 2 tents on opposing schedules for flower, so I spend about 30 minutes twice a day with a tent open tending to the plants.

[Dutchman1]

Its been interesting seeing the range of answers but thats kinda what I figured. That there would be a wide range.

[DoctorJohnson]

Its been interesting seeing the range of answers but thats kinda what I figured. That there would be a wide range.

Yeah, interesting to see the range. I think some of it is new grower/experienced grower stuff. Once you have a few under your belt you don't need to be quite as obsessive as when you're in learn mode.

I have seen a couple of posts from people saying that, oops, they simply forgot about their plants for a few days or a week (followed by a sad story, of course). I guess that's the other extreme.

I do think that a good goal is to have the option of not having to fuss with the plants for a week if needed...

[alltatup]

I don't think that those of us who like to spend quality time with our girls are necessarily "obsessive"; myself, I just like their company.

[D.A.A.S.69]

Me an you both sister. lol

[Mr.furley]

My last cannabis camp out the girls told me they enjoyed spending time together. It's a complicated committed relationship now.

[Insight]

PuravidaC ...Here is a photo of my last grow. The pots are elevated about 9" in the front and 9.5" inches in the back so the 14" tray can gravity feed into a Homedepot HDX 12 gallon tote storage container..I have drilled a 3/4" hole at low end of the tray and glued a 3/4" male barbed fitting into the hole so I can attach 3/4" black vinyl tubing to gravity feed into the container.

The supply lines come from a 5 gallon black bucket outside the tent that has a EcoPlus 396 GPH (1500 LPH, 20W) Submersible Water Pump mounted at the bottom with about 6" of 3/4" black tubing on the intake and and the other end on the bottom of the bucket. The pump feeds 3/4"black tubing to the plants via a manifold with valves to each plant to control flow. Make sure to put a little "anti-siphon hole" in that black tubing before it leaves the bucket. It then feeds each plant which has 3/4" black tubing around the smart pot with a Tee to complete the loop and supply it. I put a bunch of 3/16" holes about every 1.5" pointing slightly down and some pointing into the center of the pot.

Then I have the pump on a timer that can be set in seconds for On and Off times, with multiple timers during the day and week. (WenTop Digital Programmable Timer Socket Plug ).
I played around watering 3x daily for 25 seconds for 2 plants, no issues but I thought I wasted a lot of nutes so went to 3x on Mon, Wed, Fri with a flush on Sunday. The drain bucket could hold about 3 days worth of runoff.

Hope this helps a bit.

[PuravidaC]

Nice manifold! I understand your concept but I'll need to tweak it to fit my space. Thanks!

[Dutchman1]

Or you could just get this PuravidaC https://www.amazon.com/Raindrip-R560...tem+for+plants . Ive used it, it works well.

[Potted]

I limit myself to twice a day after seedlings turn to veg same amount of time in flower🌻