Watering

[Madman960]

I water my plants with a gallon each daily. Started giving a gallon daily starting September 6th. Missed 5 days. I want to stop watering about a week before harvest. My thinking is they would dry faster. However, I have not seen any data on this approach.

[Allenpro]

Is it growing in soil or coco coir? Coco Coir needs water every day, I dont think watering every day in soil is a good plan unless your flushing before harvest. But in my experience in hydro grows and a little bit in soil I dont recommend letting them go dry unless you want dry buds at harvest. Drying and curing are as important as how you grow.
Lets see what others have to say

[golfnrl]

My thought is, if possible the plant needs to dry slowly under a controlled environment. If the plant is fully hydrated at harvest in theory it will dry uniformly or somewhat evenly. If water is withheld for a week the plant will have already begun to dry and that will cause the plant dry unevenly. A week without water will stress the plant as well. A day, maybe two without water should not hurt and will slightly speed up the drying process, but that may be counterproductive to the low and slow dry method.