Aug '24 (edited) • Quick Wins
To much Water/slimy plants in your otherwise healthy vibrant canopy?
Have you ever gone to harvest what looks like an incredibly healthy, thick, vibrant crop only to find an excessive amount of moisture held in the canopy between plants and under leaves, with occasional dead slimy plants hidden inside?
Well here’s a little discussion on why that is, and what you can do about it.
Imagine this, you’re watering your tray pretty heavily because your variety just germinated and is thirsty. The plants love it, they are thriving and growing so well. You continue to water the same amount, thoroughly wetting your medium and the plants continue to grow taller and the canopy begins to fill in. 8 days have gone by and the canopy is thick with leaves and very densely filled in, you go to water but your still watering the same amount.
Well this is an issue!
The thing is once your canopy begins to fill in you need to decrease the amount you are watering, and only water enough to feed the roots but not so wet that the top of your medium looks moist.
The thing is once the canopy fills in and your still watering to the point that the top of your medium is saturated means that water at the top is going to evaporate, adding more moisture to the canopy resulting in excessive water collecting there, instead of what you want which is a slow progression the opposite direction, I.e. drying of the canopy and in between pants.
So instead once you see that canopy filling in, dial back how much your watering and find the sweet spot that will actually allow the very top layer of medium to dry out slowly.
Other things you can do to improve this situation is adequate airflow and a thicker/deeper medium.
^^ this is strictly for the 2 to 3 days prior to your planned harvest day. That’s when this is most important.
Your thoughts? (Photos are a good example of this problem)
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To much Water/slimy plants in your otherwise healthy vibrant canopy?
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