Stone
Well-Known Member
What aproach do you take with regards to watering?
I'm still not 100% sure but I think I've noticed the following phenomenon:
I have been watering my seedlings in the normal way, that is: soaking the pots and waiting for them to dry a little then repeating etc., and they plod along as normal, putting out a new leaf here or a new root there.
But after a month or so of this sequence, if I really flood them for 2-3 days in a row, they seem to be greatly stimulated into faster more vigourous growth
for a while with more root initials breaking at their bases.
I wonder if it's a natural adaptation to coincide with monsoonal downpoors?
I try to time this ''flooding'' with a warm weather forecast. I think there might be something in it?
Anyone else observed this? or am I watering incorrectly?
I'm still not 100% sure but I think I've noticed the following phenomenon:
I have been watering my seedlings in the normal way, that is: soaking the pots and waiting for them to dry a little then repeating etc., and they plod along as normal, putting out a new leaf here or a new root there.
But after a month or so of this sequence, if I really flood them for 2-3 days in a row, they seem to be greatly stimulated into faster more vigourous growth
for a while with more root initials breaking at their bases.
I wonder if it's a natural adaptation to coincide with monsoonal downpoors?
I try to time this ''flooding'' with a warm weather forecast. I think there might be something in it?
Anyone else observed this? or am I watering incorrectly?