I’ve got a 5 - 6 week old Blue Dream in veg, and she’s potted in a blend of Ocean Forest soil and perlite. She is in a 5G fabric pot, inside a tent sitting on a plant saucer.
She is requiring watering about every third day to keep properly moist. By the third day she is starting to wilt a tiny bit, so I give her a watering then. As she grows and requires more moisture, this watering frequency MAY increase to every other day but that’s not the case yet.
I need to be out of the area for about a week, and I think she may hit the critically over-dry stage by that point. I don’t really have a back up person to help me tend to the plant, so I’m hoping to find suggestions for some sort of self watering device that will work to get me by for a week.
Excellent suggestion @AAA. After looking, I noted these stakes come in packs of varying quantities. Specifically for a 5G pot, do you feel a couple of these carrots will do the job? If so, I’ll simply order a 3 pack which is the min size pack.
I trialed mine for about two weeks before I left. I was gone for 7 days and they worked perfectly! Make sure you trial before you leave. They take some tweaking.
Important to have an air gap between container and saucer …I raise mine 3"to ensure air flow and prevent root rot…BEWARE of using wood that has been treared with preservatives
