Transpiration

[racingsnake]

Gday all

 

How much water do your plants transpire in an average day? They have about 3 weeks left.

 

Lately, Im topping my reservoir up with around 7/8 litres per day which works out at about 1.3 L/plant...

Does this sound right to you for a 6 plant setup? They are by no means large in anyway and I cant find any water leaks either. This decrease in water volume is sending ph/ EC levels up and down(when corrected) daily by about a full unit.

 

Cheers for advice

[Shithappens]

I myself cant tell you as mine automatically tops up??

 

Sorry!

[Dr Rockster]

It does'nt sound excessive to me.If they are in good health and your vent is ok I wouldnt worry. You say the plants are not very large,how big would they be?

[WantDaChronic]

how much water that gets used will depend on alot of factors like method of growing, medium, size of the plants, temperatures, the season you are going in, etc.

 

i wouldnt worry about 1.3L per plant to be honest, especially with summer on its way. I remember seeing one of eikel's old grows on here or cs, i forget which forum now, but his plants were using like 6L per day each and they were barely 2ft tall and wide so unless you get an extreme amount of water being used up, ie. 10L+ per day, i wouldnt worry about anything as long as you can keep the res topped up

[Stoney]

coming towards of the end of my grow my plants were using between 15-18lt on some hot days and that works out to be 3lt's a day but completely normal

 

i wouldnt be worring lad sounds normal to me

 

cheerz :Dj:

[keepleft]

yeah not to worry. couple things to note is that air ciculating over the leaves will increase transpiration ive been told. i actually now have my fans blowing between the lights and top of plants (ie in the canopy) as opposed to directly onto the plant tops. less stress on the plant imo

 

also low humidity increases transpiration. whats your humidity

[racingsnake]

Thanks for the replies guys

 

Humidity fluctuates between 27 when lights are on and up to 70 when off, depending on tempetarure in my shed...

https://cannabis.community.forums.ozstoners...si&img=3159

Link to my recent posts in the gallery to see size of plants Dr Rock...

Cheers