Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

Tore my cheap ass grow bag picking it up to turn the soil. At least there's no plant in it yet. One of those $5.99 "yield pots" Looks like I'll quit being so damn cheap.
 
Steelheader3430 said:
Tore my cheap ass grow bag picking it up to turn the soil. At least there's no plant in it yet. One of those $5.99 "yield pots" Looks like I'll quit being so damn cheap.
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Yo Steelheader,

I use these, Roots Pots they hold up and I've washed them a few times already and air dry.
http://www.aurorainnovations.org/rootpots-pricing.html


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DankSwag
 
What's the point of an expensive ass pot. Please do tell! I take my cheapos, drill holes in bottom half, and line drain holes with screening to keep gnats at bay. Fuck those rip offs. If you have drainage/aeration then fuck it. Water slow and often alternating kelp, alfalfa, SSTs, and your golden. If anything get some milk crates and line em in landscaping product for a fraction of the price. Couple hundered for 'soil holders' fuck that nonsense!!! I digress from wino behavior. Please someone convince me and I'll pull the trigger now. Outdoor soil doesn't have fancy pots. Raised beds FTW!!!
 
I'll need something that I could move if my goofy ass landlord decides he needs to come over again. Maybe these will fit in milk crates. I hate renting. If my kids were older I'd send my wife to the tittie bar to earn some scratch. Yeah I said it.
 
RedCarpetMatches said:
What's the point of an expensive ass pot. Please do tell! I take my cheapos, drill holes in bottom half, and line drain holes with screening to keep gnats at bay. Fuck those rip offs. If you have drainage/aeration then fuck it. Water slow and often alternating kelp, alfalfa, SSTs, and your golden. If anything get some milk crates and line em in landscaping product for a fraction of the price. Couple hundered for 'soil holders' fuck that nonsense!!! I digress from wino behavior. Please someone convince me and I'll pull the trigger now. Outdoor soil doesn't have fancy pots. Raised beds FTW!!!
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Ya da of MacGyver of Dank, RCM..

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For me I don't use any large gallon cloth pots by design of my PHOGS system. The largest I have used is 3 gal to grow a 6 and half foot monster.

Now I use mostly 1 gallon and 2 gallon on occasion for PHOGS allows the lower part of the root growth for the plant to reside in an areated reservior while the cloth pot holds the soil that rest on a wet silca rock surface. Roots grow out of pot and into the reservior helping to miminze the needed soil medium. I grow 3 foot ladies with 8 main lined branch nodes in one gallon cloth pots.

Look at these prices not bad at all
http://www.1000bulbs.com/search/?filter[category]=8740&filter[brand]=Roots+Organics

DankSwag
 
I seen a show on moles once. They swim through the soil and push the dirt out to the sides to create tunnels. The hills they produce are their way of flushing the toilet. Since they have an extremely fast metabolism they have to eat a earth worm every hour to survive. And tunnel beneath the seed holding layer of earth. Every Wednesday I work in this town covered in beautiful black molehills. I grabbed one today and it was nice. No smell and just seemed rich. Has anyone on here got experience using molehills for anything? I'd like to gather them up at least for my wife's flower garden if it's ill advised to make a tea or something for cannabis, but would look like a weirdo.

Edit. Thanks for the link Dank I put the torn bag in a milk crate which left me with some extra soil to use for the seedlings.
 
colocowboy said:
A few posts late but, heavy landscaping fabric for home made smart pots! Cheap, easily malleable, and non corrosive wire for these kinds of element exposed projects is aluminum electric fence line. It's usually found near the no climb animal fencing in the lawn and garden section at lowes or home depot.
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I think I found the right stuff just by chance. Just throwing it out there. http://www.pondandgardenwholesalers.com/servlet/the-Pond-Underlayment/Categories
 
RedCarpetMatches said:
For those of you suckers that bought fabric pots, do you set them on something to keep bottom aerated?
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I use em to wash my floor :lol: Personally I set a tarp with 4x4 s around to contain the water and set them all on that tarp ... way better than saucer this way you can really place all the containers the way you want to for canopy management.
 
I found some welded wire racks at the second hand store and put them under my pots. But since my seeds are just sprouting I don't know how good it works.
 
hyroot said:
best deal on fabric pots. cheaper than plastic nursery pots

http://growershouse.com/gro-pro-round-fabric-pot-10-gal
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Nice! How are the shipping costs? I prefer the Oregon Breathers to anything else, I really dig the handles.

RedCarpetMatches said:
For those of you suckers that bought fabric pots, do you set them on something to keep bottom aerated?
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I used to put large chunky perlite in the bottom 2" of the pot. Since I recycle the soil in my garden and yard I decided to stop doing that, didn't care for the perlite everywhere outside lol. A bunch of 2 x 4 lumber pieces chopped and laid in the trays would probably suffice I would think if you want to allow air flow underneath the pot. KISS.
 
I'm going to pull the trigger on air pots. I've been on the fence for awhile, due to water leaking out of the side holes. I water like a snail with yucca or aloe anyways...time to roll the dice!!!
 
Fabric pots are great, although I don't think I get any better dank or yields vs using containers like tubtrugs. I had some great runs with Wal-Mart handled tubtrugs which were about 8-10 gallon with holes drilled in the bottom and 2" of perlite as a base.

The only shitty thing about fabric pots is washing them IMO. They store well in small spaces which is a huge plus.
 
I have never noticed any diff with fabric pots...ever. I just don't see it. I have seen ridiculous comparisons on air pots vs fabric...air pots win big. The best pot is outdoors (just ask that cheater Mo lol), but I do love the idea and science behind air pruning.
 
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