100 gallon smart pots indoors

[NaturalFarmer]

No monocropping! I'm gonna throw in some companion herbs. I would do some comfrey too soon as I get a hold of some seeds.

My bad...I meant just with the herbal. What strain? I grow russian comfrey (Bocking 14) about 100' row of it getting buried in snow. I use it for my orchard. You only want the sterile variety which is a hybrid between the two wild varieties, otherwise your lawn and town will be impregnated quickly. If you want some in the spring just remind me when it melts. You need the growing shoots. Borage is great though. I have a buddy who swears by growing plants underneith that produce high oils like rosemary, basil and such.....not sure if it has any merit but it is interesting.

 

[NaturalFarmer]

Comfrey is going to eat up a lot of nitrogen, but I assume you are just going to chop it after? The shit breaks down in water very quickly and is putrid. Smells like a rotten tooth. Maybe you can test to see if it is a host for mycos. It is a beautiful plant until it rots.

 

[Rasta Roy]

My bad...I meant just with the herbal. What strain? I grow russian comfrey (Bocking 14) about 100' row of it getting buried in snow. I use it for my orchard. You only want the sterile variety which is a hybrid between the two wild varieties, otherwise your lawn and town will be impregnated quickly. If you want some in the spring just remind me when it melts. You need the growing shoots. Borage is great though. I have a buddy who swears by growing plants underneith that produce high oils like rosemary, basil and such.....not sure if it has any merit but it is interesting.

Haha word my bad! Each pot is a different strain, but the pots all share the same strain. LA pure kush, headband 818 (these are my old faithfuls), blueberry, and opium. My three random little tubs are another headband, a bubba kush, and a mother tongue. I almost killed her off she almost died from cold stress when I had a a temp sensor fail while I was in the hospital with my wife for a couple nights. The others bounced back but it struggled. It started to look just a smidge better litterally the day before I was gonna make the kill it or repot it decision.

I want to do a little comfrey bed inside, but this spring I want to plant it in a lot I rent from the city. And I want whatever kind will take over everything. I'm trying to make comfrey field!

 

[NaturalFarmer]

For bees? Oh my bad probably for inputs for compost? Are you looking to mine the earth for micros? or just a Nitrogen source.

 

[Rasta Roy]

For bees? Oh my bad probably for inputs for compost?

For compost and we got some extract ideas...But funny you mention it...We are gonna set up some beehives at the end of this lot.

Do you have any experience planting rosemary or basil alongside your cannabis? I've done it in separate pots alongside but I'm debating if I should I try it in the big pots...Or if that'll create too much competition.

 

[NaturalFarmer]

I have grown basil with herb but not enough to take over and not the qty he was talking about. Im growing radish, dill and kale now. I just trim it up every few weeks and feed it to the chickens. Once the canopy is overtop, it wont outcompete. Comfrey might though, esp once the spring hits if it is outdoors. The shit comes up early.

 

[Rasta Roy]

I have grown basil with herb but not enough to take over and not the qty he was talking about. Im growing radish, dill and kale now. I just trim it up every few weeks and feed it to the chickens. Once the canopy is overtop, it wont outcompete. Comfrey might though, esp once the spring hits if it is outdoors. The shit comes up early.

Nice! I'm gonna throw in some dill as well.

 

[NaturalFarmer]

radish is too itchy for me but my chickens love the greens. Ive heard myco doesnt host with radish, but thats no reason to not plant it IMO.

 

[ttystikk]

I would need to get 12 of those lights to replace what I can do with 4 1000watt lights. I've played around with LEDs, and CMH's before, they do not suit my needs or grow style. I can manage the heat, this time of year I actually use it to my benefit. I'm sure they work well for some.

At least get better ballasts. Mags are doing you a disservice with HPS.

I only ran them because I had to for 860W CDM Allstart lamps. There were a very few LFSW ballasts for 1000W made, they work great but tough to find.

 

[Vnsmkr]

For compost and we got some extract ideas...But funny you mention it...We are gonna set up some beehives at the end of this lot.

Do you have any experience planting rosemary or basil alongside your cannabis? I've done it in separate pots alongside but I'm debating if I should I try it in the big pots...Or if that'll create too much competition.

basil should be fine, I have done so, rosemary I dont know about, but most herbs do ok

 

[Rasta Roy]

At least get better ballasts. Mags are doing you a disservice with HPS.

I only ran them because I had to for 860W CDM Allstart lamps. There were a very few LFSW ballasts for 1000W made, they work great but tough to find.

It's true that magnetic ballasts aren't capable of pushing an hps bulb as much as an electronic ballast...The difference isn't enough to outweigh the reasons why I use them. They never break, and if they do I can fix them myself. Over my grow career I've bought more than my fair share of electronic ballasts, I only got two working ones left. All my magnetic ballasts still work. And I got them for dirt cheap because "they didn't work".

Now if you're going to the growstore and I'm reccomending one...The electronic is superior. But for my needs, and my resourceful nature, I use the magnetics.

I respect your insight tho friend! You're not wrong, I just have different pros than other people lol.

 

[ttystikk]

It's true that magnetic ballasts aren't capable of pushing an hps bulb as much as an electronic ballast...The difference isn't enough to outweigh the reasons why I use them. They never break, and if they do I can fix them myself. Over my grow career I've bought more than my fair share of electronic ballasts, I only got two working ones left. All my magnetic ballasts still work. And I got them for dirt cheap because "they didn't work".

Now if you're going to the growstore and I'm reccomending one...The electronic is superior. But for my needs, and my resourceful nature, I use the magnetics.

I respect your insight tho friend! You're not wrong, I just have different pros than other people lol.

Yeah, that sums up the reasons I used them, too. Save your penis for LED, it's worth it.

 

[Jaybodankly]

Careful where you plant comfrey. Once it is established it is had to remove.

 

[danbridge]

Sooo currently in my personal room I got 16 plants in 7 gallon smart pots.


I know some dudes that have grown giant trees in 100 gallon pots outside. But anybody else ever use one of these giant smart pots indoors like a bed to do multiple plants before?

I'll definitely be documenting the grow I do in them.

If you can handle oleander sized plants indoors, then go for it. This is how big they get:

 

[Rasta Roy]

Careful where you plant comfrey. Once it is established it is had to remove.

That's exactly what I'm hoping for!

 

[Rasta Roy]

If you can handle oleander sized plants indoors, then go for it. This is how big they get:
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I'm definitely looking forward to testing my canopy management skills! I'm mainly doing the giant beds because I can't create the soil environment I want in the smaller containers. While I would definitely not be upset about an increase in yield...My yields are already satisfactory, and I wouldn't expect the increased pot size to change them unless I was also adding additional light, and room to grow. This is more for the benefit of my soil microherd which will pay me back over time ten fold.

 

[Rasta Roy]

Little bit more cleaned up. Couldn't find my dill, but i got two smart pots with a bunch of rosemary seeds thrown in em and two smart pots with basil seeds thrown in em. Gotta get something to throw em up on so they're level with the big pots. Getting to the store to get replacement fans tomorrow. Ill be throwing the tomato cages around them tomorrow.

 

[GreenSanta]

I'm definitely looking forward to testing my canopy management skills! I'm mainly doing the giant beds because I can't create the soil environment I want in the smaller containers. While I would definitely not be upset about an increase in yield...My yields are already satisfactory, and I wouldn't expect the increased pot size to change them unless I was also adding additional light, and room to grow. This is more for the benefit of my soil microherd which will pay me back over time ten fold.

in my experience more soil = more buds even if you dont increase the light, a lot more buds... my biggest yields ever are coming out of my 30-40 gallons SIP. But I do like having the freedom to move my pots as I please and my SIPs are nearly impossible to move so I like to have a mix of both in the grow room. I think you can achieve a nice microherd in smallish pots (7 ish + Gallons) but you have to start over almost every round where as you probably plan to keep your 100 gallons pots in the grow room round after round right?

 

[Vnsmkr]

I am in a range of smaller 4-5 gal, 10 gal square styrofoam ice chests and I utilize the same soil over and over though for the cannabis plants pots I plant and mulch cover crop in between runs 1 & 2 and usually before 3rd I empty pots to take care of soil compaction then I go right back into pots with some neem cake. For the vegetable planters (10 gal) I sort of rotate crops after every few runs so that keeps the medium perfect. There are also worms in every planter.

 

[Rasta Roy]

in my experience more soil = more buds even if you dont increase the light, a lot more buds... my biggest yields ever are coming out of my 30-40 gallons SIP. But I do like having the freedom to move my pots as I please and my SIPs are nearly impossible to move so I like to have a mix of both in the grow room. I think you can achieve a nice microherd in smallish pots (7 ish + Gallons) but you have to start over almost every round where as you probably plan to keep your 100 gallons pots in the grow room round after round right?

Oh yeah, this is for the long term benefits so ill definitely be planting in them again and again.