Losing the battle with first grow in promix HP, help!

[Dougnsalem]

Did you really just recommend him to stab his root zone....

Whew I missed that one. Yeah I'd pass on that idea. If they are root bound then transplant them, don't stab the fuck out of them.....

Lol. Plants love it.

You betcha. I do it regularly. People on here have done it. Stab it repeatedly especially under the plant.

I do the same exact thing, and it works GREAT! I use Happy Frog and cut it 30+% with Perlite. It still gets compacted BAD, mainly because I'm not gonna take an hour sprinkling the plants with their water. I just dump the shit in all at once. I use a straightened out thick coat hanger, that I've sharpened the end to a point. YMMV. It works for me.


BTW- I learned this from Harley, quite awhile ago.... Thanks again!

 

[DCcan]

I had a guy lift my whole tomato plant up with a 4 tine spade and put it back down and mound it....that taught me the value of aeration vs compaction.

 

[Carolina Dream'n]

I do the same exact thing, and it works GREAT! I use Happy Frog and cut it 30+% with Perlite. It still gets compacted BAD, mainly because I'm not gonna take an hour sprinkling the plants with their water. I just dump the shit in all at once. I use a straightened out thick coat hanger, that I've sharpened the end to a point. YMMV. It works for me.


BTW- I learned this from Harley, quite awhile ago.... Thanks again!

Same thing I said to him...not a fucking chance

 

[Dougnsalem]

Same thing I said to him...not a fucking chance

That's cool. It's your shit, to do whatever you want. I'm in the same boat as Harley.- I have better fucking shit to do than argue. Seems that's all a lot of people around here want to do. Later....

 

[Fortygrit]

25 days into flower they’ve survived alot of abuse and seem to be doing well

 

[max316420]

To all the people telling him to let the promix dry out, your wrong. You NEVER let promix completely dry out. If you do, you will regret it. That’s when all your problem will start. Keep it damp but not soaked. Feed half strength every 2-3 days. Next time add some perlite to ur mix and your promix won’t stay as wet as long

 

[Dr.Monteiro]

25 days into flower they’ve survived alot of abuse and seem to be doing wellView attachment 4397510

I seem to be having some of the same issues you had. What did you do to fix it? There’s a lot of conflicting information in here as you mentioned so curious as to what worked for you