Tired of Feeding/watering schedule

[PopAndSonGrows]

Cannabis is very much not "a weed". Yes it's a Summer Annual plant but is by no means drought tolerant, as it pertains to growing high quality sinsemilla. Hemp, sure maybe, but this isn't ROPEitup, it's ROLLitup

 

[idioddity]

…this isn't ROPEitup, it's ROLLitup

ROPEitup sounds like a hardcore LST board. Proceed with caution!

 

[Gemtree]

Same, going on year 3 for me

Was 13 years for me lol. Shit gets old had to automate

 

[DonClaude420]

I move furniture for a living. Been doing it since 1995, so I know a lil something about strenuous activity; and mixing nutrient solution and watering in, isn't strenuous, imo. More a inconvenience, like chores. That being said, I autowater. Lol

I'm assuming you have never moved a 7 gallon pot fully saturated in and out of a tent....

 

[Nope_49595933949]

Any alternative to blumats for soil that would be useful for coco down the road?

 

[Dirt_McGirrt]

I've got a plastic 10gal trashcan from Menards that was cheap as fuck. I fill it with water and mix a shit ton of nutes. Pump in it so I can just fill my 2gal watering can and hit the plants real quick. Usually lasts a couple days but I'm growing almost a dozen photos in flower right now.

 

[rkymtnman]

I'll have to try it. Never smoked cactus!
Where do I get that strain?

Peyote is a small, spineless cactus found in desert

 

[rkymtnman]

Any alternative to blumats for soil that would be useful for coco down the road?

can you make any adjustments to blumats so they feed more? seems like only feeding to minimal saturation w/o runoff in coco would be trouble

 

[PopAndSonGrows]

Any alternative to blumats for soil that would be useful for coco down the road?

Personally< I got my eye on the FloraFlex Matrix system, I like those "thingies" that distribute the water across the top of the coco rather than just dripping in one spot.

 

[Nope_49595933949]

Personally< I got my eye on the FloraFlex Matrix system, I like those "thingies" that distribute the water across the top of the coco rather than just dripping in one spot.

That's interesting.

 

[Nope_49595933949]

can you make any adjustments to blumats so they feed more? seems like only feeding to minimal saturation w/o runoff in coco would be trouble

I think I could add the drippers and maybe set it at a higher moisture level. Maybe, I donno.

 

[PopAndSonGrows]

Quality is just fine with wet and dry cycles mimicking intermittent rainfall in nature in fact dare I say even better quality vs treating plants like they’re in a monsoon season

Wet/dry cycles is properly applied watering stress, not testing its "drought tolerance"

 

[weedstoner420]

I was at one point. Then I switched to growing organically in SIPs. I don't grow huge plants, maybe ~6 oz per SIP at most (1 or 2 plants), with a 2.75 gallon reservoir for each SIP. All the nutes are in the soil. I can usually get through one crop with just a single top-dress in mid flower, then subsequent rounds in the same container need to be top-dressed every 2-3 weeks. The reservoirs get plain water, and I only have to refill them every 4-5 days at most during a grow.

I still check in on them almost every day, but I only have to interact with them once or twice a week, usually to add plain water to the reservoirs. I really don't understand why more home growers don't do it this way...

Edit to add: here's the one I use: https://www.agardenpatch.com/

 

[DonClaude420]

I run something similar.

 

[weedstoner420]

I run something similar.

Similar to......?

 

[Hollatchaboy]

Personally< I got my eye on the FloraFlex Matrix system, I like those "thingies" that distribute the water across the top of the coco rather than just dripping in one spot.

That's why I went with hydro halos....

 

[Nope_49595933949]

That's why I went with hydro halos....View attachment 5278167

What is your grow medium?

 

[Hollatchaboy]

What is your grow medium?

Straight coco, but there is mosquito bits in there, not perlite.

 

[manfredo]

Home

www.blumat.com

 

[PopAndSonGrows]

I stealth grow and there simply isn't space for automation in my setup. Crazy to think I've been watering plants almost daily for years.

Aren't blumats just full-on gravity-fed mini reservoirs in each pot? I mean, it's "doable" there's always options for ANY setup