i run 12 gallon airpots with supersoil yeah there are a little spendy but worth the money. airpots are easier to transplant cuz all you have to do is undo the clips and unwrap the plant. there is no need to flip over to take them out. it is a little more work to transplant cuz you have to make sure that the side of the pot get filled/ compacted in with soil. its about 22$ for the 45 liter/12 gal airpots and re usable because they are plastic. These pots do dry out pretty fast, i have to water them every 2 days thats why i have a automatic watering system--55 gal res, pump, feed lines..... the great thing about supersoil is you just add water.... i am able to have multiple strains in the garden at different stages. THanks SUBCOOL for the knowledge!!!!!!
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snowboarder396
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I would think Smart Pots are the samething as airpots so to speak. there both breathable, I would think smart pots are actually better then airpots for the reason being airpots are made of plastic which isnt as breathable of an material, it has holes in it while smart pots are a completely breathable mesh material.
Also all plastics contain chemicals and leech out over time, Im not an expert so I dunno if this is true with all plastics or to what extent the chemical release rate would be, but the fact that smartpots seem to be more of a breathable material and alot cheaper would make it a win for me over the airpots I believe.
What does everyone else think of these in a side by side breakdown comparision?
Also all plastics contain chemicals and leech out over time, Im not an expert so I dunno if this is true with all plastics or to what extent the chemical release rate would be, but the fact that smartpots seem to be more of a breathable material and alot cheaper would make it a win for me over the airpots I believe.
What does everyone else think of these in a side by side breakdown comparision?
montanachadly
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Heres some LA confidential pre harvest the plant looks like shit but then again so do most of them when there about finished a nice fade went on and some awsome colors. Just Love the supersoil results the taste and smell alone is def noticable compared to nutes in a bottle. All my plants pretty much got good colors going on from the supersoil. Black and Purple came out in this pheno type i got from one seed its moderatly trichy not anything special. Smell is pretty good the nuggets are really dense and should be a good yielder. I might have to get a clone back and lower the temps a good bit and see how dark this girl will get in the supersoil. Pretty satisfied from the one bean i bought of it.
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Endur0xX
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Hey fellow organic growers... today after harvesting my AO and freaking out about tiny little baby seeds I learned how to spot hermi... it turns out my OHGOD had started to make pollen sacks a couple weeks ago and it got into my AO I believe...
Anyway, after the light went on today I rushed in the room and inspected the plants to see if I had any other hermi in there... in turns out one of my ktrain was starting to grow pollen sack so I took her out even though she is not quite ready. She is Huge!!
I would appreciate if someone can tell me if the pollen sack have done their damage at this stage (meaning: has the pollen been released when they look like this?)
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LED grown K-Train 12/12 from seed:
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Thank you for answering my question and happy growing
EDIT: This morning her sister is coming down, ... that one is ready and she looks gooood
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Anyway, after the light went on today I rushed in the room and inspected the plants to see if I had any other hermi in there... in turns out one of my ktrain was starting to grow pollen sack so I took her out even though she is not quite ready. She is Huge!!
I would appreciate if someone can tell me if the pollen sack have done their damage at this stage (meaning: has the pollen been released when they look like this?)
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LED grown K-Train 12/12 from seed:
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Thank you for answering my question and happy growing
EDIT: This morning her sister is coming down, ... that one is ready and she looks gooood
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SpicySativa
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Sadly, yes. That sack has spread pollen (and likely still is!). Before they open up they look like a little green ball; a rounder, less teardrop shaped calyx. They open up, exposing the yellow "nanners", which release the pollen.
Endur0xX
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aaaaaaaaaaah shwag ... means all seeds will have to be thrown out if there are any (all though it was late in the flowering cycle, any chance that they would be fem seeds?) ...
I was hoping they would have been strictly from the OhGod... is it a bad idea to have the K-train drying near my grow room now!? aaaaaaaaaaaaaah shwag and I got a nice AO that is going to grow one motha *?%$ big bud and now I am almost certain there will be seeds in it :/
Thanks for the answer +rep SpicySativa
I was hoping they would have been strictly from the OhGod... is it a bad idea to have the K-train drying near my grow room now!? aaaaaaaaaaaaaah shwag and I got a nice AO that is going to grow one motha *?%$ big bud and now I am almost certain there will be seeds in it :/
Thanks for the answer +rep SpicySativa
The airpots are more re useable than the smart pot since they are made of recycled plastic. i have grown with both and the air pots last much longer than the cloth material and there is no washing out root material out of the fabric since its made of plastic...yes its more expensive but air pots have more uses and more durable than cloth pots... try transplanting from a 3 gal or 5 gal smart pot vs air pots tell me what you think...
Endur0xX
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I throw my smart pot in the washing machine and they come out super clean, also half of my smart pots are made with recycled plastic bottles... they seem very sturdy. you are right transplanting seems to be a pain with them but I only transplant once from 16 oz to 7 gallons.
SpicySativa
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Ya, I'd keep them away from your air intake, at the least.
snowboarder396
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Very nice bro, esp from 12/12 from seed and with those LED's which look like working pretty good, i'd like to get some and add them as an addition with 600 watt hpsHey fellow organic growers... today after harvesting my AO and freaking out about tiny little baby seeds I learned how to spot hermi... it turns out my OHGOD had started to make pollen sacks a couple weeks ago and it got into my AO I believe...
Anyway, after the light went on today I rushed in the room and inspected the plants to see if I had any other hermi in there... in turns out one of my ktrain was starting to grow pollen sack so I took her out even though she is not quite ready. She is Huge!!
I would appreciate if someone can tell me if the pollen sack have done their damage at this stage (meaning: has the pollen been released when they look like this?)
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LED grown K-Train 12/12 from seed:
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Thank you for answering my question and happy growing
EDIT: This morning her sister is coming down, ... that one is ready and she looks gooood
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Endur0xX
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PRO MIX is from Québec and I can get it here in BC, I am sure you could find it anywhere in ontario, that is all I ever used and I am not looking around for anything better because I think it`s as good as any other well known brand used in cali...
Endur0xX
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I have my own recipe... I used subcool`s recipe as a guideline though... so I would say that I dont add extra ingredients over the supersoil recipe but I think my soil is weaker than his so that might be why... never put much thought into it I guess promix is depleted of all nutrients vs roots?
ExtremeMetal43
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So I dont have pics but grew out a DNA genetics RKS this summer. Got cloned say late June and put into a one gallon of 1/4 supersoil and 3/4 seedling starte mix. After top dressing with SS a couple times it was eventually transplanted to a 5 gallon smat pot of strait up supersoil no cut no layers(a mature vegged plant).
It vegged picture perfect and didnt flower until the 2nd week of sept and finished right before halloween. At harvest it was one of the dankest plants ive ever seen. I mean everything positive you hear about SS was on point. The fade of the leaves was all kind of orange, yellow, red, light green just beautiful fades like all the dank autumn pics you see. The buds and all of the sugar leaf was just absolutely covered in resin...absolutely covered. Grant it it was a nice pheno that had raised trichomes but the resin was out of control and i know it was from the soil that shit is just dank. The smell and flavor is outa control.
Just saying this shit works just like everything you read its supposed to do it does. Nothing but rain and pond water added the whole time.
It vegged picture perfect and didnt flower until the 2nd week of sept and finished right before halloween. At harvest it was one of the dankest plants ive ever seen. I mean everything positive you hear about SS was on point. The fade of the leaves was all kind of orange, yellow, red, light green just beautiful fades like all the dank autumn pics you see. The buds and all of the sugar leaf was just absolutely covered in resin...absolutely covered. Grant it it was a nice pheno that had raised trichomes but the resin was out of control and i know it was from the soil that shit is just dank. The smell and flavor is outa control.
Just saying this shit works just like everything you read its supposed to do it does. Nothing but rain and pond water added the whole time.
ColdArmySoldier
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Trying to figure out what you mean by "mothers" but I think you mean a mother plant thats used for only clones... Not to many of us do that as it usually takes up more space to keep a plant in constant veg as well as in a big pot... I use the plants I am vegging with the intentions of flowering to get cuttings from as do most growers rather than keeping one plant in perpetual veg... It really doesnt pay as the general consensus is genetic drift is a myth, however humans causing the genetics to drift due to mistreatment or neglect over a number of generations is a real thing.... treat your cuts good.
Nothing wrong with that..... I've been using them a lot actually.... just watch the amounts of NPK going in, worm castings arent going to matter much as far as NPK but liquid ferts especially even if organic (I stick to fish/squid as far as liquids) and anything with high NPK ratings may cause some burning if the supersoil isnt quite used up yet... less is more and/or dilute your teas before applying..... I'm still learning with this as well but I have and will continue using aact teas with various things as well as I have been tossing in a 1/2 cup of SS in along with anything else I've been adding.... its been working really well... I also hit the foliage with the teas also when I brew them (in veg...).