its great for seedlings in small pots and works awesome. I wouldn't do it if using anything much bigger than a 20 oz cup. The reason it's appealing on seedling is because of the problem of watering up top and having soil move and disturb you baby root system.I wasn't sure if anyone was doing this. By filling by the bottom I mean filling the drip tray under the plant and allowing the plant to absorb the moisture itself as needed. Not sure if this would work........guess I could try it with one and see what happens just figured I'd check if anyone else had tried.
I used to do this all the time when I grew in Pro-Mix (ugh, the thought of all that dirt skeeves me out).I wasn't sure if anyone was doing this. By filling by the bottom I mean filling the drip tray under the plant and allowing the plant to absorb the moisture itself as needed. Not sure if this would work........guess I could try it with one and see what happens just figured I'd check if anyone else had tried.
My plants are all in 1 gallon or larger containers. I just hate watering via the top with a cup you get rings around the plant and can't really water evenly. IMO so i have this bottle that you squeeze and the water comes out through a tube in the top. it is very effective and good for watering evenly but is very time consuming.
You can't just put the bags in their own saucers and water that way?My plants are all in 1 gallon or larger containers. I just hate watering via the top with a cup you get rings around the plant and can't really water evenly. IMO so i have this bottle that you squeeze and the water comes out through a tube in the top. it is very effective and good for watering evenly but is very time consuming.
I don't follow bob put the "bags" in their own saucers??
Lol, sorry bout that.............must've hopped into a time portal there - I was assuming that everyone growing in dirt did it like I used to, in grow bags.
okay makes more sense now. I grow in pots so I could do it like that.....I'm worried about the plants not getting enough water though so i guess I would have to continue to water from the top as well yes? or did you only water from the bottom?
Only from the bottom - once you get it dialed in, you know exactly how much to put into the tray, and you can water several plants in ~30 seconds as opposed to 15 minutes.okay makes more sense now. I grow in pots so I could do it like that.....I'm worried about the plants not getting enough water though so i guess I would have to continue to water from the top as well yes? or did you only water from the bottom?
Exactly what I was getting to Bob. It takes a while to water the plants and I guess I shouldn't really complain though. One problem that I have is that I at times over water which means my plants get nute burn as I use MG soil (I don't want to hear it!! I like the soil it's maint free
) So right now I have a few curled leaves which is def not from heat as I'm in New England and the temp in my house is very low and the temp in the closet peaks at 75. So I was trying to find a way to water that would be more consistant and the plant would only get what it would need as the soil won't absorb more than it "can". Then I could just figure out how much water it was using and go by that.
this lovely xmas morn?
