are jiffy coir pots any good?
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Nice Ol Bud
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The netting or the paper like stuff?
Netting is horrible(own experience).
As for the paper.. I heard it doesn't degrade in time.
Id rather use party cups.
Netting is horrible(own experience).
As for the paper.. I heard it doesn't degrade in time.
Id rather use party cups.
ineverveg
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thanx for the reply man, seeds are what im using. i was gonna fill some 8cm coir pots with perlite and soil 50/50 mix. i want to keep them in these small pots for a fortnight and i was hoping the roots would break thru the coir pots in that time, then i want to take them to my grow and pot em in 5L pots. i need to keep the pots small for transporting them. is this a bad plan...
ineverveg
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Nice Ol Bud
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Yep.
I heard they don't degrade in time for the roots.
I heard they don't degrade in time for the roots.
kinetic
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the trick is to saturate them for the degradation. I've used them and filled with peat pellets that I expanded. Worked like a charm, but I won't use the jiffy pots again. I have some mammoth basil I'm going to grow, good use of extra supplies, you can top it, clone it, and watch a pretty cool plant grow and test/practice some botany skills before you try your hand at the more precious mj. It's also a companion plant to help keep some species of flies away. 
missnu
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I use Jiffy pucks when planting most seeds, but if I run out of pucks I just plant straight in the soil, and that works out too...Whether it is the netting or paper, the roots can easily grow through it...for godsakes roots can grow through rocks, and sidewalks, so I think they can find their way out of paper, or netting...so for everyone that feels like Jiffy netting held back their seedling somehow you are dumb..
missnu
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Catnip, and any of the other plants in that family, like all the mints are also a lot of fun..they like to be topped and they grow fast...and smell so weird they cover up other weird plant smells...and if anyone ever says, hmmm what is that smell, you can say ahh well it is my catnip...stinky huh?
ineverveg
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why would you never use em again if they did well ? do you saturate for a while before you use them? .....the trick is to saturate them for the degradation. I've used them and filled with peat pellets that I expanded. Worked like a charm, but I won't use the jiffy pots again. I have some mammoth basil I'm going to grow, good use of extra supplies, you can top it, clone it, and watch a pretty cool plant grow and test/practice some botany skills before you try your hand at the more precious mj. It's also a companion plant to help keep some species of flies away.
dank smoker420
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i used these my last grow and has success you just need them really wet for the roots to grow through when you transplant it
ineverveg
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i was thinking of effectively peeling them as and when i can, just leaving a thin wrap around like a net, what do ya think ?
kinetic
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I usually sow right into dirt, in a small plastic container, this year I went with the peat pellets in a small humidity dome I picked up at a hardware store for about $6. I planted so many other plants and vegetables I used the jiffy pots in a pinch. I didn't like the fact I had to wet the pot down so much and do what you said, kind of peel away at them. Too much margin for error, in my experience. I've never had an issue with transplanting, still haven't, but I've been growing for awhile. With the pots I think there was too much handleing, because they really do come apart easily once soaked. Worked fine for other less precious herbs I deal with. And no one really good soaking and they're falling apart, try it with an extra one if you have it just to see. Practice runs are always a good ideawhy would you never use em again if they did well ? do you saturate for a while before you use them? .....
ineverveg
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yeah dude you nailed it! mj plants are too precious to fuck around with lol, im gonna "get back to what i know,and take everything real slow"
they just seem too risky, ad theres not much info on them and people seem to be split on them, i will try a few first and see!
cheers...
missnu
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I got some weirdo off brand pucks that instead of netting had like a thin sheet of felt paper stuff...they were awful they had like too large of chunks in them, and then paper would just fall apart...they cost more than the regular Jiffy pucks too...So that pissed me off...But I have had great luck with JIffy pucks...the ones I bought somewhere were like coco coir pucks or something...which JIffy pucks are just peat moss..anyway the coco coir ones just fell apart, and didn't hold water correctly...but again the JIffy brand ones are awesome...
ineverveg
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yeah i have had alot of success with the jiffy pucks, i was looking at the coir pots to save a job on transplanting lol, but they seem fraught with problems so i will try a few first. thanks for replies bud.....peace
bluntmassa1
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they work fine but I tear the netting off the pots before the roots pop out great if you don't wan't to order over the net but thier are better
bluntmassa1
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ya sow in small containers work great little margrin of error they can grow stronger before transplant and hes right about just starting a few I fucked up my first time lost a whole ten pack cause i germed in paper towels and put in jiffy pots but i think the pots where too cold and they all died now I soak them over night than plant them in dirt with a heat mat, cfl and humidity dome I get like 90% make sure your soil aint too cold thats what works for me anyway most people use the paper towel method but I keep it natural