skunkytreez
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Smart pots are 100% the way to go IMO. I use them and like them a lot.Have you ran the smart pots before, Chewberto? I'm thinking of switching from the air pots to smart pots.
Your plants are stunning!
Smart pots are 100% the way to go IMO. I use them and like them a lot.Have you ran the smart pots before, Chewberto? I'm thinking of switching from the air pots to smart pots.
Your plants are stunning!
Supposedly they are reusable for a few grows... I use a small pump in my reservoir to keep the water stirred, it is my belief this adds O2 to the water, but I have not tested this.I can't wait to get them. I take it you don't re use them? So an extra expenditure? I don't mind! I assume the root system benefits mainly from air permeating through the fabric, Could aerating the water prior to feeding and watering help oxygenate the root zone as well to equate, Any thoughts or experience? I tried aerating with a pump a while back but I noticed a ph change afterward, I was thinking of trying it again! Maybe it was my pen!
my wife sewed up our original batch of @120 pots, using pond liner fabric (geo fabric for the engineers out there) that we bought in a roll at home depot. (it was cheaper to go this route than to buy em for the warehouse - worked out to @ 2-3$ per pot). we re-use ours (haven't bought a new one in @3yrs) by washing them 2x - 1st run in a 20% bleach solution, then a 2nd wash in clean H20. this kills any badies that might hang out and gives me a sterile start each time. You are correct on the other front - roots love oxygen and the fabric provides an ideal air exchange zone. the real meat of the deal though, is that when a root hits the sidewall in a plastic pot, it spirals around and around and doesn't create much sidebranching; in a fabric pot, the root grows into the fabric and when it hits the air it gets 'pruned' automatically and the back 3-5" of that root will now explode in extra side branches, filling the pot with explosive rootgrowth - bigger roots = bigger up top - better air exchange = better processing of nutes and exchange of gases at the rootzone. you can also use a smaller fabric pot vs a plastic and get the same or better yield (eg: a 3gal airpot yields like a 5+gal) If you make no other changes than switching to fabric pots, I'll guarantee an increase in yield of a min 20% - this alone makes the initial investment more then worth itI can't wait to get them. I take it you don't re use them? So an extra expenditure? I don't mind! I assume the root system benefits mainly from air permeating through the fabric, Could aerating the water prior to feeding and watering help oxygenate the root zone as well to equate, Any thoughts or experience? I tried aerating with a pump a while back but I noticed a ph change afterward, I was thinking of trying it again! Maybe it was my pen!
I dread the day i fall into my plants! massacre from 6,5 300lbs!I am still using some of those original set of homemade pots too. Even smartpots which are the lowest quality of soft pots in my mind, still last forever. I have tossed more plastic pots because i stepped on them and broke them (not with plants in them of course).
Plus last night when i took a tumble in to the plants, the soft pots didn't hurt me!!! LoL.
my wife sewed up our original batch of @120 pots, using pond liner fabric (geo fabric for the engineers out there) that we bought in a roll at home depot. (it was cheaper to go this route than to buy em for the warehouse - worked out to @ 2-3$ per pot). we re-use ours (haven't bought a new one in @3yrs) by washing them 2x - 1st run in a 20% bleach solution, then a 2nd wash in clean H20. this kills any badies that might hang out and gives me a sterile start each time. You are correct on the other front - roots love oxygen and the fabric provides an ideal air exchange zone. the real meat of the deal though, is that when a root hits the sidewall in a plastic pot, it spirals around and around and doesn't create much sidebranching; in a fabric pot, the root grows into the fabric and when it hits the air it gets 'pruned' automatically and the back 3-5" of that root will now explode in extra side branches, filling the pot with explosive rootgrowth - bigger roots = bigger up top - better air exchange = better processing of nutes and exchange of gases at the rootzone. you can also use a smaller fabric pot vs a plastic and get the same or better yield (eg: a 3gal airpot yields like a 5+gal) If you make no other changes than switching to fabric pots, I'll guarantee an increase in yield of a min 20% - this alone makes the initial investment more then worth it
aerating the water prior to watering a fabric pot doesn't really do much for the plant, as it already has heavy access to oxygen
I am starting to think the same thing, I want to maximize my yields, but don't want monster 7 footers anymore! I am Thinking scrog but how can I do a perpetual with Scrog in a single bloom room? That's my problem!Luckily i am a little guy, 6' 160 lbs, managed to fall backwards into 3 plants, and only broke 1 branch. Hell at your size i wouldn't even fit in my room right now. Last time i grow fuckin trees though i tell you that, its a headache compared to smaller 3-4 foot plants.
I generally germ in a rapid rooter then into a 6 inch pot then into the 10 gal! It seemed about 7 days in the rooter, 14 days in the 6 inch pots, then 2-3 weeks veg in the 10 gal! 5-6 weeks from seed! Then into flower! Usually depending upon strain 48-72" at harvest! How are they for transplant? Is it hard to separate from the pot? Should I just finish in smart pots?i do 3gal and 5gal fabric pots (sometimes, I'll veg heavily in the 3gal and then place that pot buried 1/2 way into a 5gal right before or at flowering - this way it has a new area for root growth with 1/2 still above ground for fast growth/exchange as the bottom 1/2 catches up) with finishing @30-45" and yields between 2-5oz each (environment, strain and technique dependent) in a perpetual cycle (one going in every 2-3 weeks is optimal for my space @2.5'x6', but doesn't really work out that way it seems, lol)
Yeah buddy! I will get them going when my veg is set back up!Eyes open chew! Should be getting a special delivery this week!
Yeah that is the one downfall, it is very tough to remove the plants from the soft pots. Rolling it off like a sock works best. But that short of time its probably worth just finishing in the smart pots.I generally germ in a rapid rooter then into a 6 inch pot then into the 10 gal! It seemed about 7 days in the rooter, 14 days in the 6 inch pots, then 2-3 weeks veg in the 10 gal! 5-6 weeks from seed! Then into flower! Usually depending upon strain 48-72" at harvest! How are they for transplant? Is it hard to separate from the pot? Should I just finish in smart pots?
Very nice! The lavender's done just in time for the cup...Something to look at! Lavender getting her first harvest trim! I will Dry these girls up a bit and final trim before jarring(my fave time)lavender and blu cheese
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That Lavender is really amazing.Very nice! The lavender's done just in time for the cup...
it truly is an amazing plant i have 2 more getting cut and rooted just to play with! also Og18 is coming back,rooting! and FSOG or tahoe!That Lavender is really amazing.