tuksu6000
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Sounds interesting, link please? @hotrodharley
What products do you use for massive roots?
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FirstCavApache64
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I'll let him give you the right way to do it but I use a bamboo chopstick and push it down to the bottom of the soil and work it side to side to loosen the compacted soil. I poke around 8-10 holes in a pot usually. I do it weekly or bi weekly depending on the soil conditions.
hotrodharley
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There’s no system or link. As old as farming. The loosening of the soil to increase aeration and allow better penetration by water. Peat products pack down with watering and hydrostatic pressure. As well it degrades and particles get finer and pack hard easier. Your method is perfect.
tuksu6000
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Yeah i was thinking if u have already explain that in journal or something. But thanks i will try that!
hotrodharley
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It doesn’t harm roots at all. And you can’t do it too much. When you chop at the end you’ll find the container filled with fine roots.
Nutty sKunK
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Can’t beat that tearing sound either
I get yellow leaves when my roots get this dense.Tap water
It wont I use to talk to Cap alot back in the day going down the line of all the nutes I was using, he use to tell me based off the tests they did the benes would be fine. They are more resilient than what we think.
tuksu6000
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One more question, are u doing this also when flowering?
hotrodharley
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From start to finish. Without exception once a week.
tuksu6000
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Nice, cheers man.
xtsho
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I was basically using those as examples for not needing any products marketed for root growth. They're just lucrative gimmicks targeted towards cannabis growers. And yes it gets tricky keeping plants healthy once the root mass becomes so dense. You basically have to treat like hydro and do mild feeding with every watering but you can keep the plants healthy through harvest.
ah I see. and I agree. 100% its a scam. Whatever organic you add is negligible in the grand scheme of things if you have compost and castings.
Tricky hu. Down right a pain in the ass. Im going to go pop a seed and put it in a 1 gal to see if I can keep it 100% green. With that method when it hits 1 ft tall
LeastExpectedGrower
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Anything produced by King Tubby does it for me, particularly if it's any of the Soul Syndicate recordings.
BestBudz_Grow
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I've got multiple bushes around 2-3ft tall at least 30 tops happy as a lark in 1 gallon fabric pots. Water them 3x daily with a DIY irrigation system and they will stay for a few months at least. The real problem is when the roots get too dense near the top. You have to make sure water reaches all the way down to the bottom roots every time otherwise the plant suffers. Once roots almost completely take over the pot I'll transplant.
PadawanWarrior
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The mycos is a fungi that develops a symbiotic relationship with the plant roots. That's actually good stuff. I use Mykos at transplants. Look up how that shit works. It's actually pretty cool, especially when you're talking about outdoors. Pondzyme and other enzymes will also help clean out dead roots and turn them into food. But you don't really need either.
Budzbuddha
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Used to use GW but rather keep some money in pocket - MYCOS ( xtreme gardening ) / DTE ( Root Zone ) are also good gardening choices.
I also use CLONEX gold liquid in seed soaks and solo cups.
Hell , even some kelp in water works wonders . Kellogg’s fish and Kelp ( clones , seedlings , teens ).
But since jumping on the DYNOMYCO train , I really like this stuff - works fast.
Used it in soil , hempy and coco.
But everyone has their own preferred choices ….
I also use CLONEX gold liquid in seed soaks and solo cups.
Hell , even some kelp in water works wonders . Kellogg’s fish and Kelp ( clones , seedlings , teens ).
But since jumping on the DYNOMYCO train , I really like this stuff - works fast.
Used it in soil , hempy and coco.
But everyone has their own preferred choices ….
TaoRich
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Do you spike it vertically deep down into the soil from the surface, or just scratch the top?
How do you avoid damaging the roots?
I'm a bit worried that my soil is going to compact over time during my current outside pot grow. I think I need to do this to get better top-down drainage and allow more oxygen through to my roots.
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Ah ... just saw this now when I clicked through to page 2:
I'll do the same then, with a long wooden dowel that will reach down to the bottom of my pots. About 5mm diameter. I'll round off the tip, and hopefully that will nudge any roots out of the way, and not damage them.
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FirstCavApache64
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I think that would be fine, I'm terrible at metric conversions but something chop stick size and a blunt tip sounds good. I was worried about hurting the roots at first as well but I've only seen benefits from it. The transplants seem to grow into their new containers faster when I do it and the roots do stuff like this. The roots grew out of the pot about a week after I transferred the 2 gallon plant into the 5 gallon pot. 