A warning onusing smart pots

places in the PNW have super high levels of heavy metals in the soil, stupid smelter from ages ago, not good to have those nice ladies sucking up that nastiness, the pond\swamp guerilla grow sounds great, tons of nutrients around, I feel bad for the people with nothing but clay around

I keep mine on a double layer of 1/2 inch fence wire. Lets air circulate.

CashCrops said:

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waste of soil. u could grow that plant in a 32oz Gatorade bottle .

JointOperation said:

waste of soil. u could grow that plant in a 32oz Gatorade bottle .

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Nah, I'm good on pcb's and most likely other toxic chems used to make said plastic. It's all you though!

Shit all of my outside plants are in smart pots (well knock offs) and just sitting on top of the mulch. I need to get them up and off somehow.

mine have been sitting directly on the ground for years with no issues ........

I grow in 100 and 150 gallon smart pots directly on the ground (there's a piece of hardware cloth underneath to keep the gophers out) and never had any issues. I water between 15-20 gallons of water everyday without any issues.
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i just ment. u could use tiny pots instead of so much soil. .autos dont need a ton of soil they just dont grow that big indoors at all.. i wasted alot of money on 200 seeds autos.. and even with 5 gallon pots from the start. the autos just didnt yield shit . and the high . wasnt all there..

I have mine on concrete thanks for the heads up I'll rig something up to get em off the ground tommorow

I did 12/12 from seed just to breed it because I ran out of time to do a full out grow, but yea I would do 1g pots if I were autoing.

Also I think the main problem is with indoors and people not running any dehumidifier like my self. Outdoor growers probably will never have this problem.

I use 100-200 gallon smart pots and love that the ground underneath stays cool and damp. I actually cannot give my outdoor plants too much water in the summer. So I guess this "warning" is for the folks in the super wet areas? If so good warning I guess but most people should not worry about the cool damp soil underneath their Smart Pots.

CashCrops said:

Yep, I found out to! I put mine on milk crates and put a catch tray underneath and presto, insta awesome!

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Baking rakes work good too

Are you guys serious. You put your pots in low spots or where they'd be in a puddle then blame the pot for bottom watering itself or being ponded. The pots work exactly the way they should. Piss poor planning imo