New grow with *pics* and a question

dantesinferno

dantesinferno

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I switched my hydro project to soil. Ditched the previous strain for some chem dawg and not I'm having much better results. I'm growing
2x-two plants per 5 gal pot under a 400W HPS.
1 -in a small pot( bonzai project)
1 -in hydro just because

Question, for the 5 gal pots I have air pumps running to air stones in the bottom of the soil since the pots have no holes and I don't have room for runoff. Will this be okay?
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MedicalGardens

MedicalGardens

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Chem Dawg is excellent smoke my friend has some dank of it! Got some from my dispenser the other day and yeah was pretty ripped! Very nice Grow and setup nice plants!!
 
blowincherrypie

blowincherrypie

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Nice! Who's Chemdawg are you growing? I picked up HSO's cut to take advantage of that Attitude Bday promo and am looking forward to some of that upside down goodness lol
 
dtowndabber

dtowndabber

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So let me get this straight, you're basically aerating your soil with an airstone because you have no run off.....

I'm no soil guy, but I do not believe this will work. Whether or not the roots get enough oxygen is irrelevant, simply because you will run the risk of over watering. The stone isn't meant for soil, the air won't reach all the soil, and the soil will trap water in those places. I would suspect mold would occur, as well as the pump burning up.

What happened with your hydro run? Maybe I could shed some light and help you get that method going again. It's lots of fun and great yeilding/speeds.
 
BudWhyz

BudWhyz

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What I would do is put some holes in the bottom of that bucket before you start seeing mold and fungus issues down in the bottom!

Also, in the future, you should avoid putting two plants in one 5-gallon soil bucket. It can work in hydro with smaller plants. You might get even away with a 5-gallon rectangular pot of some sort with soil, but again it's not recommended. There's a lot less room for the roots when there's a bucket full of medium to grow in.

Either way, do you plan on sticking to soil after this grow? If so, get some holes in those buckets asap.

Peace
 
dantesinferno

dantesinferno

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I'm getting busy with the drill right now. I had just terrible issues with the last 3 grows in hydro. Temps getting to hot, plants burning to easy, just issue after issue (check my post history on my threads) the Soil is much easier and I have yet to have a issue.
 
g00sEgg

g00sEgg

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dtowndabber said:
So let me get this straight, you're basically aerating your soil with an airstone because you have no run off.....

I'm no soil guy, but I do not believe this will work. Whether or not the roots get enough oxygen is irrelevant, simply because you will run the risk of over watering. The stone isn't meant for soil, the air won't reach all the soil, and the soil will trap water in those places. I would suspect mold would occur, as well as the pump burning up.

What happened with your hydro run? Maybe I could shed some light and help you get that method going again. It's lots of fun and great yeilding/speeds.
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What he said. Just drill holes in the bottom and find a lid to a bigger tub and put it underneath upside-down. Should collect the runoff so you don't have a mess.
 
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