the pool... GREAT IDEA. i use mine to mix soil... but never thought to use it as a bed! nice
blumats are a solid move in that as well. when i move next year, and have to rent a house while i attend classes, i might do exactly what you are doing. i'll just veg and bloom in the same tent to have a smaller grow. excellent!
yeah you need to have 2 in each 20 gal for sure. otherwise the sides don't stay saturated as good. i have 2 20 gals with cooking soil that each have only one maxi in them, and it's doing fine for the center of the pot, but the outsides are suffering, i'm gonna have to start hand watering the outsides of those ones.
Welcome and thanks for the kind words. The forest floor litter is a great source for microbials. In the past I've collected lots of humus and spongy logs that I've found. That was some of the best soil I have ever grown in. Mother nature gets it right every time!
Ok that's what I figured. I saw those longs too. Those are the ones that really interested me since the 20 gal fabrics are around 16"deep and cannabis has a "dual" moisture preference. Top to middle is and should always be 50% dryer than the middle to bottom. The tap root is the main water supply, and the side roots are more for 02 and nutrient.
not a PITA but they don't really provide a ton of instruction. just had to feel it out.
I don't think you'll have a problem dialing them in if you pay attention to the things i mentioned above.
Awesome, thanks a bunch. The moisture meter completely slipped my mind. Lol good call.not a PITA but they don't really provide a ton of instruction. just had to feel it out.
ok, so they tell you to use a squirter thing for the caps to get the air out. just open them in a 5gal bucket of water and shake the caps and you'll get every bubble of air out of the system. then you close them up and put them in the soil.
they also recommend you thoroughly water in the soil before installing the blumats... i dont believe you have to do it thoroughly, just make sure it's the moisture level that you want it to be. if you thoroughly water it in (like to the point it almost drips) that's too much moisture, and you're setting the sensor for that moisture content.
to combat the problem i mentioned above, i have been dialing back my blumat dripper so that it hasn't been watering and my soil has had a chance to dry up a little bit. they would start to drip, and i would shut them back to hold the drip of water again. when i felt like the soil was where i thought it should be at for moisture level, i let them continue to drip. IMO they are now dialed in. I did it completely by feel, i dont have a moisture meter or anything fancy like you do
Thanks. I just transplanted them about a week ago from my veg box and they have just started taking off so the bottoms of each plant aren't as bushed out. I'm really loving the pool, it holds its shape really well. The sides have a gap between the soil and pool so some air gets in between there. I dont have drainage holes but have never had a problem, you can sort of feel when the plants should need to be watered. Very cheap and effective IMO. Looks good too
Thanks. These blumats make me sleep better at night, especially in the pool with no drainage. I mixed my soil in there as well since I'm limited in space. If you can have 1 long tent and seperate so you have 2 areas, you can just veg and bloom in the same bed. Plants never get moved, one blumat system, and roots get to explode from the get go with no transplanting or limit to space. I love it. I plan on doing that when I move as well. Will save a ton of time, especially when you dont have to brew any teas if your plants are growing good and soil is alive. You can also run all your amendments in your compost or worm bin. Then top dress and let the blumats do its thing so you can make your nutes available faster. I'm a firm believe that big beds and consistent soil moisture = big yields. Not comparable to hydro in growth speed but damn near in terms of yield. It might've been the coconut, aloe and SST I was using though.the pool... GREAT IDEA. i use mine to mix soil... but never thought to use it as a bed! nice
I was on amazon last night and saw those. I like the dripper idea alot. I was also browsing and saw that the is now a 16" also. Not a bad idea to shove it through the side of the pot at the bottom, and have a 9" up top.
I have not ran them yet . I purchased them but then found out the wife was prego so did not want to start another grow with a newborn here. The room I build is on outside of house on back porch. Were I built my room the extra room (newborns room) windows leads into grow room. My room is sealed So i run c02. I Cant have c02 creeping into the newbies rooms. I had a problem with the room building pressure and the air in room would be pushed into the house as well as smell
Fuck me running. I can't believe I did that. This is why you should never drink alcohol while tending to your crops. It set me back probably about 1 week, but they are growing and that, I'm very thankful for.
