1.5 gal of water per 5 gal fabric pots?

ouch......you know I was letting run off in mine too the first time. Didn't really think about that but I have been very careful not to this time just because I'm top watering with just myco's, microbes, and cal/mag and any other organic stuff I might throw in and definitely don't want that in the bases, so I'll continue being careful with that. Also I clean them weekly....which could become problematic with a large plant. lol the joys of growing weed!

driver77 said:

ouch......you know I was letting run off in mine too the first time. Didn't really think about that but I have been very careful not to this time just because I'm top watering with just myco's, microbes, and cal/mag and any other organic stuff I might throw in and definitely don't want that in the bases, so I'll continue being careful with that. Also I clean them weekly....which could become problematic with a large plant. lol the joys of growing weed!

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Yeah never going to let run off water absorb back into the pots again
I removed the wicks from the bases so no runoff water gets absorbed back in
Also bought a water pump that sucks the water right out of the base instantly
That is the only explanation of what caused that burn my plants were growing amazing one of the best grows ever
The bigger they got the more runoff water would drain into the base when I started feeding them 1gal+ per plant that’s when too much runoff was being drained into the base then absorbed back into the fabric pot

CTgrower420 said:

Yeah never going to let run off water absorb back into the pots again
I removed the wicks from the bases so no runoff water gets absorbed back in
Also bought a water pump that sucks the water right out of the base instantly
That is the only explanation of what caused that burn my plants were growing amazing one of the best grows ever
The bigger they got the more runoff water would drain into the base when I started feeding them 1gal+ per plant that’s when too much runoff was being drained into the base then absorbed back into the fabric pot

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Gottcha...and that run off would contain organics from your soil.....
Did it sit in the bases for any amount of time? like over a week? or do you think it was just a ph issue from reabsorption?? Trying to figure out and avoid the problem...
I'm determined to make this work lol...the plants absolutely love it till they don't. But again I'm still stuck on organics in the base....

driver77 said:

Gottcha...and that run off would contain organics from your soil.....
Did it sit in the bases for any amount of time? like over a week? or do you think it was just a ph issue from reabsorption?? Trying to figure out and avoid the problem...
I'm determined to make this work lol...the plants absolutely love it till they don't. But again I'm still stuck on organics in the base....

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Yeah I let the runoff sit the runoff would take about 3 days to absorb back into the pot
I’m thinking pH is one of issues for sure
PH levels change fast in RO water so all the runoff water being absorbed back in was probably way off pH level