Damn, thank you! Answering my questions before I ask!
Yeah it’s been real tough keeping the right moisture level. I’m learning so that’s good! It’s funny when you think you really know what you’re doing until you find out you’re not watering correctly. Lol
Yeah sometimes no issues sometimes random bug attacks sometimes electricity issues just look at any farm operation they have good years and bad ones man! It’s a rewarding plant good luck and happy growing I wish you success!
Actually, that's why I thought my last three grows were failures. After spending a lot of time on several forums I see that my grows were more average than below. People always post either these fantastic plants that look like a party for the whole state or something that you have to decide whether to take it to the hospital or the compost.
I hope you have a good grow.
Now that we have this taken care of for tonight let's sit back and enjoy passing the pipe.
Hey dude, I think you’re right. It’ll be needing water tomorrow or the next day. It did perk up quite a bit after last watering. I put the plant in my sink, as to water from the bottom, and then tried watering from the top, but again it just falls off and doesn’t soak the top at all. I did all of that before you gave your advice, so i’ll be using your method next time.These pics show some of things I was talking about.
On this pic look at where the tester is and low it is. This looks and feels dry.
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Next picture is a couple of inches in, maybe half way to the plant. The tester reads almost wet.
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The fan is from a microwave. Haven't figured out were to mount it yet but I think for smart bags it needs to blow up and not down on the soil. And the air should not blow directly onto the bag (my opinion).
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This is my grow room (for now).
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Hay, Man, I keep track of all these things. Please keep posting so we can know the outcome.
So the soil pH is at 7.5 and when the soil isn’t at the right pH it stops taking up Mg (from what I have read). If I water it with Epsom Salt will that further my pH up and not provide the plant with the needed Mg? Should I foiliar feed with it?
Thank you for that advice, I needed to hear that.
Thank you! I already follow your journal! I’ll definitely check it out. I have a Worm Bin here at my place that i’ll be harvesting here in a few days. I have added maybe 15, i’ll add some more. I would like to start doing no-till but I would like to complete a few grows before I fully go. Like work my way towards no-till.
I started with a supersoil mimicking mix and didn't go full no till for about 6 months, in retrospect, that was 6 wasted months.
So I completely submerged my smart pot in water. Spraying the top and then watering still wasn’t penetrating and soaking. My plant seemed to perk up but that’s about it, it’s still droopy as hell.Today I got some 13gal tall kitchen trash bags and slid my smart pots in. Almost a skintight fit. Pulled the top down (double thickness) on the pot. Haven't cut the bottom out yet but will when I go back out.
When I checked it about 6 hours latter the moisture in the pot was the same everyplace it was checked in all 5 pots. That might be our moisture control in smart pots that will keep them from drying out along the sides.
I would expect to see a much bigger root ball if it works.
There are a lot of reasons why I don’t go no till just yet, first you need a 15 gal smart pot, my cabinet is 16”x32”x60” I think the 15 gal smart pot would be too wide. The upfront cost alone is like 300 bucks, then the instructions with watering is just silly, how do those folks not over-water. It just seems too complicated for me, I over complicate things enough. I feel like it’s information overload. Also, I don’t have feminized seeds and that’s what you have to have if not that then clones. Right now my focus is to grow this plant and get it to a healthy stage, how can I start no-till then if I don’t even know what I’m doing right now?I started with a supersoil mimicking mix and didn't go full no till for about 6 months, in retrospect, that was 6 wasted months.
Beginning with a nutrient rich mix is a great way to go but there is no reason not to implement full on no till practices right from the get go. Lasagna tech and all that.
If I had it to do over, I would have mixed the super soil and immediately started top dressing and water or water+ Coconut, Aloe, Hu Zhang root, Molasses, etc, while adding beneficials and developing companion plants. I just moved the whole grow to a more controllable space so I'm sort of redoing that process though I am ahead of the game because things were already fairly established in the old space. The major issue with that is I've had some die off in the soil and companions due to the move. Things are bouncing back nicely now.
I do feel i have a bit of a secret weapon with the aquaponics I do. You could get the same benefits for your grow by simply keeping a fish tank and using the waste water from that. Fish poop is good shit
I feel ya man, easier than you know though. Building life in your soil now will set you up for good things if/ when you do go that route. I did outdoor testbeds last year with veggies and this year the difference was dramatic.
That could be, but whats the difference between a bag or plastic pot? I'm thinking that the fabric will act about like soil as far as absorption goes. Besides the the bottom is completely open. Just from sitting overnight the soil looks a lot better. I had just transplanted my four clones to the 7gal bags and watered them in so the was a bit too wet. Also moved the fan to blow across the top of the soil.
And the best part is I think this will be a good harvest.
of the bags isn't to keep the moisture in, it's to reduce the pot's breathing. Sort of like a paper bag for someone that hyperventilating.
Have a good day. I'm on my way out to cut slots. for mold. Maybe cutting a slots in the plastic would end the worries. Glad you mentioned that.
Exactly!!!
Hi DankTankerous.