420foreverQQ
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thank you for all the answers.
the water I irrigate flows immediately from the bottom
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420foreverQQ
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does the same thing apply in yucca?
Herb & Suds
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Too much
I use a drop for five gallons and that is still more than recommended
simpleleaf
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Farmerfischer answered:
I do something similar to Rurumo's method:
I typically let my plants potting mix get quite dry before watering again, it's an anti-fungal tactic. I practice both top and bottom watering, as well as giving them a measured amount of water, with the intent of 20% runoff as discard to reduce salt build up. I don't use either skewers or surfactants.
All water is applied from the top, it drains to the tray and it's allowed to sit there for at least an hour. The biggest pots are watered 3 times to reach the desired total watering volume, the maximum amount of water for each single watering is dictated by how much runoff is held in the bottom tray (don't want nutes spilling onto the floor). The first few waterings drain quickly to the tray, where they sit and are slowly sucked back up into the sponge of the potting mix. The last one generally doesn't, I figure that means the plants are now fully watered, the potting mix has absorbed the maximum amount of water.
The remaining runoff is drained from the trays.
420foreverQQ
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do you mind if I use baby shampoo again? can I do baby shampoo irrigation again?
Herb & Suds
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Google wetting agents in growing
Somatek
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If you're having problems with the water not soaking into your peat based soil that means you're letting it dry out too much between waterings which makes it hydrophobic and repels water until soaked. Once you get your soil saturated make sure you don't let it dry out nearly as much between watering's and you won't have problems with it running off instead of soaking in.
Herb & Suds
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I think people get hung up on overwatering when plants are small then carry poor watering practices into the mature plants
Somatek
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Over and under watering are the kinds of cultural practices that hold most beginners back as they usually don't understand how hydration affects other things like nutrient absorption. It seems to have been compounded as more people learn from the net without ever reading a grow book that drives home the basics. Like the trend I've noticed of people not watering until there's run off, basic poor cultural practices that create conditions like this which people often suggest fixing by adding more product instead of looking at what people are doing and whether it's creating problems. I understand how people growing in living/fortified soil mixes don't want to wash nutes out with excess run off but when I see people using bottled nutes doing the same thing it illustrates the problems with trying to learn a complex hobby filled with nuance from the web where that complexity/nuance is simplified to make it comprehend able even if it's no longer accurate.
myke
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Yes you can,1 drop per couple of gallons.Baby shampoos have no dies or anti bacterial agents so it wont hurt the soil.
