i've always grown in plastic, but a friend who has grown in both swears by 5gallon fabric pots - comments please...
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plastic or fabric pots???
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BobChronic6505
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If I'm outside and I dont care where the runoff water goes, grow bags for sure. Inside they are a bit problematic for me. Water can run out the sides of the bag which makes a mess if you are not prepared. Bags are cool bc they are cheap but I fuck with plastic pots inside. Water has to run all the way thru the pot to runoff, and makes collecting the runoff alot easier
its for an indoor grow... and yes my buddy says watering def takes longer, but he sees a def increase in the growth rate..
I use fabric pots, usually 10 gallons for one plant. The soil gets wet and that is all I feel like lifting when I need to move them around. I water them from the bottom in a SWICK set-up. The roots will go through the bottom of the bag wherever the wick media is in contact, with very fine white water roots. I have a 7 gallon plastic pan that I can set the rooted (with media clinging to the roots) bag into, when I need to move it, such as from one tent SWICK bed to the other tent. That is how I take the finished bags outside to the soil bins too. Recycling is by just drying the bags out down by the soil bins, and we'll see if I have to re-use one in a pinch. That was the case this run. Otherwise I get new ones, and accumulate the old bags like a preper hoarder who doesn't mind stacking a bunch of evidence for the cops.
When using plastic containers the hydrostatic pressure is much greater than when using fabrics. Hydrostatic pressure refers to the pressure that any fluid in a confined space exerts. The heavyweight plastic container allows the weight of the water in the container to push the liquids to the top of a plant. The more the volume of water the more the weight the more pressure and turgor the plant has. It's how the plant pushes liquids to the growing shoots, leaves, via stems. 
Turgor pressure in plants
It is also called hydrostatic pressure, and is defined as the pressure in a fluid measured at a certain point within itself when at equilibrium. ... Generally, turgor pressure is caused by the osmotic flow of water and occurs in plants. Google
It is also called hydrostatic pressure, and is defined as the pressure in a fluid measured at a certain point within itself when at equilibrium. ... Generally, turgor pressure is caused by the osmotic flow of water and occurs in plants. Google
I am experimenting with both. I would have to agree that indoors the fabric bags are a mess. But I'm sure there's ways around it.
I have square buckets as well and they are nested inside a larger square bucket. so I catch my runoff and keep my pots off of the cold floor as well.
the larger square buckets are from kitty litter... so it's classy as fuck.
I'm also using tomatoe cages. Redneck? Maybe. Probably.
man it feels good to get this off of my chest
I have square buckets as well and they are nested inside a larger square bucket. so I catch my runoff and keep my pots off of the cold floor as well.
the larger square buckets are from kitty litter... so it's classy as fuck.
I'm also using tomatoe cages. Redneck? Maybe. Probably.
man it feels good to get this off of my chest
Switcher56
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Cloth all the way. It provides for great root development and those that complain about spilling out the side, are simply not watering properly.
Alucard666
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Hard pots for me….tried fabric……ehh…..
Alucard666
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But I’m coco dtw…..I NEED run off to flush out the bottom like a syringe on an 9week veg and 10 week flip…..roots are solid after that. I wouldn’t veg longer than 10 weeks in a 12x12 hard pot. I hav an inch of coco un inhabited at the top after 9 weeks….hears a better pic
Switcher56
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I brought the idea over from my Bonsai days. We used "screen pots/containers " in the day. So I knew all about air pruning before I even got into cannabis.
Damn bro that's a lot of pruning I maybe prune the bottom shoot or two max
Alucard666
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That’s fair. They have faster growth in coco during veg. That’s undeniable, iv ran fabric only for 2 years but I could not keep em wet enough even with my auto feed system. They would also get pockets of salt that where an SOB to flush out. For me and my method hard pots are the way to go……but like I said 1-2 week lag time when it comes to veg growth in fabric vs hard……
Alucard666
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I have 4 cats…..iv rocked them litter pots lol…..also rocked the tomato cages lol….. it don’t matter how you get to the finish line, as long as the lady’s get their….it’s a win…..nice and clean and even…..my ocd is pleased lol
Friend is that coco?
That is soil
This is a bit dramatic for me as well, but there were a lot of contributing factors for this room to end up looking like this. I moved to a new location in veg. Then struggled getting the environment dialed in with the seasons/weather transition. Then the holidays landed and travel.... so it looked like a jungle in there. anyways I just went trim crazy until I felt sane again. And yes I got a bit carried away. BUT
Did I mention I hate larf? I could go the rest of my life without trimming a larfy bud. So I'm hoping I have great like penetration and great air flow happening.
i found that, in practice, fabric and airpots often end up with a layer of dry soil around the outside that basically reduces the amount of soil that the roots can populate... and it's very hard to re-wet it sometimes as the water comes out of the side. using a wick helps but then i find that the soil is a bit on the constant wet side and that causes other problems.
so plastic for me
VG
so plastic for me
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