MicroRoy
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I can do that and turn them outside in.
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What is your favorite grow pot/container and size??
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I can do that and turn them outside in.
Donkeybrains
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I use 7 gallon pot with Promix. Hey aridbud what kind of yields do you get from 50 gallons?
I am indoors growing organicly.
I start seeds in rapid rooters, after 2-3 days they go into 16 oz. beer cups.
After about 12-16 days I'll put them into my vegetative pots 6 inch squares that hold about 2/3 of a gallon.
They stay in their vegetative pots until sexing or if they reach, depending on strain, about 26-30 inches tall.
Then they go into their flowering pots 10 inch squares that hold 2.5-3 gallons.
Ratz
I have a grow diary titled
Skunk A Rella
the quick answer is yes and yes!
Maybe I did a typo...generally use 3 or 5 gallon containers indoor and al fresco.
I am indoors growing organicly.
I start seeds in rapid rooters, after 2-3 days they go into 16 oz. beer cups.
After about 12-16 days I'll put them into my vegetative pots 6 inch squares that hold about 2/3 of a gallon.
They stay in their vegetative pots until sexing or if they reach, depending on strain, about 26-30 inches tall.
Then they go into their flowering pots 10 inch squares that hold 2.5-3 gallons.
Ratz
I came back to growing in Jan 2013, right after passage of A64. I started out much the same, discovered that I could skip the smallest container, germ in paper towels & root in beer cups quite well. I've been leaving a 1" space at the top of the cups, covering them loosely with plastic wrap until the sprouts pop up. When they got to be a little taller than the cups they went into 1 gal pots & then again into 5 gal pots after sexing at 12-15". I used 3 gal pots at first, went up to 5 gals because the plants were strongly rootbound at harvest.
After problems with soil recycling, bottle feeding & too soggy mixes I wanted to try airpots & fabric pots. About the same time, Eighths-n-Aces befriended me, turned me on to a scratch soil mix & blumats, so I put it all together on a grow of cantaloupe skunk w/ dynamite results. Beer cups> 1 gal airpots w/ blumats> 5 gal fabric pots w/ blumats. They got a few ewc teas in the process but that's all. With this mix in 5 gal pots, I'm sure plants could go the distance on water alone. The blumats provide excellent moisture control. Ace also taught me a lot about the whole microherd concept.
I did the same w/ the currently flowering batch & it's working as expected. Next round I think I'll try sprouting in the 1 gal airpots w/ blumats simply to avoid a step, see how it works. I'm thinking of getting some fems & sprouting directly in the 5 gal fabric pots if that works well.
Everybody's situation is a little different but I think larger pots avoid problems & give soil growers more time to react when it's not going as desired. 5 gals seems to be near the point of diminished returns for me. At harvest, roots fill the pots well w/o being badly bound up. Here in dry Denver the fabric pots help raise humidity, probably not a good thing for everybody.
I can't let them veg to 2' at all because they explode in stretch in 5 gal pots, more than doubling in height. Even Yumbolt stretched to nearly twice the height.
After problems with soil recycling, bottle feeding & too soggy mixes I wanted to try airpots & fabric pots. About the same time, Eighths-n-Aces befriended me, turned me on to a scratch soil mix & blumats, so I put it all together on a grow of cantaloupe skunk w/ dynamite results. Beer cups> 1 gal airpots w/ blumats> 5 gal fabric pots w/ blumats. They got a few ewc teas in the process but that's all. With this mix in 5 gal pots, I'm sure plants could go the distance on water alone. The blumats provide excellent moisture control. Ace also taught me a lot about the whole microherd concept.
Cool beans. Airpots, now that they are less expensive, may try them next go round. Still have dozens of nursery containers when working @ commercial gig decades ago....a good airy soil, the right amendments....cannot complain with results.
But with new ideas, comes a change. Airpots...yup! ;o)
Cool beans. Airpots, now that they are less expensive, may try them next go round. Still have dozens of nursery containers when working @ commercial gig decades ago....a good airy soil, the right amendments....cannot complain with results.
But with new ideas, comes a change. Airpots...yup! ;o)
aridbud;7186403[B said:
I like 'em in the 3 liter size for intermediate growth. They're easy to unwind when I up-pot to the 5 gal root pouches. I went with them because it looked like up-potting would be a pain from fabric pots. Either one dries quickly. I don't think I'd do as well if not for the blumats because I'm not as attentive as many growers.
The larger airpots are still expensive. The 21.1 liter size is $20 each locally-
http://www.acmehydroponics.net/air-pot52galkitbluebotom.aspx
a 10 pack of 5 gal root pouches is only $30 or so.
I'm not sold on the idea of smaller airpots being equivalent to larger conventional pots just because they don't hold as much soil & therefore nutrition. Well, not for my purposes. They'd probably act like that if a grower wants to feed regularly.
