Not having to use any cover crop or mulch helps to keep pest pressure lower. I've not really seen any fungus gnats, but there's spiders in every corner of the bed, so I'm sure there's some.
Those would just be my worries with using that kind of method for watering buddy if it works for you that’s a good thing and if there’s no problems then no point changing what you do, will say though that if there are spiders there then they have food
Why the helll do you use Orange juice if i may askIm as low tech as you can get. grow in a tent indoor. 3-5 gallon containers.
I use one gallon when I water. Orange juice container 1.75 liters . I make it work
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really wantin that citrus notes in that budWhy the helll do you use Orange juice if i may ask
and i would love to see a picture of your plant
Now that i read it again i think it was only the container and not the orange juicereally wantin that citrus notes in that bud
Hahaha. Honestly thats the only thing I miss about using plastic pots. If I do this with my textile pots the water is gonna come from the sides and probably not make it to the bottom. Thats why I also water a bit first then when the humidity is uniform I water more like some have said already. With textile pots you risk having dry pockets if you water with all at once. This might not happen with coco as much as it happens with peat.Here is how I water
Oh I’m 100% positive it’s just the jug and it’s water inside but that was too good to pass up onNow that i read it again i think it was only the container and not the orange juice
Yep that’s why I suggested the incremental watering I also run peat, I use plastic pots, but I Swiss cheese the hell out of them as soon as I buy them lol. so like you said if I water fast I’ll know instantly because the water will start pouring right out the top holes I make I’m also running peat (promix) (top smaller holes on the 5 gallon buckets are for LST tying I keep my soil line just below where the handle attaches to the bucket
Nice! I dont see many people taking the time to put holes in their plastic pots (except for the LST ones), I think its a big improvement, its not textile but at least is way more oxigenated and the water dries sooner and in a more uniform manner. Also as you said you know when youre watering too fast that way. I use textile pots in my big plants (5 gallon) and sometimes theyre a pain in the ass to deal with but I think I get better results with the roots and growth. I do use 1 gallon plastic pots for a small indoors I have tho, and my god! Im gonna have to swap to coco next winter in that one because the substrate never dries and the wet and cold roots stunted them, and it has a lot of perlite in it! For the rest of the year its okay if I use peat in the plastic ones but for winter I need coco, right now I have to put the stove in front of them every day so I can feed them properly and so they dont get stunted again.
