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Yeah! I have considered big pots. I think I saw 50 gallon pots that are about 36" diameter, so they would work perfectly. I'd like to be able to fit 6 plants in the large pot if needed.
Although, my goal is to do some A/B testing - experiment with different soil options using clones. "How does straight FFOF in 5 gallon pots compare to a living food web in a 15gal pit?". Or, if I had 4 15gal pots, I could experiment with different living soil recipes. So basically I'm not quite ready to isolate myself to one pot yet (if possible). If I could get away with 15gal, I'd start there to leave room.
I'm just finishing my first grow, and still have lots to learn. What is the maintenance like on a pot that you can't move? Does it get messy?
And by maintenance, I just mean: what is the level of effort required?
Another thing regarding soil, if your going to go the no till route, do yourself a favor and ditch ocean forest and Mix your own soil
I'll probably catch some flack, but I have been growing in 3 gal smart pots using the same soil for a year now. Recycling/vermicomposting and using aacts is honestly the biggest factor for me. While I do absolutely agree that the more soil mass, the easier it will be and it may be a happier system, but for me that wasn't an option when planning my grow. I wanted to rock something with a quicker turn over rate and I love perpetual so I married the ideas of living soil and perpetual by using worm bins. I have two worm bins set up. Whenever a plant finishes, I chop, topdress with whatever comes out of the bottom of the worm bin(castings/compost/humus ), some cover crop and water it for a week. After a week , the old stalk comes out easily with almost no root mass attached and it goes into the worm bin. Then I put a clone in it's pot and and keep rockin!! Everything gets aact once a month along with some bio media pro by better organix. Some may disagree with it even being possible in 3 gallons, but it's very obvious to me that I have a flourishing microherd because I am able to feed water and humic acid all the way through with no deficiencies and pull 1-2oz/plant(strain dependant) harvesting 3 plants every three weeks under ~600 true Watts led.
Forgot to mention that while I'm scooping from one worm bin, the other sits and collects scraps/paper for 4-6 weeks at a time so the worms aren't constantly being thrown around in both bins and allows time for castings to build up.
I'll probably catch some flack, but I have been growing in 3 gal smart pots using the same soil for a year now. Recycling/vermicomposting and using aacts is honestly the biggest factor for me. While I do absolutely agree that the more soil mass, the easier it will be and it may be a happier system, but for me that wasn't an option when planning my grow. I wanted to rock something with a quicker turn over rate and I love perpetual so I married the ideas of living soil and perpetual by using worm bins. I have two worm bins set up. Whenever a plant finishes, I chop, topdress with whatever comes out of the bottom of the worm bin(castings/compost/humus ), some cover crop and water it for a week. After a week , the old stalk comes out easily with almost no root mass attached and it goes into the worm bin. Then I put a clone in it's pot and and keep rockin!! Everything gets aact once a month along with some bio media pro by better organix. Some may disagree with it even being possible in 3 gallons, but it's very obvious to me that I have a flourishing microherd because I am able to feed water and humic acid all the way through with no deficiencies and pull 1-2oz/plant(strain dependant) harvesting 3 plants every three weeks under ~600 true Watts led.
Forgot to mention that while I'm scooping from one worm bin, the other sits and collects scraps/paper for 4-6 weeks at a time so the worms aren't constantly being thrown around in both bins and allows time for castings to build up.
Thanks for this info...i am actually going to attempt growing in 3 gallon smart pots with living organic soil using the no till method. doing this from seed was going to soak them then plant in root riot plugs...once roots established transplant to 3 gallon for 2 or 3 more weeks feed it a barley tea with compost and molasses.. then flip. Top dress at this point with some teas to feed soil until finished.
any pointers regarding this subject would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
if i top dress twice once when i flip and once at 3 or 4 weeks of flower and compost tea inbewtween i think i should be good.My pointer is its not going to pan out well the plant will use all of its
minerals and nutrients well before the plant is done in no till you will want min 20 gallon more the better or NoTill beds plain n simple
only way it will make it is teas and constant top dressing after couple weeks and even that is a chance of not panning out
My pointer is its not going to pan out well the plant will use all of its
minerals and nutrients well before the plant is done in no till you will want min 20 gallon more the better or NoTill beds plain n simple
only way it will make it is teas and constant top dressing after couple weeks and even that is a chance of not panning out
No offense but stop putting limits on yourself man. By saying things can't be done in a method you've never tried is a little trigger happy. Anyway, his concerns are valid that right away it may not be perfect. It took me a full cycle(3-4months) before I locked it down. But am happy still in the same three gallon soil from my older posts, different plants :) I say go for it if that's what seems right for your space and ambition!
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Thats the way to do it perception build a soil let it settle over 2 - 3 weeks so micro and macro organisms establish them selfs and ph stabilizes then off for testing then once done take sample and get it tested again ,,
There are different types of soil testing so don't cheap out :)
Got a very basic soil test done at the local university. Honestly, I was hoping they would test more things, but whatever - it's a start! Looks like my NPK is all a bit high, but I expected this. Hopefully it's not TOO high.
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