New Guy

[71Choptop]

Hi, new member, grow w/ son, he's the brains, I'm the grunt that want's to get a bit smarter. Been doing it for a while, dirt/buckets, want to go to raised tubs and CoCo in a run or two. Hope to learn and help.

 

[3N1GM4]

Buckets fail when compared to cloth pots, roots like air, buckets take forever to dry out.

 

[Og Gong]

Welcome to the farm.

 

[logic]

welcome to the farm :)

 

[71Choptop]

Buckets fail when compared to cloth pots, roots like air, buckets take forever to dry out.

Buckets fail when compared to cloth pots, roots like air, buckets take forever to dry out.

Have had luck w/buckets when I was hand watering, boss decided to build water system when we expanded room, didn't work to well, after they got big we lost some control over watering and things got kind of ugly. CoCo and new water system is in our future.

 

[Seamaiden]

Welcome to the farm. I'm in California, can't advocate fabric pots.

 

[sixstring]

Hi, new member, grow w/ son, he's the brains, I'm the grunt that want's to get a bit smarter. Been doing it for a while, dirt/buckets, want to go to raised tubs and CoCo in a run or two. Hope to learn and help.

welcome to the farm.theres lots of great journals here using coco and beds.try searching @midwestdensies or even @JACKMAYOFFER and read some of those posts/threads.

Buckets fail when compared to cloth pots, roots like air, buckets take forever to dry out.

really? mine dry out every day lol

 

[ShroomKing]

Welcome to the farm.
Peace

 

[CannaTech]

Welcome to the farm ChopTop, Lots of good people here for the learning type. :D:eyepiece::smoking:

 

[fishwhistle]

I use buckets instead of cloth and mine dry out real fast like sixes,pisses me off sometimes as i have to water daily.

 

[3N1GM4]

I use buckets instead of cloth and mine dry out real fast like sixes,pisses me off sometimes as i have to water daily.

How many drain holes do you have in your buckets and do you use dirt?

 

[Tobor the 8th Man]

Welcome to the farm. What strains have you been running?

Who smokes more you or your son?

 

[fishwhistle]

How many drain holes do you have in your buckets and do you use dirt?

Standard 5 gallon pots and soil in a sealed room with a dehuey.

 

[3N1GM4]

Standard 5 gallon pots and soil in a sealed room with a dehuey.

5 gallon buckets and 5 gallon pots are two different things

 

[fishwhistle]

5 gallon buckets and 5 gallon pots are two different things

Splitting hairs but i guess technically your right,I doubt the dirt knows the difference between 5 gallons of soil in a plastic pot vs. 5 gallons in a plastic bucket though.I have used both over the years but i dont drill holes when using buckets,i notch them just like a pot with a dremel tool,1/2 in the bottom and 1/2 up the side like a plant pot.Roots need air and when you drill holes in the bottom of a bucket and set it upright with weight in it you effectively seal all the holes on the bottom so what good is that?I think your just doing it wrong.

 

[3N1GM4]

I have used both 5 gallon pots and buckets, the pots dry out much quicker. I used a 5 gallon bucket with a few inches of perlite on the bottom, ffof soil, and a bunch of holes from the biggest drill bit I could find and it took over a week every time for it to dry out enough to water again. That is just my experience, maybe the sugar black rose that I grew in it was just a light drinker?
I think the pots are designed to dry out faster with their shape.

 

[tobh]

Drying has a lot to do with soil composition as well. Regardless the container, if you have a highly absorbent soil, it's going to take longer to dry than if you have a soil like coco that can dry out within a few hours with a solid root system.

 

[Tobor the 8th Man]

He left? We suck at greeting people. It's Logic's fault too because he used a happy face and was nice to him. LOL! WTF?