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I just read that by letting the pots dry out you kill the root hairs and they wont grow back
I found the most explosive growth occurred when I gave up watering daily and went with every other day to every three days. Always to the point of good run-off. At a certain point grow before last I had a little problem with build-up, so I began the feed with clean, pH'd water and got the medium moistened, then fed, cleared up, did fine. Since I didn't pull plants out of the pots I can't say that root growth was so much better than not letting them dry out. But, one thing's for sure--once they're acclimated to less than daily watering, you're no longered tied down by them like they're a room-full of balls and chains.
you can disagree all you want, but there is clear benefit of a wet dry cylce.
You misunderstood a slight wilt. To you your probably assuming full wilting, once you see it after a while you will notice that slight wilt im talking about.
Watering frequency and quantity are really dependent on the size you your containers, veg time / root mass, and environmental conditions. With coco, I find you need to let them get established before you start blasting them with more frequent waterings, and once they get going nothing will stop em if you have good conditions in your room. For me once the coco starts to dry out a little on the top, its time to water, which can only be every other day in veg, then daily in early flower and twice a day in late flower to keep em a optimum saturation... Coco is a different beast then soil...
l (no pot floods and dont water within 24hs of transplant
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I have always given them a fresh clean drench right at transplant to kinda lock em in so to speak. You don't water em right at transplant? The first thing I learned about transplanting when I was a kid was to water right at transplant. Why would this not be a good idea?
The one that gets me is the putting gravel or something at the bottom of the pot to increase drainage. It's an old fallacy that I've disproven for myself on many an occasion, no longer muck around with that sort of thing. I just fill with media and go.
Gramps, if the OP were growing in soil then anaerobic conditions would be a real concern. But his medium is 70% coco coir, which in my experience drains very well and never remains oversaturated, and 30% perlite, and in my experience it's impossible to overwater perlite. The combination ought to drain right through almost all water applied.
The one that gets me is the putting gravel or something at the bottom of the pot to increase drainage. It's an old fallacy that I've disproven for myself on many an occasion, no longer muck around with that sort of thing. I just fill with media and go.
Absolutely an old wives tale. I can't remember which gardening book it originated in, but do some testing yourself. Also, take a look at how nurseries containerize their plants, do they ever spend time or energy fucking around with shit that's not needed? No, they do what works best at the best cost. Fill the pots from bottom to top with your media and let her rip. Leave the old wives tales to the old wimmin.Huh......that's interesting....So you say it is the same with or without drainage at the bottom? I have always used that method and have advised that method for newbies....Old wives tale?
I missed this, didn't intend to ignore.so you cant overwater a 70/30coco/perlite mix?
gravel or pebbles in the bottom of the pots is great if you are lazy and leave pots sat in run off as it wont wick the moisture back into the pot like straight coco does.
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