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A bottom feeder?I am prototyping a new kind of potting system right now. Have a meeting with an investor next week. It’s called The Growing Pot. The latest prototype will make it cheap, affordable and will make growing easy for anyone. I’ll get into more details as we move closer to production.
Do ya think transplanting so many times will stall em?I just used the one and done method this grow. The clones went into a 3 gal. plastic pot. My next grow will start from seeds and I plan to try the solo cup, one gal pot, then either a 3 or 5 gal. depending how this run turns out. I was reassured multiple times that the 3 gal. would be sufficient. I'll know more when I'm done and after checking the root ball after harvest.
Honestly I'm not sure. I'm still trying to learn what will work best for me. But there are products like super thrive that are supposed to reduce stress. The reason I want to try something different from the one and done is because I want more control over watering and focus more on root development in the beginning. I've noticed when the pot is too big it takes forever to dry out. I personally hate waiting 7+ days to water. I prefer watering every 3-5 days.Do ya think transplanting so many times will stall em?
A bottom feeder?
I'm going to look into this Mother Earth groundswell. One of the reasons I switched to coco was I hated buying Ocean Forest plus the extra perlite then having to mix it all up.Always start seeds and cuttings in 18oz. plastic party cups in potting soil (was using ocean forest with 25% added large perlite now using sunlight supply’s (Hawthorne) new equivalent soil. Mother Earth groundswell. They even copied the hippy art on the bag but included enough, maybe too much, perlite. So far so good but needs water more often than I am used to.
Anyway. I go from the cup for about 2 weeks then into a 1 gallon plastic nursery pot for up to 3 weeks and into a 3 gallon plastic nursery pot for a week or so before the plant goes into the flower room.
This is under t-5 fluorescents in veg and 2 600 hps in flower. Sometimes an added 315 lec in winter.
I'm going to look into this Mother Earth groundswell. One of the reasons I switched to coco was I hated buying Ocean Forest plus the extra perlite then having to mix it all up.
I'm all about the plastic pots through the transplant stages but do you not care for the fabric pot in flower or just don't see a real benefit?
Gotta get me some mykos! I have used Great White quite a bit but it's so damn expensive. Those are some impressive roots man. Which reminds me of another transplanting related question: Root Pruning. I have never tried it, just heard it mentioned here and there, does anybody have a strong opinion for or against the practice? And in what circumstances?Best method I seen yet use regular solo cups but by the half size clear ones too. They rest right on top the solo cup. Not the little thin things. Dollar store has em both. Put holes in the clear one.no holes in solo cup. Your actual solo serves as light shield and drain pan in one. At any time just lift the plastic cup ( it’ll seat right on the solo) and you can see exactly what your roots doing. When ready I go to these pots that are just shy of 1 gallon
I second third n fourth mykos.
This is where I add mykos big scoop to every 3 gal worth of soil mix. I mix it all up so it’s all through the soil. Then 2 weeks those pots bound n I put in 4-5 gal fabric. I’ve found plastic easier to transplant from so I only use fabric for final home.plastic I just turn upside down n tap sides they fall out clean. So I up pot twice
adding more mykos each time. This is a 2 week root ball with mykos in there. Not the whitest here but that was something I did not the mykos too much moisure probably View attachment 848124this ones a bit better View attachment 848125
Do you know the brand of the 2 gallon fabric pots? I basically do the same sizes and process but I have never been able to get a plant out of fabric without cutting it apart.For this grow I started in Solo cups. Then they went into 2 gallon fabric pots. Then I just roll the sides down and transplant them into their final homes in 5 gallon fabric pots.
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