Water till run off with fox farms ocean forest.

[elusiveshame]

i use 3 gallon fabric pots i water a half gallon in each pot no run off if i go more then a half gallon it drips out the bottom i do not understand this run off bro/sister science

It’s an indication that you’ve saturated the soil all the way to the bottom.

How is that bro science?

 

[biggerbud420]

it's not bro/sister science that it's an indication of saturation down to the bottom of the pot , it's bro/sister science that you have to do it

 

[TSD]

it's not bro/sister science that it's an indication of saturation down to the bottom of the pot , it's bro/sister science that you have to do it

How so? The amount of water they drink varies based on several factors, environmental conditions like temp, humidity, light intensity... how big the plant is, what phase it is in, how healthy it is... if you just water the same amount on a fixed schedule regardless of what the plant is telling you or without making sure you've saturated... you're doing it wrong and you're eventually going to run into some sort of problem that's probably related to watering practices. In case you haven't noticed, it's one of the main reasons people fuck up thier plants... but you do you boo boo.

 

[BigBlonde]

it's bro/sister science that you have to do it

I just figured that it is an easily explained watering method that works.

 

[biggerbud420]

i still stand by what i said you do not have to water until runoff you can if you want too but you do not have too

 

[biggerbud420]

I just figured that it is an easily explained watering method that works.

about to start another barney's aculpoca gold grow got 7 beans a soaking

 

[TSD]

i still stand by what i said you do not have to water until runoff you can if you want too but you do not have too

I water to like... 20 drops of runoff lol... doing it a little at a time ensures that a ton isn't going to came out all at once and take all the good stuff with it.

 

[Week4Bytch]

So I’m using fox farms ocean forest. I just transplanted my gals into their final 5 gallon pot. Now I’m just using water no nutes. Do I have to water till run off? Or is that just what you do when using synthetic nutes, to flushe the salts away?

If your just using tap water , I wouldn't do it, your just flushing out nutrients with runoff.

 

[Edinburg]

Just watered a plant and fed bloom nutes, ph run off 6.6 a bit high, any higher I would have added a bit of white vinegar to lower, so next time I'll get it down if any higher.

 

[NotSure]

Whatever it takes.

Those air pots are the bomb, a little expensive, but work so good

 

[GreenGalaxyFarm]

Those air pots are the bomb, a little expensive, but work so good

you rate them highly
how do you rate fabric pots
and earth beds

 

[Week4Bytch]

Those air pots are the bomb, a little expensive, but work so good

I'm gonna have to try a grow with these air pots

 

[GreenGalaxyFarm]

I'm gonna have to try a grow with these air pots

what substrate would you use them with

 

[Week4Bytch]

what substrate would you use them with

Happy Frog and/or Ocean Forest

 

[NotSure]

you rate them highly
how do you rate fabric pots
and earth beds

Never been outside, wish I could. I like fabric, plastic is just easier to clean/sanitize/reuse/ more stable sidewalls and I never had the fine root density in fabric that the air pots seem to help propogate. I rarely have any big thick roots, all very fine dense root mass. I also use FFOF

 

[GreenGalaxyFarm]

Never been outside, wish I could. I like fabric, plastic is just easier to clean/sanitize/reuse/ more stable sidewalls and I never had the fine root density in fabric that the air pots seem to help propogate. I rarely have any big thick roots, all very fine dense root mass. I also use FFOF

happy you found what works for you

 

[Tremojem]

I have started to test the moisture level with a moisture meter, at three different levels much like Quirk did in his post. Amazing to see varied moisture levels at different heights in the fabric pot.

One at a few inches from bottom. One at around the lower middle of pot. And, one a few inches above the lower middle one. No need to meter top few inches. I have always cultivated the top few inches of soil before watering to help with even wetting and distribution of water over the entire substrate.

Hope that helps.

Best to you.

 

[WookyWooky]

How often are you watering? It sounds like you're watering too soon and too fast.

I water with a pump sprayer and i never pump it to full air capacity so i never get a blasting stream. It also helps if you water just enough to get like the top inch or 2 wet, then wait 5 or 10 minutes and water more. That way the water has time to absorb into the soil before adding more.

I do the same thing except I unscrewed the tip of the sprayer and drilled 5 more holes. When I water it’s more like a spray than a mist. Plus it cut watering time down like 30 min…lol…super easy to evenly water da plants too

 

[Zen_Seeker]

So I’m using fox farms ocean forest. I just transplanted my gals into their final 5 gallon pot. Now I’m just using water no nutes. Do I have to water till run off? Or is that just what you do when using synthetic nutes, to flushe the salts away?

At least the first time after transplant I water to runoff, trying to keep it low. I water slowly with a little in the root ball and most where the old and new soil meet. Sometimes I wait 30/60 minutes between if it’s a big pot.

I lift the pot before and after watering. To know the weight for when I check in the future.

Once watered I check the amount of runoff a few hours to the next lights on period. I subtract that from the next watering.

 

[Zen_Seeker]

I give my 5 gallon pots around a gallon every 2-3 days. I might get 10-15 dribbles out the bottom of my bag but thats it. I also feed gaia green dry ammendments, so runoff is very counterproductive for me and anyone else in a nutrient based soil.

Any time you have runoff, nutrients are being washed right out of the bottom of your pots.

Your doing feed, water, water, feed?