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Not really, unless the soil doesn't have sufficient nutrient levels to carry the plant through, but that volume and method sounds fine to me. If that's the amount of water they want/need, then that's the amount of water for them. If you try to push more you may run into problems.I haven't been growing in soil very long (always been a hyrdo dude), but as long as I have, I've only watered about once a week (4x4 soil bed, about 8 gallons of water, good salt marsh hay mulch). I water with a tea every time. Do any of you see me running into any problems? Nothing has gone wrong so far, in fact things seem to be working out quite well, but then again, I have nothing to compare it to as I have only recently switched to soil. Don't know if the girls would grow faster if I watered more or whatever
Honestly what I like to do is to kind of Till the ground... Dig it up a finger deep or so... Supposedly according to "Southern Farmer and Market Gardener" Francis Simmons Holmes 1848, a fermentation happens when the Dry ground is Tilled up.Someone told me on another thread that they always try for runoff when I asked if I should water my 15 gal geo pots until I get runoff. I just watered one with two gallons of water and got zero runoff, I am thinking I would need the pot off the ground to get runoff? My soil looks too wet and the plant looks overwatered now...
For a few reasons. Mainly because it worked better with my space. I love hydro and have been growing hydro in some way shape or form for years, but I moved into a new place and it just didn't work well with the space. Running soil beds allows me to keep the beds directly on the floor and because of that I have the canopy space to run DE lights without having 10' ceilings. Truth is my ceilings are much shorter than 10' and it still works out just fine as long as I hit my veg plants with at least 450w of LEDs to get em ready for the 1000w DE they'll see in flower. I keep my plants short to allow even more canopy space...Hi, curius why did you switch to soil?
new here to thc farmer ,but i also use soil,if i can i will make a suggestion to you friend,i use 3 gallon and 5 gallon pots,in soil its really hard to get them feed all the way threw unless you have a perfect balance of enzymes in your soil,the enzymes help to keep your soil from becoming anerobic,i use humic fulvic and enzymes to keep my soil from becoming a brick,with that being said my method for feeding and watering is this and hope it helps you,but i have a tray i put my pot in and let the girl suck up the feed for a little while and then i place the pot on a 18 gal tote with a rack,at that point i feed that bitch threw out,you will notice at this point as you continue to feed that your water in the plant starts to bubble from air pockets,keep giving it the feed until it stops,let her drip until it stops,move on to the next one,the plant will tell you when it is ready to feed by drooping. when she droops feed her,ive noticed overtime that i could feed once a week until its the magic flower time,and usally its about the time she stops stretching,then that bitch be hungry all the time,mine go from once a week to twice a week,like i said she will droop when she hungry,i dont ever let my pots dry.if you water feed by this method i always have happy plantsHere's my problem with the runoff thing....
If my soil is dry, I get runoff the moment I pour even a cup of water on the plants. Sometimes if I go slow slow slow, I can prevent it, but some pots just won't hold the initial water.
I aim for about 1/2 to 2/3 water volume to pot volume....still don't know if its right but plants seem healthy this way.
i always water until runoff,i use humic fulvic and it cleans the root zone and helps uptake of nutrients it also adjust ph of your soil and mends most defiencies caused by us trying to push plant to extremes,soil buffers what ever you put in there,i dont ph or use up and down ,its not needed,to prove this to myself and from hearing all the hipe of it all ,i decided to find out for myself .Someone told me on another thread that they always try for runoff when I asked if I should water my 15 gal geo pots until I get runoff. I just watered one with two gallons of water and got zero runoff, I am thinking I would need the pot off the ground to get runoff? My soil looks too wet and the plant looks overwatered now...
Yes, I do the same...I use Jiffy Pots from seed, then into a 2-3 litre pot, finally into a 10 gallon fabric bag full of ProMix Mycorrhizae & bat guano, this and that. I go by the weight of the bag with soil & plant...when it feels light, the leaves may be a little droopy, I water it with 1 to 2 gallons of water plus nutrients...no use trying to force feed it. If your plant isn't drying out then nutrient lock out may be the case. That's exactly why I bought a pH meter and some pH UP & pH DOWN...makes all the difference. Less issues regarding nutrient deficiencies or nutrient burn or lock-out when the pH of the mixed water & nutrients is between 6 & 6.7...I like to keep it around 6.5.If it takes your soil a week to dry out then thats how long you wait. Letting the soil dry makes the plant develop roots in search of water and prevents root rot.
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