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st0wandgrow

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I've never had a plant in a smart pot actually get root bound, they are a beautiful invention; the aeration and drainage they provide is great for cannabis. When I last did the soil/organic thing I got bigger and healthier plants in 3 gallon fabric pots than in 5 gallon traditional pots, and I was growing those roughly twice the size of what I'm flowering my clones at now, using 2 gallon fabric pots. Again, I'm still dialing in my shit, but I'm also using a base mix of 33% peat 33% ewc and 33% aeration material, so I don't know/care right now where that falls on the soil/soilless spectrum, which also has a huge effect on how much root space plants need.
Very difficult to run organics in such a small container. I found that when I moved up a few container sizes the yield increased exponentially.
 

COGrown

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Very difficult to run organics in such a small container. I found that when I moved up a few container sizes the yield increased exponentially.
Yeah, I'm also specifically trying to run more plants in a smaller amount of space, all of this factors into why I'm using bottled nutrients instead of an actual ROLS/LOS type thing with all the nutrients in the medium itself.
 

TheHermit

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Here are the top bits off some recent chops
tranquil elephantizer: remix

ac/dc x Good Medicine


These were grown using two things that are rather new to me, LED lighting and no synthetic or chelated nutrients. I have no qualms with quality, and the plants seem to finish fine, I just need to work on yields, which I think is mainly a feeding thing now. I definitely could have used a bit less Nitrogen and more Potassium and Phosphorous with these and am trying to adjust accordingly. Underfeeding is probably the best problem to have, though. Still though, I haven't gotten less than an ounce dry a plant, two on a couple, and with fifteen plants crammed in a 2x4 table that isn't that bad, but if I can get it up to 2 reliably I would be very happy.
I am interested to hear what you think of the acdc x good medicine. I have a pack of those sitting around I got in a promotion. I have never grown a cbd dominant strain.
 

Mad Hamish

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Yeah, I'm also specifically trying to run more plants in a smaller amount of space, all of this factors into why I'm using bottled nutrients instead of an actual ROLS/LOS type thing with all the nutrients in the medium itself.
More plants in less room, you arw wasting your energy on falling in between SoG and large style perpetual flow. Why not shoot for tops only? I am getting a half zip per cutting pit straight to flower on the Dank Sinatra Remix, one gal pots, two, three, next to each other they are getting the same yield regardless of the pot sizes and the fact that the bigger pots get filled with roots. Bottles are for babies, you will get better results adding Bio carbon to your soil mix. Bio carbon severely reduces the pot size needed. Bio char you guys call it.

Here are the top bits off some recent chops
tranquil elephantizer:




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like imagine a room full of just these tops, no fluff, just a field of solid dankness.
 

Mr.Head

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I'll throw up some pics later today of my testers, they got a little dry and a little close to the cfls.

They exploded in growth one day after a watering and hit the lights. All is well though they look super healthy.

The stems on these things.... is unreal. They are like 5 inches tall and almost as thick as a #2 pencil.
 

st0wandgrow

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SSDD got a haircut last night. The bottom 2/3'rds of the plant is beautiful, but the top 1/3'rd is some crazy fox tailing. I've never seen anything like it. Not sure if this is genetic, or environmental?? First time using coco coir... can't see how that would cause this but nothing else was different other than that.

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Middle of plant:

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coolkid.02

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Very difficult to run organics in such a small container. I found that when I moved up a few container sizes the yield increased exponentially.
Rev, the cultivation editor at skunk mag and breeder behind KOS does his total-living organics in only 2-3 gallon containers and has amazing results along with many others.
 

st0wandgrow

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Rev, the cultivation editor at skunk mag and breeder behind KOS does his total-living organics in only 2-3 gallon containers and has amazing results along with many others.

It can be done, it's just less forgiving.

I bet he's using plant available/soluble nutrients as opposed to just an amended soil.
 

Mad Hamish

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It can be done, it's just less forgiving.

I bet he's using plant available/soluble nutrients as opposed to just an amended soil.
To give you an idea, he uses layers of organic pellet ferts in the soil, then on top of that he drills holes in the soil fromnthe top and fills this with a dry nute mix, bonemeal and feathermeal and so on far as i recall. The Rev also feeds a nute tea the likes of which you have never seen, employing a few bottles in the tea mix. Most of Gandalfs tea recipes came from his LOS book. Basically as pumped up as you can get, I don't consider it true living organics myself. But I did run a few outdoor pots exactly according to his instructions and holy crap, they got LARGE. Dense glistning buds. HOWEVER, I feel teroir is ruined. The soil is very heavy, you get full flavor off the bud for only the first bowl, then it becomes very dark and 'shadowed' so to speak. Holds up better in a joint but bongs no way. A mile improved on average hydro, but not as nice as good hydro, and not a patch on true living organics in my arrogant opinion far as flavor goes. But yield per gallon of soil mix is pretty damn impressive. Kinda like a supersoil but broken up into components I guess.
 

TonightYou

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SSDD got a haircut last night. The bottom 2/3'rds of the plant is beautiful, but the top 1/3'rd is some crazy fox tailing. I've never seen anything like it. Not sure if this is genetic, or environmental?? First time using coco coir... can't see how that would cause this but nothing else was different other than that.

Top of plant:

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Middle of plant:

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Very nice. Was that from seed or clone?
 
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