Myth Buster in Action

[jawbrodt]

explain to me this "bottom feeding". this sounds interesting, esp. when it comes to grow secrets.

Bottom feeding, is where you pour the nute-mix in the trays, then let the pots suck it up. I prefer to not do it this way, simply because I've never found a need to. I think DrFever does it to make sure that all the roots receive nutrients, and in my case, I water/feed so heavily, that it's not an issue. When I water or feed, i totally drench my soil, so that I 'know' the whole medium got soaked with a fresh mixture of fert/water. Same principle, different method. Also, I use tons of perlite, so overwatering isn't a concern of mine. I could flush mine everytime I feed or water, without a worry in the world.

I stay away from bottom feeding, because in my mind, top-feeding does a better ujob of rinsing waste material out of the medium, whereas bottom-feeding would seem to keep everything in place, and add risk of build-up. That's just me though, and my OCD mind, always working.....lol

 

[DrFever]

i used to drench my medium and after doing a few experiments found that gravity always wins meaning roots always go down
root size is a big factor on bud size and overall yields of any fruiting plant comes down to size of root system lots of people drench there mediums litterally flushing them everytime what i found is that it can cause many issue like symtoms like over watering, even yellowing i found plants tend to get even stressed and slow down in growth.
by adding just like 1 cup of water on top of your medium and giving them watering on bottom of trays gives root a chance to search for the water
if you were to go out and dig a hole outside you would find that a foot down the soil is very moist rather then being dry up top thats why when you plant any thing out door or indoor you make your hole add water in it then place your plant in it and add little water on top
Jaw i would really like you to try a few plants that way you by just bottom feeding you will change your ways in a hurry i can promise you that
If you ever say DWC plants there in a sense bottom fed and there yields are very impressive and root systems are crazy big
the secret is making your roots work for there water just like they do outdoor

 

[gfreeman]

gREAT IdEA. Next Episode of Cannabis myth busters, bottom feeding Vs. Traditional top feeding. 2 clones, some mother, same medium, same light , etc etc. who will come out on top?

 

[DrFever]

gREAT IdEA. Next Episode of Cannabis myth busters, bottom feeding Vs. Traditional top feeding. 2 clones, some mother, same medium, same light , etc etc. who will come out on top?

just might do that lol

heres day 19 veg and bottom feeding my girls pics are decieving so i put some out in the open so you can guage them lol they range from 19 - 22 inches in height thats in just 19 days of veg

 

[jawbrodt]

This is all I have for comparison, atm, they're about 2 weeks older than yours, about 12-14" tall, and vegged under T8 fluoros, which tend to grow somewhat slow, but not too bad. I have a 600 and 1000 HPS now, which I may use for vegging. What light do you use?

 

[DrFever]

little update peeps day 20 plants getting C02 everyday there hitting 24 +" tall plan is to put them in flower on wednesday

 

[DrFever]

hey jaw veg under 5000 watts useing these bulbs

http://www.eyehortilux.com/superblue.html

plan is add another 4000 watts of them on weds

 

[kevin murphy]

looking good doctor mate

 

[DrFever]

thanks Kev its day 22 and flipping them into flower tonight as its feeding day giving them half dosage of Veg nutes and half of flowering will post some pics soon as batteries are charged ) there hitting 25to 28" tall
Its Time to flip

 

[dj2short2115]

they look good mg works fine for me

 

[The Weedster]

just might do that lol

heres day 19 veg and bottom feeding my girls pics are decieving so i put some out in the open so you can guage them lol they range from 19 - 22 inches in height thats in just 19 days of veg

Is that from seed dude or clones ????

 

[DrFever]

Is that from seed dude or clones ????

they were 3 " clones when i transplanted into 12" pots so took 21 days to get them to 27" tall pretty well

 

[The Weedster]

they were 3 " clones when i transplanted into 12" pots

Ok.. My plants are on day 11 veg and they are only 5 inches tall right now.... They are in 6 inch pots at the moment with regular potting soil and I use half nutes of miracle grow 20/20/20 and they are under 4 daylight bulbs and 2 aquarium bulbs , all 40 watt a piece and 4 foot bulbs... temps run around 82 degrees with airflow through cabinet....

 

[The Weedster]

oh yeah and they were from seed...

 

[The Weedster]

I feed from the top as well but I think about trying bottom feeding as well

 

[DrFever]

i am sold on bottom feeding plants you still top feed but also adding nutes on bottom of tray so soil soaks it up thats the ticket i think keeping your medium not to drenched but rather lightly moist making your roots work to bottom more roots = more yield

 

[The Weedster]

I think I will take one of my three plants and do it through bottom feeding and do an experiment with all three to see which one comes out better.... Oh yeah, Update on my first plant dude... It was freakin awesome... I took one hit off of it and it fried my ass... unknown what strain it was though... I only had one seed like it and boy do I wish I had more.. It had a slight smell of a skunk weed but the smell of it was sweet and very likable and I didnt have to cure it for long, It didnt make me cough or nothin, went down smooth as hell....

 

[The Weedster]

This was a picture of what it looked like... Just dont know the strain...

 

[DrFever]

heres couple pics of my girls heading into flowering )

 

[The Weedster]

heres couple pics of my girls heading into flowering )

Dang dude ,, You gotta lot more girls than I have.... Looks good though... As much as my girlfriend likes to go through the weed, I really need a crop like you got..LOL Looks freakin awesome...