Spanishfly
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I always start my girls off in 5 litre mineral water bottles. There is no problem whatever, roots do NOT have light receptors, they grow fine until I repot them in larger tubs.
Air/Smart Pots-light on roots? DIY thoughts?
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SouthSideNuggs
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My experience with the smart pots has been great. I do move and rotate my plants and have never had issues. What i have seen when pulling the plant is that the root ball is a huge mass of spider webbing of the roots it is not really a ball but a mass of fine roots that have completely filled the pot. None of the hydroton comes free from the root mass it is like it becomes part of the plant its pretty cool to see. On my next harvest i will put pics up to show the results. I will never go back to plastic solid pots again. I only use the plastic pots for my soil plants. I thought of trying the 10gal smarts for soil just haven't pulled the trigger on that yet.
on one of my plants I used a 2 gallon laundry basket from the dollar store and lined it with one layer of cheap landscape fabric ... working very well, about 6 weeks into flower(in my sig). It does require more frequent waterings, but I dont mind that as I tend to overwater anyway and its basically impossible to overwater this plant
cowell
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View attachment 1214082 I make my own with a woodburning tool.. just heat it up and punch holes. I grow DWC. I put clones directly into the 6" pots and they stay there till harvest. During veg they are not blacked out.. I let the roots fill the pots- then they are set in totes and the roots fill my res.. I'll take pics if you're interested when lights come on.
so thats for hydro? Ive been thinking of doing a simple dwc,yeah,always pics
cowell
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View attachment 1214774View attachment 1214775yes.. I use them for hydro. But the only benefit I get is that during veg I don't worry about them becoming root bound, and during flower the roots grow out the bottom so it's not really that important to me for that.. I will go take pics a little later so you can see how the roots grow out.
remind me if I forget with a pm
EDIT: as far as DWC goes -once you try it you won't mess with anything else I guarantee it. It's easier than you think - and than most people let on.
the results will be evident later... here's a pic from a few weeks ago so you get the idea.... the ones on the right are when I first put them to flower.. the ones on the left are from like 2-3 weeks ago.. and I will go take more tonight before lights out...
remind me if I forget with a pm
EDIT: as far as DWC goes -once you try it you won't mess with anything else I guarantee it. It's easier than you think - and than most people let on.
the results will be evident later... here's a pic from a few weeks ago so you get the idea.... the ones on the right are when I first put them to flower.. the ones on the left are from like 2-3 weeks ago.. and I will go take more tonight before lights out...
my iced grapefruit , in a landscape fabric lined, 2 gallon laundry basket is about 9 weeks or so into flower, over 3 feet tall(after supercropping the top 12-14 inches or so) and looking very nice yieldwise so Id say a definite success, very easy to keep a good level of moisture in the pot since it dries out quicker and more evenly since air/water permeable fabric is over 60% oof the pot surface, you can see pics of it in the link in my sig. The only drawback Ive found? the pot is too light! even when wet it can barely stand upright, the plant is braced against a wall leaning against it, should have tied it up probablyon one of my plants I used a 2 gallon laundry basket from the dollar store and lined it with one layer of cheap landscape fabric ... working very well, about 6 weeks into flower(in my sig). It does require more frequent waterings, but I dont mind that as I tend to overwater anyway and its basically impossible to overwater this plant
Spanishfly
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Another LOAD of BS all round thread.
Roots do NOT have light receptors of any kind - MJ, and other plants grow perfectly well in any translucent container. I ALWAYS start my girls off in ex mineral water bottles with no problem at all.
Once again we have people reading or SURMISING something that they just have not tried.
Roots do NOT have light receptors of any kind - MJ, and other plants grow perfectly well in any translucent container. I ALWAYS start my girls off in ex mineral water bottles with no problem at all.
Once again we have people reading or SURMISING something that they just have not tried.
agreed, however I will ppoint out that I think one of the reasons people argue against clear containers is that the light could promote algae /fungi growth? althoug I would guess that wouold apply only if they were in the same planter for a couple - three months?
PurpleRhinoceros
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Go to fabric and craft store.
Buy Stiffened felt made from 100% recycled plastic bottles.
Sew together a circle and rectangle, and fold over the top.
Grow Plant that Spits Hot Fire.