Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

[Darth Vapour]

Fabric pots suck for indoor growing to much of a fucking mess usually occurs
and lets not forget RH issues mold issues the list goes on wet floors dirty floors
Now people will pace them in containers to avoid being what ever 6 plants but again it may help with wet floors but it doesn;t correct the bad bacteria and fungus growing in that lower damp area

 

[nvhak49]

Fabric pots suck for indoor growing to much of a fucking mess usually occurs
and lets not forget RH issues mold issues the list goes on wet floors dirty floors
Now people will pace them in containers to avoid being what ever 6 plants but again it may help with wet floors but it doesn;t correct the bad bacteria and fungus growing in that lower damp area

I've never had any issues with my smart pots. I had some leak issues before I got saucers but now I just water till I get a little run off and stop. My next run I'll be using clean root which are little stand plates that have holes in them and you put your fabric pots on top of them so the bottom of the bot isn't sitting in water so it can breathe and air prune the roots. I love my fabric pots and won't ever use plastic ones again.

 

[Rrog]

Fabric pots excel in indoor grows. Hundreds of threads all over the Internet document in this. I wouldn't use anything else.

I built short carts with wire mesh tops do I can wheel them around with full air under the pot

And I simply don't water to runoff. If I do, the little cart catches it

 

[AllDayToker]

Yeah like I said the results on a side by side I did was a HUGE difference in size.

Grow a clone in a 1g clay or plastic pot, and out another clone in a 1g smart pot, and watch for yourself.

I mean there is no comparison in my experience.

 

[Rrog]

It's so natural

 

[Darth Vapour]

Ever since i got rid of pots and went to tote grows with out any run off holes and knowing plant needs i went from 4 - 7 oz plants Vegged 5 weeks to 14 - 18 0z plants with 5 weeks vegged growth rates 3 - 4 " daily @ 5 weeks its a tree

 

[ShLUbY]

Fabric pots excel in indoor grows. Hundreds of threads all over the Internet document in this. I wouldn't use anything else.

I built short carts with wire mesh tops do I can wheel them around with full air under the pot

And I simply don't water to runoff. If I do, the little cart catches it

going to buy some castors to make my own dollies, or buy 4 wheeler dollies, whichever is cheaper, and putting the wire mesh on those. right now i have my fabrics sitting on some outdoor shade cloth material all folded up to keep them off the ground.

Edit: i too, like rrog am not aiming to water for runoff.

 

[Rrog]

going to buy some castors or 4 wheeler dollies, whichever is cheaper, and putting the wire mesh on those. right now i have my fabrics sitting on some outdoor shade cloth material all folded up to keep them off the ground.

Mine were originally janky but very functional. Next edition will be a small shallow plastic pan under the screen. All on the roller bearings.

 

[ShLUbY]

Ha i just wanted to share this with you guys cause it made me laugh pretty hard...

i go to the grow store today because i needed some 7 gal geopots in a pinch. I'm talkin a bit with the guy at the counter about switching to living soil and the benefits of it, and being able to recycle your soil.

and he says, "so how do you know that you flushed out all the stuff from the last grow when you go to reuse the soil?"

this was just slightly after he was telling me about how people in there have been trying organics, but, and I quote, "always come back for the bottles."

good stuff.

 

[Vnsmkr]

Mine were originally janky but very functional. Next edition will be a small shallow plastic pan under the screen. All on the roller bearings.

Rrog you got a pic somewhere of your carts? Curious

 

[Pattahabi]

Fabric pots suck for indoor growing to much of a fucking mess usually occurs
and lets not forget RH issues mold issues the list goes on wet floors dirty floors
Now people will pace them in containers to avoid being what ever 6 plants but again it may help with wet floors but it doesn;t correct the bad bacteria and fungus growing in that lower damp area

I've been rocking 100 gallon fabric pots indoors for about a year now - love em.

P-

 

[Vnsmkr]

Fabric pots excel in indoor grows. Hundreds of threads all over the Internet document in this. I wouldn't use anything else.

I built short carts with wire mesh tops do I can wheel them around with full air under the pot

And I simply don't water to runoff. If I do, the little cart catches it

Few vapes I can picture that, chrs

 

[Rrog]

I've posted pics before. I think on this forum, too. Now I can't find my pics on RIU

 

[Vnsmkr]

I've posted pics before. I think on this forum, too. Now I can't find my pics on RIU

No worries Rrog high pics are worth more than 1000 words . KISS is what Ill do

 

[Rrog]

Not that the carts I made are spectacular, but I'll post a pic somehow.

 

[VTMi'kmaq]

Fabric pots suck for indoor growing to much of a fucking mess usually occurs
and lets not forget RH issues mold issues the list goes on wet floors dirty floors
Now people will pace them in containers to avoid being what ever 6 plants but again it may help with wet floors but it doesn;t correct the bad bacteria and fungus growing in that lower damp area

I like big fabric pots.......5-10-20-now i think its 25-30's.......
One thing i always hated about smaller pots was seeing white roots trying to pop thru the bottom, well they were popping thru and drying up and that bothered me at the time so i bought "tomato pots" they called em at my local store for stuff. This was a pro-mix lock out my wife had caused by getting heavy handed with feedings. I like learning new things from you guys too. i'm growing till i die kids!!!!

 

[GreenSanta]

Hey everyone, What are your thoughts on woodbugs? (woodloose, rolly polly...) So far I have never worried about them, I think they are kinda beneficial but I do have some containers where they are out of control, literally thousands of them, I lift the mulch up and I see a living soil!! However, they do eat seedlings and a little bit of plant matter on smaller tender plants. Anyone?

 

[VTMi'kmaq]

I'm a complete noob to these bugs, watching so i can learn........i did find this sexy bitch though.......
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse_spider

 

[GreenSanta]

yeah I mean I think they might be beneficial like earthworms, I just transplanted a plant in a container that was full of them on purpose just to see how well it might do. But at the same time I am a little worried lol. Pretty cool to see the soil so alive though I mean you just look under the mulch and there is stuff moving everywhere!! As long as they dont eat the ladybugs larvae that might be kicking around...

Also, has anyone here had any luck raising ladybugs indoor, or keeping a healthy population? I am experimenting with various mulch to see if it might help, I wish I didnt have to keep buying them.

 

[Rrog]

Since the invasion of Chinese look-alikes, I don't like ladybugs anymore