When growing in organic super soil, do you water until runoff?

When growing in organic super soil, do you water until runoff?

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BlandMeow

BlandMeow

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From the dude that brought you "do you pH your water" here comes "do you water until runoff?"

So much info out there about watering, but I wonder if some of the Coco or salt nute heads have muddied the water. This is specific to growing in a super soil or living soil and top dressing with compost/dry amendments/compost teas, etc (not bottled nutes).

Let's hear it. Personally, I always water to a deep soaking and inevitably some water drips out of the bottom, but nothing that can be measured.
 
Weedvin

Weedvin

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BlandMeow said:
From the dude that brought you "do you pH your water" here comes "do you water until runoff?"

So much info out there about watering, but I wonder if some of the Coco or salt nute heads have muddied the water. This is specific to growing in a super soil or living soil and top dressing with compost/dry amendments/compost teas, etc (not bottled nutes).

Let's hear it. Personally, I always water to a deep soaking and inevitably some water drips out of the bottom, but nothing that can be measured.
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Can't flush good organics, as long as it drains, water ,water and water again.
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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BlandMeow said:
From the dude that brought you "do you pH your water" here comes "do you water until runoff?"

So much info out there about watering, but I wonder if some of the Coco or salt nute heads have muddied the water. This is specific to growing in a super soil or living soil and top dressing with compost/dry amendments/compost teas, etc (not bottled nutes).

Let's hear it. Personally, I always water to a deep soaking and inevitably some water drips out of the bottom, but nothing that can be measured.
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I usually try not to water until runoff, but I don't always succeed. And left over water I let sit for 20 minutes or so to let the soil soak up any more if it can. If there's any left I suck it out with a shop vac.

I have watered to runoff purposely to flush out some Ca. When I've flushed some Ca, I use a little citric acid in the water.

And yucca is my friend.
 
green_machine_two9er

green_machine_two9er

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PadawanWarrior said:
The rhizosphere is all the soil immediately around the roots. Not just the outside edge.
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Not sure where I heard it but I thought the outer edges of the root system is where a huge portion of microherd are hanging and doing there thing. Illl try to look it up.

poundofyourfinest said:
Cool thanks for the replies, I might have to go back
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Either way any amount of microbe die off is not good. Fabrics pots can work but no smaller than 20-30 gallon.
 
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