When i say soak i mean i run pots through with watering can making sure all coco is wet i then pot up into it more or less straight away and afterwards i just feed a little like we talked about before every few days using an 100ml syringe till roots have spread properly.
The system you use is ideal for a 50/50, 60/40 or 70/30 coco/clayballs or coco/perlite mix if you wanna aerate it a bit more. But yes id defo add a few more down bottom of pots Wu.
Hey dude2-Scoops wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 1:11 pmWhen i say soak i mean i run pots through with watering can making sure all coco is wet i then pot up into it more or less straight away and afterwards i just feed a little like we talked about before every few days using an 100ml syringe till roots have spread properly.
The system you use is ideal for a 50/50, 60/40 or 70/30 coco/clayballs or coco/perlite mix if you wanna aerate it a bit more. But yes id defo add a few more down bottom of pots Wu.
Unless im out and about then I`m watering my plants daily at moment cus they are really big & in full bloom and they roughly get about 2.5 - 3 ltrs daily to a bit of run off, but if i feed every few days they take around 4 ltrs each to a little run off. I use a watering can and slam it through pots as fast as i can so its not much messing around tbh. In fact tops of my pots are flooded like a swimming pool by time I've slammed water through until it starts to drop, i like seeing the flooded tops cus i like to think it works like piston pulling in fresh air and pushing out stale crap air, whether it works that way or not feck knows tbh but i like thought of it and cant why it wouldn`t. I get a little run off from doing that but not much at all, but i would say its enough, if it isn't ill just give a little more next day. I don`t start sweating on it if i dont get any run off or if i get way too much, ill adjust next feeds ie: less or more. Only time i dont really get a bit of run off is when im doing the small pot thing with young plants. Which remind me my cuttings need 50ml each asap.wutang wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:27 pmJust so I have this right in my head..so do you wet the coco enough for run off? When I wet the coco last time, I ran 5l through 15l pots..which drenched them. My thoughts are that if they are too wet..then it can drown the plants. I guess it's because I use 100% coco...and just pebbles at the bottom?
Thanks bro. Appreciate it a lot.2-Scoops wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:21 pmUnless im out and about then I`m watering my plants daily at moment cus they are really big & in full bloom and they roughly get about 2.5 - 3 ltrs daily to a bit of run off, but if i feed every few days they take around 4 ltrs each to a little run off. I use a watering can and slam it through pots as fast as i can so its not much messing around tbh. In fact tops of my pots are flooded like a swimming pool by time I've slammed water through until it starts to drop, i like seeing the flooded tops cus i like to think it works like piston pulling in fresh air and pushing out stale crap air, whether it works that way or not feck knows tbh but i like thought of it and cant why it wouldn`t. I get a little run off from doing that but not much at all, but i would say its enough, if it isn't ill just give a little more next day. I don`t start sweating on it if i dont get any run off or if i get way too much, ill adjust next feeds ie: less or more. Only time i dont really get a bit of run off is when im doing the small pot thing with young plants. Which remind me my cuttings need 50ml each asap.wutang wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:27 pmJust so I have this right in my head..so do you wet the coco enough for run off? When I wet the coco last time, I ran 5l through 15l pots..which drenched them. My thoughts are that if they are too wet..then it can drown the plants. I guess it's because I use 100% coco...and just pebbles at the bottom?
Just remember how you grew the big sherbet one your on with now. If your get lost you can always relate back to that grow or ask a question, jobs a good en Wu.
Ahh well that where i differ, cus coco doesn't carry ferts i like to give it a good wet with ferts firstly before doing the the smaller feeds thing around plant till its bigger with plenty of roots, i like to think roots can spread and and take ferts on board better than not doing it at all. In fact i wouldn't do the bits and bats around plant tops myself without wetting all coco in pots with a fert mix firstly cus theirs no ferts in your coco to start with and those little feeds are hardly anything, at least roots can spread into coco and get fed if its pre-soaked, basically id be wetting all coco in my pots firstly mate. But i`m sure you'll smash it Wu either way, its not rocket science mukka.
Yeah so if you re-call when I killed my first sherbet...it was due to the pot being too wet.. I think it drowned. So whilst I had the second one in propagation..it gave 2 weeks for the 15l pot to dry out...so presumably although it was dry there was still minimal nutes in the pot, as when I soaked it, I did it with a weak solution.2-Scoops wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 2:03 pmAhh well that where i differ, cus coco doesn't carry ferts i like to give it a good wet with ferts firstly before doing the the smaller feeds thing around plant till its bigger with plenty of roots, i like to think roots can spread and and take ferts on board better than not doing it at all. In fact i wouldn't do the bits and bats around plant tops myself without wetting all coco in pots with a fert mix firstly cus theirs no ferts in your coco to start with and those little feeds are hardly anything, at least roots can spread into coco and get fed if its pre-soaked, basically id be wetting all coco in my pots firstly mate. But i`m sure you'll smash it Wu either way, its not rocket science mukka.
Ahh yes, but coco doesn't need to be dry but so long as your not waterlogging young seedlings all time, you should be sound with an initial soak to start and then dropping back to lesser feeds .wutang wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:12 pmYeah so if you re-call when I killed my first sherbet...it was due to the pot being too wet.. I think it drowned. So whilst I had the second one in propagation..it gave 2 weeks for the 15l pot to dry out...so presumably although it was dry there was still minimal nutes in the pot, as when I soaked it, I did it with a weak solution.2-Scoops wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 2:03 pmAhh well that where i differ, cus coco doesn't carry ferts i like to give it a good wet with ferts firstly before doing the the smaller feeds thing around plant till its bigger with plenty of roots, i like to think roots can spread and and take ferts on board better than not doing it at all. In fact i wouldn't do the bits and bats around plant tops myself without wetting all coco in pots with a fert mix firstly cus theirs no ferts in your coco to start with and those little feeds are hardly anything, at least roots can spread into coco and get fed if its pre-soaked, basically id be wetting all coco in my pots firstly mate. But i`m sure you'll smash it Wu either way, its not rocket science mukka.
Then I took your advice from this point giving it 200ml to 300ml daily and here she is.
Cheers bud ill try my best :) appreciate it ans forever grateful as always. Peace
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