Greenhouse seed co watering

Never heard of it, but it sounds like somebody using way too much ferts. Franco and Dust are legit so I don't doubt what they may say, but I wouldn't think it's necessary. What line of nutes you using?

 

I was wondering if it was some special GH line i hadn't heard of. Then no, there no need for that. Use air pots or smart pots if ya want o2 at the root zone. Just run the line as is and do a normal flush few weeks out. Stopping and flushing then starting back up seems counterproductive unless your in coco drain to waste maybe. It surely can't hurt but I'd be willing to bet you'd see deficiency. I have to double down some nute on certain plants. Flushing every 2 weeks would be extremely detrimental to those heavy feeders. Just my thoughts.

 

That's nothing new loco, old growers tricks bro. It does work. Plant don't like to sit in damp pots cus it causes root rot, fungus, molds, slows nute uptake and at its worst it can kill your plants. Think about it, unless you live in England or Seattle it doesn't rain that much and you wanna replicate nature as much as possible in your growing environment cus your god in that little world you've created. Stay Green

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I've done it but not because it's a fad or a seed company told me too. An old grower showed me some cool tricks when I was younger and it doesn't starve your plants it leaches the nutrient salt buildup which will will enhance nutrient uptake and it doesn't rain a lot in most places anyway and outdoor grows do fine if not as well or better. Stay Green

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Right, all you have to do is stick a finger a couple inches down into the soil for feel and watch the leaves. That simple

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You won't be disappointed, but if something goes wrong you can always go back to your old ways but I encourage you to try it w/1 plant and you noticed the difference. Stay Green

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My organic soil is constantly moist.

So was my hydroponic garden for years.

With what you're saying, how on earth would a bubble bucket or hydroponic system do well? They are constantly moist as well.

"Plant don't like to sit in damp pots cus it causes root rot, fungus, molds, slows nute uptake and at its worst it can kill your plants"

Completely untrue.

J

 

The roots get oxygen in a hydro setup from the oxygen bubbles from airstones. If you are doing flood and drain, then they would get enough oxygen during the drain phase.

 

Right. Could you imagine what the plants would look like if the plants roots would be allowed to actually dry out In a flood and drain table or a large hydroponic Vegetable greenhouse? The plants would be dead in no time. It's not even possible to allow plant roots to dry in a bubble bucket for that matter.

Then there's organic soil which prefers constant steady moisture - not wet; just moist. Proper aeration/drainage takes care of any and all oxygen to plant roots and by allowing soil to actually dry out is detrimental because fine root hairs which take in nutrition also dry out and die. Sure, they grow back but why even allow this to happen in the first place.

I read a lot of stuff online - that sure doesn't mean I believe it.

My opinion - of course.

J

Edit: - probably the fastest growth I've ever seen was back when we were Hand watering (dry mixed w/ water and pH balanced) hydroponic nutrients 6-8 times a day in a 50/50 mixture of perlite & vermiculite.

Those plants sure werent drying out.

J