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OK I have a few grows under my belt. Not great not bad. INDOORS.
I switched from 12" square plastic this time to Gro-Pro bags. 7 gallons is the listed. Square.
Im in a small indoor space and only can fit two of them. I have seeds in solo cups as of a couple days ago and a soil that has been mixed and tested.
What surprised me was the square 7 gallon bags per their website held 9 gallons of volume. I put TWO 5 gallon Home Depot 5 gallon buckets in each one and can still add at least another 2 gallons by volume of soil to each to get still be within a inch of full.
One thing that REALLY has been interesting. When I filled them to where they are I added a half gallon of water to each to simulate watering to check runoff. I didn't get any but wanted a benchmark two days ago. Today I put my re-calibrated blumat water senor in, waited a hour and stuck my fingers in and its powder dry on top for 4 inches and damp after that going down. I thought smart pots were supposed to be more uniform on dryness from top to bottom with the fabric walls.
The blumat sensor reads 93 with just soil in the bags and the lower half at least is still damp. Makes me think in hard sided pots I was still over watering and didnt know it.
And yes I know Im using way big pots for a indoor grow but I hope making that much soil available will help to keep it close to a water only grow. Im growing for quality and its just personal use so it means more than yield to me.
I switched from 12" square plastic this time to Gro-Pro bags. 7 gallons is the listed. Square.
Im in a small indoor space and only can fit two of them. I have seeds in solo cups as of a couple days ago and a soil that has been mixed and tested.
What surprised me was the square 7 gallon bags per their website held 9 gallons of volume. I put TWO 5 gallon Home Depot 5 gallon buckets in each one and can still add at least another 2 gallons by volume of soil to each to get still be within a inch of full.
One thing that REALLY has been interesting. When I filled them to where they are I added a half gallon of water to each to simulate watering to check runoff. I didn't get any but wanted a benchmark two days ago. Today I put my re-calibrated blumat water senor in, waited a hour and stuck my fingers in and its powder dry on top for 4 inches and damp after that going down. I thought smart pots were supposed to be more uniform on dryness from top to bottom with the fabric walls.
The blumat sensor reads 93 with just soil in the bags and the lower half at least is still damp. Makes me think in hard sided pots I was still over watering and didnt know it.
And yes I know Im using way big pots for a indoor grow but I hope making that much soil available will help to keep it close to a water only grow. Im growing for quality and its just personal use so it means more than yield to me.
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