some one asked me about my veg area ..
its a smalll rubermaid tote..
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Looking healthy if a little pot bound IMHO .......
Are you going to transplant up in stages or straight into the final pot?
would go into 6" square containers for 2-4 weeks from there... then to 5 gal buckets for another 2-8 weeks... but like trees...
would surround little plants w/ perlite+coco (@ least 50p/50c%, or 75p/25c%) when transplant.
@ what size do you normally start flowering?
enjoy your garden!
Vegging beer cups in a rubbermaid up to 5gallon buckets?
I'm thinkin' that there's gonna be some ceiling issues somewhere soon.....
Beautiful Plants.
looks nice what you lighting you are going to use for flower stage?
how long are you vegging for?
yes, very doable w/out wicks... just allows greater time between waterings & constant supply of nutes & water. no pumps, huge res, etc. necessary.caligreen said:Do you think the wick was necessary? Could you have done without it?
looks really good bro! Do you think the wick was necessary? Could you have done without it? Plants are looking great non the less though!
but the plants dodraw up the water in the basin. good to water when the level in the basin is fully drawn up & lower bucket/tote is dry... gardeners are so used to watering daily, or even every 2 days... not really necessary, even w/out wicks! see lots of over-watering as cause of issues in many sub-forums... watering 1-2 times per week is good w/ wicks present... ivho... more watering does not supply more nutes & h20 - just saturates media & gets in way of oxygen levels...
another modification would be to use totes instead of bottom buckets. drill out many, many holes into top bucket. this is effectively making entire room an air stone. the air circulation in the room will permeate thru the holes. the wider/open tote permits air to go in/out of plant-holding container. will see root tips growing out of those holes - even when there is no water present. roots like water & air...
yes, very doable w/out wicks... just allows greater time between waterings & constant supply of nutes & water. no pumps, huge res, etc. necessary.
they add no disadvantage to the garden & only are advantageous. media remains moist, but not wet. reserve small supply of nutes (electrical charges) in bottom tote/bucket, for use upon demand by plant. roots grow & inter-twine into wick meterials. never too wet or dry... ivho...
enjoy your garden!