[deltronZER0]

Hey fam,

Been around for a while, but haven't grown for a couple seasons. Got an itch late this season, and decided there was no reason not to try and throw out a few plants and get some primo headstash of varieties not typically available as flower in my area. Basic plan was to mix up some tasty organic soil emphasizing beneficial bacteria and fungi, biodiversity of ingredients, and lessons learned in past grows. I'm going to be growing in 3 gallon smart pots on my top story deck in a sunny medical state.

Genetics procured:
Clones:small clones in rock wool cubes
Grapefruit x romulan - harborside
Dream queen - harborside (darkheart nursery)
Teens:8-12"
Black light (black Durban x northern lights #5)
Gobstopper (candy kush x vortex)
93 landrace Afghan (???)
Guerilla Glue #4

Soil mix is based on a modified LC's mix:
6gal promix bx
4.5gal ewc
4.5gal total aeration:
1.5gal volcanic rock
Rest was biochar
1.5 cups diatomaceous earth
1.66 cups dolomite lime
1 cup azomite
~1.75 cups blood (fucked this up, transposed with other meal)
~0.75 cups fish bone meal
~0.9 cups kelp meal

[deltronZER0]

Took a better labeled family photo for y'all, enjoy

How do you like the smart pots?

Are they hard to keep the soil moist in?

[steasy88]

Smart pots are great to grow in they do dry out with just a coco medium I had to water every day even on a cloudy day but this year I have used a all purpose soil mix and I have to water every 3 days try using 4/5 gallon pots for a larger yield and less watering all the best bro

I'm not sold on coco medium yet... unless we're talking about Ice-T's wife's ass hahaha On THAT, I'm sold.

Coco in breathable pots, not so much.

[steasy88]

LMAO bro coco good for indoor grows keep the roots breathing I like to keep a fan blowing air around my smart pots too all the best

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[deltronZER0]

I had issues with coco heavy soil blends in the past, but I don't have a problem with the smart pots wicking too much. They're similar to the landscaping fabric you can buy, but thicker, so the fabric doesn't wet very easily. I like what they do for my roots, which is the primary reason I use them. They rely on air pruning which is the idea that when a root reaches air as it grows, it stops growing outward, and starts to sprout roots outward from itself for more efficient root growth. This doesn't happen in plastic pots, evidenced by swirly roots at the bottom of your root ball. I've anecdotally confirmed this when I turned out the rootballs of my plants after I chopped and they were perfectly full of roots with no root bind.

Today I'm planting the dream queen into a 2 gal smart pot with prob 1.5 gal of my soil mix, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ all I had left that of what I'd made up.

In other news, I got a compost tea brewer and am starting to bubble my water today to get ride of the chlorine and chloramine in the city water. Company is called tea lab, and they look solid. Gonna be droppin some "life cube" compost and "fish balls" hydrosylate also from tea labs.

Thanks for the info!

Hmm... just saw a youtube video of a guy using a laundry basket lined with landscaping fabric.

May have to try it!