No I would wait till next grow.....
Are you using blumats right now? If so, and you can transplant them without hurting anything...I would try it on a few. But not all of them, incase they get shocked. Personally I can transplant and not get shock. An easy way to do it is to stick your Square Pot into the Smart Pot. Pack, precharged Coco around it nice and good. Now pull your plant out of the pot, and insert in the perfect shaped square hole.
That is how I transplant any plant of mine into any other container. Makes transplanting much less stressful! If you do not mess with your plant too much, it should be fine. But if your gonna screw up the plant, dont do it. Good luck
Alright Mr. Slowandeasy, what makes a smart pot truly better than any other pot? I get a dense and fine root structure in my plastic pots, why would a smart pot get me better roots?
And I ordered up some Drip Clean and did some diligent research beforehand, but all I could find was what it did, the same old "no salt build up with drip clean" line, but does anyone besides the people at H&G know how this stuff works? Where do the salts magically go? Why doesn't it rob the plants of salts?
Just curious.
Damn you two are quick! Question. I know this is a blumat thread and I don't want to get away from that. I read that Donk was pulling close to a lb using 10 gallon smart pots. How many blumats are needed for a 10 gallon smartpot? Also, Do you two start with smart pots from the beginning? I'm going for trees due to state laws and my plan is this. If I'm dealing with an 8 week strain I'll veg with blumats and smartpots for the full cycle of flower. Once the flower room is done wipe everything down and replace with the vegged girls. Harvest anywhere from 2-4 lbs every two months(strain dependent of course). What do you guys think? Is it cool if I can pm you for other questions?
Thanks
D2G
I do not grow trees, but Blumats will grow you trees for Sure! The growth is amazing using them. 10 gal Smart Pots would require 2 per pot or maybe 1 Maxi size.
I do not suggest starting right into Smart Pots. In Coco, I like to use small containers to start and wait until the container starts to really dry out faster than normal. Then I transplant to smart pots. Roots will explode much faster if you do it that way. Using huge pots too early slows root growth, because they need to seek moisture. Hope this helps
I don't see too many people talking about their reservoirs with blumats. Are you guys just making a res like a hydro set up? Kind of lost cuz I'm a noob handwatering right now. Are res temps as important as it is if you were running dwc/rdwc(65-70 degree water) when you run blumats? Chillers or no chillers?
Do you think if I slowly pot up to 2 or 3 gallon squares during veg and put them into 10 gallons for flower. Is 2-3 gallon to 10 gallon too big of a jump? I'll probably need to veg for at least a week in the 10 gallons before flower though.
I don't see too many people talking about their reservoirs with blumats. Are you guys just making a res like a hydro set up? Kind of lost cuz I'm a noob handwatering right now. Are res temps as important as it is if you were running dwc/rdwc(65-70 degree water) when you run blumats? Chillers or no chillers?
D2G
I honestly do not see the need for 10 gal Smart Pots. I actually think transplanting from Smart Pot to Smart Pot is more stressfull. Since the roots stick to the fabric. Your plan seems good, but if you up pot that much, water once...then wait a few days to let the roots seek moisture. Then set the drippers to a slow drip...as they grow, speed up the pace.
If you are using 10 gal Smart Pots and growing Trees you will need a big Res. Airstones are required IMO. Your water can be a tad higher than in a DWC set up since the roots are not bathing in it. But dont be too high. If you are a newbie, try not to tackle too much at one time. How much space and what kind of lights are you using?
If one was doing two 2 gallon airpots under a 400, how would the jr's differ in effectiveness (not using any nutes in the jr's water)? I imagine just keeping the coco moist, but continue to hand water nutes. I'm going with the assumption that coco grows better plants if it is kept moist without a dry period. I understand that this may seem like more work than the drip blumat, but I want to keep my hand watering regimen. So the question could be is there be an advantage to what I'm proposing vs. just hand watering everyday?