jackspratt61
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Lookup Eden blue gold..use their soft rock phosphate, aragonite and calcium silicate to amend your mix. The saponin products they have available are excellent.
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Living organic soil from start through recycling CONTINUED...
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St. Phatty
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Ideally, I think if you are patient, each of us soil growers should learn to rejuvenate used soil.
BUT I admit, sometimes you need to go back to a baseline soil, and buy it in the bag or truckload.
There were bugs in some of my soil, that were chewing through the stem of newly hatched seedlings. I saw one baby centipede, not sure if that did it.
So sometimes I don't want natural soil, because I don't want bugs.
If I couldn't buy new soil, I might be forced to pasteurize/ heat the soil to get rid of critters - for the soil that seedlings get. Not something I want to do.
I think the bale up promix is clean
Any baled up spagmum peat
Its the foxfarm or any complete mixed guano soil Its coming with bugs or the larve of future bugs no doubt
Its in the compost
Bugs are #1 on the menu for BATs the last I recall
Anyhow,
promix / sunshine/ etc [bale of]
Aggregate - Pumice Perlite
Worm casting
Bat Gauno
Lime
Kelp Meal
Lava rock in the bottom of the pot
Sprinkle in the Green Sand and Azomite rock dust
Good call on pasteurizing newly introduced compost!
Its the Shit we need to watch out for
That's how these critters get around
Any baled up spagmum peat
Its the foxfarm or any complete mixed guano soil Its coming with bugs or the larve of future bugs no doubt
Its in the compost
Bugs are #1 on the menu for BATs the last I recall
Anyhow,
promix / sunshine/ etc [bale of]
Aggregate - Pumice Perlite
Worm castingBat GaunoLime
Kelp Meal
Lava rock in the bottom of the pot
Sprinkle in the Green Sand and Azomite rock dust
Good call on pasteurizing newly introduced compost!
Its the Shit we need to watch out for
That's how these critters get around
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Wow. I haven’t been on here in far too long. And so see son familiar faces and KIS dropping knowledge as usual!!
Rock on yall
Rock on yall
Roots go through my 10 gallon bags onto the perlite wick, which is 2-3" above the water line. That is, if things are right.
I am startin to change out the wick water in my SWICK as best I can when the plants get serious about starting to flower. I make sure the reservoir has plenty of oxygen dissolved in the water.
I am startin to change out the wick water in my SWICK as best I can when the plants get serious about starting to flower. I make sure the reservoir has plenty of oxygen dissolved in the water.
YellowCanaryConsulting
Active member
Throwing buzzwords around with zero understanding. How about that lame fuck gay Eskimo looking Tad learn to send what his customers paid for and stop worrying about the buzzwords. I dare any KIS custie to quantify their purchase. It'll come up short.
"bruh have you heard about perched water table, it's the shit". No one knows what the fuck this means. Pretend all you want it's a pointless statement by one of the biggest dumb fucks I've ever evaluated in the stoner grower racket.
Bio boy
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Confused ? Are you hating tad? He’s been nothing but helpful and friendly to me , and perched water table well if ya don’t k ow highlight it n google it I knew this years ago before cannabis , however I’ve never really seen how it works when applied to sip so was doubtful in its claims for rot etc
I listen to his podcast he does it’s full of information that I have recently found out which is bot talked about like not adding mg to soil dolo or epsom and that’s truth I destroyed my last soil with it lol
I'm not sure what you have against me, I don't even know you. I will say no one has ever said I look like an gay Eskimo before, and I'm not sure why that's an insult.
Rather than resort to personal attacks, how about we stick to the topic at hand. I wasn't using "buzzwords" I was giving you the proper words to find the answer on the internet. I googled "perched water table in containers" for you. Here's the link if you would like to learn more about the properties of water in relationship to containers or "layers" in the soil. You're essentially raising your water table. Now if you were to say put rocks or a drainage layer underneath the container rather than inside the same container it's a different story.
Rocks in Pots: Drainage or Perched Water Table Problems?
Many of us have grown plants in pots, planters or other containers. It’s a different environment. Not only is the planting location unique – isolated from the ground and open at both the top and some on the bottom, the container soils are different from ground bed soils. The soil’s most...
lee.ces.ncsu.edu
How Do Drainage Material and Perched Water Table Affect Your Plant? - The Houseplant Guru
Do you use "drainage material" in the bottom of your pots? Did you know it isn't necessary and may be detrimental to your plant?
thehouseplantguru.com
There's more scientific links but these are pretty easy reads. Hope that helps, and I hope you have a great day!
Bio boy
Active member
Well I can’t afford the water meters for all 8 pots haha so now I’m takin that ima put wood poles in every pot like a dip stick lolI'm not sure what you have against me, I don't even know you. I will say no one has ever said I look like an gay Eskimo before, and I'm not sure why that's an insult.
Rather than resort to personal attacks, how about we stick to the topic at hand. I wasn't using "buzzwords" I was giving you the proper words to find the answer on the internet. I googled "perched water table in containers" for you. Here's the link if you would like to learn more about the properties of water in relationship to containers or "layers" in the soil. You're essentially raising your water table. Now if you were to say put rocks or a drainage layer underneath the container rather than inside the same container it's a different story.
Rocks in Pots: Drainage or Perched Water Table Problems?
Many of us have grown plants in pots, planters or other containers. It’s a different environment. Not only is the planting location unique – isolated from the ground and open at both the top and some on the bottom, the container soils are different from ground bed soils. The soil’s most...
How Do Drainage Material and Perched Water Table Affect Your Plant? - The Houseplant Guru
Do you use "drainage material" in the bottom of your pots? Did you know it isn't necessary and may be detrimental to your plant?
There's more scientific links but these are pretty easy reads. Hope that helps, and I hope you have a great day!
X15
Well-known member
Lol perched water table.
What are you trying to accomplish by telling people a 10 gallon potted plant with drainage holes in the bottom has a water table?
This kinda talk is confusing for a new grower. And completely useless.
Don’t believe this shit. Keep it simple and learn how to water your plants.
Trying to let folks learn the science because it's counterintuitive. It is confusing, but it's not useless. Growers need to understand that adding lava rock or other layer in their pots just raises the water table, it does not increase drainage.
Whether you want to believe it or not, it's still a thing. Since you can't seem to google it and learn more, I will share a link for you:
Rocks in Pots: Drainage or Perched Water Table Problems?
Many of us have grown plants in pots, planters or other containers. It’s a different environment. Not only is the planting location unique – isolated from the ground and open at both the top and some on the bottom, the container soils are different from ground bed soils. The soil’s most...
lee.ces.ncsu.edu
Charles Dankens
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X15
Well-known member
I see the article or write up but I don’t see how any of this is Helpful. A potted plant has a root zone, we Agree yes? It’s an above ground Potted plant with holes in the bottom of the pot right? When you water it where does the water go? It goes down and out of the pot. So where is the water table?
Potted plants have A soil profile. That profile should be able to hold x amount of water. Rocks at the bottom might reduce The soil profile depth and overall total saturation but Where does the water table come in?
Are you referring to a hemphy style or earth box or other non draining pots?
Potted plants have A soil profile. That profile should be able to hold x amount of water. Rocks at the bottom might reduce The soil profile depth and overall total saturation but Where does the water table come in?
Are you referring to a hemphy style or earth box or other non draining pots?
X15
Well-known member
Y’all re mixing known terms to match some bro science article doesn’t help people. Watering potted plants isn’t that complicated and adding drainage Rocks to the bottom of your pots might have its advantages as well as disadvantages, it depends on what you’re working with and your style. I agree it does shrink your soil profile which I wouldn’t recommend doing If you’re relying on your soil to feed and power the plant. But some low drainage soil mixes are Vertically challenged (as I call it). Id be more inclined to see more drainage than not enough. A potted plant has a moisture content which is forever changing based on a number of things.
As i understand it a perched water table means that the soil can suck up water like a sponge and a layer of gravel doesn't reduce the height it can be sucked up it will increase that height because the soil will still suck up that water, just sits a little higher because of the gravel. Oh and the height it can be sucked up is determined by the soil and not pot size. That is also the reason u can overwater smaller pots more easy
Charles Dankens
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X15
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Yeah I understand it’s dependent on the soil, there’s a huge variety of soil mixes being used….
But what I want to know… how Does water defy gravity and stay suspended over gravel or rocks With drainage holes on the bottom of the pot?
the drawing is cool and all, and I’m not trying to come off as a dick…. But your ideas and pictures don’t make sense.
