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I wouldn't use it
I wouldn't use it
The fact that they extend time between waterings is just ripping away the control you have as the grower over what they eat. It wont do you any good if the plant is emerging from the stretch and demanding P and your soil mix is still saturated with a higher N food. I would go so far as to say the more frequently you are able to water a soil garden, the better off it is for the grow, to a point.
Good luck with those cyrystals, all things in moderation
I wouldn't use it
The fact that they extend time between waterings is just ripping away the control you have as the grower over what they eat. It wont do you any good if the plant is emerging from the stretch and demanding P and your soil mix is still saturated with a higher N food. I would go so far as to say the more frequently you are able to water a soil garden, the better off it is for the grow, to a point.
Good luck with those cyrystals, all things in moderation
I'm using the Agrosoke brand of polymer crystals and have noted they are not good for seedlings, but if you put them in the medium for end stage vegging and bloom stage, they will be useful in balancing the moisture content and having the water available to the plant, as the plant needs it.
To make it work, please consider the following medium profile:
1. Expanded coir (I use the SAI brand compressed brick). I use it because it is pH corrected and sterile, so there will be no pest issues in the grow. By volume, try for around 60%.
2. Large lava rocks like the kind you get for your charbroiler. I bought mine at Sears but HD carries them as well. You want them to account for 25% of total volume.
3. Agrosoke crystals about 15% of total volume (expanded).
I've had fairly good luck with it.
To make it work, please consider the following medium profile:
1. Expanded coir (I use the SAI brand compressed brick). I use it because it is pH corrected and sterile, so there will be no pest issues in the grow. By volume, try for around 60%.
2. Large lava rocks like the kind you get for your charbroiler. I bought mine at Sears but HD carries them as well. You want them to account for 25% of total volume.
3. Agrosoke crystals about 15% of total volume (expanded).
I've had fairly good luck with it.
Peg Leg Pete
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I usually like to go up near my cottage every spring and pick out a few plots to grow. I grow up to 40 plants out there most of the product goes to bubble hash. But seince i only go up to my cottage every 2 or 3 weeks i use water polymer crystals in the soil and i find them great here in quebec where we can go 2 weeks without rain.
Captain Canibus
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A thick mulch around your plants helps retain moisture and prevent weeds.
You want your plant's roots to grow out to get all available moisure. If you use the crysyals, do so sparingly, maybe a little on one side.
You want your plant's roots to grow out to get all available moisure. If you use the crysyals, do so sparingly, maybe a little on one side.
Captain Canibus
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The roots will stop branching out and quit spreading if the can get everything they need in a small space. Say you dig a 1' x 1" hole and load it up with soil/ferts and crystal, the root mass will tend to grow in that hole. Basically a plant's mass above ground is roughly equal to that below ground.
IMHO a little of those crystals wouldn't hurt. You just don't want to over do it.
I used to have an enormous vegeteble garden in the woods. When it was dry, I could only carry water from the lake in 5 gal. buckets. I used to mulch with old moldy hay. Got it for free. I would almost cover the plants. It really helps retaining moisture.
When its really dry, dig a hole. The top layer will be dry, but the deeper you go, the more moisture.
What I'd do for a stealth grow, is to rake the leaves in the fall, bag them and use them. Or do it this spring.
IMHO a little of those crystals wouldn't hurt. You just don't want to over do it.
I used to have an enormous vegeteble garden in the woods. When it was dry, I could only carry water from the lake in 5 gal. buckets. I used to mulch with old moldy hay. Got it for free. I would almost cover the plants. It really helps retaining moisture.
When its really dry, dig a hole. The top layer will be dry, but the deeper you go, the more moisture.
What I'd do for a stealth grow, is to rake the leaves in the fall, bag them and use them. Or do it this spring.
Airfreshener when mixed with Ona and water...
Airfreshener when mixed with Ona and water...
Mix it with Ona and water, and blow it around the room with a fan and it works great to get rid of odors. I haven't used it for growing though. There's a thread on this over at OG, but I haven't taken the time to look it up.
Airfreshener when mixed with Ona and water...
Mix it with Ona and water, and blow it around the room with a fan and it works great to get rid of odors. I haven't used it for growing though. There's a thread on this over at OG, but I haven't taken the time to look it up.
Yep...
Yep...
That's the stuff. Most grow shops have it.
GreatLakes THC
Yep...
That's the stuff. Most grow shops have it.
GreatLakes THC
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smotpoker
hey IO, those polymer crytsals hold a shit ton of water. When mixed into your soil they cut down on how often you need to water significantly. but you already knew that. I would also think that if your using them, the rest of your soil misture would have to be very airy, cause cannabis roots really thrive in oxygen rich mediums. So combine it with a sandy/peat soil my guess is. I am just guessing here but it makes sense to me. Hope i didnt give any bad advise.
peace
btw, whered you get the polymer crystals at? I need some for my grow this summer but have no clue as to where to look round here.
peace
btw, whered you get the polymer crystals at? I need some for my grow this summer but have no clue as to where to look round here.
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baccas125
agrasoak
agrasoak
I have heard that these crystal can inpart taste to your bud anybody know anything. heard it can make bud taste like plastic???
agrasoak
I have heard that these crystal can inpart taste to your bud anybody know anything. heard it can make bud taste like plastic???
