Trichome production seems to be a means of protection for the buds from UV, bugs, drought, etc, so it seems reasonable that some stress is better than not. I'm not sure how much stress you invoke though from reducing the watering of the coco without drying it completely. But, don't grow in coco so maybe?
I’ve heard a lot of good stuff about those but never tried them. MaybeRoots and AirPots
Guys, is this a thing? I haven’t used AirPots too much and these are taller than the others I’ve used and not as wide. I wouldn’t expect these VS tent scrog plants roots to even make it all the way down necessarily due to the tallness of these pots. Don’t like them, won’t use them again. But check it out - it seems the roots on these two must have something good going on inside there, cuz I have this…..
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I find weed grows better in taller pots than in wider pots, if thats what you were wondering about. I had my bags custom made by Mrs Gee to 14" diameter and 16" tall, which is almost 11 gallons, and then gets reduced a bit when I squeeze it into a milk crate. Roots are usually poking out the bottom on day 18-21 when I sprout in them.Roots and AirPots
Guys, is this a thing? I haven’t used AirPots too much and these are taller than the others I’ve used and not as wide. I wouldn’t expect these VS tent scrog plants roots to even make it all the way down necessarily due to the tallness of these pots. Don’t like them, won’t use them again. But check it out - it seems the roots on these two must have something good going on inside there, cuz I have this…..
Thanks Azi. I do grow coco and I have no idea either. It no side lights this time, and it had to be them or this. Figured isolating it would at least get me closer.
That’s exactly what I was wondering. I like your height with that width. These tall and thinnish pots are super hard to water and I have a hard time gauging how’s deep and/or extensive my roots are at a given time.
Ah. Well I had the first part. The second part is awesome and adds. This is part of why I went to early uppotting - exactly so I will not have a dense rootball.
Are you talking in flower or you keep the pot damp like that in veg too? No wet-dry cycle to grow roots for you in veg? I get flower damp I do that too.
Well a bit of both. I sprout in 10 gallon pots so I need to hand water those, but by about 30 days in I am on the drippers. They keep the moisture levels homogenous throughout the pot. I prefer damper and less damp to wet and dry. I also live in a dry desert and you are in muggy Florida so that may come into play. I avoid dry at all costs. Nothing likes dry. Myco and microbes go dormant.
Ah…myco goes dormant in dry. That’s huge to know regardless of geography. Thanks. And duh, of course it does.
Forgot this: the advantage of skirting the fans is two fold and huge in my opinion. The fans are obviously your engines still at this point. The more you have the more she will hum. In my experience this is without fail, immutable, a maxim. But what it also does with respect to your canopy and yield is the magic part. I have tons of healthy fans powering this girl. I now have the freedom to open her top up to the light. I can take maybe a few more light blockers, especially in the center growth, with no fear. So you can see everything better and more easily remove the crap as it sprouts. The center has way better air flow and way more shoots (your center buds) exposed, and now it’s easy when you’re ready to do your pick and choose the keepers thing. More light = more growth = more bud. Simple as that. But you gotta have a power source that doesn’t block everything. Skirting the fans seems to accomplish this very effectively.420h Closet
Strawberry Gorilla (flower)
Blackberry Moonrocks (veg)
Here’s an overhead of both plants and a shot of how stretch and dominance control is going on the SG. @InTheShed - I know we are most curious about how Remo by the book handles flower, but it’s worthy of note that doing it by the book on all four autos in this grow I have significantly better color on all four plants. Last time I had already begun the additives and overdid the calmag and their color was meh. These are super healthy and the right color green all around. I have to think that’s due to sticking to the schedule and that it was my additives that screwed up some plants. Nobody has reported veg issues with Remo that I have seen so far, have you? The overhead shot is pretty close to representing the real colors, and the 420h does it’s wash out a little thing in the side shot.
Also worthy of note is in the side shot you can see how I try to keep as many fans as I can for as long as I can. As the branches stretch you can try to tuck and bend leaves downwards and manipulate leaf stems just like growth stems. I try to end up “skirting” them, if that makes sense.
SIPs FTW!
The evil one speaks again, trying to draw the Jedis to the dark side…lol.
That being said, after harvest if you let myco go dry slowly in a cool dark corner, it senses the plant has died and will spore out before going dormant making next grow better. Microbes too, and every grow that soil will indigenize to that strain more and more. Adding used soil at potting is an innoculant.
Next time I'm at my computer I'll run the weekly numbers for the Remo chart and post them here. I would guess that it's the belief that they need tons of K in flower that can create trouble, which you've seen with the bloom boosters.
Awesome. This would partially explain why some long term organic growers have used the same soil for a long time and claim it gets better and better, yes?
