Thats the main objective to hydroponics keeping your roots dry giving them mass amounts of oxygen with access to enough water and nutrients to continue photosynthesis as needed.
My aquaponic containers are 50 gallon. Theres just enough nutrients / liquid in the container to feed the pump the rest of the roots are suspended in moist air. The tips bathe in the little bit thats on the floor and even thats aerated in a air pump that goes to a pond.
So ive read , Ive never grown in soil. Great product though you can really tell the difference. Unlike some stuff this is noticeable.
Thatās cool, didnāt realize that was a pre-formulated chitosan mix.
I have had chitosan powder for time now but havenāt even tried that of yet. Also have some Firmenich hedione (jasmonic acid) and havenāt tried that either (Iām one of the folk that canāt detect the scent, can anyone smell that stuff?).
Iāve had some of my best quality letting the pots dry out between waterings. My theory is that as the water dissipates the fertilizer concentration increasesā¦ I was using extremely low doses of fertilizer but the plants were green and healthy. I would allow the pot to dry almost to plant wilt (they were very light when you picked them up) then just moistened the pot back up with the very light fertilizer, no or very little drain off every time.
I like doing the same thing. Iāve got an extra ātwistā for you.
I found that with a clover cover crop, the clover shows water stress before the cannabis plant does. I also do the āpot liftā weight check. I think when the clover wilts the pots are about 80~90% dry.
I agree potency is a genetic threshold. drought stress may or may not allow the plant to reach its genetic threshold in less time or less optimal growing conditions. but proof i have none.
absolutely man, my ghost og is a chemy gasoline and the flavor is lemon pine my leaf structure is very sativa with one exception where the leaf nodes start at the stem its chubby in comparison to haze sativas. the flower structure and effects are all incredibly indica. so no doubt im working with a hybrid ghost.
Iāve got a orange sunshine thatās a pig sheās been wilted several times in the last 3 weeks flowering in dirt sheās survived a 12 hr night at least 3 times bone dry where every other strain same pots same feed same everything are well watered . Iāll see if she smokes and looks any different than her sister whoās not been wilted when finished.
I have noticed her buds are bigger than her sister whoās right next to her not sure how scientific it will be? Both plants same size just different feed habits or something ,watering to run off on all plants with 3 quarts per plant every 48 hrs in 3 gal pots 700 ppm.
Miss piggy has been getting a extra quart so far she can make the 2 day watering schedule.
You know the history behind og is so murky , I posted a link here on a thread about strain history that has alot of good insight and information I know to be true. Iām actually making a 12hr round trip to get a verified ghost og from the source and Iām not even leaving my state. I have a verified 92 og and Iām beyond excited to grow them side by side.