I just had some Promix that’s has been baking in a garbage bag in the hot sun for 3 years. Super hydrophobic. So I stuck the giant pot in a giant(er) pot filled with water. Bottom watering and hydrophobic all in one!
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No it’s called observation, lol. It’s amazing what we can learn w it. Peace homie
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Silicon based products like Dyna Gro Protekt lower the water surface tension making watering hydrophobic substrates easier.
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Some of my best stealth grows have been in a swamp, they seem to love the constant water provided the soil is well drained. I just screw the bottom of the pots into the mud, and even when the soil is constantly wet I never seem to lose them to root rot.
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Thank you for this tip. I see on their site it says
“ Note: Because a high pH is required to keep Pro-TeKt in solution, the concentrate cannot be mixed with any acidic fertilizer.”
I grow in organic soil so do you suggest an additive to lower soil ph after applying this (ph raising) silicon product?
Thank you!
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ok CAN USE IN SOIL AND HYD they have a good root srimmluator
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I use organic potting mix/perlite (so theres no time release fert), Pro-TeKt raises pH and when mixed with the Dyna Gro nutes the pH ends up about the same as the plain water.
I’ve noticed that additives containing K raise the pH.
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Thank you for sharing your experience.
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I too, like everybody I guess, am trying to get better yields and after much reading have come to the conclusion that a soil/coco/ perlite mix yields better due to better aeration and the added fertigation, but thats not soil growing and would probably lead to coco/ perlite soilless growing.
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I use Blumats and they’re great for me. I have 7 plants now in 15 gl fabric pots - week 4 flower. I add about 5 gallons of water to the reservoir each day, strait from the tap. That’s what they drink… I just top off the res. The plants determine how much water they want, when they want it. Every once in awhile (every 20 days or so) I’ll make a compost/EW aerated tea and hand water it in.
I use analog and digital tensiometers that constantly measure the moisture of the soil, and dial it in at 10 (on the Irrometer) and 100 on the digi. Easy peezy
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That’s cool, just the standard sized ones or the larger ones? How many per plant? And do you know how they go over time with blocking etc? Soz for so many questions but I’m thinking I might try some this season instead of drippers.
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I like the 9” carrots , tho I started with the smaller carrots and they worked just fine. One carrot per pot and like 5 emitters off of each carrot (for my 15 gl pots). I’ve played around with the drip tape, too. It’s really good but you need a high-placed reservoir for enough gravity pressure for the lines to work. I’ve used the to great effect tho I’ve gone back to the emitters
You can call Sustainable Village and they’re very helpful and can make really good suggestions to get started.
Also I’ve never had lines gunk up. I have a t-shirt covering my res and it acts as a filter so nothing but water goes into the res. I purchased the filter that goes after the res and before the carrots, but it’s overkill. Now it just sits in a box.
Buy extra 3mm and 8mil irrigation lines and extra emitters. And then just get the 5-carrot starter kit. You can build off of that as you get more comfortable using it.
I’ve gone out of town for two weeks and had my friend just fill the res. The plants were perfectly healthy when I got home. They work great!
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