How to water a seedling in a large starting container with a Nutty twist

[NuttyProfessor]

Here is another way without having to read too much CHEAP AND CHEERFUL

use a bottomless pot , add an old pipe , few holes , line bottom of pot with light mix , line around the bottomless pot with hot mix , fill pipe with light mix , water like you would a small pot , there is a flap where i can check roots at bottom , once see them you can water slower in a circle around the hotter mix to break the soil in , makes flushing ten time quicker and more easy
handy for autos

 

[NuttyProfessor]

so today i was able to cut and remove the bottomless pot because the roots are doing well at the bottom , the other one i did was a net pot so did not need removing it also is treated like you would a small pot

this is an auto BTW

 

[NuttyProfessor]

Don't knock any thing unless you try , so far so good , plus this is my first time ever making a soilless mix so double bonus double result

auto banana blaze and auto blue diesel where used for the test ,banana is the net pot , blue diesel was bottomless ( done better )

 

[Konks Dirt Empire]

Here is another way without having to read too much CHEAP AND CHEERFUL

use a bottomless pot , add an old pipe , few holes , line bottom of pot with light mix , line around the bottomless pot with hot mix , fill pipe with light mix , water like you would a small pot , there is a flap where i can check roots at bottom , once see them you can water slower in a circle around the hotter mix to break the soil in , makes flushing ten time quicker and more easy
handy for autos

^bookmarked, ty
Cool, love a good MacGyver hack!

 

[NuttyProfessor]

update , one in the net pot is having a little (p) deficiency , this tells me the middle nutes have been used its time to water the full pots , other than that its working out well . this is a better set up for coco as soil can be water only for most of the seedling and veg stage

using the 1 litre bottomless pot drives the nutes through the middle of the pot not soaking the whole medium , i can get a better run off without building salts around the plant , so if i use a bottomless one litre if i put 1 litre or more through i know ive rinsed the unused OUT and got plenty of run off , feed to waste
I am also driving the roots to the bottom , once i have achieved this i can cut the bottomless pot away and water in full
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If this makes sense lol in coco here 1/2 litre pot

 

[013]

Thanks for sharing - great write up and brief!

 

[NuttyProfessor]

starting to take off better now ,

before




just over 2 days later

 

[NuttyProfessor]

update , removed the pot from coco , make sure the pots go straight down and a bit bigger 1 litre, was bit awkward cutting this one out lol



before 15th sep







toady's update 19th oct

 

[Bionic Chronic NZ]

Looking nice Nutty

 

[NuttyProfessor]

update , well like a prat i broke a large branch on the banana blaze
on a good note they are killing it , they seem to like the soil and the pots , these where put into UNCOOKED SOIL
Organic autos , the coco pot was called off , gonna start a new one , the plant would not come up after topping , so ill do a rerun

 

[NuttyProfessor]

Done , gone to 36 hours DARK , goodbye lol

I broke a third of the one in the first pic banana blaze , but she turned out great . cant complain , second plant is blue diesel was a home made soilless medium that id never tried before , so good results all round that cost pennies , water only for most of the grow

 

[Konks Dirt Empire]

Done , gone to 36 hours DARK , goodbye lol

I broke a third of the one in the first pic banana blaze , but she turned out great . cant complain , second plant is blue diesel was a home made soilless medium that id never tried before , so good results all round that cost pennies , water only for most of the grow

Look good and fat!

 

[NuttyProfessor]

Look good and fat!

thank you ,, they ended up nice ,

 

[Konks Dirt Empire]

thank you ,, they ended up nice ,

They sure did

I am reminded a little each day that passes that I am a gardener who has a thing for cannabis rather than a harvester who switches gears to an indoor grow. I would love to start some seeds, but I have 10 months of indoor weather and no plan... seems I should smoke, cook or do something with my harvest rather than start the grow cycle, bet I have enough in jars and shake to learn about the next phase.
Still doesn't make yours less fat and awesome