ggrant
New Member
Dude, you rock !!!!
I was going to post another screed against the soil and pot you're using, but you've obviously seen the light! Hallelujah, brothers, welcome the newest member of our flock!
I think I mentioned that I ran out of my regular soil mix and bought a MicracleGro clone type of soil. (All I could find at the megastore I went to.)
I transplanted four clones I was trying to root. The two best I put in the remaining "good" soil that I had, and the remaining two in the new soil I had just bought. A week transpired and the soil was finally drying out. (The humidity was high for the clones and they have a minimal root system, so they don't use a lot of water.)
Anyway, it was finally time to water them. When I watered the clones with the "MiracleGro" soil, the water pooled on the top, ran down the sides of the pot and poured out bottom, almost as if there was no soil in the pot at all.
On the other hand, when I watered the plants with the "good soil," the water soaked into the surface almost immediately and there was NO runoff at all. This just illustrates how MiracleGro type soil clumps into a muddy mass that doesn't allow nutrients or oxygen to enter.
If you were a potato farmer in Iowa, you'd think, "MiracleGro" is Black Gold, but an MJ grower thinks quite differently. Our plants are used to sandy soils and soils with lots of detritus (bits of bark, dead leaves, etc.). Think Brazilian Rain Forest.
Even though the pots I use have holes on the bottom for easy drainage, nothing is going to get the moisture out of the "MiracleGro" mud that's packed in them.
In other words, although your pot was a major culprit, the soil was equally culpable and both should be given the same prison sentence.
Once again,
I was going to post another screed against the soil and pot you're using, but you've obviously seen the light! Hallelujah, brothers, welcome the newest member of our flock!
I think I mentioned that I ran out of my regular soil mix and bought a MicracleGro clone type of soil. (All I could find at the megastore I went to.)
I transplanted four clones I was trying to root. The two best I put in the remaining "good" soil that I had, and the remaining two in the new soil I had just bought. A week transpired and the soil was finally drying out. (The humidity was high for the clones and they have a minimal root system, so they don't use a lot of water.)
Anyway, it was finally time to water them. When I watered the clones with the "MiracleGro" soil, the water pooled on the top, ran down the sides of the pot and poured out bottom, almost as if there was no soil in the pot at all.
On the other hand, when I watered the plants with the "good soil," the water soaked into the surface almost immediately and there was NO runoff at all. This just illustrates how MiracleGro type soil clumps into a muddy mass that doesn't allow nutrients or oxygen to enter.
If you were a potato farmer in Iowa, you'd think, "MiracleGro" is Black Gold, but an MJ grower thinks quite differently. Our plants are used to sandy soils and soils with lots of detritus (bits of bark, dead leaves, etc.). Think Brazilian Rain Forest.
Even though the pots I use have holes on the bottom for easy drainage, nothing is going to get the moisture out of the "MiracleGro" mud that's packed in them.
In other words, although your pot was a major culprit, the soil was equally culpable and both should be given the same prison sentence.
Once again,
Bravo !
