wiley420
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That should be ok. I see a lot of people using dollar store cords an bars that's a no no. I've actually seen timers an power bars an cord ends melted cause they weren't rated fir the draw
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Billygroat
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Ya, that's not good when there is a chance to burn your place down around you.
wiley420
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For anyone wondering about fabric pots here's a pic of the root system from 2 males I had. 6 weeks veg in 1 gal pots full of coco. Just wish I had pics from my plastic pots after they were root bound
they r a lil tan but that's from gh 2 part nutes
Billygroat
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So not good ?
wiley420
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No that's great
not root bound after 6 weeks in a 1 gal pot I woulda bound up a 2-3 gal plastic pot in that veg time
Billygroat
New Member
Oh ok, so I can use the fabric pots straight up? I never used them before, water drains well etc?
wiley420
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Yes water drains very well, they air prune ur roots. Basically only the tip of ur roots take up nutes. What happens with fabric or smart pots is as the roots meet the air it kills the tips causing them to start new shoots so to speak. So the roots r always growing new shoots an all these new roots pick up nutes. wish I had a pic of a root system in a plastic pot. But I let my males go longer then normal just to see the difference an Iam sold on fabric
Billygroat
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What fabric pots did you use ?
wiley420
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The ones I get r called root pots, only one my hydro shop carries an I have to order them almost everytime lol
Billygroat
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Ya I am,looking on amazon as we speak. But can probably get them in town here. How big were yours ? Did you plant in small pot first then transplant. Into bigger ?
wiley420
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Yes, I start in solo cups then to 1 gal then to 3 gal. A 3 gal fabric pot will yield a plant about the same size as a 5gal plastic pot. My big diesel how ever is in a 7gal but Iam trying to fill a 4'x4' space with her. I normally stop at 3gal
Billygroat
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What if I went straight from solo cup to 3gal?
wiley420
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I try not to jump to big cause I personally find growth stunted to much while it's trying to fill the pot with roots. But I believe autos go strait to their final pot an skip the mid pot but Iam not possitive about that.
Billygroat
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Ya I am doing all auto again
Yeah??I'd love to hear a definitive answer on this issue... do autos benefit from staged transplanting? It seems to me that if its busy making roots in a too big pot, that's gonna inhibit overall plant growth, at least until it catches up, and with auto's we may not have a lot of time for it to refocus on bud growth...
I'm no expert, ...
Billygroat
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Yeah same, last auto grow I did I did small then one transplant into bigger pot
bunkbudz
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I believe the thought is that transplant shock slows them more in their short life span
Medicaltoker
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How many weeks do you keep your girls in veg for?
bunkbudz
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Autos dont have a veg period, the lifespan is determined by the ruderalis genetics
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