Nunyabiz
Well-Known Member
Yeah you "can" do it this way but it in no way makes for better anything especially autoflowers.
This is what people do if they're using heavy non aerated soil in plastic pots.
Its basically like building a house on top of sand, you're going to fight with it from seed to harvest.
IMO, there are two proper mediums. One is Coco for those that wish to use synthetic nutrients and or don't have the space for larger 15+ gallon pots.
You water it every single day, the medium stays moist, the roots stay moist and as long as you get your nutrients and pH right you should have fast growth.
Two, the better choice and really the only good choice for using soil is Living Organic Soil in large fabric pot.
With a proper LOS complete with cover crop, worms, bugs, etc you also water everyday, the roots grow like wildfire and will completely fill a 20+ gallon fabric pot in no time because the soil is loose and airy and stays that way, its full of oxygen.
And if you oxygenate your water and you should then you're adding fresh oxygen into the soil daily.
And just like Coco, the roots stay moist and healthy at all times, never any need to transplant which can shock the plant and gives numerous chances to stunt growth, as does drying out your top feeder roots which can start killing off root hairs and tips.
Everyone can save themselves one hell of a lot of hassle by starting out with the right medium.
If you can only water your plant like once a week then you're better off starting over because your soil is shit.
Why hamstring yourself from day one and then fight with it the next 4+ months by constant transplanting and then having to dry out the medium which if you don't do it just right is going to kill off root hairs and tips especially on the feeder roots.
Why not start with a soil thats very well aerated, proper soil tilth, that has built into it tons of space for dissolved oxygen to hold into the nooks and crannies in the pumice and biochar and the many worm holes, a soil that stays oxygenated and stays pillowy soft and the same level of moisture at all times, the roots grow about as fast as in hydro except healthier.
You simply water 5% of the pot volume everyday in flower. So 20gal pot you water with 1 gal daily.
Little less than that in early veg and that's it, no guess work, no pH'ing, no mixing nutrients, no lifting pots, no transplanting, just explosive growth with very little fuss.
All this wet/dry and constantly transplanting stuff just makes me cringe everytime I see it.
It may work in shit soil but the real question is why are you trying to grow in shit soil to begin with.
Thats like an Olympic runner strapping on a pair of steel toed work boots, you're just phucking yourself at the beginning of the race for no reason.
