tom420
Active Member
Hello fellow growers,
I have finished my first grow just a few months back. Thanks to this forum it was a huge success for a newbie like me! I have pulled 230g dry bud off of just one Skunk #1 Auto plant! I wasn't expecting that at all. I grew it in coco. Following advice on this forum I didn't want to disturb an auto plant by repotting from smaller pots to bigger ones - I have germinated in a root plug and it went straight to the final pot, which was a 11 L fabric pot. I did disturb it tho by topping it once and some LSTing but it didn't skip a bit.
Now I'm preparing to run my second grow - this time two photoperiod girls - NL5xHaze and White Widow. I will be using coco again (+ ca. 30% perlite and a layer of hydroton on top and bottom) in smart pots (perhaps going to 25 liters).
From my very limited knowledge I gather that repotting to consecutively bigger pots is done to prevent overwatering the plants. In too big a pot it would take forever for the SOIL to dry depriving the roots of oxygen. But how about coco? That is a hydroponic medium, right? Should stay wet all the time, right? It’s the water that pulls in the oxygen to the roots, right? Well then - why even bother using smaller pots? Saving water and nutrients perhaps, but my "operation" is just two plants - I don't care about water costs or even nutrients for that matter. Do I still need to repot?
Cheers!
I have finished my first grow just a few months back. Thanks to this forum it was a huge success for a newbie like me! I have pulled 230g dry bud off of just one Skunk #1 Auto plant! I wasn't expecting that at all. I grew it in coco. Following advice on this forum I didn't want to disturb an auto plant by repotting from smaller pots to bigger ones - I have germinated in a root plug and it went straight to the final pot, which was a 11 L fabric pot. I did disturb it tho by topping it once and some LSTing but it didn't skip a bit.
Now I'm preparing to run my second grow - this time two photoperiod girls - NL5xHaze and White Widow. I will be using coco again (+ ca. 30% perlite and a layer of hydroton on top and bottom) in smart pots (perhaps going to 25 liters).
From my very limited knowledge I gather that repotting to consecutively bigger pots is done to prevent overwatering the plants. In too big a pot it would take forever for the SOIL to dry depriving the roots of oxygen. But how about coco? That is a hydroponic medium, right? Should stay wet all the time, right? It’s the water that pulls in the oxygen to the roots, right? Well then - why even bother using smaller pots? Saving water and nutrients perhaps, but my "operation" is just two plants - I don't care about water costs or even nutrients for that matter. Do I still need to repot?
Cheers!
