sicnarf said:
Thx, Insane. I jsut mixed a good amount of pertile into my new soil. It's about 1/3 pertile to soil ratio. I added 9 1/2 inch holes on the bottom of my pot for extra drainage. There are 14 total. This should solve the no-drain problem
GL insane with the rock idea.
Hey, whats up sicnarf? Hey man, growing in soil is pretty easy if you just follow a few simple rules.
1. Use a brandname potting soil that has NO added nutrients.
2. Check the bag and make sure that it's a mix of peat and whatever. Very few of them are pure dirt. You don't need perilite, vermiculite, or anything else. The potting soil has retainers in it. Peat is an excellant retainer. You don't need rocks, stones or that stuff. That's for outside use. It helps improve drainage outdoors. In a pot, you don't need it.
3. Make sure you use an oversized plastic base for the one and only 5 gallon container that's put on something to keep an inch between it and the base.
4. Feed only through the base. You should be able to pour at least one gallon of nutrient solution into the base without overflowing it. The wicking action of the dirt, and later the roots, will pull any water needed, up into the plants roots. Never, never, never, never, never water from the top. Let the plant wick what it needs. It will, I promise. My largest Mother is in a 5 gallon pot of mix and she sucks up two gallons every day. She gives me a constant supply of clones. She's up to six clones every week. She's Big Bud.
5. Use a 1/2 strengh Hydroponic nutrient that is appropriate to the stage of growth your plants are in. "General Hydroponics" has all you'll ever need, and I've found them to be fairly priced and they deliver pretty fast. No plug. Just good service.
6. If growing Mothers, then prune the plant all the way up to mature. If your growing a crop, then use LST and later, pruning until two weeks before flowering.
7. For veggin, flo's work if you use high output. If you want good smoke, you gotta give them nutes and lights out the ass. Don't be cheap on this.
8. Don't need to transplant. Put it into a 5 gallon container the first time. Transplanting is not something a plant likes to do.
9. Don't forget to water. That's why you need the large base. My Mothers are all in soil. I water them once each day with a gallon of nutes.
10. Don't get lazy and "forget" to prune or water. Treat them like babies and they'll give you lots of bud.