New Grower How do you guys water??

[Delta9Heavy]

simple thing really but not a lot of info on how you actually wet the substrate. Do you pour it on, if so how fast or slow, do you go in sequences? I am using a garden sprayer right now the one gallon one. It seems to wet the substrate slowly and evenly, but takes forever esp if I am doing a mid season flush. I've tried the pouring method. I don't like how it compacts the top and the perlite can float up to the top. I am going to start exp with aact soon, is a sprayer going to hurt its application?

 

[MickJ]

simple thing really but not a lot of info on how you actually wet the substrate. Do you pour it on, if so how fast or slow, do you go in sequences? I am using a garden sprayer right now the one gallon one. It seems to wet the substrate slowly and evenly, but takes forever esp if I am doing a mid season flush. I've tried the pouring method. I don't like how it compacts the top and the perlite can float up to the top. I am going to start exp with aact soon, is a sprayer going to hurt its application?

I use a 1.5ltr bottle with holes drilled in the top but my pots are only 5ltres so that is enough water for a little run off. If my pots dry out too much then it can take 5-10 minutes to water. Water a bit, wait a minute ,and water again. Otherwise it goes straight through lol. I do 2 or 3 pots in rotation so that while I'm waiting I start another.

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[bad dragon bzzz]

the soil can become compacted a bit mid/late grow,making watering a real bugger at times.
it may not be advisable but i stab the bejesus outa the top with a dart,not a jocky wilson dart just a thin pointy thing.
good luck.

 

[Eyes on Fire]

if your soil is locked up try soaking it in a few gallon bucket untill the bubbles stop with a bit of castile soap or aloe flakes as a surfactant. your welcome to try a watering with a nice amount of surfactant but soaking gets all the nooks n crannies. or it could be lacking a texture which is harder to deal with,. but that'll work for watering it well.

 

[MickJ]

the soil can become compacted a bit mid/late grow,making watering a real bugger at times.
it may not be advisable but i stab the bejesus outa the top with a dart,not a jocky wilson dart just a thin pointy thing.
good luck.

I use a long dibber aka pencil, a few holes gets it going.

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[MickJ]

I started this thread of everyday things like watering and the way I do things. Needs to add a pic of watering. https://www.autoflower.org/index.php?threads/63634/

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[otuaflower]

the soil can become compacted a bit mid/late grow,making watering a real bugger at times.
it may not be advisable but i stab the bejesus outa the top with a dart,not a jocky wilson dart just a thin pointy thing.
good luck.

jocky wilson that old school, not heard that name for many years bro. i grow in coco & watering is easy.
sometimes i start seeds incoco/soil mix, i dont have feed nuts for first 2 weeks then i repot to bigger pot with only coco.
this works great for me. everyone got their own way off growing.

 

[Duckster]

When I grew in soil in airpots, like @archie gemmill, I would aerate the soil first then like you I used a garden sprayer except I removed the spray tip to speed things up a bit.

 

[Delta9Heavy]

I use a 1.5ltr bottle with holes drilled in the top but my pots are only 5ltres so that is enough water for a little run off. If my pots dry out too much then it can take 5-10 minutes to water. Water a bit, wait a minute ,and water again. Otherwise it goes straight through lol. I do 2 or 3 pots in rotation so that while I'm waiting I start another.

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Hey that's great info there about the h2o2 for non aged water. And I'm going to try your water bottle watering technique. I assume you cut off the would be bottom of the bottle, and that becomes the fill?

 

[Bubba Grump]

Make your life a lot easier....
https://www.blumats.com/
Also, I have a new journal around here somewhere that has pics of the system in operation.