Chris Edward
Well-Known Member
Hello all,
Would a root bound plant be a possible cause of popcorn buds?
I was just cleaning out my Dutch buckets and wow there were a lot of roots, mostly in the bottoms of the buckets, but not very many roots intermingled in the hydroton.
I double the buckets and provide a gap between the media bucket and the drain as a way to try and keep the drain from being clogged with roots too quickly.
The media bucket and the drain bucket both had a thick mat of roots, we’re talking a 2.5” thick 10”x10” mat of super fine roots, in both buckets
And the drain was about 50% clogged with roots as well, so much for that idea.
It gets really hot here and we have no humidity so it makes sense that there are only roots where there is water.
So could something like this cause the buds to popcorn?
Is there a trick to getting the water to trickle through the hydroton slower or be held onto longer so the roots can get to it and fill more of the bucket?
I am thinking on the lines of perlite or those little water crystals.
Trust me there are plenty of other factors at play here that can cause popcorning (heat, too many bud sites (my fault), I have also had had some issues with figuring out how much Calcium nitrate to add during veg and flower, super low humidity, the list goes on…).
I am just trying to whittle down the variables.
My harvests are ok, but considering how much a grow costs (electricity, fertilizer, etc…) I was hoping to have a bit more yield for all the work that goes into it.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated, thanks…
Would a root bound plant be a possible cause of popcorn buds?
I was just cleaning out my Dutch buckets and wow there were a lot of roots, mostly in the bottoms of the buckets, but not very many roots intermingled in the hydroton.
I double the buckets and provide a gap between the media bucket and the drain as a way to try and keep the drain from being clogged with roots too quickly.
The media bucket and the drain bucket both had a thick mat of roots, we’re talking a 2.5” thick 10”x10” mat of super fine roots, in both buckets
And the drain was about 50% clogged with roots as well, so much for that idea.
It gets really hot here and we have no humidity so it makes sense that there are only roots where there is water.
So could something like this cause the buds to popcorn?
Is there a trick to getting the water to trickle through the hydroton slower or be held onto longer so the roots can get to it and fill more of the bucket?
I am thinking on the lines of perlite or those little water crystals.
Trust me there are plenty of other factors at play here that can cause popcorning (heat, too many bud sites (my fault), I have also had had some issues with figuring out how much Calcium nitrate to add during veg and flower, super low humidity, the list goes on…).
I am just trying to whittle down the variables.
My harvests are ok, but considering how much a grow costs (electricity, fertilizer, etc…) I was hoping to have a bit more yield for all the work that goes into it.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated, thanks…
