how many people use 100 gallon fabric pots and watering habits?

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pointer80

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Hello all, I was just curious how many people grow in 100 gallon fabric pots? Also in hotter (80+ degree) weather how much water do you normally give your mature(7x7) plants and how often? Thanks guy's
 
JoeBlow5823

JoeBlow5823

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pointer80 said:
Hello all, I was just curious how many people grow in 100 gallon fabric pots? Also in hotter (80+ degree) weather how much water do you normally give your mature(7x7) plants and how often? Thanks guy's
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Probably not a ton of guys on here who can answer that. But I would bet about 20-30 gallons every 4-6 days.
 
dunphy

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I've only had to water thoroughly only about 4 or 5 times this year... The rain has been on schedule perfectly otherwise...

Maintenance is super low after you have a ton of work pre-season getting everything ready (I grow organic so all my nutes and shit are done before the plants are even in there... once transplant its mainly just water and/or teas and a top dressing of earth worm castings before they start flowering.)

I removed my mulch/straw because they were holding moisture so well when we had a spout of rain all month they didnt dry out as much as I'd have liked in between rains... But again, I didnt have to water at all for almost a month a half... and they were never even thirsty (even when I tried to make them thirsty)

I'd recommend it, but if you live in high RH, youve got to watch for WPM if the plants get too big... I like how my experiment of not topping 3 and topping 3 plants is turning out because the ones I did not top get great airflow, and dont even have to worry about it, they look like they'
re lanky, but the perspective is off because one of those branches is like my entire torso+head or more so they're deceiving.

I'd recommend them for sure... Even bigger too. only if you're growing organic I'd say though, trying to flush those pots would suck.

The only way I could think of moving if needed would be with a telehandler but I only had 2 pallets at the beginning of the season... and really... there is no reason to move them anyways, but it was sorta a just in case thing because my plot is surrounded by so many tall trees.
 
JoeBlow5823

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dunphy said:
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I've only had to water thoroughly only about 4 or 5 times this year... The rain has been on schedule perfectly otherwise...

Maintenance is super low after you have a ton of work pre-season getting everything ready (I grow organic so all my nutes and shit are done before the plants are even in there... once transplant its mainly just water and/or teas and a top dressing of earth worm castings before they start flowering.)

I removed my mulch/straw because they were holding moisture so well when we had a spout of rain all month they didnt dry out as much as I'd have liked in between rains... But again, I didnt have to water at all for almost a month a half... and they were never even thirsty (even when I tried to make them thirsty)

I'd recommend it, but if you live in high RH, youve got to watch for WPM if the plants get too big... I like how my experiment of not topping 3 and topping 3 plants is turning out because the ones I did not top get great airflow, and dont even have to worry about it, they look like they'
re lanky, but the perspective is off because one of those branches is like my entire torso+head or more so they're deceiving.

I'd recommend them for sure... Even bigger too. only if you're growing organic I'd say though, trying to flush those pots would suck.

The only way I could think of moving if needed would be with a telehandler but I only had 2 pallets at the beginning of the season... and really... there is no reason to move them anyways, but it was sorta a just in case thing because my plot is surrounded by so many tall trees.
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Yeah i think your right on track man. Judging by the trees around you (the actual trees) you wont have to water much.
 
dunphy

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Had some crazy dream grows where there are robot arms with these on the ends, which are on rotating platforms like those tea cup rides, but slower, and they just ride around very slowly following the sun, then drive into a hanger for night...

If I were some crazy billionaire pothead scientist or some shit. o_Obongsmilie:rolleyes:
 
dunphy

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JoeBlow5823 said:
Yeah its important to know the path of the sun throughout the season so you can get your garden in the optimal spot and never have to mess with it.
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ganga gurl420 said:
This is why I go out in spring time and put a tall pole in the ground and go out and check 3 times a day. I get to see if the plant would get full sun in the fall. Really helps me pick spots
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Yeah, I had known the "best spot, but I hadnt gone about 20 ft to the north, so I wanted to be sure on those two.

Good idea on the spring time,... I originally took the sat images of my house and noticed where least tree cover was throughout the decade (google sat img history)

Then from there, I opened Google SketchUp a free 3d modeling program, and you can import your coordinates, it overlays the sat image, then you can model out a 2x4 or a tree, put on realistic shadows, and then change the year/month/time of day to get the almost exact location of any spot and at any height, you can refine your model even more by adding heights to things like fences/walls/buildings and check if you're going to fall into the cast shadow at any time/month through the grow.


I originally had to do this for a new spot where I wasnt there the year before so I didnt have time to check the prior year,turned out that this worked so much better.

If anyones interested and needs a hand Id be glad to help.
 
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