Watering with living soil?

[GrowBeyond]

How often, and how thoroughly should I water? I'm used to letting it dry out every 2 or 3 days, but I heard the microbes need to stay moist. Would that rule out using the fabric pots that I have? I was hoping to use 3 gallon, but I have some 5 gallon that I could use instead. I'll be using it with a dripper system, and ideally just adding water, without runoff. I have a bunch of synthetic nutrients, but figured learning organic instead would be worth it because of the lack of runoff.

 

[green_machine_two9er]

Everyday! If you get runoff instantly during watering than increase water volume next day. If you get runoff like 10-15 minutes after watering then decrease volume next day. No runoff than it’s juuuusssstt right and stay the course.

 

[green_machine_two9er]

Also pot sizes need to be larger when compared to “traditional” bottle fed grows.

a 5 gallon pot for me would = a 1-2 week veg time straight from clone. 7s or bigger for larger veg times or bigger plants.

 

[Marq1340]

I watered once every morning with my 3gallon pots using what build soil recommended.

"5-10% of the soil volume for potting soils.

Small Containers with bigger plants need daily water."

"So how much water is 5% or 10%?

Use your soil volume to multiply by 5% or 10%

For example: 30 Gallons of soil = (30 gallons of soil x 5% = 1.5 gallons of water)"

"It's up to you! Water slowly to evenly saturate. (We use the Chapin 1949 Sprayer) Use 10% by volume water or 1 gallon for every 10 gallons of soil used. Tip: Use Aloe and Yucca to help hydrate the Hydrophobic Peatmoss"

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