I hear you bro do your recycling thing, yea about the Walmart bags they're made of cloth and also have handles you can see them the picture they're just tucked in for the picture.
Couldn't agree more on the saving money on the bags, I shop around for every saving. They look a decent size to. I've just got root pouches for my next run as I wanted slightly smaller pots to control the height as the ones finishing now are huge and i have to fight with them every watering. The new ones I got are 3gallon and cost me 1gbp so roughly a dollar fifty each. I wish I knew how to stop spending money on my hobby, would keep the Mrs happy but I'm sure the end product will to!
two handles or handles all around it. those when you get over 50 gallons they get pretty heavy
Great point! But I only use 5 gallons so I really prefer smarties
Hello here is a pic of my plant. Sorry camera phone sucks.
I haven't noticed this issue personally but when I water I use a pump and hose and water in concentric circles from the outside in.
Keep in mind I run coco, so apart from during the plant's early life it stays pretty damp. We may have different experiences if you're running soil.
QUITE right!
i love the fact that the smart pots dry out faster and you need to water more. Faster growth with more water pounding through the root zone right? Not saying I disagree with your points because theyre true in most cases, but i havent watered to runoff in two runs and my plants havent been greener. Just feed less and save money. Also if your worried about plants sitting in the runoff, you could do what i did and tilt the tables. As my girlfriend says, "a couple inches goes a long way". And to the guy with the walmart bag thing...i couldnt do that. Theres no way id have a walmart banner grow, id just pay the extra couple bucks a plant for bags. I have bags ive used for probably ten runs, so thats like 50 cents a run and still going.
I run straight promix hp. I start in quart sized plastic pots with ffof mixed with 15% pearlite. They go from quarts to five gallon smart pots with straight promix hp. Im feeding every watering at around 280-320 at first. As they get bigger in the fives ill go up to around 400-450. Then i switch to 7 gal smart pots, 6 per 1k DE bulb. When theyre in sevens i feed anywhere from 500-850 ppms. Mostly from 500-650 though. I just bump it up for the final development of flower size. My biggest plant on the last run was 186 grams and was bone dry when it was manicured. Shoulda been around 195 with a proper dry with a little moisture left in the flower. Heres one that was 165 i think.. And another that was 150 or just under it.
You can see from both pictures the plants are nice and green at chop date. The lower one actually never lost a leaf the whole grow, was never defoliated at all, and still put out 150. You cant see half the bud cause its covered in leaves. Some guys guessed that plant at three oz lol. And it looks like it. And in both pictures theres way bigger plants next to em 
its usually 2 lbs a light the way i run. Just squish em in there 
