Bueno Time
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No, I want the soil to stay moist all the way out to the sides of the bag. It's still drier right around the outside edge when I pull the bag outward and peak down in the gap but not too dry where the peat goes hydrophobic. The roots stick out about a 1/4" from the edge of the soil and stop there, they dont spiral around like in a plastic pot.So the air pruning from the fabric is not desired in your configuration? Also how do you decide how much and when to water? Guessing you can't heft up the 200 lbs to see if she feels light.
I had hooked up some of my Blumats I had around here but I only had them hooked up for like two weeks or so before giving up on them again and went back to hand watering. It was hard to tell if I was keeping the soil too moist or not enough with the Blumats and I prefer the slight drybacks of hand watering. I have been guesstimating on the volume of watering, gauging by how the plant looks and had been going with 1 gallon a day and up around 1.25 gal most days the past couple weeks, but just gave her 1.5 gals tonight to see how she likes it since its bulking up some. Trying to keep the soil pretty moist but not too wet. Stick a finger in to the second knuckle once in a while just to see what it feels like a couple inches below the surface.