Anybody wanna see what my pots were like inside?

[Puglover1]

Today I emptied the pots/carcasses that were sitting in the closet for ~ 3 months. I wish I was seeing giant rounds of hash but it's three inches of root-covered perlite on the bottoms. When I removed the top perlite there was still-damp soil underneath. One stalk broke right off, one I pulled a little, the 3rd one was the hardest to remove, it still has the starter cage on it.

Seeds. I'm on my last of 3 purchased gelato auto seeds, two empties so far. The freebie seeds grew, waiting to germinate the purchased Wild Thai photo seeds though I maybe should see if one will pop, if successful plant it outside in the soon-to-be moved compost bin area. Soaking the Gelato seed now, might as well soak another auto seed or two for the closet, way things are going. Fabric pots arrived today, mixing soil medium tmrw. Closet is vacuumed, bottom carpet-cover is washed, need to get out the crates and wire shelving, clean 'em, get the pots under the lights. And hope for seeds to pop.

Do I need to wash the fabric pots first??

[Mr.furley]

Amazing! Good job on getting flipped over and cleaned up. You don't need to wash the new pot but I always run calmag water Through the coco mix in the pot before I plant.

[SoOrbudgal]

I don't wash new bags only very well used older ones. Are you saying you got empty purchased seeds from a online source that are duds? Well crap that's awful, you write them and tell em i know you don't have alot of resorces they hopefully will make it right.

[Puglover1]

SoOrbudgal Seedsman. I plan to email them. They've emailed me to see how things went but I hadn't tried their seeds yet, they arrived in January. Oh DeJoy. I just rec'd a pkg today from Ohio to IL: 13 days.

[DeadlyFruit]

I washed my pots but not sure that was necessary. To be honest, one of the reasons I am thinking of switching to DWC is so I don’t have to worry about managing the coco supply and when/how to dispose of it.

[SoOrbudgal]

I toss mine into my flower/veggie beds. But i also flush my soil/coco coir with water final drink so i can reuse and replenish it next grow i add more of my soil i have mixed in large tub add that to the old. Then i will toss it in the beds.

[Puglover1]

Well, I got this far but not far enough. More water is dechlorinating, texted the nephew to come move the lights down tomorrow. I have enough soil mixture to fill one more bag, and my last gelato seed is still soaking. I ran out of the organic garden soil, peat moss and am very low on organic perlite. My pH meter needs calibrating so I used the dog's UA test strips again - 7.0. I forgot to use the long shelf I removed in the first grow to put across the blue containers, duh - tomorrow. Also forgot that I have a new reflective 'emergency blanket' in my car's trunk. After I shop I should be able to put 4 autos in there, maybe, if I have any auto seeds left. My dogs are barking, and I don't mean the pugs.

[UndergroundFarmer]

I flushed out the coco/perlite mix in their pots once all the plant matter was out and left them to dry out until I'm ready to start the next batch of seeds.