Heyz (pun intended),
so we are currently in our very first week of growing ever and are very excited to see that our seeds have germinated bud (pun intended) have couple of questions about next steps.
We are keeping everything organic and we mixed our own supersoil which we think is a great idea to grow.. The 60 liters of soil has been composting for 33 days now in a closed container. In the tutorial we read that it will become hot to the touch and that it should always be kept moist but not soggy. What we observed is that it never became literally hot but at the beginning it did feel warm, now is room temperature. As for the moistness, not sure what that exactly means. The soil is definitely not dry but nor is a wet paste, when I grab it it crumbles in my hand so I hope that is in the ballpark. Also when we open the lid we can smell a potent gassy odor, so there is something happening inside.
We are growing the seedlings in jiffs which seem to work perfectly but soon it will be time for their first transplant and we wanna put them in solo cups first.
As for the watering we spray the jiffs every morning, with rain water if available, and we keep them nice and wet and humid in this plastic jiff container which they will soon outgrow. Next week we are leaving for 5 days and would like to implement a dripping system that would provide slow but constant water source for the plants.
My questions are:
1. Based on my description, is the super soil spot on?
2. When we will transplant into solo cups, I guess in about a week, can we already use bottom half supersoil and upper half coco coir? Or will that be too much nutrition at first and we should only plant in coco coir or regular soil in the solo cups?
3. The soil will be composting for roughly 40 days by that time. Is that enough for 60 liters?
4. Can we keep spraying the plants with water every day even when they are slightly bigger? With this technique the soil is always wet and there is no runoff water, however GWE website says best thing is to water every 3 - 5 days or when the soil is dry up to the first knuckle. Maybe this only applies for bigger plants?
5. Regarding the 5 days away time and dripping mechanism. OK or not OK?
Bonus question: We are also considering LST & Topping/FIMing to increase the yield but we are growing in natural light on a balcony with windows so semi outdoors. Are these techniques also applicable for these conditions or strictly indoors?
Thank you
so we are currently in our very first week of growing ever and are very excited to see that our seeds have germinated bud (pun intended) have couple of questions about next steps.
We are keeping everything organic and we mixed our own supersoil which we think is a great idea to grow.. The 60 liters of soil has been composting for 33 days now in a closed container. In the tutorial we read that it will become hot to the touch and that it should always be kept moist but not soggy. What we observed is that it never became literally hot but at the beginning it did feel warm, now is room temperature. As for the moistness, not sure what that exactly means. The soil is definitely not dry but nor is a wet paste, when I grab it it crumbles in my hand so I hope that is in the ballpark. Also when we open the lid we can smell a potent gassy odor, so there is something happening inside.
We are growing the seedlings in jiffs which seem to work perfectly but soon it will be time for their first transplant and we wanna put them in solo cups first.
As for the watering we spray the jiffs every morning, with rain water if available, and we keep them nice and wet and humid in this plastic jiff container which they will soon outgrow. Next week we are leaving for 5 days and would like to implement a dripping system that would provide slow but constant water source for the plants.
My questions are:
1. Based on my description, is the super soil spot on?
2. When we will transplant into solo cups, I guess in about a week, can we already use bottom half supersoil and upper half coco coir? Or will that be too much nutrition at first and we should only plant in coco coir or regular soil in the solo cups?
3. The soil will be composting for roughly 40 days by that time. Is that enough for 60 liters?
4. Can we keep spraying the plants with water every day even when they are slightly bigger? With this technique the soil is always wet and there is no runoff water, however GWE website says best thing is to water every 3 - 5 days or when the soil is dry up to the first knuckle. Maybe this only applies for bigger plants?
5. Regarding the 5 days away time and dripping mechanism. OK or not OK?
Bonus question: We are also considering LST & Topping/FIMing to increase the yield but we are growing in natural light on a balcony with windows so semi outdoors. Are these techniques also applicable for these conditions or strictly indoors?
Thank you
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