Good thread man. I wondered why some of the popular felt pots weren't mentioned and now I know. I hadn't considered how the felt could harbor "klingons" but that is a good point. How do your square pot coco grows compare to the fabric pot grows? and what size square pot do you use for coco? I like the square Hydrofarm pots too.
I use a variety of sizes. For my 12/12 from seed hunts I've been using the 5"x5" ones, I believe they are half gallons? But I have them running all the way up to 3 gallon size.
Are you automated or watering by hand? Nobody hand waters "slow enough". I just posted about Netafim's new 5-inch NetBow watering rings that get it down to a true trickle and should easily wick an entire 3g pot (any kind) to complete saturation. The 10-inch model is meant for 5g+ containers, while the new 5-inch is for 3g's and below. Sadly, the 5-inch ones won't be in retail stores until February due to logistics. Check em out at berryhilldrip.com!
I'm watering by hand. I've considered automating but I don't really have the space for a large enough reservoir and I've always been a little worried about the possibility of flooding, but that's mostly based off talking to people about their experiences with blumats.
Very well done documented piece G, very good info.
I agree, the price point on the Rain Science and Honor bags is steep for a lot of growers. But I think when you look at the long term costs it balances out. They'll outlast the cheap felt pots and produce better results than nursery pots/hard plastic pots. But obviously people operate within their own budget so they aren't for everyone. For me, supporting small, US businesses is important so that factors in as well. As I mentioned, if I need 100 bags instead of 12 the equation would be different obviously!
Could not agree more, community effort is very important for sustainability in this mass internet we live in, I very much enjoy people’s input on topics that interest me and like to add if I feel others might find it useful to them, also because I love to talk, ha!
After closer inspection it appears they used fabric thread instead on nylon like rain science uses and they are single woven where as rain science is double woven fabric, so half the materials it appears, but price point is good on a budget.
Another note, the are more in line with radicle bags in size, here is rain science 1gal. In side the new bag.
You might notice the media and wonder what’s that, well no it’s not bark, it’s coco chunks, no perlite, no other media. A friend said you could not grow in coco bark, I love to prove friends wrong. She gets nothing else, no cal/mag, no bio stimulants, no root stimulant, just nutrient solution. I couldn’t tell you what strength or EC or PPM I don’t check that no more, just my love is all she gets. She is droopy she dried out a bit this am, I was late watering her, and it got below zero out in the Midwest, snow.
She is a Solstice Auto Flower, HSC genetic. She is at around 50-60 days old from the look of her, perhaps 20-30 days left. I’m not sure I don’t keep track of age, the plant tells me the maturity.
Nice!
I'm definitely intrigued. These seem to split the difference between the Radicle and the Rain Science bags, both in terms of cost and design. Looking forward to hearing your post grow thoughts on them!
Yep G, I’m right with you, I went ahead ordered 6 more, left a nice note for the owners, it was quite the deal for $10.60 really they threw in a half gallon bag too and a sticker, hmm, now I’m sure (SiliconValleyKidHere) the algorithm that Etsy uses knows I buy from 20Twenty so I imagine Etsy is trying to use good marketing for the members perhaps huh? The sticker got me. It’s just the tech guy in me is all.
