So I've been thinking about this next run. I know.......dangerous!
I want to employ fertigation along with coco as the medium.
I read something Aquaman posted about Fertigation. It was a discussion on roots getting root bound and pot size. AM mentioned that as long as the roots were getting what the plant needed in the frequency it likes there is not need to have such a huge root ball. I guess my question would be if your root ball is large and your are fertigating would that not be better than just having a small root ball? Granted the inputs are constant but wouldn't having a larger root mass allow for more ways for the plant to load up on ions with inputs being constant at that size root mass? Not sure if that makes sense but hopefully you understand the gist.
Also, how much more explosive of growth can I expect with this setup vs soil that I have been growing in? I've grown in coco but not using fertigation.
It takes longer to develop a root system in bigger pots that are ready for HFF, high frequency fertigation.
you are using fertigation, you're just not using calculated amounts and at specific times, ergo, fertigation methods, substrate management, % volume of substrate, for vegetative and generative growth, this goes into crop steering.
And, you balance everything to scale, you're scale, you're growth space.
If I'm growing in a 5 by tent with 6ft ceiling why would I use a 2 or 3 or 5 gallon pot, I can't even grow a plant that a big, passed the tent ceiling, and I don't want to veg to that long either, of course u can Start in a small pot to get a nice root system going before uppotting ans keeping doing that but that's also time and possibly stressful for plants as well.
In a tent with 6 ft ceiling, all is needed is a half gallon to 1 gallon, if going coco+salts and doing substrate management and fertigating based on volume and plants needs.
I did half gallon coco in 1 gal pandafil bags and they grew 4-5 on last run
