Thanks to Michael Box for coming onto the podcast today! Sustainable Village UA-cam- bit.ly/3IRiVXt Sustainable Village website- bit.ly/3KSVeju Previous episode we did together- ua-cam.com/video/eiN5gGYpT4c/v-deo.html
I was visiting a long time organic soil growmie about ten years ago while he was watering his plants. I asked why dont you automate your watering it would be so much easier. He said because I like to spend time with each and everyone of my plants so I do the same thing and often think of him when im watering. With that being said I still took the time to listen to what you had to say.😊
I’m an irrigation tech and my knowledge helped me install an automated watering system on coco watering 15 times a day in short bursts. I get explosive growth because I treat it like hydro
@@luis4210 ahhk bit different then my initial thought but similar concept. im just doing drips now. im behind i suppose by compair to other prolific growers but i im getting there slowly
@@luis4210 hi friend, what are the changes, longer cycles in later stages, or more frequent? My friend experiments with various ways to water/fertigate and has some zones that have short cycle timers(on for 10-20 seconds every 20-30 minutes), and some that have 15 minute on times every 2 or 3 hours. He said he doesn’t see huge differences. He’s in coco. He also hasn’t seen a big difference in using synthetic nutes in conjunction with some beneficial bacteria like Hydroguard and Recharge added vs using synthetics with “sterile” solution like hypochlorous acid. What do you think?
A couple of tips for anyone new to blumats -- if you're using the blusoak tape in a gravity system, install it when your soil is saturated and set it to the hanging drip and leave it there. Tightening the knob beyond that just moves your trigger points to a drier range. Also, if you're using gravity, it's best to use two reservoirs and install a float valve on the reservoir that feeds the blumats. That way the water level stays constant, and thus the trigger points stay constant. If the main reservoir fluctuates, the back end PSI is also fluctuating, which alters the trigger points, as if you were adjusting the knob constantly.
Keeping the soil more moist during vegetative state and allowing the medium to dry out more but not to the point of Wilt to induce flowering is brilliant. TY
I am currently programming an arduino to make my own irrigation system. This has been the most valuable information I have ever received in relation to this project....
Been running them for years & love them. I use all types as well. Driptape on big beds, halos on 15 gal & smaller. Even the single carrots work well in 1 gallon. Thank yall
I’d like to see images of these different systems in use. As a home grower if I can see a system being something I can run myself I would consider using it in my next grow. Great video. Lots to think about. 👏🏽
DIY wicking bed is something to consider, been using it flawlessly, my first season ever I did fill the reservoir full , like 10-15l lasted whole 2months of veg, deffo gonna try some dry backs this time
What a coincidence this morning is day 65 with picture taking and watering. Now I can hear all about watering. Think I'll listen first then water later...A one-hour program means it's time to get myself 420 complaint. (GSC-Xtreme)
Hey Chris thanks for doing these interviews. You always do a great job with questions and letting people answer. This is an awesome channel to learn from. As far as watering goes, I'm using the AC Infinity auto watering bases for the first time and so far they're super easy to use. It's a little tough to fill the reservoirs in the back row but other than that they're perfecto. I like bottom watering, it makes over watering impossible.
Just wanted to mention, after listening to this (as a podcast) I upgraded my grow to gravity-based Blumats (from electric pump-based drip-feeding). I contacted Sustainable Village via their website chat and requested a free design. Cooper called me back to learn how I'm growing and what I want to improve in my (multiple indoor and outdoor) grows. They made sure to only sell me what I needed and didn't try to upsell me on anything, except to mention that I can easily upgrade my new design by adding a pump later. Super impressed with the customer service and follow-up.
I do love Chris and his show, but I must comment on the company the guest represents. I would like to say, referencing at approx 19:30 of the show, that I have gone through 4 of the BluMat Digital Moisture Meters from Sustainable Village, in 2 small grows. I use 15gal fabric pots from BAS and had 1 of these BluMats 9" meters in each of two pots. They invariably failed right at beginning of flower, meaning the digital readout stopped working. These meters are not cheap, about $80 + shipping each. They do not transmit via Bluetooth or wifi, so if the display goes dead, and if their method of bringing it back to life fails, which it always does, you are f-ed. Now I will say that they did replace the dead ones under warranty all four times, but the process for the replacement was very slow. After the 3rd & 4th crapped out, I again complained and asked for a refund and that I would ship back their useless products. They would only replace them. In the meantime, I was already using Ecowitt's shallow moisture meters, and found out that they made deep ones at almost half the cost of the BluMats, too, which btw Ecowitts do transmit their data via Bluetooth & wifi. So I got the deep Ecowitts and they work perfect, no moving parts to screw up, and the deep ones also have a digital readout at one end of the 1 meter long cord that has the sturdy bury-able sensor at the other end. So, I'm stuck with 2 new BluMats moisture meters that I do not want nor will I use again. Full disclosure, I am a retired guy that grows small batches and I do not work for BAS, Ecowitts, BluMats or Sustainable Village, nor do I have any interest in their companies.
Do they post to other countries like Britain just we can't get preset caps over here? If not then they should think about doing so as they would help alot of new growers
Love Blumats system, but they clog with a lot of nutrient lines. I’m on Advanced Nutrients Salts with Big Bud Salts and my Blumats clog. I also run Flo by Drip Hydro once a week to keep the lines clear but they clog back up before the next Flo feed. Blumats should make their drip lines a little larger, now I’m back on a timer system and ebb and flow by Air Cube, Blumats is sitting in a bucket 80 carats worth of them
Awesome interview. Started following you recently but I've found tons of incredible info with your interviews. Thank you so much for what you do for this space and community! Btw, following with alternative watering systems, have you heard or done any research on Autopots?
I pump 5 gallons of water up to my 10 gallon reservoir every 3rd or 3 1/2 days while in flower. I would hate to be guessing dry back with heavy 15 gallon pots in a cramped space with a trellis net. I set all my 9 inch carrots myself. 1.25 arrows of the dial past hanging drip for peat super soil. seems to work fine. My nugs are larger than ever end of week 5 of initiation. A few times I have to pump 10 gallons to top off so it varies.
Moisture release curve was very incite full honestly. Since there's so much competition right now maybe a soil producer should consider releasing data on their soil to get ahead of the game. Just saying ......
Tangential thought here: Can the moisture release curve relate to the effect of moisture-less soil repelling moisture until it hits a certain 'saturation?' level? That wellpoint level that was mentioned?
Get a wicking bed either diy or earthbox , saves you a penny on blu mat, maintain perfect moisture across the whole media & dry backs can dial it in further as in moisture control
If someone is already skilled at hand watering and chooses to automate their watering, they're not missing out on anything. But if someone starts out with auto watering, they are ensuring that they never gain the skill of hand watering and the benefits that come with it. You will never regret learning the skill of hand watering; it pays off for the rest of your life.
If the government wasn’t so stupid and brutal to the home owners we could stimulate the economy 100 💯 billion times more than any major corporation ever wish they could the government needs to let us have a free market like they do big corporations
Update... SO I bought Blumat Digital Soil Moisture Meter and VODESON 4in1 Plant Soil Moisture Meter. I want to make sure that this living soil does not have a lot of dry spots, so microbs can continue breaking down organic amendments. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you Chris
So you recommended Stash Blend. Is it organic? I googled that question and got every kind of answer but a definitive one. No where could I find any information of this product is organic so I can only assume it's not.
The formulation chemist says in his eyes it is, but It’s not OMRI certified. That organic certification is costly, takes a lot of time to get, and simply isn’t worth for many companies. So we decided to not go that route. More frequently asked questions on Stash Blend: stashblend.com/faq/
ow much I low freedom units! 1 bar is the atmospheric pressure which is equal to 15 psi.. but now the question is: how much is this in inch-gallon-ounce-fahrenheit-fridges? Btw, don't get me wrong Chris, I love your podcast but this whole unit thingy-madshingy is just stupid EDIT-Sry, I was in a highly emotional state when I made this comment: constructive criticism and so: could you maybe show a translated number at the bottom of the screen when there is some stuff like psi and what it is in metric? Like I noped out of this episode when your partner was diving deeper into VWC and kept on referring to units I have no imagination of. (It's also kind of funny dat volumetric water content has literally the term metric in it)
Welcome to the channel! Garden Talk is a podcast which typically runs 45-60 mins - sometimes longer. We get an introduction from the guest and then learn about the topic(s). This is a common format and length for podcast episodes. If you just want short clips, head on over to the clips channel youtube.com/@gardentalkclips?si=I2y80IP09skCEABb
Love the content as always Mr.Growit! I have found great success with sip/earthbox systems, supersoil and a certified organic predigested fertilizer called AgroThrive. It is mind blowing quality smoke, and wouldn’t have it any other way. You and the Dude Grows guys have been a huge part of my success, and really appreciate the amazing content 🔥🤙🏻
Thanks to Michael Box for coming onto the podcast today!
Sustainable Village UA-cam- bit.ly/3IRiVXt
Sustainable Village website- bit.ly/3KSVeju
Previous episode we did together- ua-cam.com/video/eiN5gGYpT4c/v-deo.html
I was visiting a long time organic soil growmie about ten years ago while he was watering his plants. I asked why dont you automate your watering it would be so much easier. He said because I like to spend time with each and everyone of my plants so I do the same thing and often think of him when im watering. With that being said I still took the time to listen to what you had to say.😊
My doobies rolled, and my feet up for the next hour 🪴🛸🫡
Truly love these shows. Learned so much on the past 2 years watching
Puff puff pass to yourself most definitely Blumat is some good shit
I’m an irrigation tech and my knowledge helped me install an automated watering system on coco watering 15 times a day in short bursts. I get explosive growth because I treat it like hydro
so drips on high freq fert technique
seems legit
@@ethdsththwethr7220 mm not exactly drip because it has a pump. Shoots out a nozzle for about 15 seconds every hour but changes throughout plant life
Also run it either synthetic or organic but always coco. Works out just as good both ways
@@luis4210 ahhk bit different then my initial thought but similar concept. im just doing drips now. im behind i suppose by compair to other prolific growers but i im getting there slowly
@@luis4210 hi friend, what are the changes, longer cycles in later stages, or more frequent? My friend experiments with various ways to water/fertigate and has some zones that have short cycle timers(on for 10-20 seconds every 20-30 minutes), and some that have 15 minute on times every 2 or 3 hours. He said he doesn’t see huge differences. He’s in coco. He also hasn’t seen a big difference in using synthetic nutes in conjunction with some beneficial bacteria like Hydroguard and Recharge added vs using synthetics with “sterile” solution like hypochlorous acid. What do you think?
A couple of tips for anyone new to blumats -- if you're using the blusoak tape in a gravity system, install it when your soil is saturated and set it to the hanging drip and leave it there. Tightening the knob beyond that just moves your trigger points to a drier range. Also, if you're using gravity, it's best to use two reservoirs and install a float valve on the reservoir that feeds the blumats. That way the water level stays constant, and thus the trigger points stay constant. If the main reservoir fluctuates, the back end PSI is also fluctuating, which alters the trigger points, as if you were adjusting the knob constantly.
Keeping the soil more moist during vegetative state and allowing the medium to dry out more but not to the point of Wilt to induce flowering is brilliant. TY
Such a great bit of information to use ! I’ll be drying out these reg seeds to try this to get em to show sex
Shoutout from minnesota, homegrower here. With 10,000 lakes around we need good irrigation! Indoor organic living soil, aquaponic fed. DIY.
Here in Hugo!
Most important thing with blumats is running a bleed nozle at end of 1/4 line.Bleed it eryday
I am currently programming an arduino to make my own irrigation system. This has been the most valuable information I have ever received in relation to this project....
One day Ill make the same jump. Keen to control enviroment and data log info with these
Neat af. I make my own thermostatic switches/ pcba boards to control climate. Adruino is next.
Been running them for years & love them. I use all types as well. Driptape on big beds, halos on 15 gal & smaller. Even the single carrots work well in 1 gallon. Thank yall
Helpful tip if you use a 3 gallon pot and blumats don’t use the hanging drip. Turn it up to about 6 drops a minute
I am also excited about the idea of picking up the corners of the big pivot corners that don’t get farmed .. Smart way to pick up those bonus acres ..
I’d like to see images of these different systems in use. As a home grower if I can see a system being something I can run myself I would consider using it in my next grow.
Great video. Lots to think about. 👏🏽
DIY wicking bed is something to consider, been using it flawlessly, my first season ever I did fill the reservoir full , like 10-15l lasted whole 2months of veg, deffo gonna try some dry backs this time
What a coincidence this morning is day 65 with picture taking and watering. Now I can hear all about watering. Think I'll listen first then water later...A one-hour program means it's time to get myself 420 complaint. (GSC-Xtreme)
We must stay compliant ! lol
Automatic Watering just makes sense.
Bring the knowledge!!!
Perfect for spending time with my in-laws 😬😉
Hey Chris thanks for doing these interviews. You always do a great job with questions and letting people answer. This is an awesome channel to learn from.
As far as watering goes, I'm using the AC Infinity auto watering bases for the first time and so far they're super easy to use. It's a little tough to fill the reservoirs in the back row but other than that they're perfecto. I like bottom watering, it makes over watering impossible.
I use a few ecowitt meters. It it game changing. It only cost $20 per meter. I use it for a tent that I don't check on as much.
Crop steering irrigation with low-gph drippers and small pots 2gal max has doubled my yields vs a 5gal pot handwatering
Interesting…would “googling” that give me more information or are there more specific terms? I hand water at the moment and it got old fast.
@@Levelccanna cribs and smokie okies on UA-cam. You’ll find what your looking for. It’s like doing a nft table with a grodan cube
Just wanted to mention, after listening to this (as a podcast) I upgraded my grow to gravity-based Blumats (from electric pump-based drip-feeding). I contacted Sustainable Village via their website chat and requested a free design. Cooper called me back to learn how I'm growing and what I want to improve in my (multiple indoor and outdoor) grows. They made sure to only sell me what I needed and didn't try to upsell me on anything, except to mention that I can easily upgrade my new design by adding a pump later. Super impressed with the customer service and follow-up.
Cooper really helped me design a wonderful little design for my home grow! Really amazing customer service!
I do love Chris and his show, but I must comment on the company the guest represents. I would like to say, referencing at approx 19:30 of the show, that I have gone through 4 of the BluMat Digital Moisture Meters from Sustainable Village, in 2 small grows. I use 15gal fabric pots from BAS and had 1 of these BluMats 9" meters in each of two pots. They invariably failed right at beginning of flower, meaning the digital readout stopped working. These meters are not cheap, about $80 + shipping each. They do not transmit via Bluetooth or wifi, so if the display goes dead, and if their method of bringing it back to life fails, which it always does, you are f-ed. Now I will say that they did replace the dead ones under warranty all four times, but the process for the replacement was very slow. After the 3rd & 4th crapped out, I again complained and asked for a refund and that I would ship back their useless products. They would only replace them. In the meantime, I was already using Ecowitt's shallow moisture meters, and found out that they made deep ones at almost half the cost of the BluMats, too, which btw Ecowitts do transmit their data via Bluetooth & wifi. So I got the deep Ecowitts and they work perfect, no moving parts to screw up, and the deep ones also have a digital readout at one end of the 1 meter long cord that has the sturdy bury-able sensor at the other end. So, I'm stuck with 2 new BluMats moisture meters that I do not want nor will I use again. Full disclosure, I am a retired guy that grows small batches and I do not work for BAS, Ecowitts, BluMats or Sustainable Village, nor do I have any interest in their companies.
Which drip ring should I get? I'm in 7gal pots. He mentioned 3s,5s and 10s and 20gal pots. What about the lil guy running 7gal pots? 😊😊
Do they post to other countries like Britain just we can't get preset caps over here? If not then they should think about doing so as they would help alot of new growers
I just watch your previous episode which I really enjoyed haha what are the odds.
I like to hang my plants at a 45 and rotate daily to make the roots chase thru the cup and form a strong bottom for tranplanting
Love Blumats system, but they clog with a lot of nutrient lines. I’m on Advanced Nutrients Salts with Big Bud Salts and my Blumats clog. I also run Flo by Drip Hydro once a week to keep the lines clear but they clog back up before the next Flo feed. Blumats should make their drip lines a little larger, now I’m back on a timer system and ebb and flow by Air Cube, Blumats is sitting in a bucket 80 carats worth of them
Greets from Germany 💚
Hi Chris, I’m here enjoying my Banana Krumble and your show. Thanks!
I have had very little issues with Blumat it’s a really good product
Wow! talk about a ton of information! Thanks.
You can water instead of pivoting you could do shot patterns with globs which are 100% and faster, even works in wind?
Great guest and content as always!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome interview. Started following you recently but I've found tons of incredible info with your interviews. Thank you so much for what you do for this space and community!
Btw, following with alternative watering systems, have you heard or done any research on Autopots?
I pump 5 gallons of water up to my 10 gallon reservoir every 3rd or 3 1/2 days while in flower. I would hate to be guessing dry back with heavy 15 gallon pots in a cramped space with a trellis net. I set all my 9 inch carrots myself. 1.25 arrows of the dial past hanging drip for peat super soil. seems to work fine. My nugs are larger than ever end of week 5 of initiation. A few times I have to pump 10 gallons to top off so it varies.
Great episode, Chris.
Is there an issue with running fertilized water through the blumat system? The tubes seem very small and I could see nutrient build up.
Moisture release curve was very incite full honestly. Since there's so much competition right now maybe a soil producer should consider releasing data on their soil to get ahead of the game. Just saying ......
Tangential thought here: Can the moisture release curve relate to the effect of moisture-less soil repelling moisture until it hits a certain 'saturation?' level? That wellpoint level that was mentioned?
Sold me im buying some tonight .... Great site Blu mat all day. Happy growing
Get a wicking bed either diy or earthbox , saves you a penny on blu mat, maintain perfect moisture across the whole media & dry backs can dial it in further as in moisture control
what about salts? how frequent does it need cleaning? thinking they will get stuck from the salts, no ? on this bluemat :/
Love your work, I use bulmat,and will definitely incorporate more. One note. Pro trump ads suck.
You like paying more for everything?
So you voted for ww3.
If anyone has to explain why they would feel anything but revulsion, you wouldn’t listen.
@@leeadickes7235 lol. Don't bring that trash around here.
I just ordered 4 eco witt moisture meters so I can learn to perfect hand watering myself. Now I'm thinking I should've gone with the blumat
If someone is already skilled at hand watering and chooses to automate their watering, they're not missing out on anything. But if someone starts out with auto watering, they are ensuring that they never gain the skill of hand watering and the benefits that come with it.
You will never regret learning the skill of hand watering; it pays off for the rest of your life.
If the government wasn’t so stupid and brutal to the home owners we could stimulate the economy 100 💯 billion times more than any major corporation ever wish they could the government needs to let us have a free market like they do big corporations
Hydro. I never water, its add or shop vac out. Top feed 24/7 with water rings, about a quarter to a half gallon per min per site.
I'm looking to start a 4x4 living soil bed. Watching this episode, what moisture meter would you suggest?
Update... SO I bought Blumat Digital Soil Moisture Meter and VODESON 4in1 Plant Soil Moisture Meter. I want to make sure that this living soil does not have a lot of dry spots, so microbs can continue breaking down organic amendments. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you Chris
Was wondering if anyone has pro/con thoughts on using trays the have the wicking.
Much ❤️
Very good information.
Keep up the good work 👍
Like smashed brother.
"drip irrigation", that my New hip-hop Name
We need a bluetooth wireless watering system.
Which grow light companies have closed down?
blumat is the best i use it a lot
Nice
Great vid
What about in rockwool and what about buffered nutrients?
Rockwool to start then 12" netpot with hydroton and top feed recirculating the best way to conserve water usage.
Dry nutrients.
@@leeadickes7235 I wonder if Mantis Buffered Nutrients would work?
Heyo!
Did anyone hear the fart at 38:15
was hoping for more talk about SIP, just set up 4 earth boxes and 2 tray2grows this week
thanks again Chris
🤘😎👍
Payagarden? I couldn’t find it
Cool! now put an antizfrezze mixture in there and see how hot lt will get
So you recommended Stash Blend. Is it organic? I googled that question and got every kind of answer but a definitive one. No where could I find any information of this product is organic so I can only assume it's not.
The formulation chemist says in his eyes it is, but It’s not OMRI certified. That organic certification is costly, takes a lot of time to get, and simply isn’t worth for many companies. So we decided to not go that route.
More frequently asked questions on Stash Blend: stashblend.com/faq/
Umm
Damn that video was greatly interesting! I just wish you Americans would stop behave Apple and finally join the metric system
Perfect moisture means poor root growth
His product is mainly for flower he said that berifly because, as he said, "a plant can take up to half a gallon a day"
ow much I low freedom units! 1 bar is the atmospheric pressure which is equal to 15 psi.. but now the question is: how much is this in inch-gallon-ounce-fahrenheit-fridges?
Btw, don't get me wrong Chris, I love your podcast but this whole unit thingy-madshingy is just stupid
EDIT-Sry, I was in a highly emotional state when I made this comment: constructive criticism and so: could you maybe show a translated number at the bottom of the screen when there is some stuff like psi and what it is in metric? Like I noped out of this episode when your partner was diving deeper into VWC and kept on referring to units I have no imagination of.
(It's also kind of funny dat volumetric water content has literally the term metric in it)
Why do you make a 10 minute video over an hour long? I was interested in this watering technique, 13 minutes in nothing about watering.
It has chapters for a reason lol
Welcome to the channel! Garden Talk is a podcast which typically runs 45-60 mins - sometimes longer. We get an introduction from the guest and then learn about the topic(s). This is a common format and length for podcast episodes.
If you just want short clips, head on over to the clips channel youtube.com/@gardentalkclips?si=I2y80IP09skCEABb
Love the content as always Mr.Growit! I have found great success with sip/earthbox systems, supersoil and a certified organic predigested fertilizer called AgroThrive. It is mind blowing quality smoke, and wouldn’t have it any other way. You and the Dude Grows guys have been a huge part of my success, and really appreciate the amazing content 🔥🤙🏻
Criss ya the best ✌️💚🌱