[carlito]

Thank you, Chris!

Well, I thought I’d done plenty of research when I posted and then, shortly afterward, I stumbled onto a couple of videos of Jeramy Silva describing his work with Earthboxes and I felt like I’d found my process.  With a larger soil volume, I think this will take me in the direction you suggested.  While the Earthbox doesn’t have the air exchange of fabric containers, it has the benefit of keeping the soil at (supposedly) the right level of moistness.  Jeramy’s instruction on using the Earthbox have been bookmarked.  I’ll still attempt to grow in the fabric containers as well (I wonder if there could be a wicking system developed for these?).

Some burning questions remain.  I’ve used containers with water reservoirs but no wicking system to grow tomatoes and love them.  The tomato’s roots grow down into the water in the reservoir and uptake the water, huge volumes in the heat of summer.  But, it sounds like this isn’t the case for cannabis and the roots are stopped in their tracks when they encounter the bottom of the grow space?  Does that area between the water and the plastic grid act as an air exchange for the soil and roots?  I had considered maybe modifying the Earthbox by placing some similar material found in the fabric containers as windows in the Earthbox, but do you feel that the air space above the reservoir is sufficient?

I used to do immunology research when I was young and I greatly appreciate your willingness to dive into the depths of cannabis growing — research can really be fun!

[carlito]

Thank you, Silenttip.

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