Nutrients Best Inoculant/Microbe/Biologics in your experience?

[Arthur]

Tried a lot, recharge is my first choice. I also run photosynthesis plus. That's it for microbes. Enzymes I use SLF100 but that's just about mandatory item running nectar for the gods if your pushing at all.

 

[firsttimegrower12]

Are you in hydro/recirculating or soil/coco?
I usually follow what’s in the bottle. If in hydro I like to mix it in a bucket then let it settle for 10-20 min to let the carrying agent settle otherwise it leaves your res with a bunch of brown sludgy stuff.

I am growing in Royal Gold Tupur(coco, perlite, aged forest products). I mix up my nutes by the gallon because I only have a 2x4 closet and a 2x3 closet that I grow in. The back doesnt have a "per gallon" amount. I know I can just divide that # but, I was just wondering what amount/dosage others were using.

I plan on ordering me some Recharge soon. I've heard/read nothing but good things about it.

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[sirsmokealot]

Haven't really tried that many myco products, only Great White and Voodoo Juice+Piranha. All worked fine and the AN stuff was really good, much better then GW. But recently i switched to BioTabs and i am kinda blown away by the Mycotrex and Bactrex combo, very good stuff but kinda expensive. The 4/20 sales help a lot with that.

 

[BII]

Recharge seems to by far be the most cost-effective (cheapest yet works well; lasts a long time).

Further complicating making a choice, some products are all or mostly just bacteria or fungi while some are mixtures; some break down cellullose (dead plant tissues) and some don't; some target root health while some, such as Mammoth, are targeted to support a specific function, etc. I don't think anyone knows which product is 'best.'

Otherwise, keep in mind, you really have very little actual control of the microbial ecology in the medium/soil. It's mostly a matter of repeated high doses to push and promote colonization. Whatever microbes are present, including normal contamination from the environment, those that find the best conditions for their growth (may not be what you want) will be be dominant species. In this context, I just add broad-spectrum additives and hope that by using overwhelming doses that some of the beneficial strains take hold, establish colonies.

 

[Mikenike]

I am growing in Royal Gold Tupur(coco, perlite, aged forest products). I mix up my nutes by the gallon because I only have a 2x4 closet and a 2x3 closet that I grow in. The back doesnt have a "per gallon" amount. I know I can just divide that # but, I was just wondering what amount/dosage others were using.

I plan on ordering me some Recharge soon. I've heard/read nothing but good things about it.

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I’m currently in coco now and in the beginning I mix up a gallon of nutes with half a scoop of GW. On top of sprinkling some on roots and such when I transplant. I do that every week or two

 

[Tejasdirt]

I’m currently in coco now and in the beginning I mix up a gallon of nutes with half a scoop of GW. On top of sprinkling some on roots and such when I transplant. I do that every week or two

What's ya doing don't hurt but y'all wasting your Gw and money
It takes a week or two just to get the fungus growing
Fungi needs direct root contact to be effective.
It's a total hit or miss when watering it in or top dressing.
Apply in hole when transplanting and keep your soil fungi friendly and it will grow.
And doesn't die out like added bacteria does if soils kept fungi freindly

 

[KonopCh]

Do coco DTW and save money on this hype.
If growing in soil, get a little forest soil - millions of millions microbes inside this rich soil.

 

[Mikenike]

What's ya doing don't hurt but y'all wasting your Gw and money
It takes a week or two just to get the fungus growing
Fungi needs direct root contact to be effective.
It's a total hit or miss when watering it in or top dressing.
Apply in hole when transplanting and keep your soil fungi friendly and it will grow.
And doesn't die out like added bacteria does if soils kept fungi freindly

Beneficial bacteria can survive in your media as long as it has a food source. I should add that when I re-inoculate every week or two I only do 1-2gallons and give each plant a cup full. I am moving towards Bennie teas now tho, I think that would be more cost effective. How is adding it to the hole when transplanting keep them alive better than when poured with water?

 

[Tejasdirt]

Beneficial bacteria can survive in your media as long as it has a food source. I should add that when I re-inoculate every week or two I only do 1-2gallons and give each plant a cup full. I am moving towards Bennie teas now tho, I think that would be more cost effective. How is adding it to the hole when transplanting keep them alive better than when poured with water?

I'm no expert so feel free to correct thy thinking

IN my stoner reaserch it was shown to me that the bacteria has a short life span.
Thus one needs to keep applying bacteria to keep the bacteria level up.
Also note that bacteria need bacteria freindly medium and fungi do better in fungi friendly medium and those mediums are not the same.

Short stoner take
Bacteria are some what mobile as bacteria move centameters around to eat and shit
Bacteria are singe individual cell organisms.
Mykos spores grow together to form a interconnected organism that spreads throughout the soil
The bacteria shit
The Mykos grab the shit
IF the Mykos is in contact with roots the shit is passed to the roots and the root say
"Thanks for the shit, Mykos. Here's some sugar for you."
But this exchange only works if Mykos is in touch with roots.
The more roots touched the better it gets
So
Mykos needs root contact for it to be effective.
Just mixing in soil or watering into soil is not efficient.

one would be wasting their Mykos by not applying it in efficient way.
By placing it in a transplant hole the roots must grow through it and the Mykos grows and expands in the medium the Mykos ( fungi) feeds the roots as the roots feed the Mykos BUT the Mykos must be in contact with the roots.
Also, unlike bacteria
The Mykos needs a few weeks to grow
I didn't mean to imply that NONE of the mykos spores will get to the roots when watered in.
A much much lower percent will.
Of course the many mykos manufactures will say to water in cuz it wastes more mykos and then one needs to buy more mykos.
Personally I'd prefer to do what works best for me and the plants I grow
and I'm a cheap one.
And rather not just waste my expensive Mykos
But please do what you feel works best for you.
Pax
*******edit*****+ I am just using the word MYKOS (a brand name) cuz I can't spell mellayceium (sp??)

 

[HighnDry]

I'm no expert so feel free to correct thy thinking

IN my stoner reaserch it was shown to me that the bacteria has a short life span.
Thus one needs to keep applying bacteria to keep the bacteria level up.
Also note that bacteria need bacteria freindly medium and fungi do better in fungi friendly medium and those mediums are not the same.

Mykos needs root contact for it to be effective.
Just mixing in soil or watering into soil is not efficient.

one would be wasting their Mykos by not applying it in efficient way.
By placing it in a transplant hole the roots must grow through it and the Mykos grows and expands in the medium the Mykos ( fungi) feeds the roots as the roots feed the Mykos BUT the Mykos must be in contact with the roots.
Also, unlike bacteria
The Mykos needs a few weeks to grow
I didn't mean to imply that NONE of the mykos spores will get to the roots when watered in.
A much lower percent will.
Of course the many mykos manufactures will say to water in cuz it wastes more mykos and then one needs to buy more mykos.
Personally I'd prefer to do what works best for me and the plants I grow
and I'm a cheap one.
And rather not just waste my expensive Mykos
But please do what you feel works best for you.
Pax

The Biotabs Starter Kit instructions advise you do just that