New Grower First Grow - Mephisto - Jammy Dodgers #2 (4)

[Farmer.Jon]

Hey RedWolf!

I’ve been following your grow, but only in the background. Each grower does their own thing, I mix Stonington blend with Build a Soil #4. One has nutes that run out after 30 days while the other lasts longer and finishes the grow. It works well for me, maybe not for others.

One piece of advice, keep a notebook or grow journal and don’t treat them all the same. Maybe add 1/2 the nutrients suggested by the manufacture to one and 1/4 to the other. See what works or what doesn’t, fine tune your style and have fun! Don’t sweat the small stuff, they are just plants.

 

[RedWolfDiesel]

Day 27 DTE tent~~~

Germ MC tent ~~~
Looks like JD#2 is in 1st place

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

I see, so the bacteria and fungus in the soil use the sugars released by the root system and in exchange they break down the elements exchanging the ions with the roots. Interesting so how were plants growing before fungus existed? How were they able to take in nutrients? And when they died did they just collapse and stack on each other? I didn't realize how detrimental a dry soil was for bacterial life.

I did notice that some of the pots had hydrophobic patches on top, and I instantly realized that this is what the yucca powder helps solve. All of that foam produced has to penetrate through the peat no matter what. Thanks for the half water weight advice, I was actually wondering if I should just let it get close to dry but now I'll do it halfway.

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I found this. I'm starting to understand

Yes, the interaction between roots and soil is unbelievably complex and has developed over hundreds of thousands of years.

Yes, a product like Recharge is designed to give your soil a shot of carbohydrates and lots of microbes to help make whatever elements are remaining in the soil available to the plant. In organic soil it is best used toward the end of the grow when the minerals in the pot are being exhausted.

If you have space for one of these you can have soil in different stages of readiness for your grow.

Just add these elements to refresh your soil and let it "Cook" in the composter. The green numbers make a small batch.

 

[RedWolfDiesel]

I reuse my soil, I wont grow any other way.

https://www.sare.org/publications/building-soils-for-better-crops/the-living-soil/

Agronomy

Agronomy, an international, peer-reviewed Open Access journal.

www.mdpi.com

Thanks for the book!!

 

[RedWolfDiesel]

I reuse my pro mix for 4 or 5 runs before I put it out in my outdoor garden. After harvest I dump the pot out n get some of the bigger roots out but leave most of them and break apart the medium and re charge it with the dry amendments I use and moisten it n put it back in the pot. Usually I add a bit more perlite and worm castings. As long as you didn't have any issues in your grow ie root aphids or root rot , spider mites, pm or anything like that you should be all good to reuse the medium. Honestly my opinion is that with organic growing the soil gets better the more you reuse it.

Awesome, I'll be sure to reuse this promix, thanks for the recipe. On that last part though, after reading that soil article I clipped I feel like you're onto something on the soil getting better over time. The roots mucus sloughs off and collects the bad elements and also attract bacteria. It kinda makes me wonder if you could take soil and part of the root system of a healthy plant and give it to a sick plant to heal it.

 

[RedWolfDiesel]

It seems like alot, but it's actually much easier than it seems. After every cycle I pull the taproot from the soil. Then I treat the soil with NPK Bloom Microbes after pulling the taproot before germ to help break down the remaining roots and convert them to usable nutrients for a new seedling. I seldom remove the soil from the pot, if ever at all. Aside from pulling the taproot, I try to not disturb the soil beyond the depth of the new cycle ammendments ever. I've used this schedule for a few years now, and the results have been stellar.. I hope it helps you..

Here's the schedule:

Soil Amendments pre germination:

Down To Earth Bat Guano, Wiggle Worm Worm Castings, Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth. NPK Industries Microbes. And finally, Arbico Organics Mycorrhizal Fungi.

Flowering ammendments:

Start day 21-25, and every 10-14 days thereafter unless deficiencies are detected. In which case the schedule will shift to every 7 days. (usually late Flower)

Down To Earth Bat Guano, Dr Earth Flower Girl, Diatomaceous Earth, Worm Castings, and (NPK Industries Bloom Microbes, first week of Flower and as needed thereafter) . (Final 2 weeks, no Bat Guano)



Watering/ Foliar Spray Additives:

NPK Industries Full Up, Kelp-(something new I'm trying) , Silica, and Neptune's Harvest Organic Liquid Fish & Seaweed-(used between amendmemt schedule if signs of NPK deficiencies arise.)

I may add Azomite at the beginning of the cycle if I feel that the soil has been overly depleted from the last run. I also cycle the PH from low to high from beginning to end during the grow cycle. Starting at 6.1 and slowly increasing it week by week until I max at 6.6-6.8 nearing the end of the cycle depending upon how the plant reacts.
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Wait so you don't remove any of the soil from the pot? you just remove the root and add everything to the top half of the pot? Wow that' saves so much time. How exactly do you Foliar feed a plant?

 

[RedWolfDiesel]

Hey RedWolf!

I’ve been following your grow, but only in the background. Each grower does their own thing, I mix Stonington blend with Build a Soil #4. One has nutes that run out after 30 days while the other lasts longer and finishes the grow. It works well for me, maybe not for others.

One piece of advice, keep a notebook or grow journal and don’t treat them all the same. Maybe add 1/2 the nutrients suggested by the manufacture to one and 1/4 to the other. See what works or what doesn’t, fine tune your style and have fun! Don’t sweat the small stuff, they are just plants.

Thanks for the support bro. I'm going to fine tune the feeding schedule for each of my plants soon. I noticed that they're all unique with different needs. I couldn't find build a soil #4 btw

 

[N/A-Greengo]

Wait so you don't remove any of the soil from the pot? you just remove the root and add everything to the top half of the pot? Wow that' saves so much time. How exactly do you Foliar feed a plant?

Indeed, I remove the taproot and treat with Microbes and let stand for a few days, then ammend. Or remove, and ammend then treat with microbes. I do it either way. But in soil that is heavily filled with roots from consecutive grows, I more often do the first method.

For foliar. I put my additives in at 1/8 the suggested dosage In a separate pressure sprayer, with dechlorinated water. Then I adjust PH to the same factor as what I put in the soil. Then I completely spray the plants once or twice a week right before lights out, usually strarting at the first sign of Flower.

 

[RedWolfDiesel]

Yes, the interaction between roots and soil is unbelievably complex and has developed over hundreds of thousands of years.

Yes, a product like Recharge is designed to give your soil a shot of carbohydrates and lots of microbes to help make whatever elements are remaining in the soil available to the plant. In organic soil it is best used toward the end of the grow when the minerals in the pot are being exhausted.

If you have space for one of these you can have soil in different stages of readiness for your grow.

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Just add these elements to refresh your soil and let it "Cook" in the composter. The green numbers make a small batch.

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Oh nice I remember listening to Dark Horse's podcast and Daz was talking about his soil. He uses a cement mixer but this little tumbler is perfect!

 

[RedWolfDiesel]

Day 28 DTE tent~~~