Thanks for your input @beavis. I went with Kind Soil for my first grow ever which I'll be embarking on today. I posted my set up in the new grower forum. Check it out, I'm a noob and any help is much appreciated.
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Only reason I recommended them is because they are located closer to me therefore shipping is cheaper.
I planted my girls directly into the KIS biochar, no issues whatsoever.
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These were planted as seeds with a 1/4 - 1/2" tap root, coated in RTI Mykos, directly into KIS Water Only soil (not Biochar) on its second grow. Re-amended with both the Oly Mountain Fish Compost KIS sells, and their Fungal Compost, plus the KIS Nutrient and Mineral pack, and some chunky perlite. The plants rooted beautifully into this stuff, and I have personally only encountered problems (stunting) with transplanting auto's, but that does not mean it can't be done as many people do without issue.
Appreciate you guys relaying your experiences. @HustleMids you planted your seeds directly into the kis biochar? Got any pics of your ladies?
Nice looking plants ya got there @MordecaiAlliVanAllenOshea .. Appreciate you breaking down your re amending process. Being able to get more than one run out of their product with just a few amendments is certainly attractive.
Nice looking plants ya got there @MordecaiAlliVanAllenOshea .. Appreciate you breaking down your re amending process. Being able to get more than one run out of their product with just a few amendments is certainly attractive.
Head over to my thread I posted. Currently on day 43 and 36. Had a little over watering issue and now my plants are starting to look deficient. My plants also seem a lot bigger than most of the autos I've seen so maybe they're using up more nutrients than usual.
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I mixed my kis soil 2 weeks ago today. I put a whole nutrient pack with 20 gallons peat moss, 13 gallons of perlite, 7 gallons earth worm castings. In 14 days of turning and watering soil every other day my soil ph reads 7.5 when I put my meter in the soil. Should I read the runoff as well or instead..? This is also my first Kis grow.
Shit this is way beyond me buddy. You're probably better off creating your own thread in the living organic soils section and tagging @KIS. They're active here.
pH sounds a little high, that might be due to your compost/worm castings source being a bit more alkaline than what we use. You'll be fine, but I'd just monitor it. Keep in mind the rhizosphere will buffer pH a bit to help out. I would make sure my water is acidic though, you can use something like citric acid to lower the pH if you're not using a reservoir (it doesn't buffer for very long).
Also, you could just add another 5 gallons of peat moss (and probably 1-2 more gal of perlite) in and that should help in lower pH too since peat moss is highly acidic. You have plenty of nutrients in there even if you add another 5-7 gallons of peat/perlite.
