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What in the hell is a cruft?? :shrug::rofl:
 
Hello @Mossy , i was wondering what i need to complete to get the @Sawney_bean breeder badge? I have journaled a couple grows and put up reviews both in the autoflower genetics reviews and the @Sawney_bean genetics reviews threads.
 
I think it probably would, but you're gonna have to make sure it's a big pot.

That being said, what are you going to do to the media after you've grown this girl? How are you going to re-amend?

I don't know your style and if you are organic already or not. I've been organic since I helped my Grandma with her garden at a very early age. I've fed and raised my family with organically grown vegetables and animals. Organics is the synthesis of the lifecycle.

I'm fairly confident that you could grow a small auto, such as Sour Stomper, in a 10 gallon pot and get decent results. This is organics so you're not going to throw out the media and will need to be re-amended. So you buy some Craft Blend, throw your media into a tote and add about three quarters cup to each cubic foot and let it cook. So without any other organic tricks, you should be able to use that media in a month or so.

Now here comes that nagging organic mindset. Ruth Stout plays heavily into my organic thought process. Basically, her claim to organic fame is no bare soil. Microbes need moisture to live, thrive and make food available to the plant. A cover of some sort over your media, be it living, dead or synthetic(cover of a Earthbox), will keep that moisture level more even throughout your entire pot.

Instead of just relying on the power of the 3.0 media and a big pot, I suggest the addition of some very simple ingredients that will assure your girl gets all of her needs met. Since nothing really goes to waste in organics, you are that much more prepared for the next grow.

Here are some simple ingredients to be used as a top dress that conserves moisture and also adds nutrients. And one is a simple enhancement for flower development to be watered in.
Craft Blend
Not only is it good for re-amending your media after I grow, you can use it during the grow.

BuildABloom​

The premium vegan non-gmo soy aminos help chelate the micronized minerals and make the phosphorus, potassium and calcium more readily available. The aminos help all the nutrients to be made available to the plant.

Coast of Maine Quoddy Blend Lobster compost​

This is a very high quality easily available compost. I've been using it for I guess over two years now and not had one bit of a problem. It's a very beautiful compost. A very nice and dense compost.



Earthworm Castings​

Naturally the best is what you make yourself by feeding your own worms. Quality food equals quality castings!
The quality and price are really all over the place.
A very decent quality and readily available worm castings are available at Home Depot. While nowhere near as nutritionally dense as my homegrown, it's still a very valuable part of your top dressing. Aside from a nutritional benefit, it also helps conserve moisture.

And Ruth Stout would haunt me in my dreams if I didn't recommend some dead material to cover everything up.
I first found it at a pet store, but it's also available at Tractor Supply.

Alfalfa Hay​

While it's not organically grown, it has not been sprayed with any sort of weed killer.
Alfalfa Hay has a good nutritional benefit and this particular product has enough stems in it so that will not readily compact.

I know this additional stuff wasn't part of your question, but with this simple setup, you can grow extremely good cannabis.
And with these simple ingredients, you should be able to handle any girl you grow.

Start yourself a journal on this and tag me and I'll be happy to help you along the way!

Excellent info Bill. I had Ruth Stout's book Lasagna Gardening back in the 90s. Back in the day before the internet I would also mail order
any thing from the Rodale Press. Back in the day people would refer to Rodale's Book of composting as the composting bible.
When I found AFN I found @hecno 's thread and learned a lot. I also dug into the stickies on the organic section of the forum.
A grower can also throw some kelp meal/flour (organic plant growth regulator) in their mix. I like to compost in neem pellets,
insect frass and crab meal for chitin. Keep in mind you don't have to buy each amendment you want separately, you can buy a bag of Dr Earth whatever and compost in into your mix. The key to it is having patience and planning so that mother nature has enough time to do her work.

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I loved that shit back then. I used to clean out chicken coops and rabbit hutches. Get out in the fields with the cows,
they thought I was feeding so they'd knock me around. Lol I wasn't trying to save the earf with my organics, I was trying to get cheap ferts! lol
 
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