Live Stoner Chat Live Stoner Chat - Oct-Dec '21

[Mañ'O'Green]

I always dropped my pots of soil; right after me back seized up

 

[Kyote]

Next time as u fill pot pick it up and drop it a few times to make the soil settle without packing it down! If u use your hands to make it settle u can make it too tight where roots can’t breathe so well!

i sorta 'bounce' em on the ground to get them to settle a bit while filling

 

[Fermented_Fruitz]

Ya I do it cuz I wanna make sure not filled up to brim so I know I have room to add some straw mulch and compost/castings during grow!

 

[Modernviking]

Ya I do it cuz I wanna make sure not filled up to brim so I know I have room to add some straw mulch and compost/castings during grow!

Does that straw help with gnats? I know it keeps the top moist but wouldn't that make them worse.

 

[420Forever]

Does that straw help with gnats? I know it keeps the top moist but wouldn't that make them worse.

he said -> moist ppp

 

[Modernviking]

he said -> moist ppp

That one was actually unintentional

 

[Fermented_Fruitz]

Does that straw help with gnats? I know it keeps the top moist but wouldn't that make them worse.

I use castile soap as my wetting agent every watering and I use the dr bronners peppermint stuff at that and it has pest killing properties as well! Especially fungus gnats it’s kills larvae on contact so didn’t have any show up this run! Got some other creatures crawling in my soil but runs almost done so gonna water in some spinosad next feed so it’ll actually kill off whatever invaders I have! Then I’ll add beneficial bugs before next run!

But no straw doesn’t help against fungus gnats! It helps keep soil moist up top so if u have them it’ll actually make them worse most likely!

 

[Suki]

I always backfill to the first set of branches once the soil settles.

 

[Suki]

Does that straw help with gnats? I know it keeps the top moist but wouldn't that make them worse.

 

[Modernviking]

I use castile soap as my wetting agent every watering and I use the dr bronners peppermint stuff at that and it has pest killing properties as well! Especially fungus gnats it’s kills larvae on contact so didn’t have any show up this run! Got some other creatures crawling in my soil but runs almost done so gonna water in some spinosad next feed so it’ll actually kill off whatever invaders I have! Then I’ll add beneficial bugs before next run!

Would that kill the potworms I have in my soil? I thought they were bad or gnat larvae but they aren't and have been present since day 1.