Microbes are present in all soils so when you add food through your nutes you are feeding the micro organisms that intern make the nutes avalible for the plants to use. Your starting to over think again,slow down and take a deep breath and relax.
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So woulld i be right in saying chemical nutes kill microlife and organic nutes feed microlife so even organic botteled liquids would count too and ive also read not to worry about ph brcause using the lime in the right ratio will buffer ph and that balanceing out organic sources acidic/alkaline
Im not arguing with anyone just figureing things out say example is this considered tlo
First airated substrate: Compost with added perlte
Buffer: Garden lime
So thats optimum aired subtrate and buffer agent
Next nutrition
Earth juice grow
Earth juice bloom
Earth juice microblast
These are all 100% Organic and most of the ingredients are i n the resource libary
Its my job to control heat light co2 water nutrients aired substrate
Im not arguing with anyone just figureing things out say example is this considered tlo
First airated substrate: Compost with added perlte
Buffer: Garden lime
So thats optimum aired subtrate and buffer agent
Next nutrition
Earth juice grow
Earth juice bloom
Earth juice microblast
These are all 100% Organic and most of the ingredients are i n the resource libary
Its my job to control heat light co2 water nutrients aired substrate
So woulld i be right in saying chemical nutes kill microlife and organic nutes feed microlife so even organic botteled liquids would count too and ive also read not to worry about ph brcause using the lime in the right ratio will buffer ph and that balanceing out organic sources acidic/alkaline
Im not arguing with anyone just figureing things out say example is this considered tlo
First airated substrate: Compost with added perlte
Buffer: Garden lime
So thats optimum aired subtrate and buffer agent
Next nutrition
Earth juice grow
Earth juice bloom
Earth juice microblast
These are all 100% Organic and most of the ingredients are i n the resource libary
Its my job to control heat light co2 water nutrients aired substrate
Im not arguing with anyone just figureing things out say example is this considered tlo
First airated substrate: Compost with added perlte
Buffer: Garden lime
So thats optimum aired subtrate and buffer agent
Next nutrition
Earth juice grow
Earth juice bloom
Earth juice microblast
These are all 100% Organic and most of the ingredients are i n the resource libary
Its my job to control heat light co2 water nutrients aired substrate
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Hey Buddy How ya doing bro??Good?! I hope so mang! So you trying to build your own soil and learn to make Teas or ACT's? understand Wettable powders n the like?no problem man,thats simple as simple gets.there are three soils here that are extensively Good imo.Having used one of them and talking to several fine growers whom have used the others.take a look at the soil recipe thread in Organics and pick one and ask if its any good although it is to your liking.and ill lettcha know(or someone will)what either to take away and/or Add to it to make it a useful and workable soil that'll buffer all by itself.its about the blend not JUST tossing Some Prilled and.or Dolomite lime powder in there but that helps."AFN smoke out"
I tried to give you some links earlier but many of the reads I use as a rule are right here in the Organics Section bro..But my laptop is hinky atm.so no worries.:smoke:
I tried to give you some links earlier but many of the reads I use as a rule are right here in the Organics Section bro..But my laptop is hinky atm.so no worries.:smoke:
Cheers man im good Exactly man u said it its about the right blend and not chucking in to much of anything to have correct amounts for best results i shall go review some of the recipes that you mentioned I understand what you mean about teas but what exactly by Acts
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Using True Living Organics
https://www.autoflower.org/f89/compost-tea-surfactants-32563.html
https://www.autoflower.org/f89/using-true-living-organics-31445.html
https://www.autoflower.org/f89/inoculants-33320.html
https://www.autoflower.org/f89/liming-amendments-cc-33323.html
https://www.autoflower.org/f89/its-tea-time-what-compost-tea-32878.html
https://www.autoflower.org/f89/4-20-class-soils-amendments-companion-planting-teas-32877.html
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everything to keep ya busy man.enjoy the reads buddy .be well and burn a cpl too.
https://www.autoflower.org/f89/compost-tea-surfactants-32563.html
https://www.autoflower.org/f89/using-true-living-organics-31445.html
https://www.autoflower.org/f89/inoculants-33320.html
https://www.autoflower.org/f89/liming-amendments-cc-33323.html
https://www.autoflower.org/f89/its-tea-time-what-compost-tea-32878.html
https://www.autoflower.org/f89/4-20-class-soils-amendments-companion-planting-teas-32877.html
"AFN smoke out""AFN smoke out""AFN smoke out""AFN smoke out""AFN smoke out"
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Your post is correct,Now just don't change amything.
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LOL!! well...its whatcha need to know bout the questions hes asking yeah I thought ya'd get a laugh LMFAO!!:Sharing One::roflcry: i kno i kno lol
Hey Kushleaf, looks like you are getting some good answers here to your questions. I had a look at your soil, that John Innnes looks very nice man! Wish we had a quality soil like that for purchase stateside. So having no idea what you have available and what you are able to purchase locally or get shipped I decided to paste some of my note here for you to have a look though. If you follow this mixture it should give you a pretty good soil that will only need watered. The caveat here is this hasn't been tested with autos so be cautious when adding your amendments. It may be safer to err on the side of adding less and amending more later in the grow than to be too hot and kill your transplants. Or you can always mix the bottom half hot and use straight John Innes in the top half so your plant has time to grow into the hot soil.
Food Mix - contains equal parts (by volume) alfalfa, fish bone meal, fish meal, bat guanos, comfrey, dandelions, etc. This mix is intended for amendments used as 'heavy' nutrition. When mixing up a new batch of soil, apply at a rate of 2 cups per c.f. from this mix. The main thing to keep in mind here is to try and keep the NPK ratios inline with each other. In other words, don't use all bone meal and no blood meal or what have you. You want your ratios equaling out about the same or if anything, go lighter on your N because you can always use fish hydrolysate added to your water throughout the grow to boost some N very quickly which is what I do.
Fix It Mix - contains equal parts ( by volume) of neem seed meal, karanja seed meal, crab shell meal, kelp meal. Use kelp meal at twice the volume of the other amendments listed. This mix is for alleviating any slight deficiencies or just to add a bit of nutrition and pest control during the grow. When mixing up a new batch of soil add at a rate of 1.5 cups per c.f.
Mineral Mix - contains equal parts (by volume) of the amendments intended to provide trace elements and minor amounts of macro nutrients. I use azomite and oyster shell powder in mine but adding greensand will boost your potassium if you have it. Use at a rate of 1 cup per c.f when applying to "new" soil.
The other's category:
The biggest one here is rock dust - I cannot state enough how valuable this amendment is in this style of growing. It helps provide much more than simple nutrition; it provides stucture, anchors if you will, for fungi to attch to and grow from. Use at a rate of 4 cups per c.f. when mixing a new batch of soil up.
I also use some langbeinite (Sul-Po-Mag, K-Mag) at a rate of 1/4 cup per c.f.
You are going to need a buffer of powdered lime and gypsum, equal parts at 1/4 cup per c.f. also that will help keep your pH in range.
Lastly, I really like adding calcium bentonite to my mix as a way of boosting cation exchange and adding more available calcium to the mix. I don't know how well it will work using a premixed soil like John Innes because it does have a tendency to make your soil clump up a bit so I would skip it unless you have something else to balance the soil with. It also isn't the easiest product to find locally for me, I have to order it online.
Hope that helps and best of luck!
Food Mix - contains equal parts (by volume) alfalfa, fish bone meal, fish meal, bat guanos, comfrey, dandelions, etc. This mix is intended for amendments used as 'heavy' nutrition. When mixing up a new batch of soil, apply at a rate of 2 cups per c.f. from this mix. The main thing to keep in mind here is to try and keep the NPK ratios inline with each other. In other words, don't use all bone meal and no blood meal or what have you. You want your ratios equaling out about the same or if anything, go lighter on your N because you can always use fish hydrolysate added to your water throughout the grow to boost some N very quickly which is what I do.
Fix It Mix - contains equal parts ( by volume) of neem seed meal, karanja seed meal, crab shell meal, kelp meal. Use kelp meal at twice the volume of the other amendments listed. This mix is for alleviating any slight deficiencies or just to add a bit of nutrition and pest control during the grow. When mixing up a new batch of soil add at a rate of 1.5 cups per c.f.
Mineral Mix - contains equal parts (by volume) of the amendments intended to provide trace elements and minor amounts of macro nutrients. I use azomite and oyster shell powder in mine but adding greensand will boost your potassium if you have it. Use at a rate of 1 cup per c.f when applying to "new" soil.
The other's category:
The biggest one here is rock dust - I cannot state enough how valuable this amendment is in this style of growing. It helps provide much more than simple nutrition; it provides stucture, anchors if you will, for fungi to attch to and grow from. Use at a rate of 4 cups per c.f. when mixing a new batch of soil up.
I also use some langbeinite (Sul-Po-Mag, K-Mag) at a rate of 1/4 cup per c.f.
You are going to need a buffer of powdered lime and gypsum, equal parts at 1/4 cup per c.f. also that will help keep your pH in range.
Lastly, I really like adding calcium bentonite to my mix as a way of boosting cation exchange and adding more available calcium to the mix. I don't know how well it will work using a premixed soil like John Innes because it does have a tendency to make your soil clump up a bit so I would skip it unless you have something else to balance the soil with. It also isn't the easiest product to find locally for me, I have to order it online.
Hope that helps and best of luck!
