Grow Mediums "Times are a changing, continued."

[Art981]

Looking good!

 

[Nosias]

Thank you ALL for your service.
My Dad 1944

 

[pop22]

I had the same problems with coco and got sick of it. that's why all my pots have potting soil in them. lots of advantages to soil, it retains nutrients so you can feed at lower levels. A bit less sensitive to ph shifts. You don't have to feed at all for the first 2 weeks if you don't want to. You run a higher PH which causes less problems than running very low in coco Coco, IMO, is less troublesome when you run your ph in the 6.0-6.2 range, I don't care what the nutrient companies say. when I upped my PH, the ph issues mostly went away. blend some coco with soil and fill your auto pots and your good for a couple years! I don't change out the soil. I cut out the stump of the last plant and plant again in the hole. Haven't flushed them in 2 1/2 years either!

 

[Nosias]

@pop22 I am getting more of this yellowing on a couple ladies. Your thoughts

 

[Nosias]

I had the same problems with coco and got sick of it. that's why all my pots have potting soil in them. lots of advantages to soil, it retains nutrients so you can feed at lower levels. A bit less sensitive to ph shifts. You don't have to feed at all for the first 2 weeks if you don't want to. You run a higher PH which causes less problems than running very low in coco Coco, IMO, is less troublesome when you run your ph in the 6.0-6.2 range, I don't care what the nutrient companies say. when I upped my PH, the ph issues mostly went away. blend some coco with soil and fill your auto pots and your good for a couple years! I don't change out the soil. I cut out the stump of the last plant and plant again in the hole. Haven't flushed them in 2 1/2 years either!

I hear you and I understand. I do follow your threads and I see whatn you are doing, well that which you allow us to see

I will re-read and find where you discuss this "radical" approach.

 

[St. Tom]

Thank you ALL for your service.
My Dad 1944
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wonderful pic my friend

 

[Nosias]

wonderful pic my friend

Thanks. The world always changes.

 

[pop22]

You know, I never really went into it indepth, I just sort of evolved to my current way of doing things. It's really just my way of doing non-organic no till lol!


I'll have an organic surprise coming up in a month or so............

I hear you and I understand. I do follow your threads and I see whatn you are doing, well that which you allow us to see

I will re-read and find where you discuss this "radical" approach.

 

[Nosias]

You know, I never really went into it indepth, I just sort of evolved to my current way of doing things. It's really just my way of doing non-organic no till lol!


I'll have an organic surprise coming up in a month or so............

Very nice.

 

[briefbriefs]

I had the same problems with coco and got sick of it. that's why all my pots have potting soil in them. lots of advantages to soil, it retains nutrients so you can feed at lower levels. A bit less sensitive to ph shifts. You don't have to feed at all for the first 2 weeks if you don't want to. You run a higher PH which causes less problems than running very low in coco Coco, IMO, is less troublesome when you run your ph in the 6.0-6.2 range, I don't care what the nutrient companies say. when I upped my PH, the ph issues mostly went away. blend some coco with soil and fill your auto pots and your good for a couple years! I don't change out the soil. I cut out the stump of the last plant and plant again in the hole. Haven't flushed them in 2 1/2 years either!

hey Pop22! Ive grown to really value your experience and opinion -- despite the fact that im almost completely turned off from soil, you may be the only one that can convince me to give it another shot. If my goal is to grow with as little worry as possible over pests, what soil would you recommend (im going to be growing with an autopot next)? I know there are "build a soil" you can do, etc etc...but the world of soil is vast and i had a really bad bug experience with Fox Farms (as well as having zero transparency in regards to the levels of amendments/nutrients they put in their soil, making it so difficult to figure out how much to feed my plant). Help?