Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

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OutofLEDCloset

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Pattahabi said:
Everything is a mess as I'm in the middle of building a new room for fall flowering. With that said, veg plants atm. Still sexing and picking out my ladies (there was even a little bending over and tying down). ;)

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I ran out of my normal EWC, so I top dressed with a little buffaloam, dried comfrey, and then covered with leaf mulch.

Peace!
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That's another benefit about ROLS. Find a male chuck it and replant in same pot. With bottle nutes I used to chuck the soil. Its the responsible way to grow using ROLS. The Planet needs us.
 
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greasemonkeymann

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well, i'd say lava rock, for the same reasons as you guys said with pumice, but technically aren't they almost the same thing?
I just started with Vermifire soil that has a lot of lava rock already in it. Perlite sucks...
 
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hyroot

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here is an update on the quantum kush ( time wreck pheno) with the cocomore from inda gro in the soil in 10 gal pot. Much larger and greener. Probably another week of veg. Maybe..... Its the largest plant. Also it was never topped or tied down. Super cropped a few times. All other plants have been topped and tied multiple times.

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st0wandgrow

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hyroot said:
here is an update on the quantum kush ( time wreck pheno) with the cocomore from inda gro in the soil in 10 gal pot. Much larger and greener. Probably another week of veg. Maybe..... Its the largest plant. Also it was never topped or tied down. Super cropped a few times. All other plants have been topped and tied multiple times.

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Some cat posted a thread in the seed and strain review section claiming his quantum kush tests at 38% thc. I find that hard to believe, but the pics he posted look very frosty
 
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st0wandgrow said:
Some cat posted a thread in the seed and strain review section claiming his quantum kush tests at 38% thc. I find that hard to believe, but the pics he posted look very frosty
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I haven't had mine tested. I will say both phenos are very stony. I have one patient who has fibromyalgia to the 10th power. He has to use a walker. He said it really helped with his pain. Then a few other people said it helped a lot with muscle pain. I also find 38% hard to believe. If he grew with led or induction or CMH it will have 2-3% higher THC than with hps. But 38% I don't believe. That would be the most potent strain in the world. Tga claims 30%. I've seen others test at 25% , 27% , 22%. Never tested my own. One thing I noticed about all my tga strains. The clones seem to get much more frosty than the plants from seed.
 
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reasonevangelist

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hyroot said:
I haven't had mine tested. I will say both phenos are very stony. I have one patient who has fibromyalgia to the 10th power. He has to use a walker. He said it really helped with his pain. Then a few other people said it helped a lot with muscle pain. I also find 38% hard to believe. If he grew with led or induction or CMH it will have 2-3% higher THC than with hps. But 38% I don't believe. That would be the most potent strain in the world. Tga claims 30%. I've seen others test at 25% , 27% , 22%. Never tested my own.
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The gov't grow up in mississippi allegedly produced something that tested at 37%... (or that's a modern urban legend, but i did read that somewhere, somewhat recently...)
 
Pattahabi

Pattahabi

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Thanks for the responses everyone! Pumice was what I was thinking as well. Most porosity, still pretty light, but doesn't move around in the soil. Expanded shale and pea gravel doesn't have enough pore space for my liking. Also pretty heavy because of this.

And I agree with everyone else, it is difficult to find. I'm embarrassed to say I paid $37 for 5 gallons once just to test it out (didn't seem like 5 gallons either). I absolutely loved it, but it was so damn expensive. I'm going to be setting up a larger vermicomposting bin and I'm looking for some aeration. Good chance it will end up no till, so I'm definitely looking for something longer lasting then perlite, and damn I hate the dust perlite makes! I like scoria a lot, but it is a little less porous, and a little heavier yet then pumice.

Greesemonkey, yes, they are moderately similar imo, with the exception of perlite. I've really grown to hate that stuff.

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reasonevangelist

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Pattahabi said:
Thanks for the responses everyone! Pumice was what I was thinking as well. Most porosity, still pretty light, but doesn't move around in the soil. Expanded shale and pea gravel doesn't have enough pore space for my liking. Also pretty heavy because of this.

And I agree with everyone else, it is difficult to find. I'm embarrassed to say I paid $37 for 5 gallons once just to test it out (didn't seem like 5 gallons either). I absolutely loved it, but it was so damn expensive. I'm going to be setting up a larger vermicomposting bin and I'm looking for some aeration. Good chance it will end up no till, so I'm definitely looking for something longer lasting then perlite, and damn I hate the dust perlite makes! I like scoria a lot, but it is a little less porous, and a little heavier yet then pumice.

Greesemonkey, yes, they are moderately similar imo, with the exception of perlite. I've really grown to hate that stuff.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_rock

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Oh, i would have answered "PBH and lava rock." I know that's not "one," but is what i would want to use in my ideal mix, according to all i've read so far.
 
Pattahabi

Pattahabi

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This is probably obvious, but what is PBH? Rice hulls? I'm concerned they are going to break down too often, but good amendment, especially how local/sustainable it is.

Hey Mo, can I ask what you pay for pumice, and what size it is? I'm with Stow, my days of smashing lava rock for gardening are over! lol!


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