Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

Midwest Weedist said:
I never like to highlight my blunders but this one takes the cake. If anyone uses agsil and stores it disolved in water. Please keep it in a marked or recognizeable container. My brillant self decided a jug of distilled water in the kitchen would suffice. Until I took a big ole swig of it earlier thinking is was simply water. Not sure what happens when you consume potassium silicate but I'll find out in a couple hours!...
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That sucks! I heard it drinking it causes your hair to get tough like wire bristles!
 
GreenSanta said:
what kind of yield per gallon of soil you guys getting with no till?
how big are coots containers?

because I can only have so much soil in my basement (to keep RH in acceptable range) the way I look at it now is how many oz per gallon of soil can I yield.... my goal is to get 1+ oz per gallon of soil in the grow, im more between .5 to 1 oz per gallon right now but since I started vegging my plants longer, I have fewer bigger plants in the room and often hit close to 1 oz per gallon, eventually hoping to be steadily on the one oz per gallon. I dont think I could achieve those numbers with no till.

I think no till doesnt make a lot of sense for most of us indoor. There is a big hype around it now people mix coots soil and call their grow a no till grow, come back next year when the container is still in the grow room, has grown great plants back to back to back, I have a feeling a lot of you guys with 20 gallons pots or less will run into problems in a few cycles.

No till makes a lot of sense in agriculture or in the garden, or even greenhouses, but no in the da house IMO. I hope some people prove me wrong down the road because I would love not having to move heavy pots around but it has to be economically viable.
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I agree. I dump the soil and re-mix every round. The no-till just didn't work well for me.
 
Midwest Weedist said:
I never like to highlight my blunders but this one takes the cake. If anyone uses agsil and stores it disolved in water. Please keep it in a marked or recognizeable container. My brillant self decided a jug of distilled water in the kitchen would suffice. Until I took a big ole swig of it earlier thinking is was simply water. Not sure what happens when you consume potassium silicate but I'll find out in a couple hours!...
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Oh no your nuts are going to fall off. Good luck.
 
Hey guys, I asked about some soil mites a little while back and now I have more crawling around so I figured I could take that pic everyone wanted to see.

I hope to hell they are beneficial..

Note really hard to get a pic lol
 

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Anyone else have any ideas on these mites?

Also I'd like to post my first true start to no til. I've been recycling and reamending for so long. Well this is the start to a properly built soil that should last for years to come with just some top dressing, botanicals and occasional tea :)

I introduce first in a 15g geopot, my bruce banner #3

The second is a girl scout cookie in a 10 gal geo that I have yet to get to grow properly. I have honestly had a couple plants just die and don't really know why, that's another topic for another time/thread. In fact I have a thread for the gsc issue if you search and or care. I digress...here she is, she's a bit rough I know but should start doing well soon.

Also I'd like to mention I didn't cook my soil at all first. A high moment that we all have sometimes lol ..so hoping for the best here. ( normally people let it sit for a monthish til they use it, oops!)

They are in coots mix with the addition of some mushroom compost I found @ hammond farms!
Will post more updates

* 3rd and 4th pic of bb3 :) notice the barley straw growing on top as a living mulch ...love it.

**Also don't mind my ghetto saucer I made out of a piece of tarp and 2x4...didn't have a saucer large enough for it at the time!
 

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Organicgrow42 said:
Hey guys, I asked about some soil mites a little while back and now I have more crawling around so I figured I could take that pic everyone wanted to see.

I hope to hell they are beneficial..

Note really hard to get a pic lol
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Pot mites, soil mites, they go by many names. When the temps warm up they tend to explode their population. Just a few weeks ago my notill pots were covered with them. Now they are back down to a normal amount. Soil mites are a good sign. They tend to start out white, and then get brown, or red as they mature.
 
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