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Tim Fox

Tim Fox

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Qjay420 said:
Hey man Ive been athe this my whole life and I have a silly question but I learned the only stupid question is the one not asked so here I go. What does the term no till mean I keep seeing it lately but have never heard of it before. I have a lot of guesses but that's all they are gueses.
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it is mixing together several organic ( typically),, items to "make" a soil ,, some let it perk and stew and brew,, natural things get mixed in,, to creat a type of super soil if you will
then NO bottle nutes are used, no salts ferts,,
they do use natural teas,, most make those teas themselves,, and water the plants with these on occasion,,
the grow becomes more of a water only grow,, the foil feeds the plants
here is a really good simple thread,, just read the first 2 posts,, this should get you started

https://www.rollitup.org/t/organic-growing-an-introductory-guide.921380/
 
skunkwreck

skunkwreck

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Tim Fox said:
it is mixing together several organic ( typically),, items to "make" a soil ,, some let it perk and stew and brew,, natural things get mixed in,, to creat a type of super soil if you will
then NO bottle nutes are used, no salts ferts,,
they do use natural teas,, most make those teas themselves,, and water the plants with these on occasion,,
the grow becomes more of a water only grow,, the foil feeds the plants
here is a really good simple thread,, just read the first 2 posts,, this should get you started

https://www.rollitup.org/t/organic-growing-an-introductory-guide.921380/
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Then you grow in it again , just plant the seed/seedling into the medium without remixing or turning the soil....hence no-till gardening. I suppose you add organic ingredients by compost teas . The idea is to not disturb the micro biosphere by turning or mixing up the soil .
 
Tim Fox

Tim Fox

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skunkwreck said:
Then you grow in it again , just plant the seed/seedling into the medium without remixing or turning the soil....hence no-till gardening. I suppose you add organic ingredients by compost teas . The idea is to not disturb the micro biosphere by turning or mixing up the soil .
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this is where it gets advanced,, and we lost a few of the organic guys around here,,, no till organic,,
i am going out on a limb here,, and going to say "no til" doesnt mean do not disturb later or inbetween grows,, I am going to start composting kitchen scraps around here, and going to start a compost bin,,,
so if I put 2 and 2 together,, why would I do a compost pile/bin if i wasnt going to mix it into my soil later?,,,
so i am going to dump my soil after my grow,, onto the ground or wheelbarrow, and then Re use that soil,, but amend it,, by mixing in my compost pile and other things,, such as oyster shell and crab meal ect,, then repack the grow containers,, and then grow again,,
But the dirt from the previous grow gets reused,, as part of the mix ,, over and over,,
my last grow had worms coming out of the box when i dumped it,, and the organic crowd cheered,,, lol
 
Tim Fox

Tim Fox

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its not mine either,, but I am being pushed down this road,, by my own desire for Easy,, i love simple , but it has to be easy and work well,, the deeper i go into organics and no till the better it gets,, so I find myself going a little deeper each time
just start out with a good organic soil,, such as fox farm ocean forrest,, or Pro mix,, you can gro straight in those,
Happy frog makes an organic fert that is dry and mixes right into the soil as it comes out of the bag,,, then you plant in it,,
you can go water only the whole ride,, you may have to ad some cal mag,, if you dont amend the soil with something more,, it starts a cycle of growing where you re use ,
but the more you do later, as you get used to it,, the I say more,, each little step is easy,, you do not have to dive on the board into the deep end,,
my ph pen , my tdds meter, my drops , ,my liquids , my drops, test strips,, they are all gathering dust in the closet,, I really should sale them,, I wont be using them anymore,,
 
MarCus M.D

MarCus M.D

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Evil-Mobo said:
Ok guys my first DIY cob build.

4- cree cxb 3590 36V 3000K
140mm pin heat sinks
14" Mod420 frame and northern grow lights j box
Mean well hlg320-2100B driver
Dimmer
Khatod Lenses

Running on 240v now :)
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I thought 140mm heatsinks were fit to cool 50-60W.
It would be more appropriate to put one of 163mm (for 75-85W) in each cxb3590?
What features must have the Dimmer?
Why use the 36v version and not the 72v, in the cobs?
 
Evil-Mobo

Evil-Mobo

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So here's a curve ball for you guys.

I never chopped and threw out one of the two GG girls, the more finicky one which makes this all the more ironic lol. She's been sitting in a bath tub in a spare bath room getting no water and just the daylight that comes in through the frosted glass. Today I needed to go in there for something and remembered I need to toss her and I go look and she has bright green growth coming out of the dead tops......?

Man this can't be real lol. So I said screw it and prepared her a nice 10 gallon no til smart pot to transplant into from the 3 gallon coco pot. Let's see if she will take to the no till and what happens. Maybe I can even get some clones at least off of her. So she's sitting under my T5 now that was not being used and she got watered/fed with de chlorinated tap water containing, coconut and aloe powder, sea weed extract, silica powder, and humic acid, with some fish fertilizer. I also threw down some cover crop seeds too and used some Mykos on the root ball and the hole she was going into. She got a nice little dose of fresh worms too from the worm bin. Let's see if she bounces back. I defoliated the crap out of her to allow the newer growth sites to explode if she takes, the old fan leaves would end up getting yanked at some point anyways, we want her energy to go to new growth not the old stuff. So for the moment the GG thread is alive again.

Here's GG#8 in her ugly glory right now lol, this plant had never been put to flower so hopefully that helps..........

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eastcoastmo

eastcoastmo

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Evil-Mobo said:
So here's a curve ball for you guys.

I never chopped and threw out one of the two GG girls, the more finicky one which makes this all the more ironic lol. She's been sitting in a bath tub in a spare bath room getting no water and just the daylight that comes in through the frosted glass. Today I needed to go in there for something and remembered I need to toss her and I go look and she has bright green growth coming out of the dead tops......?

Man this can't be real lol. So I said screw it and prepared her a nice 10 gallon no til smart pot to transplant into from the 3 gallon coco pot. Let's see if she will take to the no till and what happens. Maybe I can even get some clones at least off of her. So she's sitting under my T5 now that was not being used and she got watered/fed with de chlorinated tap water containing, coconut and aloe powder, sea weed extract, silica powder, and humic acid, with some fish fertilizer. I also threw down some cover crop seeds too and used some Mykos on the root ball and the hole she was going into. She got a nice little dose of fresh worms too from the worm bin. Let's see if she bounces back. I defoliated the crap out of her to allow the newer growth sites to explode if she takes, the old fan leaves would end up getting yanked at some point anyways, we want her energy to go to new growth not the old stuff. So for the moment the GG thread is alive again.

Here's GG#8 in her ugly glory right now lol, this plant had never been put to flower so hopefully that helps..........

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Ha ha sick! Hope it comes back for you bro :)
 
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