Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

GreenSanta

GreenSanta

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Heil Tweetler said:
How is that relevant? you said "i never, ever foliar spray" which sounds sort of hysterical, "not the secret to healthy plants" which sounds like you're knowledge of plant nutrition is limited, then you said "does it ever rain fertilizer!?" Ya it does, PPM response is an answer to a question that hasn't been raised. Since you like to imitate nature does it rain at all in your garden? Birds or other critters roaming? does your light spectrum range across the nm range like the sun? Your garden is an artificial environment. Arguing that you dont foliar spray because of your desire to imitate nature is idiotic.

Foliar spray is widely used by the gardeners of the highest skill level across ag and horticultural production, organic and otherwise.

Refrain from the phony expert pronouncements.
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wow man you took this the wrong way, the reason why i insisted on the fact that I dont ever spray is that it can be done, most people seems to forget. I dont ever spray, just like I will never come back on RIU and offend you.
 
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MrKnotty

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Hello again fellow nerds! I am making a couple different FPE at the moment and I am wondering if anyone has fermented Star Thistle? It grows like crazy where I live and I am just wondering if this is a plant I should be focused on extracting. THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT FRIENDS!!!
 
potmonster1993

potmonster1993

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So I have been flowering my plants in 30 gallon pots using the ROLS methods. I have had yields in the range from 5-12 ounces per plant. I am curious of what you think I should be getting. I just flower 1 plant per 600 watt HPS light. Lately I have been stuck on lower yields around 5 ounces. How much water should I be giving these ladies? I try to get 5 gallons every 3 days with a compost tea every 4th watering. I noticed on my higher yields when I would get 12 ounces was when I was feeding compost tea every time. What kind of yields do you awesome earth loving growers get when using 30 gallon pots? What should I be getting?
 
Chunky Stool

Chunky Stool

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potmonster1993 said:
So I have been flowering my plants in 30 gallon pots using the ROLS methods. I have had yields in the range from 5-12 ounces per plant. I am curious of what you think I should be getting. I just flower 1 plant per 600 watt HPS light. Lately I have been stuck on lower yields around 5 ounces. How much water should I be giving these ladies? I try to get 5 gallons every 3 days with a compost tea every 4th watering. I noticed on my higher yields when I would get 12 ounces was when I was feeding compost tea every time. What kind of yields do you awesome earth loving growers get when using 30 gallon pots? What should I be getting?
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My plants like nutrient tea every time, but they also get rain water outside. Peruvian seabird guano & potassium sulfate really hits the spot.
 
bizfactory

bizfactory

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frankslan said:
anyone know what kind of mite I have :(
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They are called mold mites. There is the scientific name as well but I don't recall that. They were harmless for me and eventually went away on their own. I'd find them on lower leaves after a watering but they never seem to do any leaf damage.
 
frankslan

frankslan

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bizfactory said:
They are called mold mites. There is the scientific name as well but I don't recall that. They were harmless for me and eventually went away on their own. I'd find them on lower leaves after a watering but they never seem to do any leaf damage.
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tyrophagus putrescentiae maybe? Thats what i thought they were or composting mites idk whatever ive been spraying them still coming out of the soil though

Its weird if you look at the picture you can see pieces of leaf in their bellys
 
frankslan

frankslan

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bizfactory said:
Yes, those. Are they eating the leaves? My blumats were on too aggressively and my pots were really wet. Once I backed off the water, they went away shortly after.
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After i noticed them i went full out on them spraying so i dont really know. i would see them on sick leaves in the lower canopy my pot is a sip pot so stays wet always... In the picture it looks like they ate something you can see it in their bellys.
 
bizfactory

bizfactory

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elkamino said:
Lookin Great Biz!

Got any tips your willing to share about how you ammend your badass 6-cycle no-til soil?!
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I mainly top dress based on how the plants are reacting at this point. If I see an early fade I'll go harder but my standard is 1/4c bas craft nutrient blend once a cycle. Maybe again before flower if I've been seeing yellow. I always top dress leaves when trimmed and return the stems after harvest. I'll throw some go Kashi or MBP once a month or so just because. I water with comfrey FPJ once a week maybe, 2 tsp per gallon.

I am pretty loose with my maintenance, the worms handle most of it. If you have specific questions, lemme know.
 
frankslan

frankslan

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Ya any tips im running cob too i read you said ypu have to use more tea im in 50 gal sips havent done much just water.

Heres my day 37 buds are kind of tiny. 20170611_014153.jpg
 
calliandra

calliandra

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bizfactory said:
I mainly top dress based on how the plants are reacting at this point. If I see an early fade I'll go harder but my standard is 1/4c bas craft nutrient blend once a cycle. Maybe again before flower if I've been seeing yellow. I always top dress leaves when trimmed and return the stems after harvest. I'll throw some go Kashi or MBP once a month or so just because. I water with comfrey FPJ once a week maybe, 2 tsp per gallon.

I am pretty loose with my maintenance, the worms handle most of it. If you have specific questions, lemme know.
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sorry, what's MBP? :D

And what about your soil structure - do you amend aeration (beyond the chunkiness of the stems you add back in)? As far as I've seen, that usually is the reason why no-tills get broken up and remade?
Cheers!
 
bizfactory

bizfactory

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calliandra said:
sorry, what's MBP? :D

And what about your soil structure - do you amend aeration (beyond the chunkiness of the stems you add back in)? As far as I've seen, that usually is the reason why no-tills get broken up and remade?
Cheers!
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Malted barley powder. I did sort of remix the soil between #2 and #3 to add more pumice but that's it.
 
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