poundofyourfinest
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trial and error might be best, start with a lower amount in 1 pot and add a little more to each pot and document whats best
Cooking supersoil when its cold out
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polishpollack
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I thought Lucas formula was strickly for GH 3-part nutes. It was thought to work because the micro bottle has nitrogen. hmm. I'm sure it isn't restricted to just GH, but then I never heard of anyone attempting Lucas by using any other fert. GH can be used in soil, but since it's a liquid you need to be careful how much and how often you feed.
cannabineer
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Note the yellow circled phrase.
If you have a better way for him to use the nutrient, please feel free to help him.
Wizard of Nozs
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About 10 years ago I did an experiment on ''cooking''. Long story short, there was no difference when not doing it before planting. Both plants grew normally. I did the same experiment with worms as well. The only difference is the medium last much longer when worms are present. No brainer there, but the first part was interesting. I found the process of cooking is going to happen regardless and is not needed to get a plant started. By the time you hit week 3, the medium is already going to be broken down enough to give your plant nutrients at the correct time. You can knock time off of this by using worms. Thought I'd share in case anyone was curious as I do get asked this question a ton (understatement). I'm going to be doing the experiment again this year once weather permits since I dont have picture representations of the prior.I live in an area where it's winter 6 months of the year, problematic when trying to cook soil for one month. Tried to set it above heat register and that didn't work. What does work is a large rubber bin to hold your soil, a metal 3 gallon pail and an agricultural deicer in the metal pail. Fill 3 gallon pail with water, plug it in and there you have a method to cook your soil when you can't do it outside.
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I need to play with wattage to see what the soil and soil volume needs to get to a decent temp so i will post results when i get there.
polishpollack
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If the mix is kept warm, the time will be shorter. That's all I know about a supersoil mix. Since I don't use it, can't say much. Sub usually insisted that the soil sit for a couple months, but that might be extreme. A report of results would be great to see from anyone testing that soil mix.
polishpollack
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Is there a link such that the calculator actually works? The text doesn't do much good unless it calculates. Also, that doesn't really apply to what I wrote, but it's cool to see all the same. I guess what you're trying to say is that when nutrients of a Lucas design are put into the calculator, you can get your ppm levels. What I was trying to say in earlier post was that I've only heard of using Lucas with GH trio, but leaving out the Grow fert and just using Micro and Bloom. The idea being that since Micro has nitrogen in it you can leave out the Grow. I suspect that the company intends people to use them all as I think there's a nutrient in the Grow that is necessary, though I can't remember right now what it is. Anyway, I don't use GH, I'm a DWC Dynagro sort. I'm just writing based on what I've read in forums. I've never tried GH or Lucas style. I don't know if it works well.
cannabineer
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That was a screenshot. The functioning calculator is in the earlier link.
polishpollack
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How much earlier?
cannabineer
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