Overgrowtho
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Hi, is anyone here working with Dr Bruce Bugbee's system/research from Uni of Utah? He specializes in Cannabis and advises NASA how to grow on Mars.
He advises to use 50% vermiculite and 50% peat moss for explosive growth (a bit of gypsum and dolomite added in only).
Of course this is a soil-less medium, so I thought that means we need to use chemical nutrients that you would normally use with hydro, right?
He suggests using 20-10-20 nutes with 1.2 EC.
Using his system and CO2, he says you can really "push" the plants with a lot of light.
I've tried it for a couple weeks (with some Earth Worm Castings mixed in (EWC is not his system!) as I couldn't find hydro nutes in time, where I am in Asia. I saw explosive growth and then they started to yellow, I guess due to lacking micro nutrients. So I moved them over to super soil and they are somewhat recovering but much slower. That first couple of weeks had explosive growth, so I'm excited about the idea of his research.
Finally, I've gotten some hydro nutes and I'm really keen to try this again.
I was hoping that some people on here might have tried his system (or are using it now) or could advise about soil-less medium questions along the way in case of any issue I encounter?
(Dr. Bugbee hasn't been responsive on email so far -- I'm sure he has a million other important things to do, like helping us colonize mars -- than answer my newb questions).
He advises to use 50% vermiculite and 50% peat moss for explosive growth (a bit of gypsum and dolomite added in only).
Of course this is a soil-less medium, so I thought that means we need to use chemical nutrients that you would normally use with hydro, right?
He suggests using 20-10-20 nutes with 1.2 EC.
Using his system and CO2, he says you can really "push" the plants with a lot of light.
I've tried it for a couple weeks (with some Earth Worm Castings mixed in (EWC is not his system!) as I couldn't find hydro nutes in time, where I am in Asia. I saw explosive growth and then they started to yellow, I guess due to lacking micro nutrients. So I moved them over to super soil and they are somewhat recovering but much slower. That first couple of weeks had explosive growth, so I'm excited about the idea of his research.
Finally, I've gotten some hydro nutes and I'm really keen to try this again.
I was hoping that some people on here might have tried his system (or are using it now) or could advise about soil-less medium questions along the way in case of any issue I encounter?
(Dr. Bugbee hasn't been responsive on email so far -- I'm sure he has a million other important things to do, like helping us colonize mars -- than answer my newb questions).