Organic soil
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green_machine_two9er
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Straight compost is kinda scary. I don’t think that’s a good idea.
green_machine_two9er
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Just not super conducive to healthy plant roots and soil health. Are you in containers? Or going in the ground outside? Either way. Compost could make up tom1/3 of your mix, you can top heavily with compost as well.
but you want some aeration and peat or leaf mold.
but you want some aeration and peat or leaf mold.
dbz
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Everything said above is pertinent. There is a grower here who grows very large outdoor grows in cow manure compost very successfully. It definitely needs to be well composted and you will need some type of aeration.
However to specifically address your question...You do not need to flush...ever in organics. Even in hydro you should only flush to remove excess salt and nutrient buildup.
OSBuds
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dbz
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Yeah her grows are pretty massive:
ganga gurl420
www.rollitup.org
Might be horse manure, would have to read back through again. Picture from @ganga gurl420 Props to her.
getogrow
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i knew i "knew" somebody who grew in straight poop. There she is hidden behind the dinosours.
getogrow
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Im with dbz , you never really flush real soil. It does nothing to help and may hurt.
Funkentelechy
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As everyone else has mentioned, if it is fully composted and there is plenty of drainage/aeration, then they should do great. Composted manure is awesome.
However, you know that old adage that you get out what you put in? I've known a few growers who grow with less than fully composted manure, their plants get huge but their buds taste like........manure.
Make sure it is well composted and you'll do great.
However, you know that old adage that you get out what you put in? I've known a few growers who grow with less than fully composted manure, their plants get huge but their buds taste like........manure.
Make sure it is well composted and you'll do great.
JimmyJackCorn
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I dumped three totes full of goat shit and piss straw into a huge pile of leaves and grass last April. It all melted down into 1/4 its volume over the summer.
That soil was HOT. It aged in pots in my garage for three weeks in November before it stopped smelling like ammonia. That's when I dropped in the seeds.
They did great. Popped fast, grew short and bushy. They were so very dark green.
A minor heat event almost killed them in early January. I flushed the crap out of that soil and saved the first gallon of runoff (sits at 6.2 pH, made from 7.2 tapwater). The next few gallons went to a dead spot in my lawn.
The plants completely recovered. They've been in flower for eight days and are growing almost an inch a day. The older leaves are starting to turn a darker green.
The only amendment I added was Epsom salt (low native magnesium). Never a fertilizer, just tapwater every few days.
I can't wait to see how the flowering progresses.
Still, my next batch of soil is 1:1:1 goat compost, recycled garden topsoil, perlite. I still flushed the compost once before combining it with the topsoil and perlite. I am curious if I'll need to add nutrients at some point with the new soil's grow.
That soil was HOT. It aged in pots in my garage for three weeks in November before it stopped smelling like ammonia. That's when I dropped in the seeds.
They did great. Popped fast, grew short and bushy. They were so very dark green.
A minor heat event almost killed them in early January. I flushed the crap out of that soil and saved the first gallon of runoff (sits at 6.2 pH, made from 7.2 tapwater). The next few gallons went to a dead spot in my lawn.
The plants completely recovered. They've been in flower for eight days and are growing almost an inch a day. The older leaves are starting to turn a darker green.
The only amendment I added was Epsom salt (low native magnesium). Never a fertilizer, just tapwater every few days.
I can't wait to see how the flowering progresses.
Still, my next batch of soil is 1:1:1 goat compost, recycled garden topsoil, perlite. I still flushed the compost once before combining it with the topsoil and perlite. I am curious if I'll need to add nutrients at some point with the new soil's grow.