Vizzaro
Active Member
His updated mix is:
75% peat
13% vermiculite
12% rice hulls
0.7kg/m3 wetting agent
1kg/m3 wollastonite
1.3kg/m3 hydrated lime
Dr. Bruce Bugbee method: NASA technique on Mars etc.
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75% peat
13% vermiculite
12% rice hulls
0.7kg/m3 wetting agent
1kg/m3 wollastonite
1.3kg/m3 hydrated lime
cobshopgrow
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thank you!
Southernontariogrower
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Coffee grinder or pestle and mortar. Grind it up to a fine powder
Southernontariogrower
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Doc50holliday
Member
Nice! Thanks for the feedback! It’s nice to find a thread that has active members and showing some good results. I’ll definitely most my updates in here as well.
As far as mixing the peat and vermiculite (before he switched his formula) that was just by volume, correct?
Vizzaro
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Pestle and mortar.
Vizzaro
Active Member
Yeah, I can't wait to see your updates and results!
I did my mixing by volume, ft³ (cubic foot).
Northeastskier
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Professor Bugbee's videos Photons to Food and Far Red, the Forgotten Photon, are absolutely awesome. Have a notebook of full of his knowledge that would have take me ten lifetimes to accumulate on my own. Who couldn't spend 100 grand at Apogee Instruments buying gadgets?
We no longer trim off the bottom leaves off our plants. Rather we get them to the top by zapping them with 730 and watch the "photobological effects", and other cool phrases that Prof. B says. The man is a demigod. CO2+H20>CH2O+O2 ... the man is like the PBS Electric Company, but for growing Cannabis. Hale Bugbee!
We no longer trim off the bottom leaves off our plants. Rather we get them to the top by zapping them with 730 and watch the "photobological effects", and other cool phrases that Prof. B says. The man is a demigod. CO2+H20>CH2O+O2 ... the man is like the PBS Electric Company, but for growing Cannabis. Hale Bugbee!
Horselover fat
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His growth medium is prolly quite good, but I think his goal with it is consistency and ease. He needs medium which is as consistent as possible between plants to show how different parameters affect the plants.
cobshopgrow
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yes, seems so, in commercial gardening they rely still on peat as it gives such consistent reuslts.
have he ever mentioned his opinion in regards to organics, like worm casting etc.?
btw. his mixes seem to be rich in silica, i think he have mentioned that its important for the cannabioids.
looks like he really go heavy on it.
rice hulls, vermiculite and wollastonite .
have he ever mentioned his opinion in regards to organics, like worm casting etc.?
btw. his mixes seem to be rich in silica, i think he have mentioned that its important for the cannabioids.
looks like he really go heavy on it.
rice hulls, vermiculite and wollastonite .
Doc50holliday
Member
Got all my stuff, getting ready to make my first pot! Hey when you initially mix the media do you wet it? I thought I saw someone say it needs to be moist for a few days before using or something like that. May have been somewhere else though.
Doc50holliday
Member
Hey man! Just transplanted my first plant into the bugbee mix. My first watering I had 6.0 PH 650 PPM going in
5.8 PH 380 PPMs coming out. I guess it’s better that the run off is lower than higher?
Should I water a little less with less leaching to raise the PPMs in the run off to be within the acceptable levels?
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Milky Weed
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Finished the class and did well. Looking foreward to the future. It was mentioned possibly a 2nd course will be coming out, a more advanced course.
I have learned alot. Most of it on these forums, glean your information carefully. I will try to share what i have learned at some point once i take better notes
I have learned alot. Most of it on these forums, glean your information carefully. I will try to share what i have learned at some point once i take better notes
Wastei
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What would you like to contribute on a forum with gathered info from many peoples with 30+ years of experience? Not much new under the sun tbh, it's a plant after all and all the information you need should be available if you can do your own research and work on here.Finished the class and did well. Looking foreward to the future. It was mentioned possibly a 2nd course will be coming out, a more advanced course.
I have learned alot. Most of it on these forums, glean your information carefully. I will try to share what i have learned at some point once i take better notes
Be prepared to be bashed since most things is already accessible on here. Many people on here got actual education in agriculture, not a simple course that takes a couple of hours to complete.
Hope you learned something new but I also hope you're not trying to educate others from doing a simple course. Theory is one thing, practical knowledge through experience is a whole other deal.
Overgrowtho
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Please tell us your review of the course and main learning points?Finished the class and did well. Looking foreward to the future. It was mentioned possibly a 2nd course will be coming out, a more advanced course.
I have learned alot. Most of it on these forums, glean your information carefully. I will try to share what i have learned at some point once i take better notes
Milky Weed
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Always prepared to be bashed here
Making sure what I do share is not simple rehashed newbie stuff is my goal. I’m not an educator, nor trying to attain the status of one. Just want to share some talking points. I fully understand this is nowhere near a few years long agricultural education.
There was a lot of lectures they ended up adding, and overall I feel it was worth it, especially for the first module for the root zone, that had almost 23 sessions in itself.
Value for money 5/5
Rehashing basic topics 3/5
New scientific research 5/5
The scientific research was the most important to me, they dived deep on how temperature affects cannabanoids, how UV light interacts with cannabis, things of this nature. I do not regret this class for a second. They taught a few mathematical formulas for optimal nutrient strengths based on growth rate. Really too much to list here.
It’s going to be a bit before I feel confident enough in my own abilities to pass on the info, but it will be done.
Doc50holliday
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Feel free to educate! I’m always a student .Always prepared to be bashed here
Making sure what I do share is not simple rehashed newbie stuff is my goal. I’m not an educator, nor trying to attain the status of one. Just want to share some talking points. I fully understand this is nowhere near a few years long agricultural education.
There was a lot of lectures they ended up adding, and overall I feel it was worth it, especially for the first module for the root zone, that had almost 23 sessions in itself.
Value for money 5/5
Rehashing basic topics 3/5
New scientific research 5/5
The scientific research was the most important to me, they dived deep on how temperature affects cannabanoids, how UV light interacts with cannabis, things of this nature. I do not regret this class for a second. They taught a few mathematical formulas for optimal nutrient strengths based on growth rate. Really too much to list here.
It’s going to be a bit before I feel confident enough in my own abilities to pass on the info, but it will be done.
How much was the class if you don’t mind me asking? I browsed around on the site but didn’t find anything in regards to price.
Frank Nitty
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Dr Bugbee is the truth!!! I can ALMOST understand what he's saying!!! I haven't tried it because I'm getting away from using liquid nutes,but I believe that what he says is true... If he has a plan for soil,I would love to cee it!!!
Overgrowtho
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Hey I've got powder of his nutrients.
It was not easy to get and i'm in Asia, but you dont have to use "liquid" bottles for it.