Rootbound420
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Yea and cant find promix anywhere. I can find it in the 1 quart bags but not 2cu ft. Or even 1.5cu ft.Are you in the 48 states?
Yea and cant find promix anywhere. I can find it in the 1 quart bags but not 2cu ft. Or even 1.5cu ft.Are you in the 48 states?
Quick question for you! Found some pro mix finally. What should i add to it? Or whats the best mix you have used?It is meant to be an amendment not a soil. Adding Ewc and taking the mulch out is not beneficial, that helps and acts as natural aeration and does breakdown overtime and provide food. EWC is an amendment for soil as well.
If your getting black gold I’m assuming your shopping at Walmart or homedePot.
At Wally World grab. This
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mix 1 bag of black gold to one bag of this. Add what ever you want in Terms of EWC, soil amendments ect
this is full of Coco and other a nerd medias that give you better air ration give you that loose Soil that our roots love
I used this for years, before they came out with the organic one. Basic stuff is earth worm castings, rice hills. Malted barley powder.This is what i can get. Is this good pro mix? Only type i could find.
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I found the kind you said to get. So mix 50/50 with black gold how long will i go before top dressing you think?I used this for years, before they came out with the organic one. Basic stuff is earth worm castings, rice hills. Malted barley powder.
Harleys old trick haa haa!One thing you should start doing when watering is aerating the media. Get a bamboo or wooden chopstick or a big blunt wooden dowel about the same diameter and poke all the way down into the soil gently until you hit the bottom of the pot, all over the pot each time you water. I do it about 8 places but it's not like I count. It helps aerate the medium and really gets my rootball to be thick as hell. I thought it was crazy the first time I started to stab my roots too, worried I was killing my plants with root damage but it really will help them out and if you go slow and gently you won't hurt a thing.
It looks like it's mostly peat moss.This is what i can get. Is this good pro mix? Only type i could find.
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That block compressed, is 2 bags of black cow, so technically it’s 1/3. Treat this as any other los you’d use.I found the kind you said to get. So mix 50/50 with black gold how long will i go before top dressing you think?
Have you ran into herms?One thing you should start doing when watering is aerating the media. Get a bamboo or wooden chopstick or a big blunt wooden dowel about the same diameter and poke all the way down into the soil gently until you hit the bottom of the pot, all over the pot each time you water. I do it about 8 places but it's not like I count. It helps aerate the medium and really gets my rootball to be thick as hell. I thought it was crazy the first time I started to stab my roots too, worried I was killing my plants with root damage but it really will help them out and if you go slow and gently you won't hurt a thing.
Awesome thank you!That block compressed, is 2 bags of black cow, so technically it’s 1/3. Treat this as any other los you’d use.
Organics need time to break down, unless feeding micronized, you need to be ahead of the plants needs.
so top dress as you normally would.
hard for me to tell when, every plant eats differently. I have plants that will drink .10/gal a day and plants that will drink a gal a day. Lol so one pot has lot less food then the others.
buildasoil website,education, they have a great schedule to follow. Youcan supplement what they use for what equivalent you have.
Not since I've started doing this. I have had plants herm on me but it was several years ago and I was using way too many nutrients from Advanced Nutrients and adding in a bunch of additives and I think that's what caused it. Since I cut over feeding and switched to organics I haven't seen any problems. I also don't run hermy prone genetics where you have to worry about it.Have you ran into herms?
Stabbing roots and destroying them over and over is extremely stressful for a plant. That’s why I was asking. Just was wonderingNot since I've started doing this. I have had plants herm on me but it was several years ago and I was using way too many nutrients from Advanced Nutrients and adding in a bunch of additives and I think that's what caused it. Since I cut over feeding and switched to organics I haven't seen any problems. I also don't run hermy prone genetics where you have to worry about it.
Don't think I mentioned destroying but okay. Pretty sure the word gently was used twice but hey I'll do me and you can do you. I also cut my roots with a rusty old knife when I transplant if they're rootbound, I bet that would really get you wound upStabbing roots and destroying them over and over is extremely stressful for a plant. That’s why I was asking. Just was wondering
Your words were, bamboo poleDon't think I mentioned destroying but okay. Pretty sure the word gently was used twice but hey I'll do me and you can do you. I also cut my roots with a rusty old knife when I transplant if they're rootbound, I bet that would really get you wound up
Hey bud, is your water from a well or city water? Mine is from a 60' deep well (that was an expensive well to dig!!!)...mine is 7.8 consistently. I never Ph either with my PROMIX HP. Seems like an 8ph from a well works!!!! 8ph of city water??? Lemon juice that shit!!! Just curious . Happy tokinTotally unnecessary.
I water from my hose ph 8.0, I use organic soil, and Dr earth.
Zero issues ever.
City waterHey bud, is your water from a well or city water? Mine is from a 60' deep well (that was an expensive well to dig!!!)...mine is 7.8 consistently. I never Ph either with my PROMIX HP. Seems like an 8ph from a well works!!!! 8ph of city water??? Lemon juice that shit!!! Just curious . Happy tokin