."Chemical Ferts are too soluble, they are absorbed quickly, but also leach out quickly."
And that's the chemistry lesson for the day.
"Chemical Ferts are too soluble, they are absorbed quickly, but also leach out quickly."
This I must disagree with, for only one reason. There's no real difference between chemical ferts and organic ferts, plain and simple nitrogen is nitrogen. Potassium is potassium. Phosphorous is phosphorous. Nitrogen derived from organic sources like urine is the exact same as nitrogen chemically derived from ammonia (All you're doing is knocking off the 4 hydrogen atoms, nothing else sticks after distillation and dilution.)
People say organic smokes better than chemcal - I believe that to be factually incorrect. Organic and chemical can produce the same smoke smoothness and rich taste, the major diffeence is that organic tends to be WEAKER in concentration of nutes than chemical, so as Organic says the plant overloads with nutes it can't POSSIBLY use. These create a harsher smoke because they won't leach out of the plant and soil any faster than the plant can actually removes excesses to begin with, whereas the weaker concentration found in organic will leach out quicker simply because there's less of the nutrients present to begin with.
And that's the chemistry lesson for the day.
.Ohso- What do you think about adding greensand/rockdust into a tea?? Do you have any personal experience with it? Thanks.
.Yea im gonna have to agree with Simple, there's a reason why i have a certain ratio of two different types of organic soil. Then you add the different nutes and tonics based on the content of your soil mixture. But hey Ohso i was wanting to put some liquid rooting concentrate into my soil in a small area around a freshly planted seedling, because im wanting to provide the best enviroment and nutrient supply possible. Is there anything else that can be done to benefit my plant? Im trying to get the most vigor out of the first 2 weeks of initial growth, them being autoflowers
that mix, is it all combined or used sepertately? so you would have a gallon of each type of manure?OK, you've been reading the Organic Threads and have decided to make up some Organic Tea for your plants.
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How do you do it - Here's how: There are two ways
Get a clean container ( a bucket, a pail or large jug ), add a gallon of unchlorinated water, pour in what ever manure you intend to use. Bubble it with a cheap aquarium air pump / air stone for two days. Turn off pump, let settle for one hour & it's ready to pour into your feeding container.
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Now, some people put their manure in a sock of some sort, like an old sock, panty hose or a old pillow case. That is OK, but I like the extra manure to water interaction you get from direct contact. More surface area exposed - more nutrients transferred.
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Get two similar size containers ( a bucket, a pail or large jug ), add a gallon of unchlorinated water, pour in what ever manure you intend to use. Pour it from one container to the other a couple of times - twice daily for three days. Let settle for one hour, pour into your feeding container.
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With both methods - pour the left over crud into your Compost Pile or Barrel. To be a true Organic Grower - you must have some Compost going all the time - it's a requirment to be in the Club...LOL...
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See, not hard, pretty cheap & as you will see, a very effective way to feed Mary a well balanced diet.
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Of course, your containers can be much larger, so can your mixes. 5 gallon buckets work well & allow you to mix up larger batches quite easy.
Common Mixes (I use - I don't buy into the more is always better thing.) -
Bat Guano (Either - Higher N or P) 2 to 4 tablespoons per gallon of water.
Bunny Poop - one cup per gallon of water.
Cow Manure - three cups per gallon of water.
Chicken Manure - one cup per gallon of water.
Worm Castings - 4 tablespoons per gallon of water (people argue about this one the most0. They say more, more is better. I disagree - the NPK value of Worm Castings is only .1 % N (soluble) & .9 % (slow release) with a NPK value of only 1-0-0 Worm Castings will not be adding any real amounts of NPK. What they will add - trace minerals & benefical microogranisms (good bacteria & fungi) so, 4 tablespoons gets the job done.
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Hope this helps...someone....
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Keep it Real.. Organic......
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.that mix, is it all combined or used sepertately? so you would have a gallon of each type of manure?
Hey Ohso, did you pick up that vaporizer? I just used a home made one that my buddy made. It was pretty neat. Very little smoke, very good high. I was a little suprised the hits were smaller then regular pipe hits, but the intensity was the same. It kind of reminded me of smoking oil when i was in high school. It had the same sort of taste, wasn't harsh like oil though..
From what I've been reading recently on Vaporizers, I believe I'm going to pick one up. By not burning the plant tissue, you release more of the THC and allot, I mean allot less cancer causing substances. That's a plus, because I like to smoke a cigar, once & a while. Giving up half the smoke, would probably be good in the long run.
Keep it Real...Organic....
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.Hey Ohso, did you pick up that vaporizer? I just used a home made one that my buddy made. It was pretty neat. Very little smoke, very good high. I was a little suprised the hits were smaller then regular pipe hits, but the intensity was the same. It kind of reminded me of smoking oil when i was in high school. It had the same sort of taste, wasn't harsh like oil though.
This was it crude, but it worked, i think we will make a good one out of a lava lamp and jar. Next stoner craft night.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=oEiJaHlUpyE
.I found the Bunny Poop suggestion to be interesting. I have a Russian Dwarf rabbit and I'm thinking that this should hold true for all rabbits, right? I've never seen rabbit poop fertilizer anywhere before.