IndooorGardnerOhio
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So thanks to @Delps8 I ended up down a huge youtube rabbit hole watching videos from Dr. Bruce Bugbee and I was wondering if anyone has used the soil blend he uses in the research lab? This is what his video suggested in this video:
50% Peat
50% Vermiculite
Dolomitic Lime 40g per cubic foot
Gypsum 10 grams per cubic foot
20-10-20 NPK 0.6 grams per liter of water
20-10-20 NPK He says that this, in the lab setting, is the Ideal ratio but does not list a brand He just says "the blue one" but so I did some digging and with those exact numbers, I found Jacks Citrus Feed which looking at the nutrient break down seems like it would cover both Micro and Macro nutes. The Blue one is what threw me off because we all know if we have done any outside gardening for food plants that Miracle Gro is blue as hell. But when he shows his note book of fertlizers, Jacks is the first page in the book.
He also says to feed 0.6 grams 20-10-20 NPK Fert per liter of water at every watering. I mean since the dude has a PhD in Crop Physiology I am assuming he knows his shit and what works.
My question is this, I do not question if what he says works in a Lab Setting with the super tight controls that research labs have in place to Maxmize Cannabis Yields, But I am wondering, How well this system will work in a home setting where things happen, waterings sometimes are not always right on schedule, etc.
So has anyone Tried this exact Soil Blend in a Home setting using the "blue" fertlizer at the 20-10-20 Npk ratio and if so how did it work? Pics of a grow with this method would be a huge plus!
Bonus Question Are Peat and Peat Moss the same thing? Cause im having a hard time finding Just Peat they all say "peat moss" and some of them look very different from what he showed in the video.
50% Peat
50% Vermiculite
Dolomitic Lime 40g per cubic foot
Gypsum 10 grams per cubic foot
20-10-20 NPK 0.6 grams per liter of water
20-10-20 NPK He says that this, in the lab setting, is the Ideal ratio but does not list a brand He just says "the blue one" but so I did some digging and with those exact numbers, I found Jacks Citrus Feed which looking at the nutrient break down seems like it would cover both Micro and Macro nutes. The Blue one is what threw me off because we all know if we have done any outside gardening for food plants that Miracle Gro is blue as hell. But when he shows his note book of fertlizers, Jacks is the first page in the book.
He also says to feed 0.6 grams 20-10-20 NPK Fert per liter of water at every watering. I mean since the dude has a PhD in Crop Physiology I am assuming he knows his shit and what works.
My question is this, I do not question if what he says works in a Lab Setting with the super tight controls that research labs have in place to Maxmize Cannabis Yields, But I am wondering, How well this system will work in a home setting where things happen, waterings sometimes are not always right on schedule, etc.
So has anyone Tried this exact Soil Blend in a Home setting using the "blue" fertlizer at the 20-10-20 Npk ratio and if so how did it work? Pics of a grow with this method would be a huge plus!
Bonus Question Are Peat and Peat Moss the same thing? Cause im having a hard time finding Just Peat they all say "peat moss" and some of them look very different from what he showed in the video.
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