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That leaning over is called damping off. It's caused from a fungal infection and too much moisture in the grow medium. I struggled with this for a long time. I finally got a steam cleaner and sterilized everything, added filters to my intakes, and watered with Southern Ag Garden Friendly...

That was a long time ago but here goes… I changed the soil formula considerably. I dropped the 3 parts of coco for 3 parts of peat. For aeration I now use 3 parts of a 50/50 mix of pumice and long fiber coco coir (not the peat). I also add 3 parts of a 50/50 mix of EWC and compost. That’s my...

Ime, living soil works much better without the fabric pots. Thet tend to dry out a lot in the perimeter, which isn’t a good thing for living soil. edit: unless you use this type: https://www.grassrootsfabricpots.com/product/living-soil-fabric-pot/

I hear ya. I find such variation on the quality of coco coir, from various suppliers/batches. I have put a lot of work into my coco prep because of that. Hydrate completely with aloe, sift out small stuff/dust, buffer with pond water, OSF and EWC. I often see up to half of the coir is just...

IMHO I wouldn't use perlite in the yard. Been there, done that. Calcium bentonite, pebbles, lava rock and pumice are all good alternatives.

Epsom salt contains magnesium and sulfur. Both are great for weed, but no calcium. Don't need to PH organics as long as the soil is healthy. Dolomite lime may not be the best choice... depending on what's in your soil... as it's a 2:1 ca:mg. How's your water? It might have the...

To activate my biochar I put the EWC (and other goodies) in a sock and tied it off. Then threw the sock, some molasses and the biochar in 5 gallons of water and bubbled for 1 week. I really don't measure any more, but tend to go on the lighter side when amending.

Rice hulls are great. Par boiled of course.

I have no conclusive evidence that top dressing dried and crushed banana peels works. It did not attract any pests and it didn't burn my plants. All I grew with it came out great. But I didn't do any scientific tests to see if it made a difference or not. I've never made FPJ from already...

Normally I would agree, but I'm using a living soil and my aim is to keep the soil conditions consistent. In my case I'm kind of growing the soil and the soil is growing the plants. Plus, as long as there is an air gap (or sufficient soil aeration), the plants will take off when their roots...

I'm currently running a 7'x8' shed with 8' ceiling. It's fully insulated with an ac, dehuey, huey, heater, co2, exhaust fan and electric intake dampers-- allows the system to run sealed or open... depending on weather. All controlled with an arduino, some relays and sensors. The shed itself...

Yes to all questions.

I'm using a very similar setup except that I don't have that pipe. Instead I have a "fill reservoir" attached to the main rez via 1" pvc with a float valve. Working great so far. Went on an 11 day road trip and the ladies were perfect when I got back. I'm hoping roots don't clog it... we'll...

12ga and 30A? :fire:

I have a 39"x39" tent and the 6" ac infinity as an exhaust fan. Before last night I was running the tent with the vents open and the duct ports partially open. Just last night I installed a portion of 6" duct in each of my lower duct ports and curved them around some to prevent light leaks and...

I hate perlite. Switched to pumice. And yeah, more aeration. The type of coco coir matters and makes a huge difference though. I've been avoiding that muddy crap and using stringy stuff now. This stuff: Conibo Organics Fine Grade Coconut Coir 50L - BuildASoil And I don't use it as a base...

I had a nasty outbreak of spider mites outdoor last year. Destroyed webs, blasted off as many as I could with water, squished as many mites and eggs as I could, sprayed with neem (emulsified with castile soap) and added fresh EWC. Started IPM program after that and they never returned.

I couldn't trust blumats and didn't want to check on them multiple times a day. Not to mention the price. SIPs for me from now on.

Well I wouldn't say I'm very experienced... but... I grew 3 runs of gorilla skittlez using blumats 1 year ago in a coco based living soil in 10gal fabric pots. It was a water only grow that got top dressed under the drippers. I sourced the water from 2 places-- 1 was straight from the tap and...