how much from a bag of o.f

st0wandgrow

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Omfg...so now ff dent make anything organic at alll...well they have the same labeling on them that u use on the organic ferts ...so then your shit isn't organic right
I say use it. FFOF works well IMO. If it weren't for the gnat problem I had with them I'd still use it on occasion.

Once the organic compounds are mineralized they are taken up by the plant in the EXACT same form as synthetic nutrients are. To me, if you're growing indoors in containers it doesn't much matter. Outdoor grows are different. All of the runoff from synthetic nutrients aren't good, but I don't see the big deal indoors.
 

GoRealUhGro

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I'm outdoors...aND if your talking g about the run off from o.f hurting the environment outdoors because it had synthetic properties...why would indoor be any better. ..it's all going outdoors at some point correct....it will do the damage eventually...and trust me ff of's run off wouldn't do anything but help the dirt around it
 

st0wandgrow

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I'm outdoors...aND if your talking g about the run off from o.f hurting the environment outdoors because it had synthetic properties...why would indoor be any better. ..it's all going outdoors at some point correct....it will do the damage eventually...and trust me ff of's run off wouldn't do anything but help the dirt around it
Yeah, I don't think FFOF would be detrimental outdoors. Not at all. I was speaking of synthetics in general. People (organic purists) get pretty wound up over the use of anything that isn't organic. I prefer to amend my own soil and grow organically...but that's just me. I don't give a single shit what others chose to do.
 

st0wandgrow

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gnats are from overwatering

FF does package their soil somewhat moist, enough for gnats to appear.

I just let the soil dry out when I open a fresh bag. No more gnats
Well, if you're growing in a living organic soil it has to stay moist. Wet-dry cycles don't work so well if you're relying on microbes to do the heavy lifting.

I've bought more than a few bags of FFOF that had gnats. My local grow shop sells 1.5 cf bags for $10.99. That's the retail price, not a sale. Makes me question the quality of the soil a bit at that price point.
 

GoRealUhGro

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Hell man its like 25 a bag where I ordered from....but I order a lot from this place and since it was a pretty good bit I got it fo more like 10 a bag...although they did fuck up and double charge me and added a mysterious 150 charge ....I better get some free shit lol
 

Grandpa GreenJeans

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Their dirt has synthetic urea in it PERIOD. Stop arguing you are wrong, it would say it was organic if it was, it's a STRONG selling point, that shit isn't organic. Sure it has some organic stuff in it, but if something is 99% organic and 1% cyanide are you going to eat it?
If your bud is 100% organically grown, does that mean theirs no harm from smoking it?
 

Grandpa GreenJeans

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This clown is startin the same shit in another thread ....I'm glad we have "the king of what's orgainc" here on riu
Oh there's quite a few, but you learn the credibility of them. Yoda isn't not amongst that group. He just like to post alot and repeat what he sees.
On top of that, he would know that Nitrogen is a highly mobile element. In its molecular form it can be either a cation or an anion. It is used very quickly and it's conversion is almost the easiest to accomplish. Any "synthetic urea" or even the urea that flows from my dick must be broken down first. Alot of growers will add urea to start the Nitrogen cycle in straw bale gardening, which is organic.
Dude just doesn't know enough about the science behind horticulture.
http://soils.wisc.edu/facstaff/barak/soilscience326/ioncharg.htm
 

Grandpa GreenJeans

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gnats are from overwatering

FF does package their soil somewhat moist, enough for gnats to appear.

I just let the soil dry out when I open a fresh bag. No more gnats
I never freak when I see gnats. It doesn't even bother me. I'm actually happy to see them, it tells me that I have a high populous of fungi in my organic soil. Getting rid of gnats is probably the easiest hurdle any grow will have to face. Azamax, sticky traps and mosquito dunks....And they're all dead in 2 weeks at most.
 

superbak3d

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I never freak when I see gnats. It doesn't even bother me. I'm actually happy to see them, it tells me that I have a high populous of fungi in my organic soil. Getting rid of gnats is probably the easiest hurdle any grow will have to face. Azamax, sticky traps and mosquito dunks....And they're all dead in 2 weeks at most.
Yea, i don't freak out when I see them either. They're very easy to get rid of.

Good point though when seeing their presence in a fresh bag of soil.
 

Grandpa GreenJeans

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He was talking about synthetic urine. The type of urine that can build up on the roots, Not that it makes any difference in the end though lol. Organic urine would be useless in 15-20 mins. I dont think it can't really exist in a bag of soil.
It would depend on the manure source (if used). Some animals excrete urine within their bowels, and that urea is locked in.
 
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