Official Gaia Green Grow Method

KootenayDIY

KootenayDIY

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Reading back on this I’d just like to reiterate a couple points.

1 keep it simple

2 if starting from seed use inert medium and up pot to amended soil mix with 4-4-4 after first full tri leaf has formed.

3 build your soil per recommended for pot size with 4-4-4 in veg and I’d say dolomitic lime is also a must.
THATS IT! NOTHING ELSE! Again keep it simple. water with tap water. ( I recommend filtering)

If you get your environment right and a good light the plants need a dress at 3 weeks with 4-4-4 only. At 6 weeks and if you flip I go 50/50 at this point if your like me and go 8 weeks veg from seed then you will again top dress 4-4-4 only. My first 50/50 top dress of all purpose/bloom would be at week 9 which would be just the start of early flower and pistils are forming.

In flower you keep the 50/50 ratio of 4-4-4/2-8-4 the whole way home leaving 3-4 weeks between the last feeding until harvest. Don’t follow breeder charts on when your girls will be mature. Count on at least a couple extra weeks so plan your feed accordingly

Simple simple simple. Try it the easy way before trying to science up and combine all these other amendments. Add them when you know what just the Gaia Green can do.

Using this product alone and keeping it simple allows you to dial in other environmental aspects to your grow because you can trust the Gaia Green has your food in check so you can concentrate on the rest.

Good luck! DIY
 
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Herb potman

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KootenayDIY said:
Ready back on this I’d just like to reiterate a couple points.

1 keep it simple

2 if starting from seed use inert medium and up pot to amended soil mix with 4-4-4 after first full tri leaf has formed.

3 build your soil per recommended for pot size with 4-4-4 in veg and I’d say dolomitic lime is also a must.
THATS IT! NOTHING ELSE! Again keep it simple. water with tap water. ( I recommend filtering)

If you get your environment right and a good light the plants need a dress at 3 weeks with 4-4-4 only. At 6 weeks and if you flip I go 50/50 at this point if your like me and go 8 weeks veg from seed then you will again top dress 4-4-4 only. My first 50/50 top dress of all purpose/bloom would be at week 9 which would be just the start of early flower and pistils are forming.

In flower you keep the 50/50 ratio of 4-4-4/2-8-4 the whole way home leaving 3-4 weeks between the last feeding until harvest. Don’t follow breeder charts on when your girls will be mature. Count on at least a couple extra weeks so plan your feed accordingly

Simple simple simple. Try it the easy way before trying to science up and combine all these other amendments. Add them when you know what just the Gaia Green can do.

Using this product alone and keeping it simple allows you to dial in other environmental aspects to your grow because you can trust the Gaia Green has your food in check so you can concentrate on the rest.

Good luck! DIY
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THis is awesome stuff. What do u ph water with due to in organics ? Also how much dolomite lime to u reccomend ? Is there a type of dolomite lime I shud stay away from ? Have u ever had calmag issues ? Ifso what u use for organics ? And is it safe to at calmag as a preventative to not run into problems ?
 
KootenayDIY

KootenayDIY

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Unless your tap water is toxic I wouldn’t worry about the ph. That’s what your soil does, it will buffer.
Lime won’t matter as long as it’s dolomite. I’ve used a variety of powder, granular all the same use 1tbsp per gallon when you mix your soil. I use led and this is enough for your whole grow.
 
Hydrahail

Hydrahail

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I found that bokashi pro grow and Gaia green work so well together. Bokashi doesn't have to break down so it's available right away and it's almost 90% organic matter also it breaks down Gaia green faster highly recommended
 
myke

myke

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I use plain peat so after I do the basic mix 40-40-20 I use 1 cup dolomite per cu/ft.I understand this should last a couple of grows?Im on my second one now with this mix so far so good.

I assume the table spoon per gallon would be for re amending?
 
swedsteven

swedsteven

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myke said:
I use plain peat so after I do the basic mix 40-40-20 I use 1 cup dolomite per cu/ft.I understand this should last a couple of grows?Im on my second one now with this mix so far so good.

I assume the table spoon per gallon would be for re amending?
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Every 6 month or every second grow for me i top dress dolomite lime but my promix hp already have lime for my first mix so its so easy!
 
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Scsmoke33

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I use Dr.earth dry amendments, I amended my soil with veg and all purpose, earth worm castings and fish bone meal. I’m in week 2 of flower and wanted to know if the Dr. earth kelp meal make a difference?
 
Maple Melt

Maple Melt

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JustBlazin said:
great thread thanks for posting it up gio
I have used Gaia green pretty much exclusively for 1-2 years.
started with the living soil in a bag,but it was kind of expensive 30 litres for $30(originally it was $24 I think) and they stopped carrying it for awhile so I had to switch to fox farm bagged soil(happy frog & ocean forest i think they were called) for a bit but didnt like them as much, so i got a bail of promix and a 2kg jug of all purpose and power bloom.
ended up doing a side by side with the soil I mixed and the ocean forest,Gaia green dry amendments blew the ffof away after a month I just took out the ffof one cause it was getting crowded in the tent and it was so much smaller than the other clone.
so ya love the gaia green amendments, they kick ass
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That's great stuff JustBlazin!
Did you try using the Gaia Green with the FFOF though? Would be interesting to see if you amended the FF the same way you did with the Promix.
 
JustBlazin

JustBlazin

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Maple Melt said:
That's great stuff JustBlazin!
Did you try using the Gaia Green with the FFOF though? Would be interesting to see if you amended the FF the same way you did with the Promix.
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I never put anything else in the ffof, as it has enough stuff in it to grow for 1-2 months. I would just top dress the power bloom in flower.
As far as adding the same recipe of Gaia green to ffof instead of the pro mix, I think you would burn your plants as my mix is strong by itself, you would need to reduce the amounts and I wouldn't know by how much to reduce it, I'm pretty sure I have read people adding stuff to ffof with success. Also heard of people using ffof as a starter for a recycled organic living soil bed.
 
lazypothead420

lazypothead420

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First, I'd like to thank everyone that posted on this thread. Reading through it really helped me with making the switch to organics. Here's my 6 critical kush's all grown with only dr. Earth dry amendments, EWC, and Neptune's harvest seaweed and fish once a month. I Just flipped to flower! If anyone wants check out my grow https://www.rollitup.org/t/lazypotheads-4x4-critical-kush-geekbeast-grow.1045663/
 

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That Guy Mike

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New to the forum and was immediately drawn to this thread. Definitely a bunch of great information from experienced, knowledgeable growers!

Been growing for a few years and traditionally have just used blood, bone and kelp meal in potting soils, but will be using Gaia Green 444, 284 and planning to supplement with GG kelp meal this year - Outdoor grow, 2 in ground and 2 in 30 gallon fabric pots. (Clones - Jack Herer, 2 x White Widow and Sunshine, all photoperiod - which are currently in 2 gallon pots in a south facing window, kept outside when weather permits and supplemented with interior lighting for 4-5 hours after sunset; plan to go permanently outdoor early to mid May)
I’d purchased 6 bags of GG 30L living soil, 2 bags of Pro Mix Bx, 2 bags Spaghnum peat, 30L GG worm castings, 2 bags of composted cow manure, plus 6 bags of Vigoro triple mix (humus, compost and peat) and 6 bags of Vigoro black earth (humus based), which I now realize is overkill.. also have dolomite lime coming.

Since I have these items, my plan is to try a few mediums;

pot 1 - pro mix with the addition of 20% worm castings, 20% perlite and 3/4 cup each of 444, 284 and manure, with a couple tbsp of lime; top dress weekly.

pot 2 - GG living soil with a couple tbsp of lime; top dress as needed after a couple months.

ground 1 - Mix Vigoro soils and add 20% worm castings, 20% perlite, 20% spaghnum peat, and 1 cup each of 444, 284 and manure, with a couple tbsp of lime; top dress weekly.

ground 2 - same as pot 1.

Planning to mix each about 2-3 weeks prior to transplanting.

Hoping I’m on the right track and am certainly open to any recommendations.
Will definitely be sticking to pro mix, GG all purpose & power bloom and lime next year... wish I’d found this thread a bit sooner :)
 
myke

myke

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Sounds like a good plan,I always like to add the dolo lime in with plenty of lead time.Keep some EWC to mix with the Gaia for future top dress.Be interesting to see which mix does better.
 
Maple Melt

Maple Melt

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lakesidegrower said:
KNF has been blowing my mind lately - my background is a major in biochem and microbiology and I can say that the science behind KNF is solid as fuck. True KNF shouldn't need any amendments at all other than what you find in the nature around you, but as long as you don't try to mix KNF methods with chemicals there's no reason why they couldn't complement organic amendments, adding KNF to your growing practices just lets you use less store-bought amendments over time.
FFJ is fermented fruit juice - great for flower. FPJ is fermented plant juice which can be made to suit either veg, transition or bloom phase depending on what you use as the input. Google it to read up, or watch anything made my Chris Trump on the topic on YouTube.
Essentially though, you are taking usually one single species of plant and using the parts of the plant with vigorous growth, like tips, shoots, buds, flowers, and mixing with equal part brown sugar by weight, placing in a sealed container in the dark and allowing it for ferment for a couple of weeks - strain to get the liquid only and you have a fantastic food for your plant that contains all kinds of good stuff. You want to select plants that are in the same stage of growth that the plants you will be feeding will be in (ie. young shoots for seedlings, vigorous growth tips and leaves for veg, buds waiting to explode are perfect for the week before flower for example.) Basically you are extracting the hormones, enzymes, etc from the plant you are using for your FPJ and introducing them to your own plants exactly when they need it.
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This is definitely something I'm going to read up on next, I'm super interested. Recently switched over to soil with Gai Green from coco and salts so I want to research KNF for sure.
 
Fatleg77

Fatleg77

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FRICKITYFRICKTYFRESH said:
Used Earth dust dry amendments on my current grow and i can honestly say I'm extremely impressed with the results.
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I've been using Earth dust for about 4 grows and it is really good stuff I do amend with worm castings and bat guano on top of that. I also reuse the same soil grow after growth and it only gets better
 
swedsteven

swedsteven

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Week 6 and 4 days 12/12

I had to dim my light for the last couple weeks
Dragon punch irie genetic
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Gg4 seeds found in seeded buds
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New fem seeds im trying next week ill transplant them in 1 gallon pot.
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From canuk seeds
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Medium is reuse promix hp from the male off gg4 bagseed and the 3 empty pot are plant for my girl .
Peace
 
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