Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

Pattahabi

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Is that Cheeseberry from Eskobar? Have you grown it before?

Just curious cuz I have a pack of Cheeseberry Haze that I need to get to....
Yessir! It is the plain Cheeseberry, not the Cheeseberry Haze. I had to stake up a few branches last night and damn! Good thing it was late, cause no way the carbon filters where taking care of that!

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a senile fungus

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When using a powerful soil mix do you guys transplant straight into it? Or dilute it down with the base mix?

I have party cups with clones in them. The cups have the base mix (1/3 sphagnum peat, 1/3 cocoa bean shells and perlite, 1/3 manure compost and EWC)

I want to set up my 7gallon fabric pots right now, and leave the feed mix to cook in the pots.

Should I put the feed mix in the bottom of the pots and leave an area of base up top to transplant into? Or....?

Input welcome!
 

st0wandgrow

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When using a powerful soil mix do you guys transplant straight into it? Or dilute it down with the base mix?

I have party cups with clones in them. The cups have the base mix (1/3 sphagnum peat, 1/3 cocoa bean shells and perlite, 1/3 manure compost and EWC)

I want to set up my 7gallon fabric pots right now, and leave the feed mix to cook in the pots.

Should I put the feed mix in the bottom of the pots and leave an area of base up top to transplant into? Or....?

Input welcome!
I go from the cloner to just my base for 3 weeks veg in a small container, then I transplant in to the regular soil mix for 3 more weeks veg. Not sure if that's necessary but it's how I've been doing it.
 

a senile fungus

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I go from the cloner to just my base for 3 weeks veg in a small container, then I transplant in to the regular soil mix for 3 more weeks veg. Not sure if that's necessary but it's how I've been doing it.

My mix has a lot more amendments then yours does, I'm just worried it'll be hot...

Looks like I'll go buy a tester plant and throw it in a pot and see if it'll take it.


Thanks stow!
 

a senile fungus

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What you got for a soil mix?
Its essentially rrog's mix, but I didn't have any neem meal or fish meal to add... Or the clays, but I did get some rock dusts in there...

I'm also wondering about the cocoa bean shells husks that I used. They're intended for a mulch but I thought they'd be a good aerator and I think they'll break down and contribute C and N but I'm not 100% positive. I haven't seen many/any reports of people using the stuff. It smells like chocolate, my whole house smells like chocolate! Lol
 
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a senile fungus

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^Pls be careful of the theobromine in the cocoa hulls around your dog!!!! I think that you'll find that it gets soggy in a mix and breaks down fairy rapidly. stuff smells great though.

My dog has sniffed the stuff and isn't interested.

Thank you though, any other dog but mine and I'd be concerned; I know that stuff is toxic to canines.

So far it is draining wonderfully, but like you said, I think it'll compost fairly rapidly. My aeration is 2/3 cocoa hulls and 1/3perlite.

Thank you!

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Mohican

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How are the plants growing in it? Any pics?

My cats are not interested in live plants. They will eat the grass around them but won't eat the cannabis. One of the cats did try to eat some Malawi budder:










Cheers,
Mo
 

a senile fungus

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How are the plants growing in it? Any pics?

My cats are not interested in live plants. They will eat the grass around them but won't eat the cannabis. One of the cats did try to eat some Malawi budder:










Cheers,
Mo

The clones were just transplanted into the base mix a few days ago.

They're in red solo cups for now then will be up-potted.

I'd like to end up with 7gallon fabric pots, should I transplant straight into the 7g or up-pot gradually?

I'll get pics once I'm around there...

That soil mix on the tarp in the pic is Rrog's mix and will have a test plant plugged into it to see how it fares. I kept about 10gallons of base mix separate in case I needed it to dilute the soil, or up-pot.
 

st0wandgrow

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The clones were just transplanted into the base mix a few days ago.

They're in red solo cups for now then will be up-potted.

I'd like to end up with 7gallon fabric pots, should I transplant straight into the 7g or up-pot gradually?

I'll get pics once I'm around there...

That soil mix on the tarp in the pic is Rrog's mix and will have a test plant plugged into it to see how it fares. I kept about 10gallons of base mix separate in case I needed it to dilute the soil, or up-pot.
I go straight from the initial small container in to the final/big one with no transplants in between. Just be sure not to over water for the first couple weeks in the 7 gal. Keep the top layer moist but no need to do a huge soil drench. Keeping a light breeze on them with a fan helps.

I'm sure Rrogs mix will be kick ass!
 
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