Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

st0wandgrow

st0wandgrow

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foreverflyhi said:
I agree with stow, the less the plant is transplanted the better.

on another note, im about to order pumice off build a soil, anyone know a better price for pumice? cant find the stuff locally
http://buildasoil.com/products/pumice

I only need a couple gallons worth.
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I have a tough time sourcing that locally too FFH. It seems like the perfect aeration amendment but I refuse to have it shipped. I'm trying to talk the local feed store I go to into carrying it
 
foreverflyhi

foreverflyhi

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st0wandgrow said:
I have a tough time sourcing that locally too FFH. It seems like the perfect aeration amendment but I refuse to have it shipped. I'm trying to talk the local feed store I go to into carrying it
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yea I feel yea on not getting it shipped. ive been sitting on a small soil batch that I need to use, I don't want to use perlite no more.....
plus I want to do a comparison on pumice and vermiculite..

my vermiculite batch is doing amazing!
 
foreverflyhi

foreverflyhi

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boblawblah421 said:
Good 'ol Lemon Skunk. She needed to stretch her legs. 300+ gallons of recycled organic living soil should do the trick.
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View of the setup...
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These beautiful ladies pray 24/7...
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was hoping we can get a update on this grow?


ive been wanting to do something very similar.... problem is, im a little worried if a oh shit moment pops up and I have to move or take apart my grow, I would imagine a bed would be much harder..

but man this grow is beautiful, looks like a community of cannabis growing side by side.
 
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anzohaze

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I just replanted some girls this evening. Had them in cups repotted ti 2gal pots w 13% SS 20% lava rock and 33% spagnum 15% ewc ran out gotta pick up more and will tope dress the rest w ewc to make is 33% there onlye like 3.5 weeks old would have used more SS but did not wantnto burn them
 
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Tazbud

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Just a thought on pumice.
Anyone tried this?:

http://www.growstone.com/

I can't believe- it's made stateside, has some offset for green angst and this stuff is lovely! Yet I just don't hear much about it. Like little irregular shaped pumice rock, pea size. I'm on the other side of the globe and still it's good value here (and where every amendment is imported anyway). I found a local source for free rice hull and am trying to figure out whether rotten wood is going to be stable but they will break down. I like the idea of having some lasting aeration amendment in perpetual soil?
 
Pattahabi

Pattahabi

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Tazbud said:
Just a thought on pumice.
Anyone tried this?:

http://www.growstone.com/

I can't believe- it's made stateside, has some offset for green angst and this stuff is lovely! Yet I just don't hear much about it. Like little irregular shaped pumice rock, pea size. I'm on the other side of the globe and still it's good value here (and where every amendment is imported anyway). I found a local source for free rice hull and am trying to figure out whether rotten wood is going to be stable but they will break down. I like the idea of having some lasting aeration amendment in perpetual soil?
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Bring cash...
 
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Tazbud

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Ah, ok, to buy they are all fairly similar prices locally

(We were thinking of using growstone in the lower 2/3 pot and hulls in the top.
Even better, woodchips, i'm just not sure of them though, maybe some.)
 
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OutofLEDCloset

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They push coco and growstones really hard at my hydro store. We need an Organic store where you can scoop your nutes, like in a brew store. There are a grip of growers in So. Cal. Majority would still use the bottles nutes, if knew all options.

Would like to ask a question. Does it matter how the soil is recycled? Meaning to breakup used soil versus replanting directly into used pot of soil. Im confused as to why not to break up the used soil and amend as opposed to one top dressing. Does breaking it up kill the Mycos.?
 
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Tazbud

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Ha, i'd never thought of aeration in organic terms, it all degrades though I guess- just growstone a better alternative than perlite. I'd try some sort of lava rock, there's not a volcano in sight either though (lol) .. I actually did pull the growstone from the hydro section lol, guess that's who's buying it doh! -the hydro guys.


I'd fit my organic knowledge into one of these guys party cups but (from what I know of ecology) different organisms at different levels, different habitat in the surface zone under mulch to what is at depth, that sorta thing. I just feel it is right to try and keep it that way if possible (may not be to any great extent or without 'decades'. May not even make a helluva lot of difference to the result?) and that said iv'e always seemed to find a reason to dig around and mix more stuff in there but trying to get to get to eventually just leaving the old roots in place.
 
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malignant

malignant

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Pattahabi said:
Bring cash...
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Tazbud said:
Just a thought on pumice.
Anyone tried this?:

http://www.growstone.com/

I can't believe- it's made stateside, has some offset for green angst and this stuff is lovely! Yet I just don't hear much about it. Like little irregular shaped pumice rock, pea size. I'm on the other side of the globe and still it's good value here (and where every amendment is imported anyway). I found a local source for free rice hull and am trying to figure out whether rotten wood is going to be stable but they will break down. I like the idea of having some lasting aeration amendment in perpetual soil?
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Ive used growstones, great NM product made from recycled windshields. They have small ones for soil amending and large ones for hydro. Half of them float...
 
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Tazbud

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They do tend to gather a bit on soil surface, like perlite
rice hulls are sold for use in composting shitterz too (just sayin)
 
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