Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

NickNasty

NickNasty

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Did you use chems in your coco? It sounds like your compost is not fully broken down, do you know if it is? If your coco is free of chems I would add more as your compost could be very hot if it is not fully broken down. Do like a 50/50 or 60/40 with more coco then compost because you can always top dress with more compost if needed.
 
Nizza

Nizza

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ok, so i did a 70/30 of black gold to coco in 4, so if the 4 with 60/40 coco to black gold don't do well, ill toss em.
yeah i used chems, which is why i did a thorough rinsing
 
boblawblah421

boblawblah421

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Here are the two air pumps going to the manifold under my 300 gallon raised bed...
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Here's some mycelium covereing one of my smart pots, with a little fun guy partying down...
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Neem tree...
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ROLS Life bitches...
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boblawblah421

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RedCarpetMatches said:
Bla can you post some pix of your raised beds. I have several schematics lol. I'd rep you if I could just for the shroom.
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There's not much more to see of the raised bed. It's 22" tall, four feet wide, and eight feet long. I did an air manifold at the bottom, and layered it just like I did those 20 gallon smart pots. Yeah that shroom was worthy of the paparazzi.

Mohican said:
Love the neem tree! Where did you get the seeds?
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My mom got me a neem tree seedling from neemtreefarms.com. My neem tree has definitely had it's ups and downs. Whatever you do, make sure that the soil has plenty of lava/shale/pumice/etc, and don't let it get too cold.

Check them out here...

Live Neem Trees and Plants They've got a bunch of cool stuff.

Thanks all... For your kind words. I've definitely worked my ass off to get to this point. Without communities like this one, however, I'm not so sure I would be where I am today. So also... Thank you everyone, for sharing your experiences.
 
boblawblah421

boblawblah421

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Mohican said:
Love the neem tree! Where did you get the seeds?
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One more thing...

If you decide to go the neem seed route, get them as locally as possible, and be certain that they are fresh. I bought a pack of neem seeds from horizonherbs.com, and a place in India off of EBay, and not a single one of them popped. They just proceeded to ooze neem oil for almost two months. Neem seeds need to be as fresh as possible in order to germinate. Keep an eye on neemtreefarms.com if you are in the market for neem seeds. They only sell freshies. I just looked, and they are out for the moment. At least they don't sell something they can't stand by.
 
RedCarpetMatches

RedCarpetMatches

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My living coco (no peat) mix is BANGING!!! Chopped a 4 week old 12/12fs male today and was amazed by the all white solid roots. Man I shoulda took a pic. I'm harvesting some strong diverse VC, and picking out every money making black golden cocoon I spot! C-list here I come lol.
 
boblawblah421

boblawblah421

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RedCarpetMatches said:
My living coco (no peat) mix is BANGING!!! Chopped a 4 week old 12/12fs male today and was amazed by the all white solid roots. Man I shoulda took a pic. I'm harvesting some strong diverse VC, and picking out every money making black golden cocoon I spot! C-list here I come lol.
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You ever do a seed crop? That is on my priority list this summer. I'm thinking Pot of Gold or Afghan Kush.
 
RedCarpetMatches

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boblawblah421 said:
You ever do a seed crop? That is on my priority list this summer. I'm thinking Pot of Gold or Afghan Kush.
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Remember...I was the one telling you to post more, and I popped your rep cherry ;) Seed crop meaning breeding? I have a keeper stallion, and chopped the smaller slower one. It's all about bigger is better!
 
unkle mouse

unkle mouse

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one more time yall might be talking above my pay grade ..
but,, I'm gaining on ya,,,WOO HOO.. just figured out how to take these notes and put them in a WORD document ,so they are all in one place.. ,, I currently have 3 compost piles (2 in containers) cooking even as we speak,, my current grow went from 6 to 3 plants,, dam them boys,, so am going to try to semi seed my only female, posted that question in the seed picture thread,,, will get pics of my current plants up in a few,,, thank you guys

Rising Moon said:
As for the horsetail...

I am currently using it in 2 different forms, a fermented form watered in, and the traditional brewed method, foliar sprayed.

The Biodynamic method is as follows from the Josephine Porter Institute:

"Fresh Tea Instructions:
Bring one ounce of horsetail herb to a boil in one quart of water. Allow to cool. Strain and dilute adding 2 gallons of water. Stir vigorously for 15 minutes. Apply using a fine mist spray to the foliar parts of targeted plants.

Fermented Tea Instructions:
Bring one unit of horsetail herb to boil in one gallon of water and simmer for one hour. Let cool and transfer to a crock or other storage container with a loose fitting lid. Store this in a cool place, e.g. basement, and allow to ferment 10 to 14 days, until the fermented tea has a strong sulphuric aroma. Strain the remaining herb particles out, fill the tea in a glass jug, and store it in a cool dark place until ready to use. It can be stored 6 or more months without losing effectiveness.

To use, Add 1/2 gallon of fermented tea to 4 1/2 gallons water, stir vigerously for 20 minutes, and use to treat up to 1 1/2 acres. One unit of horsetail can thereby treat up to 3 acres with as powerful effect as can be achieved by the fresh tea recipe on only one acre.

Ratio for diluting is one part fermented tea to 9 parts water. The fermented BD #508 most likely should be applied as a soil spray, whereas the fresh tea version is most likely the form to use as a foliar spray."
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RedCarpetMatches

RedCarpetMatches

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unkle mouse said:
one more time yall might be talking above my pay grade ..
but,, I'm gaining on ya,,,WOO HOO.. just figured out how to take these notes and put them in a WORD document ,so they are all in one place.. ,, I currently have 3 compost piles (2 in containers) cooking even as we speak,, my current grow went from 6 to 3 plants,, dam them boys,, so am going to try to semi seed my only female, posted that question in the seed picture thread,,, will get pics of my current plants up in a few,,, thank you guys
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Nice clean notes mooseknucle ;) Keep the studs damn it. Gotta have that natural, local, lay of the land mentality when doing this. Thanks for posting and composting.
 
unkle mouse

unkle mouse

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the 3 males I did cut down I recycled directly into my compost container's, but left the roots in the buckets.. pics are up

RedCarpetMatches said:
Nice clean notes mooseknucle ;) Keep the studs damn it. Gotta have that natural, local, lay of the land mentality when doing this. Thanks for posting and composting.
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boblawblah421

boblawblah421

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All that mycelium is a product of teas, and good compost. I make sure to find mycelium in my compost pile, and out in the woods to throw in my tea bags when I want a fungal, or a balanced fungal/bacterial tea. All the aloe, kelp, and alfalfa teas I make definitely help as well.
 
boblawblah421

boblawblah421

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RedCarpetMatches said:
Remember...I was the one telling you to post more, and I popped your rep cherry ;) Seed crop meaning breeding? I have a keeper stallion, and chopped the smaller slower one. It's all about bigger is better!
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Thanks for popping my rep cherry Red... Was it awkward for you too?

Breeding... shit yeah...

I just meant purposefully pollinating a female of one strain with a male of the same strain, for the sole purpose of turning two seeds into hundreds. That's what I have planned for the summer. Hopefully next year I will want to get into breeding.

One, or uh... rather... 420 things at a time.
 
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