green_machine_two9er
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I personally like closer to 1-1.2 with full spectrum led. That seems to be were is the more explosive growth and nutrient mobility. Idk. Hotter and wetter is what I go for with led nowadays. The old school cool and dry mentality I think really only applies to hps anymore cause In reality the led make no surface heat on the leaf and really changes how the plant breathes. Can’t breathe it can’t metabolize and move nutrients. If your canopy hits 82 I’d definitely take my humidity up to 55 or 60. When you say leaf degree offset you mean like an infrared thermometer on leaf surface? Reads 5 degrees less? On leaf surface compared to ambient?
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Not saying the manure compost is bad. But is were the majority of sodium is coming from I’d guess. The origanol coot himself would say that his “coots mix” soil will never ever be anyone else’s even if they copy his recipe exact because they never use his compost. Really implying that the most important vital aspect of the whole coots style soil is the compost material. His worm beds/composting, being a master, are bar none. And compared to bagged compost products they really don’t even compare.
so when sourcing materials for a coots mix, no till or containers alike, it's 33% humus imo should be the highest quality vermicompost that can be sourced locally and in a budget. Better yet is make your own worm castings fresh at home and never look back. Obviously we do the best we can with what’s available. But as a goal shoot for your own compost.
As far as enzymes and Bennie’s. Never really hurt alone or the proper application. But a soil bed is a whole different thing. We really don’t know the biochemical reactions that can occur in the large volume of soil. Nature will correct itself if we get out of the way.
