i just found this thread.... so WHY dont u wana tell us how to prepare your soil? if u told every1 how to do it, u wouldnt need to bother trying to get people who arnt afraid enough of getting caught to trust u.
...because I'm hoping to eventually sell this soil as a commercial product for the botanical research market (Ireland produces 70% or Europes pharmaceuticals and hosts quite a lot phytochemical research). There is quite a nice market right here on my doorstep, could potentially be a profitable weekend-job type extension of my hobby. Might even be able to flog some to those "best-in-show" championship plant grower types (I know a few via my interest in soils).
Besides, who on this forum is going to incur the expense of producing such a soil (my production cost is 115 euro per plant bag, a batch run costs nearly a thousand euros) when they won't even volunteer for a free sample of such a soil when I've offered it? (so far I have three volunteers, only one of whom is from RollItUp.org).
Everyone seems to harp on about their paranoid suspicions... despite the fact that a careful read of my thread shows that I've taken every precation to ensure not only my anonimity, but the anonimity of the volunteers. I haven't asked for addresses, I haven't asked for names... yet posters on a pot-growers forum think I'm running some sort of elaborate sting for the gardai. The same pot-growers whom the gardai could easily identify by running a simple isp search of this forum. I'm a bit of a techno-phobe, but even I now that much.
On top of that:
Is there anyone on this forum who can mill soils for specific particulate sizes? Is there anyone on this form who can batch grow rhizobacteria? Is there anyone on this forum who can even source rhizobacteria cultures? Is there anyone on this forum who can prep soil nutrient substrates so they can be inoculated with rhizobacteral cultures?
Is there anyone on this forum who could reproduce my soil recipe to a sufficient quality standard that I could have any faith in the quality of their comparative grow data?
Sorry to rant, and I'm not attacking Dr Commie here, his point is a good one... but I've received several emails from peope asking inane questions. Questons already addressed in my original thread.
In frustration,
-PayDirt
PS- no more inquiries from unsuitable newbie growers please; if you don't meet the reqirements specified in the original post then you aren't qualified to participate. Simple as that, sorry.