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murp said:
I have a little info on soil mites. I recycle my super soil and grow water-only, so I've looked into this. A couple cycles ago with my recycled soil, when I opened up my batch from the aerobic phase of the recycle, it was teeming with soil mites. I was pretty freaked, so did some research.

It turns out there are thousands, maybe tens of thousands of species of mites. It's one of the biggest, most complicated family of organisms out there (the Acari). Very few of them are plant pests--just the ones that feed on live plant tissue. One of these fuckers is our familiar common enemy, the two-spotted (spider) mite.

On the other hand, soil mites feed on bacteria, fungi, protozoa, some on nematodes, and the decaying organic material in soil. They don't eat live plant leaves or roots. They are essential to healthy soil, like in a forest, and they are a basic part of the soil food web. There are many, many types of mites lumped together as "soil mites." A lot of them are microscopic. If your soil has a lot of organic matter in it, and the organic matter isn't sterile, it's probably going to have soil mites--it has to have them to do a good job breaking down the organic matter and making the nutrients available to plants.

I let my soil that was teeming with soil mites site for a few days and it settled down--like anything living that has a population explosion, the soil mites died off when they finished their job of eating up the anaerobic bacteria in the soil, and then their dead carcasses get eaten by bacteria and fungi and the rest. It settles down to a diverse, health soil web, and that's what you want if you want a living soil.

So don't freak out over soil mites. If your soil is crawling with them, just let it sit awhile, it will take care of itself. If you look at a healthy organic soil that has some age on it under a microscope, as I do, you will probably find some mites. It's ok.

On the other hand, if you see those two-spotted spider mites on your leaves, take em out right away. and come back in 3-5 days and spray again to get the eggs that probably hatched. And repeat and keep paying close attention. They are a completely different species and they suck. That's my .02 on mites...
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great post murp, plus rep.
 
Cpt. Plant it

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Has anyone used super soil in 3gal pots with 600 watt lights? If so i'm curious about the results, and want ratio of super soil to base soil was used for the run?
 
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Cpt. Plant it said:
Has anyone used super soil in 3gal pots with 600 watt lights? If so i'm curious about the results, and want ratio of super soil to base soil was used for the run?
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Here's some Vortex and Qrazy Train I have going at the moment (this was day 21 after flip) in #3 smart pots with 600W lumatek, I forget the bulb type, I think Hortilux. I use 100% super soil, but it's recycled super soil, probably not as hot as a fresh batch. Also I have had some other strains that didn't grow as well in it--Alien Dog, SAGE, Deadhead OG--maybe because it was too hot. I feed water only, a tea infusion in veg, and some top dressing and/or some molasses in the water if needed around week 5.



Here was The Flav around day 53, same setup, also had good results.



So I don't think 3 gals is too limited, at least for #3 smart pots. Note though that I grow purely for taste and buzz, I don't even keep track of yield. So I don't know and don't really care how much bigger you might grow them with more soil or more watts....
 
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sub:
I know you want this to die, but I have this question: are seeds that are imported (ie, attitude) radiated at customs which could render them sterile? I too had a germination problem (which you rectified, and many thanks to you) with seeds from attitude. but, i concure: your a stand up guy sub;god bless ya
 
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I've lost one of 4 of my Apollos in germ ended up with 2 females and 1 male, 6 more left to go :) Evaluating the first run soon with next generation of clones going into flower in a few weeks. I don't use the rapid rooter method though. I let them soak a day or two in water then plant them in soil.

This is one of my apollos in 3 gallon airpots with LEDs drawing just under 600w at 7 weeks. Transplanted into super soil a few days before flower. I find they respond well to topdressing with supersoil every 3 weeks of 12/12.

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Budologist420

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Just got my tester pack of Pre98 Bubba x Querkle


Gonna test them outdoors in supersoil.


Thanks sub i'll do my best documenting these babies for you guys.

-BUD
 
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Irie Genetics

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My new theory...
Femenized seeds are like hookers in Hollywood. You're convinced it's a perfect female for weeks until one morning you wake up and find it's balls hanging out!
By then you're fucked and too embarassed to ask for help!
 
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You rock big guy! Weed nerds should not ask so many intimate questions about business, just growing. Is 15years of breeding? Has he ever said anything relevant ever? How can we bash him until he scrams. I only check in once in a while but, it doesn't seem as fun as of late. Let's get funky! Hollywood hooker analogy, LOVE IT! Puff tuff. Peace and prosperity.
 
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sourkrylss said:
You rock big guy! Weed nerds should not ask so many intimate questions about business, just growing. Is 15years of breeding? Has he ever said anything relevant ever? How can we bash him until he scrams. I only check in once in a while but, it doesn't seem as fun as of late. Let's get funky! Hollywood hooker analogy, LOVE IT! Puff tuff. Peace and prosperity.
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hmmmmmmmmm.......lol
 
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