Grandpa GreenJeans
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I'm new here, and there is a ton of great info and also a ton of shit info. The purpose of this thread is to discuss the concept of organic and what you think is a TRUE ORGANIC APPROCH, and share any experience where organics have excelled past the current standards of synthetic methods.
I'd like to start this with soil preperation as I believe it's the most important aspect that's overlooked.
A good and organic soil will encourage microbial activity. Not just bacteria but fungi too. Fungi are important because they attach to the plants roots. Fungal mycelium is far more dense and consumes more of the rooting space. In nature endo/ect myco fungi are know to run deep in the earth and transport nutrient to the roots that otherwise the plant could never access. They also share a relationship with the plant and it's a "vice versa" trade off of sharing nutrients. In addition fungi is an excellent decomposer. So any organic element that's in the soil it will share with the plant.
Bacteria have an equally important role in the soil, they munch food and excrete exudates. Exudates are bio avaiable and immediately avaiable to the roots for up take. They also assist in self adjusting (buffering) pH. It's the way mother nature intended, but it doesn't come free.
In a forest trees fall, limbs and leaves drop. This is all organic matter and as organic it's made up of the very minerals and elements plants need to survive. When these organics are composted and are returned to the plants it's called the microbial loop.
I'd like to show you how I do "ORGANIC". Take from it what you can, I'm sure there's alot of recipies, methods, traditions, ideologies and theories. Please post them, let's learn and grow together.
I'd like to start this with soil preperation as I believe it's the most important aspect that's overlooked.
A good and organic soil will encourage microbial activity. Not just bacteria but fungi too. Fungi are important because they attach to the plants roots. Fungal mycelium is far more dense and consumes more of the rooting space. In nature endo/ect myco fungi are know to run deep in the earth and transport nutrient to the roots that otherwise the plant could never access. They also share a relationship with the plant and it's a "vice versa" trade off of sharing nutrients. In addition fungi is an excellent decomposer. So any organic element that's in the soil it will share with the plant.
Bacteria have an equally important role in the soil, they munch food and excrete exudates. Exudates are bio avaiable and immediately avaiable to the roots for up take. They also assist in self adjusting (buffering) pH. It's the way mother nature intended, but it doesn't come free.
In a forest trees fall, limbs and leaves drop. This is all organic matter and as organic it's made up of the very minerals and elements plants need to survive. When these organics are composted and are returned to the plants it's called the microbial loop.
I'd like to show you how I do "ORGANIC". Take from it what you can, I'm sure there's alot of recipies, methods, traditions, ideologies and theories. Please post them, let's learn and grow together.
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