Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

[Mohican]

Water often

 

[Steelheader3430]

Thanks Mo! Kinda what I was thinking.

 

[Joedank]

Water often

yea this and do a runoff check to be sure you dont have high salinity causing comopsting .
above 1000ppm of your input water is a red flag for me . i will add a thin layer of drywall dust (gypsum) to bind up salts and slow down the soil .

 

[Midwest Weedist]

yea this and do a runoff check to be sure you dont have high salinity causing comopsting .
above 1000ppm of your input water is a red flag for me . i will add a thin layer of drywall dust (gypsum) to bind up salts and slow down the soil .

Drywall dust huh? That's the second time I've seen it mentioned in organics now.

 

[Mohican]

Ground eggshell, gypsum, oyster shell dust, rock dust...

 

[Joedank]

Drywall dust huh? That's the second time I've seen it mentioned in organics now.

it works great if you cant get a bag of horti gypsum... in clay soils it causes "flockuation" a clumping of the clay that makes it easier on roots . also binds sodium and excess ion that form with CA+

 

[Steelheader3430]

I've got all that in my mix except the eggshells. Everything seems to be doing ok. Some plants have burnt leaf tips but I'm used to that by now. I'm gonna get stoned for the first time since 2004 soon. It should be out of my system by the time I go back to work. Should I go with the bodhi "appy thunderfuck" I've had curing for a year, or "the fuzz" or "blueberry hill"both about 2 months cure.

 

[Chronikool]

Both....

 

[Steelheader3430]

Both 3 of em. Jk. One hit of each will destroy me.

 

[Chronikool]

1/3 of a hit of 3 of them...?

 

[Midwest Weedist]

it works great if you cant get a bag of horti gypsum... in clay soils it causes "flockuation" a clumping of the clay that makes it easier on roots . also binds sodium and excess ion that form with CA+

I need to put that on my list of things-to-buy. I've been toying with the idea of using some of my native soil that heavy in clay, this might help me out!

 

[Midwest Weedist]

I chopped and wet trimmed my Yunnan last week and she was just dry enough to sample this morning. I can't WAIT for a proper cure on this stuff. Tastes like sweet cream with a very small hint of grape left on the tongue after a few hits. What really surprised me was how smooth it was after only 5+ days of drying. Super light smoke that doesn't even tickle the throat. The high is perfect for me in the am. For the life of me I can't smoke anything with middle eastern genetics in it without having to fight the lethargy that comes with them. It's definitely an indica high, but there's no stoney-ness to it whatsoever. I'm relaxed, calm, and centered without any loss of energy or mental clarity. There's a bit of a zing in my lungs/chest on the first hit but it fades fast.
This plant is a strange one for sure. After trimming and drying it the buds kind of look like a sativa in regards to how airy they tend to be and because of the thin appearance the calyces have. But, the buds formed like an indica in regards to over all shape, they're wider then they are tall.

 

[hyroot]

 

[Midwest Weedist]

Anyone have any ideas on what to do with ~2oz of bud that started to grow fuzzy white mold..?

The main cola of my strawberry blue started to sport a couple touches of mold (The really wispy white stuff that looks like cotton / mycelia) so I ripped out the entire cola instead of harvesting the infected sections. I know what caused it, I had two "nights" where my rh spiked to 89% and my temps hit 72f. In all honesty I probably could have cut the ~5 wisps of it off and it would have been fine as my rh is well below 45% again, but my paranoia wouldn't let me risk it.
I found it right before I was about to go to bed so I did a quick trim of the fans, stuck her in the over for about 20 minutes at ~300f, then into the freezer.
I know I can make bubble from it almost 100% safely, but I really don't feel like running only 2oz just to save it. Preferably I'd rather just aggressively remove all signs of any mold and turn it into a coconut tincture, but I've never had to work with bad product before and the idea of cooking with any sort of left over spores puts a bit of fear in me lol.

Any suggestions?

 

[Mohican]

Chop it and burn it. Wash your room with bleach.

 

[Midwest Weedist]

Chop it and burn it. Wash your room with bleach.

Sad day. That's the route I'll take then.
I washed it last night with vinegar then with 91% iso. I'm against bleach personally.

 

[hyroot]

Get a priest or rabbi to bless your garden

 

[Mohican]

Bleach is the best thing you can use against everything. You can dilute it to 3% and nothing can survive it. I don't like using it either but is is the most effective. H202 is also effective. You want to use a strong oxidizer. Wear safety equipment and a respirator. Use a big fan set on High to provide fresh air.

Fire is the ultimate oxidizer. That is why you burn any diseased plant material.

In the old days they would burn villages to stop outbreaks of diseases. Puts it in perspective

Cheers,
Mo

 

[Midwest Weedist]

Bleach is the best thing you can use against everything. You can dilute it to 3% and nothing can survive it. I don't like using it either but is is the most effective. Quaternary Ammonia or H202 are also effective. You want to use a strong oxidizer.

Fire is the ultimate oxidizer. That is why you burn any diseased plant material.

In the old days they would burn villages to stop outbreaks of diseases. Puts it in perspective

Cheers,
Mo

Honestly my fear of it returning is pretty small. It only happened because of my extreme negligence. I turned my fan off during lights out.... Idk why. Been a rough month for me, mind isn't where it should be, I digress though, I went over almost every millimeter of the plant that I had to harvest from as well as my others this morning for a few hours and I couldn't find a single strand of it anywhere else. Obviously I'm aware spores are now lurking, but it's been raining heavily on and off for a month here, nothing I can do as they're present in high amounts everywhere. I don't run anything like a hepa filter so whatever floats around my apartment building is going to be present. Thus why I keep my rh below 50% at all times.. well except the two days recently.

Anyways, thanks for the input! I'm definitely tossing the infected product.

 

[Mohican]

Believe me - we have all done stupid things. I have had to disinfect my veg cabinet more times than I wish to mention. Each time I learn a new thing that I can use to improve my next grow.

I had some killer Scott's OG I was letting take it's time in a shady spot. It kept getting frostier and frostier. Then it seemed too frosty. It was covered in white fur!









Cheers,
Mo