Rhode Island Organics

kahgknow

Member
Hey everybody I am new to posting here I have apparently had an account for a while but recently noticed this section for RI patients and decided to start posting over here. I want to use this thread to discuss everything related to organics in regards to a living soil. I do not use bottled nutrients and this thread is not for discussing growing with those. There are a few bottles that are accepted for use in organic growing but we do not rely on using bottles to feed our plants.

We start out by mixing up our own soil mixes, however complex or simple they may be, and these are loaded with our nutrients which the microbes are then given time to breakdown, 4-6 weeks depending on how "hot" your soil is, and convert into plant food. After this we just have to keep the soil moist with non-chlorinated water, not allowing it to dry out yet not giving it too much whereas you would create an anaerobic situation. With a properly mixed and cycled soil you can go from seed to harvest while just giving it water. This is a lot easier, a lot cheaperr and a lot safer/healthier than a bottle of something we do not know what it contains.

This is just the beginning of organics, but even keeping it this simple will get you a higher quality and higher yield than most people who use the bottle stuff. It all comes down to having a healthy plant, which the nutrient companies intentionally cause you to be deficient in order to continue buying their products on top of having to buy them everytime you run out, that is expensive!

I do not personally know others who are doing this in RI but I am sure there are more of you out there, it would be great if we all got together in here and shared our soil mixes and information on locating the cheapest and best amendments around. Patients need healthy medicine and it is not going to happen if everybody keeps dumping bottles of crap on there plants.
 

headbanger

New Member
Living organic soil!!!!! Not to be confused with TLO and all the spikes and layers nonsense. Just soil, made by us, that comes as close to mimicking mother nature the best we can giving it ideal plant based inputs. Plants feeding plants...except for the worm castings.

We feed the soil, not the plant. This is not only sustainable utilizing no-till methods, but just about everything can be sourced locally and from nature, reducing our carbon footprint. This is not myth based cannabis gardening. Never mind the savings when there are no more 'nute' costs in the no-till. All the while, every cycle in the no-till keeps getting better and better in regards to quality and yield.

Great post kahgknow!!
 

kahgknow

Member
Hey headbanger, glad to see there are more folks in this little state with the same mentality about growing. It ain't about chemicals and you will do better without them. I like how my medicine keeps getting better and I see people around me who don't want my help and are getting worse. These people always brag about their Advanced Nutrient growing friends. Like they are the greatest. My meds blow these people out of the water, 2 joints and nothing, first thing in the morning, didn't think it was possible. Then a bowl of my stuff and i'm gone. I love organics. It is just so pure, that is my favorite part. I don't care about yield, it is all about quality. The yield will come if you focus on the quality.
 

Wavegem

Active Member
You have root aphids good luck they won't even flinch with dish soap. I used Baer tree and shrub only clones only in veg
 

FatWhiteStoner

New Member
The only good product I got out of TCS recently has been by this grower DCB, who they say grows all organic in soil. If so, then he's got it dialed in.
I do RDWC because I'm not into playing with dirt inside the house, and I've not been able to kill those white bugs without nasty chemicals so I went soilless. I'd like to do organic nutes in it, but I haven't had the time yet to find what I really need.
I know I can't ask any of these monkeys in the shops and get a straight answer. I went to get some enzyme when I first moved back and I asked if they had some pond clean, and dude started telling me how Hygrozyme was the best and most economic thing and all the commercial growers use it. Anyhow, good idea for thread and will hopefully address organic for hydro too.
 

kahgknow

Member
It ain't organic to me until it is a water only soil. Bottles do not constitute organics to me. My water only soil in 5 gallons plastic outproduces my girlfriends caregivers bottled organics in 7.5 gallon smart pots, by at least double. And it is never harsh always smooth. Nice and tasty. We got a blue dream clone from someone using roots organics it is a 12 week strain. He cured it for 6 months the first time we got it. Our sample at 10 weeks competed with his 6 month cure. It is not even done yet. Bottles will cost a lot more of your time and money. As far as bugs, unhealthy plants attract bugs. I have not had a bug issue in over a year. I had spider mites twice in less than a year using bottles. If your considering organics mix up your own soil don't buy the bottles. No matter what anybody says it is definitely the way to go. I had everyone telling me it was going to cause so many problems, yet I now produce better quality with better yields than they are. We gave a couple a bucket of our soil in one of our self watering containers, it was the most they have yielded indoors since they started growing.
 

Wavegem

Active Member
Organic means bacteria which are present in the growing medium which convert unusable nutrients into a useable form for the plants. You feed the soil not the plants. Hydro will never be organic because there is nowhere for the bacteria to live. What bennies are you using and what exactly is your soil mix? Do you brew teas and feed weekly along with replenishing the bacteria? Or is your soil precharged and you just add water?
 

dudemandigo

Well-Known Member
You have root aphids good luck they won't even flinch with dish soap. I used Baer tree and shrub only clones only in veg
They are not root aphids turns out they are spring tails and they eat fungus gnats larvae and also breakdown organic material in the soil
 

dudemandigo

Well-Known Member
From my understanding spring tails are a good thing.
Yes, I believe they actually provide nutrient available to the roots because I have noticed them for the past year and I have had the best yield and highest potency I have ever had recently. Also no deficiencies have been noted in years and no signs of leaf damage
 
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