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Does anyone run very large pots with blumats in them? I found my perfect soil mix so now I want to make a 35 gallon no-till soil bed on wheels to decrease compaction and back issues. It is going to be 17.5 inches deep so I was considering buying some maxi's to pair with a regular sized blumat in...

I personally use my pee to soak mine. pee in a bucket covering the biochar for 48 hours and your good to go!

I grow lettuce all around my plants! not a problem :)

Yeah I just started a new soil replacing perlite and coco. I did 25% mvp and 13% biochar. Letting it sit I'll keep you updated.

Turface MVP. One 50 pound bag is 10+ gallons. 19 bucks

Lemme guess. Tennessee? I was just eyeballing a place just like that! You beat me to it lol

That's how I am planning to do it. With a little terra preta mixed in. I finally found a store near me that carries Turface MVP. It is literally clay shards just more uniform. I'm still following cootz mix but instead I am substituting 10-13%(haven't decided yet) charcoal with the Turface as my...

Yes but they are a completely different type of worm, but it composts all the same. Your soil is alive and thriving, great job! As soon as you plant a plant in the soil (I would start with some clover), You will notice that the population of white worms (potworms) drops while the plant adjusts...

Pot worms. Same as composting worms but they survive in acidic conditions. Don't worry about it. Add an AACT and plant something.

Using all of those amendments I have never let my soil cook. Buy some dutch clover and innoculant. Plant two days ahead of your cannabis plant and you are good :)

Yikes I need to try that!

It seems to me comfrey is the best all around composting and mulching plant. I tried topdressing with dandelions once and it robbed my soil of all the nitrogen. Anyone notice that? But I love the leaves in salads, so they have a use :)

I would topdress at a tbsp per 5 gallons. When I have a deficiency of some sort I figure out what it is and topdress with a tbsp per 5 gal of the fix. Usually works in 2-3 days depending. You could also make a tea at 1 tbsp per cup of water and water with that after 1-2 day, then topdress the...

In addition to the biochar. Go to your local pottery stores and ask for broken unglazed pottery. Great porous aeration! :)

I would like to say, stay away from PH if you have living soil. STAY AWAY. I do not lime my mix because it will be handled by the microbes and fungi. I used 1/3 Peat 1/3 coco and 1/3 compost as my base then I amended with the typical amendments. I decided the other day to barrow a soil ph tester...

I was reading this thread https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=243168. Which led me to this abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19389288?dopt=Abstract I have trouble reading the above link because it is a company flyer, I don't think they would mention side effects or possible...

I considered using insect frass but cootz advised against it because it can be a media to transmit pathogens. Is their any bonus to using insect frass besides the fact it repels pests?

As long as the plant is healthy and the soil is living you shouldn't have those issues. I know I never do. I have my RH at 60% and temps at 83, water everyday as well. The plants love me!!!! :P

I wouldn't do it.

Does anybody experience Sulfur deficiencies? I'm pretty surprised I even have it so I topdressed with mullein for long term and fed a gypsum tea for a fast acting fix. Only one plant was showing it hard so maybe it's sulfur hungry? Gypsum tea 3 cups water 1tsp gypsum Next morning 1 cup gypsum...