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  1. Northern Boxer

    Beneficial Nems for Fungus Gnats

    Indoor organic grow and a basic organic IPM which has worked well over the past several years however I have recently experienced a significant fungus gnat invasion which I have chalked up to using a horse manure-based compost top dress over my usual use of EWC. This along with my standard...
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    Pottasiam Issues?

    Hello Members, I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction with my most recent grow. Plants are in week 4 and transferred into 10 gallon fabrics 5 days ago. At the time of transplant I noticed one of the girls had a slight twist on a few lower fans and since then all plants are...
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    No Till Mushrooms? WTF

    While completing my watering schedule I noticed one of my containers has mushrooms growing in it? Mulch is Barley straw and cover crop. Good, bad or ugly? Never seen this before. Leave them, pull em, should I have any concerns?Medium is a Coots mix, watering 4000 ml every 2 days, weekly MBP...
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    Silica Sources

    I have been experimenting recently with Malted Barley and seeing some nice results in the early stages of flower. I have been following Coots recommendation by watering in with Fulvic Acid and Aloe. A source of silica is also recommended so I have been top dressing after the MBP with a tsp of a...
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    Karanja and Neem Cake

    I'm on my 3rd organic grow and luckily up to this point have never had a pest infestation. However its inevitable that I will at some point and would like to start using Neem / Karanja Cake as part of an IPM. Im trying to determine whether to apply in a top dress or going the water in tea...
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    No Till Root Temp Concerns

    Planted in 10 gallon fabric pots sitting on raised grating for airflow. Day temp at plant tops average 25.5c (78F) and night 20c (68F) however my root zone temps go no higher than 17.5 c (63F) in day and drop down as low as 16.5c (61F) at night. Will these root/soil temps significantly lower...
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    Nutrient deficiency close to finish

    This is my first organic grow using a well cooked globally amended mix. The only additions to my water only approach was some foliar feeding with kelp in the early vegetative stage, top Dressing with a worm casting, fish meal, kelp and alfalfa meal at week 3 of flowering and 4 balanced organic...
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    Water only organic nutrient depletion in flower?

    This is my first organic grow using a well cooked globally amended mix. The only additions to my water only approach was some foliar feeding with kelp in the early vegetative stage, top Dressing with a worm casting, fish meal, kelp and alfalfa meal at week 3 of flowering and 4 balanced organic...
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    Fungi on Organic Top Dress Mix?

    A few weeks ago I prepared a top dress to be used into the first few weeks of flowering which consisted of worm castings, bokashi , kelp meal, bat guano, bone meal, glacial rock dust, and kelp meal. I mixed it up in a pail with a sealed lid and put it aside until plans to use next week. When I...
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    RO Water 229 ppm

    I have recently set up a new Indoor grow and plan to fertilize organically but my municipal tap water contains chloramine which can't be removed and will kill all microbial activity. I have access to a local supply of RO water which is identified as Natural Spring Water, Ozone, mineral content...
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    Seedlings under LED's

    I'm setting up a new grow but have no prior experience with LED's. I have 48" x 48" tent and a pair of Timber VL3's. Each light has 3 x 100 watt Vero29 cobs for a total 600 watts @ 3500k. These units have a a 10-100% dimmer. My plan is to use one unit for the first 2 weeks and then add the...
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    A Single Lighting Solution

    I'm a new member with old school experience and back in the day had many successful grows with a pair of 600 watt MH/ HPS on light movers. Back then I would always start my seed stock under 4 ft flourecents then moved them under the MH 2 weeks after the seeds broke soil. Well 20 years later...
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