Chunky Stool
Well-Known Member
Many new growers don't seem to realize how much calcium they are putting into their custom mixes.About the super soil, I should have said I am not a fan of a new growers making a super soil, starting with a soil in the mid range of hot and going water only and allowing a plant to develop normal deficiencies in veg like nitrogen and magnesium the most common ones with in a good soil mix will improve their growing skills much faster IMO.
Anyway, the above is just my opinion.
Here is 2c more.
Not directed to anyone just a general opinion directed toward newer growers.
Does anyone disagree that with a good soil being given water only the two most common deficiencies in veg are nitrogen and magnesium?
The plant will show the deficiency in the lower fan leaves because the plant will steal those nutrients from them unless the new grower sadly chose to defoliated those lower green fan leaves.
If the new grower focuses on two things, the difference between a nitrogen deficiency and a magnesium deficiency and can tell the difference then the fix is easy.
A small dose of epsom salt in water will quickly fix a mag def.
Several ways to stop a Nitrogen deficiency.
Small dose of fish emulsion works fast along with a top dressing of Bio Live that will carry the plant for at least 3 weeks.
Small doses of blood meal or a high N bird or bat guano will work fast to restore N.
EWC are an excellent addition to the above and will cure most ill's by themselves especially if they are fresh castings created by the grower.
3 or 4 weeks later another top dressing with EWC kelp meal and Bio live or other balance dry amendment will get the grower 3 or 4 weeks further.
An occasional watering of seaweed extract can be beneficial to a soil grow.
New growers would be better off not using molasses.
Of course none of this matters without properly watering the soil and having a good environment.
Bone meal, bat guano, seabird guano, rock phosphate, crab, etc all have LOTS of calcium.
A little langbeinite or epsom is usually better than dolomite for heavily amended soils.
Just sayin'...