RanchoDeluxe
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Hey Coba, C-Ray - The beauty of Scientific Method is that we can test whatever the hell we want without the risk of losing an entire crop.
I forget which of you mentioned that I should try Gascanastan's mix. But his mix and CC's will be run through in the "unknowns" on a couple of plants. If all goes well it may turn into the "control" group that anything else will have to outperform.
My soil mix is lame...but it works.
50% Roots Organic Potting soil
25% Teufel's compost - CC and Gas both say this compost sucks...they are right...woody and full of fungus gnats.
25% Perlite.
I run it w/o additives for veg. For flower I add 1tbs per gal of Kelp meal, HF 5-5-5, Greensand, SRP, and 11/2 tbs of dolomite lime. I used to add 1tbs of alfalfa but the assclowns that make Roots will sometimes put some pretty hot soil in that bag. So I'd rather just hit them with some teas than watch em burn.
I grabbed this because I didn't have time to let shit cook for some veg plants that needed to get out of the soil they were in ASAP. My dumbass didn't use scientific method when incorporating backyard compost into my mix and my plants just aren't digging it like they should be. I could mix up something very similar to CC's mix that I have used before and that works well for me. I decided to just kick it old school SM style. When I started growing to pay the bills a few years ago the above mix outperformed LC's mix and plain Root Soils with nothing added. I'm not saying my mix is better, just that it worked better in my situation.
Really though SM can be applied in many other ways. An example would be a few years ago when JayKush mentioned that lavender can be made into a foliar to kill spider mites. Instead of just following what he (or anyone else) suggested and blindly spraying all my plants without knowing how the would react...I sprayed a plant or two and waited a couple days to make sure everything was OK.
Two reasons why I started this thread. First I wanted to see what my soil testing plan would be written down. Second, I realized that by following SM, the possibility of failure is drastically reduced.
Ramble.
RD
I forget which of you mentioned that I should try Gascanastan's mix. But his mix and CC's will be run through in the "unknowns" on a couple of plants. If all goes well it may turn into the "control" group that anything else will have to outperform.
My soil mix is lame...but it works.
50% Roots Organic Potting soil
25% Teufel's compost - CC and Gas both say this compost sucks...they are right...woody and full of fungus gnats.
25% Perlite.
I run it w/o additives for veg. For flower I add 1tbs per gal of Kelp meal, HF 5-5-5, Greensand, SRP, and 11/2 tbs of dolomite lime. I used to add 1tbs of alfalfa but the assclowns that make Roots will sometimes put some pretty hot soil in that bag. So I'd rather just hit them with some teas than watch em burn.
I grabbed this because I didn't have time to let shit cook for some veg plants that needed to get out of the soil they were in ASAP. My dumbass didn't use scientific method when incorporating backyard compost into my mix and my plants just aren't digging it like they should be. I could mix up something very similar to CC's mix that I have used before and that works well for me. I decided to just kick it old school SM style. When I started growing to pay the bills a few years ago the above mix outperformed LC's mix and plain Root Soils with nothing added. I'm not saying my mix is better, just that it worked better in my situation.
Really though SM can be applied in many other ways. An example would be a few years ago when JayKush mentioned that lavender can be made into a foliar to kill spider mites. Instead of just following what he (or anyone else) suggested and blindly spraying all my plants without knowing how the would react...I sprayed a plant or two and waited a couple days to make sure everything was OK.
Two reasons why I started this thread. First I wanted to see what my soil testing plan would be written down. Second, I realized that by following SM, the possibility of failure is drastically reduced.
Ramble.
RD
Good thread my friend.
