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Big Soil Little Room, Recycled soil trial
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Really impressive mate, I like this a lot, I need to start looking into bigger pots this is my first organic experience and I didnt contemplate how much difference in a plants roots between soil and hydro... I got root bound on both lots of seedlings I've done.. where before in hydro Ive grown 2 ft plants in 2 ltr coco and I get root bound 2 week old seedlings in 1 ltr pots lol
Are SmartPots available in the UK? Or something similar...
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OrganicOzarks
Smartpots ships a container at a time to Europe. They do not have the justification yet to manufacture there. If it dictates they will. I believe they are shipping them to Spain, but I could be wrong on that. I just had a conversation about this the other day with them.
Ive never flowered in anything smaller than a 20 gallon since I started using soil. I was told and shown that the size of the plant outside the pot isnt nearly as important as whats in the pot. If you look at a plants above ground structure its directly related to its root space. A plant that has a small amount of space to grow roots grows up but not out. Plants with ample root space grow into round globes that look as though someone manicured them that way. More roots, more power. Thats what all this dirt is about, root space. " The bigger the root, the bigger the shoot" is how I was taught. I think we have been largely underestimating the cannabis plant for a long time. Most people dont truly know what it is capable of in terms of growth. Growing Large plants thread is a testament to that. Although "Times are a changin" . . .
So I would have to say the answer to your question is Yes, more soil, bigger yield.
Big Soil Every Time.
The Brewer. The basic ideas were all gathered from microbeorganics.com ...
http://microbeorganics.com/#So_You_Wanna_Build_A_Compost_Tea_Brewer
From there I just added things that fit my situation or made things easier. For instance my airlift has a smaller diameter air inlet pipe that extends upwards and out so that I can angle my air lift water stream to swirl around the barrel without kinking my hose. The airlift is key for gas exchange I would not leave that out of your brewer.
My "whateveragon" as microbeman calls it, has holes all around it pointing down and out. Trying to get an even bubble 'curtain' all around. There are more holes the further you get away from the main pipe air inlet. The pipe in the middle that you mentioned is to get air flowing up the center column. Im trying to avoid any anaerobic dead space .. I also never use a bag, I let my compost be free to swirl and ride the airlift. Make sure and use fine compost or it will clog your airlift and if you arent around it can choke your ACT and become anaerobic quickly. I sift all the large particles out, I toss the woody fungal pieces into a minnow dip net and hang them over the outlet for the air lift for a while to get some of the mycelium into the brewer before I toss the chunks.
Final consistency before adding to the brewer
Final consistency before adding to the brewer
Yes those are heaters you see inside the brewer. One at the bottom and on the side about midway up. I sometimes brew outdoors when its cold I need to keep the water warm. Also when I start a brew with 58 degree well water I need to warm it up before I add my microbes. I keep it at 62-65 degrees. I use well water, 33ppm is my average reading and it doesnt fluctuate much. According to microbeman his recipes are made with water around this number as well. Id have to go and read up on his exact recommendations.
Here is the heater I use, I always opt for more heating power than than suggested because I may be dealing with a higher temperature differential than 10-15 degrees when brewing outdoors.
Here is the heater I use, I always opt for more heating power than than suggested because I may be dealing with a higher temperature differential than 10-15 degrees when brewing outdoors.
warming up for a brew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjtAT0Luxy0
And a video of my trained soil mites defending the homestead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMNdnQZGoqo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjtAT0Luxy0
And a video of my trained soil mites defending the homestead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMNdnQZGoqo
Note: I would not use the black drain pipes again if I build another one. Although cheap, they arent suitable for anything but waste so they are probably leaching chemicals into my brew. As bad as that sounded I think Ill build a new lift tomorrow....
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YosemiteSam
At the risk of sounding like a fanboy...this is my favorite grow on the net period...rock on FE.
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Coca Cola doesnt share the special brew..
url looking sexy with at least 4 more weeks to go, I love this plant.
I keep this one as head stash..Im growing this one to process in the Terpenator MKIII, finally got all the stuff I need minus my tank filled. Ill save that for another thread...heh
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I keep this one as head stash..Im growing this one to process in the Terpenator MKIII, finally got all the stuff I need minus my tank filled. Ill save that for another thread...heh
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Glorious.
sick thread, bless
