I have to clean this up a bit, but here's the a/c condensate feeding the fogger and the Marey CO2 genny. I also use the water to feed my plants. gettogro recently had a problem fogging with this water, so I don't recommend everyone use it. My room is loaded full of beneficial bacteria as it is... So I'm not concerned.
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1 5 disc fogger gets the whole room up to where I need it to be. I was surprised. It helps that I have 3 4'x8' living breathing beds in the room.
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Nice to see you doing well and having fun whilst at it mate
Pulling up a chair for the rest of the organic goodness show
Hi, bobblehead.
Nice work.
Best,
/SRGB/
Can you hip me to this fogger biz? is it some type of organic co2 genny? The way you worded it, with the living breathing beds bit, this is my guess. Otherwise, Im having trouble figuring out what its for. Foliar application? (no, thats the atomizers job) Humidification? (no, why run dehuey if humidity needed)
You sure have gone organic in a big way! Make sure you get some of that Bocking 14 Russian Comfrey planted
bobble
Speaking of the atomizer, some food for thought - I wonder if the droplets produced/put out by the atomizer are large enough to preserve & protect the bacteria in their journey out of the vessel and onto your plants. That is, there is such a thing as "too small" a mist produced by a sprayer, in re: foliar feeding with compost tea.
(I don't recall enough about the details to know if the atomizer is sufficient or not - just thought I'd mention that it's worth consideration)
The bees comment wasn't so much about indoor cannabis as the ag industry as a whole, which primarily relies on synthetic ferts. Cheaper isn't better especially when it comes to what we put in our bodies... So yes, BRIX is a lifestyle choice. It goes well with bodybuilding. I haven't given up HFCS, but you won't find it in my house. I normally drink water or tea. Sometimes I have diet soda. I haven't bought veggies all summer, and I have about a 2-3 month supply in the freezer. The tomato plants are really producing now, so its tomatoes with everything! Lol. Next year I'm going big and I'll grow enough high brix produce to last the year. The next step is to move away from store bought chicken... I want to get some venison in the freezer. Salmon would be nice too, but its a little late in the year now. Itchybod says I should raise my own chickens. I just don't have the property for that right now.
NOW THATS WHATS UP!! Time for some bloody marys...
Kids will be kids... They don't need me to help them make bad decisions.
I know that microbeman has done some research on atomizers and their effect on bacterias and fungal hyphae..IIRC hand pump type sprayers did the least amount of damage..
lol...
If anyone is interested in more details about refractometers and the benefits of high brix gardening, you should watch this video. I can't embed a video for the life of me, but I'm going to try. It won't work, so I'll provide the link to the page hosting the video. I found it very informative.
http://vimeo.com/6689994
I knew the shit talkers would find their way over eventually... Start a ruckus...
I believe the issue with the atomizer is the jet engine denaturing proteins and chopping up the bacteria. I would suggest that the atomizer has better coverage, but better coverage isn't necessary when the plant has the ability to translocate nutrients applied via foliar sprays within hours.
I hope by "ruckus" you meant "stimulating conversation."
That's a great thought about the engine in the atomizer being the culprit. My [layman's] interpretation of the issue hl brought up (as MM addressed it) was simply the hole through which the water is forced to create the mist -- is it big enough to allow the bacteria/spores to exit the vessel in-tact?
I hadn't thought about, in your case, the actual propellant/propelling doodad doing the harm. Do you think you'd be better off using a hand pump device for your compost foliars, vs. the atomizer? (You kind of lost me a little in your tradeoff scenario with the atomizer & the translocation. Even if the plant can translocate the goodness from the foliar spray, if what hits the leaves is less effective than had it been sprayed through a larger hole, what good is the translocation of the goodness if the goodness is, erm, weakened?)
Thanks bobble, for going organic! Now we get the benefit of your brain on this topic, without some of the snark and condescension found in some of the other organic education/concept/theory/discussion threads.
Animals in the wild will stop eating when they're full. They eat an organic diet. Wild animals near the city have access to processed food, and the study I read said that wild animals in an urban environment had a higher BMI. The same thing applies to humans. Feed them an organic diet, and they will eat less. Feed them chips and hamburgers lacking in nutrition, and they will keep on eating. Hunger isn't satisfied by food, hunger is satisfied by nutrition. Vegetables grown with synthetic nutes are significantly less nutritous than organic veggies... So even if you eat well, you could be eating better!
I don't have any brix readings to share right this moment. I only foliar when my plants are in good condition, and they were looking a little rough for a couple weeks. I will start foliar sprays again soon, and share my before and after readings. During lights on, brix can increase dramatically. Its very important to take reading around the same time of day, same temps, etc... This stuff really needs to be charted to spot the trends... But an increase of 2-3 brix points from one day to the next, taken at the same time, is good. If the brix stays the same or even drops, the spray was ineffective.