Soil preparation

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Packer420

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• Jul 24, 2018

• #1

So I will be preparing my soil later today and realized I have been giving them molasses with sulphur as the guy told me his molasses contained some sulphur in it!!!

So can I still use the same soil ( potting mix with perlite only) that had been fed with sulphured molasses the past few months?

I will be mixing this base with a recipe then add ACT with the correct Unsulphured molasses now then cook for say 1 - 2 weeks?

Thanks much in advance masters!

 

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Packer420

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• Jul 24, 2018

• #2

And how do you guys moisten your soil for cooking?

Would you spray with ACT or just water lightly with ACT until moist? which seems easier for noobs..

Thanks again and again!

 

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Teddybrae

• Jul 25, 2018

• #3

So I 'm wondering what's so bad about sulphured molasses? Plants need sulphur too. Never heard of this potential trouble.

But Mate ... sounds like a poor soil mix ... actually doesn't sound like soil. y'know, dirt soil with all sorts of good stuff in it ... ?

 

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Mengsk

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• Jul 25, 2018

• #4

Compost always helps from your own yard or in bulk before the season. Any kind of coco coir, compost or worm castings available at the nursery/grow supply store can be topdressed or lightly mixed in. Different bat or seabird guano, crushed lava rock or pumice or perlite, compost or potting mix, alfalfa pellets, mineral or rock powders azomite greensand lime gypsum and so on, depending on your native soil you might mix 1/4-1/3 of each by volume mineral (sand/clay), organic matter (compost/worm castings), and air (expanded clay/pumice/perlite) with as much fertilizer as recommended on the package. I'm not sure how much to use or how long it needs to cook without burning the plants. Organic fertilizer has quite a selection now I am trying "vegan mix" OMRI this year. You may find items that overlap or have all in one dry mix too.

 

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Mengsk

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• Jul 25, 2018

• #5

I would definitely try maple syrup over molasses although I will probably stick to just a tablespoon or so in a 5 gal batch of ACT that will be diluted to 50 gal and/or watered in thoroughly.

 

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Packer420

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• Jul 25, 2018

• #6

Thanks for the share. I would then continue reusing this soil and use this unsulphured i just got and ser any diffference.

I read that those sulphur is beneficial to plants an humans? But might kill the good bacteria created.

 

Lester Beans

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• Jul 25, 2018

• #7

Sulpher is good for plants. Nothing wrong with sulphur molasses. I would moisten soil with ACT.

 

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Packer420

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• Jul 26, 2018

• #8

I see. But unsulphured is better?

 

Switcher56

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• Jul 26, 2018

• #9

Yes!

 

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Packer420

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• Jul 27, 2018

• #10

Thanks alot!