[FatherEarth]

I dont use any manure based compost. Currently Im running green waste compost but am about to jump ship and go compostless as Reppin2c mentioned. Consistent compost that is made right is super hard to find. Yea yea you can make it yourself.. I need far too much compost to make it myself. One of those bad ass machines to turn rows that MJ's bagged medium comes from is whats up. I dont even want to know what the ticket on that is..
Im leaning on 45% emerald promoss 30% EWC 25% pumice as my base but I havent decided for sure yet I will be leaving out N sources all together and going with microbes instead..
How do you balance C:N ratio when your input comes from microbes is my question... ?

Originally Posted by Bulldog420

In all fairness this is really high quality compost. I would be very surprised if it contained high levels of salt, however when I get my soil tests done if it shows high salts, I know where it came from. When I have used coco in the past my soil tests were ALWAYS high in salts. Coco dried out better in my moist climate at the time.

You can have high quality compost yet more difficult than peeps generally believe IMO. I think it causes more problems than it solves. EWC castings are not much better yet better. When it comes to manures I'm not a fan composted or not. When it came to coco I always soaked and rinsed before using.

Originally Posted by FatherEarth

as Reppin2c mentioned

FWIW 2C is one of the better growers I've run across in all my years.

Mad respect for 2C

[reppin2c]

It's reppin2K to you buddy. I rock the 15.2 % K for a reason....big yields lmao oh and pest and disease. Watching the health of my plants diminish between corrective foliars is saddening. I totally bought that shit too. If I wasn't on top of this shit every single day trying to correct what's wrong this place would be a sad state of affairs. I just want to skip all the work next year and start off on the right foot. HaVing a EC of 4.6 and unbalanced is like having a supercharged drag car running on 87 octane and firing on 5 cylinders. This shits about to grenade...retarded. But being able to foliar AEA and albion ca may be my only saving grace

[milkyjoe]

Well said...know exactly what you mean. Credit where it is due though...the aibion really is the bomb

[Pangea]

Originally Posted by FatherEarth

I dont use any manure based compost. Currently Im running green waste compost but am about to jump ship and go compostless as Reppin2c mentioned. Consistent compost that is made right is super hard to find. Yea yea you can make it yourself.. I need far too much compost to make it myself. One of those bad ass machines to turn rows that MJ's bagged medium comes from is whats up. I dont even want to know what the ticket on that is..
Im leaning on 45% emerald promoss 30% EWC 25% pumice as my base but I havent decided for sure yet I will be leaving out N sources all together and going with microbes instead..
How do you balance C:N ratio when your input comes from microbes is my question... ?

$16-20K plus a tractor.

Though there is a youtube video of a guy who made his own turner that works off of his small riding lawn mower, no details other than two videos of it working well.

Alfalfa ftw as a base.

[Stayfoolish]

Never wanted a forklift so bad.

[FatherEarth]

1 tsp of Albion Ca powder = 2.2 grams

Thats what Im giving em once a week per gallon..


CGabe,

Im already using 20% EWC in my current mix with 40% compost 20% Peat 20% Perlite so removing the Compost all together and only bumping the EWC up 10% should get the K levels about where Id want them. Im also leaning with milky on the K levels possibly being closer to 7% for cannabis.
The beds I have sitting just under 7% certainly appear to be the most healthy of the bunch.. Hopefully I can nail the mix next round with this mixing company. We shall see...

[FatherEarth]

Pangea this is the one Im talking about...


https://midwestbiosystems.com/compost-windrow-turner




https://midwestbiosystems.com/wp-cont...ers/sp-170.pdf

[cannascholar]

Did of my last feed on a light dep that I introduced AEA to around week 4. Did every bottle at 1ml per gal, 1.5 ml pht potassium and 2ml rejuvenate. Loving the results never had buds so dense and huge.

Its working wonders on a mendomix full season. Had some problems with bat gauno oxidizing my coir and giving off ammonia, Gary reccomended a good dose of humacarb to help with the problem.