Yeah hawaii.
Yeah hawaii.
Your 5 years behind the curve then.
Real soil has no gimmick or marketing scheme. Have you ever grown in real soil? I would bet not if you still think a soil-less mix is superior. A farmer would laugh at our soil-less cluster f*ck of mixes.
I move thousands of vegetable seedlings every year, not a spec of perlite, or mined/produced aeration. This magic product called sand...you had an abundance in Hawaii. Your plant does not care about the weight of your mix, it actually wants the heavier the better as long as your roots aren't water logged. This goes back to my original statement that weight means nothing in your soil but to your back.
My experiments tell me that everything we know as organic soil-less is as good of science as a high times article.
People tend to think of the mix as the overriding factor that determines air and water content in the root zone. Therefore most mixes made over the last 20 years have been classed according to their air and water values, as if they were fixed properties of the mix. They are not. There are four major factors which affect the air and water status in containers. These factors are like the four corners of a plug or tray cell; each is necessary in supporting the air and water content in that cell (Figure 1). The four corners are: ➊ the substrate (components and ratios); ❷ the container (height and shape); ❸ substrate handling procedures; and ❹ watering practices. Each of these four factors have a profound effect on air and water content.
Lol...
Do you want me to have my Brother take a picture of the black sand beach out his front door near Kehena?
Definition of sand
1a : a loose granular material that results from the disintegration of rocks, consists of particles smaller than gravel but coarser than silt, and is used in mortar, glass, abrasives, and foundry molds
Sand is a classification of particle size, regardless of parent material.
You realize you are in the Organic Soil forum, right? I have nothing to say about your hydro grown weed, it is what it is, hydro.
Like I said before, its all yours. You lived in Hawaii, your plants show You are a master grower with all that excess N and P deficiency in your photos, all the while bottle feeding.
Still waiting on that scale showing 3lbs a light.
For the record, I don't believe I said anything derogatory towards You in any way, Good Morning to You too!
so cute! glad you guys made up. Ofcourse its always flattering having to senior members squabble it out on your post. Kind of like parents fighting over the child, except its just a compost post
Way too much compost. 20% sand 20% compost 60% topsoil. Your still missing the details that go along with a "high performance" soil, testing and balancing.
Still looking forward to the results in your environment. I'm guessing your somewhere east of the Applegate.
Way too much compost. 20% sand 20% compost 60% topsoil. Your still missing the details that go along with a "high performance" soil, testing and balancing.
Still looking forward to the results in your environment. I'm guessing your somewhere east of the Applegate.
LOL give him some props he's actually doing something!
Im not doing anything. Ironically enough I was mixing the vermiculite and expanded clay pellets into the mix yesterday and I pulled a muscle in my lower back. Now Im at home paralyzed for at least 3-4 days until it heals. No Joke. its brutal. And so ironic. anywhoooo. Nice little experiment Mushroombrew. Keep us posted. Also what is that white stuff on the top on your pots ? explain yourself please.