DR. i dont run soil anymore, use coco and chem nutes, i have been using the same coco for 1 year now, roots are strained out on a screen and right back into beer cups and pots for clones, veg plants and flower plants, no problems. this is one about 2 weeks from chop. healthy and producingowe never realized FFOF was organic based but either way after its used you need to replenish it with amendments which also takes a few weeks pending on what you added or it could very well be to hot for new cuttings
looking good there joesy in coco you flush weekly do to over abundance of P in coco ???? adding tons of cal mag always wanted to try coco we sell the stuff in our store lol just never got around to itDR. i dont run soil anymore, use coco and chem nutes, i have been using the same coco for 1 year now, roots are strained out on a screen and right back into beer cups and pots for clones, veg plants and flower plants, no problems. this is one about 2 weeks from chop. healthy and producing[URL=https://www.icmag.com/ic/picture.php?albumid=35098&pictureid=952081&thumb=1]View Image[/url]
well for starters i give my clones full strength nutes the day they root, and the day they root they go 12 inches under my hid, rooted clones are just as strong as the moms they came from...nutrient and light wise...superman your telling me after you finish flowering and possibly running 1150 ppm last couple of weeks even toning it down to possibly 650 on chop day you going to re use it on a clone lol ya Right you are you would fry it, not to mention possible salt build up, and wrong nutrients for veg as you were using flowering nutes for the last 7 - 20 weeks lol as well as vegging for hell who knows how long ????
i too am lost...is this what you think flushing is?!?!soaking the soil once and then drying it out?! huh?! where do you get these ideas? for starters the traditional way to do it is to just give plain water for the last few weeks of budding, so the plant eats all the leftover salts in a few days or a week, then it starts to eat its own nutrient stores, that's why the leaves yellow! because there is no more nutrients at all in the soil for the plant to eat, so it must cannibalize itself! secondly...WHY ON EARTH would you dry it out before you use it again?!?! how would spending a month drying out soil fit into any recycling scenario?! i just don't get why you would mention it like this is something people actually do...when you are out buying bags of soil every month or two, do you put the dirt on an elevated screen like you described and let it dry for a month with a dehumidifier? then use it? would you also recommend we cook our soil in an oven at 170 degrees? doesn't all fox farm soil come with live beneficial bacteria in it? meaning it hasn't been sterilized like that...and it wouldn't be something you would want to do to your own soil either...when pasteurizing horse poop for mushrooms i specifically never heat it over 140 because you don't want to kill those beneficial bacterias...yea some will say i will flush the soil to rid it of all its nutrients again you ever soak soil
Yea just go fill up a 5 gallon pail of soil soak it see how long it takes hahaha before you can re use it ????? what a month
how long you think it would actually dry up what yea going to do place it on a room with tons of heat and a dehumidifier it would take for ever for that soil to dry out unless it was suspended and dripping away screened etc but not in a pile in a corner of your house
honestly in the chem world he isn't correct either...because LOTS of people, myself included use hydroponic chemical ferts in fox farm soil...after just a few weeks the organic ferts (a small amount of worm and bat guano)are completely eaten by your plants, and if you aren't growing organic, your fox farm is essentially soilless and lends itself to chemical ferts much better than full on topsoil...as long as you aren't pounding them with way more chemical nutrients than they need, the salts wont build up, and as long as you feed only plain water the last 2 weeks your soil will be essentially soilless once again, a blank slate, ready for whatever kind of nutrient regime you want...i have only bought soil twice in the past 2 years, and next year it will be twice in 3 years...it would have only been the one time except some d bag breeder who i wont name sold me seeds with mosaic virus and it was spreading to my whole garden.Dr Fever no disrespect but it seems like you have been misled on recycling soil in a organic situation. In the chem world, you are correct. But in the organic paradigm the game changes.
looking good there joesy in coco you flush weekly do to over abundance of P in coco ???? adding tons of cal mag always wanted to try coco we sell the stuff in our store lol just never got around to it
as for re - using all i do is put used soils into my outdoor garden break it up it makes huge tomatoes lol
Can you reuse soil? Of course--it's soil--IMO you'd be stupid not to. It's ridiculous to see how detached from reality some cannabis growers are, almost as if somehow growing cannabis is completely different from growing corn, or tobacco, or peppers. It's a fucking plant growing in dirt -- not exactly rocket science.
In my garden I use a 50/50 mix of coco and Pro-Mix with big chunky perlite. My grow is a continuous system with plants in 3 gallon buckets always going into or coming out of flower. The only special thing I do after harvesting a plant is make sure the soil is watered, then leave the bucket in a corner for a month or two. When I empty out the bucket the roots will have rotted out and break apart easily.
I have a Rubbermaid tub I empty out a few buckets in and mix the soil up, maybe add some water if it's too dry. Then I use this soil to pot up whatever; seedlings, clones, bigger plants. Doesn't matter, I've never burned a plant, and yes I water with chemical nutes 300-1000 ppm. If you are feeding the soil correctly i.e. not burning the shit out of everything, and flushing/tapering nutes properly, the soil will never be too hot. It's a non-issue. I have reused this soil for years now and my plants are growing better than ever; largely due to improvement in my overall setup and growing skill, but no doubt the soil improves as time goes on. My next step is to get set earthworms setup so I can recycle all these piles of dead leaves I've collected and further enrich the soil.
Funny how you just contradicted your self
hmm month or 2 so you are not actually after harvest grabbing the soil and throwing it into a new cutting ????
Again nothing wrong with re using your soils if you can't afford new soil but it takes time to amend organic soil more or less coposting it
So this is where sterilizing your soil comes into play
pretty easy to bring in new Good micro biology rather then have them Bad guys tag along
indoor in not farming outdoor completely different. You cant compare apples to oranges..
The amount of soil in my indoor cant sustain a crop multiple times without amending it..You will have deficiency's I can guarantee that.
This is the indoor soil forum or did you miss that
If all your referring to is outdoor farming then I agree but you still don't need to call anyone stupid..Just disagree and move on..