Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

ShLUbY

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ok, to any of you who deal with powdery mildew, let me lend you some advice on how to effectively treat the fungus in an organic manner..... with water! This is for when you are past the point of being able to treat with any other organic method of spray, which is after week 2.5-3 of flower. if your treatments don't do the trick all the way through flower, do not fear.

step one, remove infected plant(s) from the room.

step two, give your plant a shower with distilled water from some kind of sprayer; this is to give a little water pressure but not blasting the plant. shower in order from head to toe, to wash away the spores off of the leaf surfaces. and really

a couple things to note about powdery mildew: one is that it is an airborne spore and does not grow hyphae in the soil. so the best method of treatment is to wash the spores away. water prevents the vast majority of them from becoming airborne. Another is that powdery mildew thrives in a dry environment, this allows the spores to become airborne much easier and let me tell you, humidity has got nothing to do with it. i'm talking dry leaf surfaces where they can land in low wind zones, develop, and start feeding from the plant.

you can repeat this treatment with no worries!!!!!!!!! if you see some more mildew try and develop, just give them another shower. when you stop the production of spores, which might take some because of spores in the room, you will end the life cycle of the fungus. i'm also treating the air with ozone at night to kill spores in the air. just a 10 min blast with circulating fans running and then i turn the exhaust back on.

maybe i'm arriving late to the party with this info, but nowhere did i see anyone mention doing this. this was my own desperation to try and save these plants to get them to a mature harvest. i was getting worried for my black domina, but i no longer fear a mildew take over. i'll just give them a shower. they are extremely happy with me right now lol. i wish i would have thought of this for the cheese plants!!
 

hyroot

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Any thoughts on black gold castings yeah yeah store bought. But I can get 1 cu ft locally for $15 and a bag of Bu's blend compost for $12. I think that's 1.5 cu ft.


I've never even used anything from black gold. I did get a free lighter and drink cozy from their booth at maxum yield expo.
 

st0wandgrow

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Stowandgrow, what was your method of making these pickled carrots? Sounds delicious!

Does anyone have a good suggestion on cookbooks for things like that? Pickled foods, infused candies, etc? I'm new to all of that and I'd like to try a few different methods if possible.
Hi Mary. This was an experiment of sorts. Due to the hydrophobic nature of cannabinoids I wasn't sure how this would turn out. All I did was add a teaspoon of dry hash, along with apx 1/2 cup of trim (per quart jar, both activated by heating in the oven for 30 minutes at 250) to my brine, and I let it sit for 2 months shaking the shit out of the jar periodically. To my surprise it turned out great! Very potent. I'm not sure how much if any was absorbed by the carrots, but the brine was certainly enough to get you wasted! I'm thinking some other type of pickle using an oil base would be better, but this worked great.
 

Kind Sir

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Hey guys, Im about to wet my soil before it cycles (cooks.) I want to wet it with ewc/molasses/possibly compost, but I only have a small 45gallon per hour pump. I did a hald gal last time and it didnt foam up crazy like ive seen.

Would it be possible to make a slighty stronger tea in a quarter gallon jug? What should I do?
@greasemonkeymann @DonTesla
 

DonPetro

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Hey guys, Im about to wet my soil before it cycles (cooks.) I want to wet it with ewc/molasses/possibly compost, but I only have a small 45gallon per hour pump. I did a hald gal last time and it didnt foam up crazy like ive seen.

Would it be possible to make a slighty stronger tea in a quarter gallon jug? What should I do?
@greasemonkeymann @DonTesla
You're only looking to add microbes that will kick start the "cooking" process. Don't think of your teas in terms of strength. And yes its possible. A tsp of bsm and a 1/4 cup ewc should produce loads of microbeasties.
 

Kind Sir

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You're only looking to add microbes that will kick start the "cooking" process. Don't think of your teas in terms of strength. And yes its possible. A tsp of bsm and a 1/4 cup ewc should produce loads of microbeasties.
Thanks for the info man, I only asked the strength question because Im worried about using too big of a container for my pump and read from tim wilson that you will have "less dense" microbes when using concentrated teas and diluting them before using.

I only have an air stone, ldont have brewer made.
 

ShLUbY

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Thanks for the info man, I only asked the strength question because Im worried about using too big of a container for my pump and read from tim wilson that you will have "less dense" microbes when using concentrated teas and diluting them before using.

I only have an air stone, ldont have brewer made.
i dont use a brewer, i use air stones.... but i have a pump that produces some nice bubbles for 2 stones! maybe you could go grab a slightly bigger pump? like this one...

http://www.amazon.com/Commercial-20watts-120volt-Hydroponics-Aquarium/dp/B00BVLBNB2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1450625104&sr=8-1&keywords=o2+pump
 

AllDayToker

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Yeah I use a similar pump that shluby posted. Works great. I got two lines in my teas and another line bubbling fresh clean water. A ton of water movement. Had to get lids for my buckets.

My problem is the air stones for my teas get clogged up after a few weeks of use and tired of buying them.

I saw steel had a cool tea brewing setup that doesn't use airstones. I want to build one but having gotten around to it yet.
 

ShLUbY

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Yeah I use a similar pump that shluby posted. Works great. I got two lines in my teas and another line bubbling fresh clean water. A ton of water movement. Had to get lids for my buckets.

My problem is the air stones for my teas get clogged up after a few weeks of use and tired of buying them.

I saw steel had a cool tea brewing setup that doesn't use airstones. I want to build one but having gotten around to it yet.
yeah the air stones do get dirty but they clean up nice with a hard plastic bristle brush and some hot water. i haven't had to replace any yet.... yet lol
 

DonBrennon

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yeah the air stones do get dirty but they clean up nice with a hard plastic bristle brush and some hot water. i haven't had to replace any yet.... yet lol
Hahahaha, I've literally just been doing this now in my bathroom, HOT water, bit of soap, good scrub.pmsl. I also bubble air through them in as hot water as i can get (DO NOT ADD SOAP). Liquid oxygen or whatever its called is also good for this, but i don't buy anything like that anymore.
You and I seem to have a lot in common ShLUbY, I'm on my 2nd full run in ROLS, I was going no till from the start, but felt that i'd packed my soil down too much to start off with so busted it up a re-amended after the first run (I was right after refilling 8 20G root pouches I still had like 35G of soil left) It's no till with topdressing and a shed load of diverse soil life for me from now on.

You might like these........ Blueberry - Dutch Passion.............sweeeeeeeeeet aromas...................24 days into flower

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littlejacob

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Bonjour
I plan on reuse my soil too...I just want to topdress it...what do you use?
@hyroot may I top dress with karanja and neem cake plus basalt in powder and kelp?and how much per 3gl?
I will skip soon to root pouch or anything bigger (I only have 4.5 high in my box so no tall pot...and I guess 25gl for 5/6 plants is enough!??
CU
 

ShLUbY

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Hahahaha, I've literally just been doing this now in my bathroom, HOT water, bit of soap, good scrub.pmsl. I also bubble air through them in as hot water as i can get (DO NOT ADD SOAP). Liquid oxygen or whatever its called is also good for this, but i don't buy anything like that anymore.
You and I seem to have a lot in common ShLUbY, I'm on my 2nd full run in ROLS, I was going no till from the start, but felt that i'd packed my soil down too much to start off with so busted it up a re-amended after the first run (I was right after refilling 8 20G root pouches I still had like 35G of soil left) It's no till with topdressing and a shed load of diverse soil life for me from now on.

You might like these........ Blueberry - Dutch Passion.............sweeeeeeeeeet aromas...................24 days into flower

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doooooooooooood i used to have that strain. omfg it looks just like it. holy fuckstick. how i wish i could get it back. people ask me about it all the time, it's been years since i had it. Looks beautiful my friend. Nice freakin job.
 

Kind Sir

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Hey guys, Im looking at different myco brands and am curious what you guys use? I was looking at xtreme gardening mykos, they even have a sample kit to try it first. Opinions?
 

ShLUbY

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Hey guys, Im looking at different myco brands and am curious what you guys use? I was looking at xtreme gardening mykos, they even have a sample kit to try it first. Opinions?
which ever one has the most diverse profile of species is the one i would go with, depending on cost. but research the species the more expensive one has and see if it's worth the extra money. I've been using plant success for a while. just used the roots organics one cause the grow store was giving them out. they're all very similar, some just have more/different species of fungi spores
 

4ftRoots

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Hey guys, Im looking at different myco brands and am curious what you guys use? I was looking at xtreme gardening mykos, they even have a sample kit to try it first. Opinions?
I would look at the website fungi.com under fungi for gardens. I would get both the myco for veggies and the myco soluble. The myco for veggies is only mycorrhizae and the myco soluble is myco and other fungi and beneficials. I use the soluable to keep the good microbes around and the veggie when I translant to my 35 gals.
 
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