Can you use synthetic nutes in living soil?
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ganga gurl420
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I wouldn't no.....
Salts will kill the bacteria and fungus.
If you absolutely have to feed it something ...try foliar spray.
Salts will kill the bacteria and fungus.
If you absolutely have to feed it something ...try foliar spray.
Rider101
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There are lots of organic mined minerals that are made for soil.
https://www.growlights.ca/hydroponic-nutrients/general-organics.html
FYI the synthetic or chemical nutrients that are made for soil work better then their organic counterparts. What organic really means is the minerals have not been chemically refined to work better.
Its sad how many people believe organic means its not made from mined minerals.
www.organiccouncil.ca
https://www.growlights.ca/hydroponic-nutrients/general-organics.html
FYI the synthetic or chemical nutrients that are made for soil work better then their organic counterparts. What organic really means is the minerals have not been chemically refined to work better.
Its sad how many people believe organic means its not made from mined minerals.
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VILEPLUME
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Thanks for the replies.
There are lots of organic mined minerals that are made for soil.
https://www.growlights.ca/hydroponic-nutrients/general-organics.html
FYI the synthetic or chemical nutrients that are made for soil work better then their organic counterparts. What organic really means is the minerals have not been chemically refined to work better.
Its sad how many people believe organic means its not made from mined minerals.
How to Become a Certified Organic Operator in Ontario
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Now I’m more confused. Some say it’s ok, others say no. Has anyone ever tried it with success?Its fine and until you reach hyper salination the soil will live on
Kushash
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They can be used in the right situation.
If a soil is healthy there should be no need to use them.
They don't feed the microbes in the soil so why not feed the microbes instead. The plant obviously doesn't need synthetic ferts if healthy.
If a plant was deficient in a quality soil from getting water only and it takes a while for the dry amendments to kick in, then sure a one or two time application of synthetic nutes may help in that situation. Most likely a nitrogen deficiency would be a reason. If the plant needed magnesium give it some Epsom salt.
This would be up until early flowering a point where other deficiencies should not show up yet in most cases where the soil is healthy and the watering patterns are good IMO.
The question is, why do you want to use them instead of just feeding the soil?
DonnyTinyHands
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I don't think it works well at all. Either go living soil or go hydro style feeding them from the bottle.
Kingrow1
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You wont reach hyper salination using ferts, would need a much higher salt level than ferts.
Many years now we have mixed organic and chem and it works very very very well, some might say better than just organic or just chem.
Soil organisms are pretty hard and adapted to salt, if you fail it was for other reasons
Many years now we have mixed organic and chem and it works very very very well, some might say better than just organic or just chem.
Soil organisms are pretty hard and adapted to salt, if you fail it was for other reasons
BudmanTX
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really you can use both inside and outside.......the trick is re-supply of it nutrition during the transition....i always re-use my soils...so...
It's fine it works better in most cases it fills in the gaps if your living soil isn't perfect. It's not going to kill everything in your soil if that was the case no one would ever get bugs. The people saying it doesn't work probably haven't tried
You can keep soil alive outside and use it in the indoor garden imo it works better after cooking it for a while. But I only have a few organic grows I went back to hydro nutes it's easier cheaper and more consistent and I get just as many of not more complements on the flavor of hydro nute buds
Rider101
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Yield from hydroponics beats soil every time. Yield from soil with extra fertilizes beats any organic soil you can make. If your soil is good and you have a shit load of it you will do fine but not as good as you would have with extra nutes.
VILEPLUME
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Thanks for your reply. I bought synthetic nutes recently but I want to try living soil. Don’t want to waste the nutes if I can.
VILEPLUME
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Thanks for the reply.
I thought living soil would yield more, thanks for clearing that up. I might just stick with using synthetic nutes.
BudmanTX
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true, but i don't have to lug rez'a around, ck for algea, ppm my water, or any of that. All i do is plant in soil and water......done....
general re-use of soils, works in it's rotation, the soil u use inside moves outside, and the soil that is outside is cooked and ready to use inside....the only thing done is supplement what is lost from the previous grows......and also the financial impact is something as well.....u get to save a little money....
Kushash
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Probably better off going with coco if you want to stick with synthetic nutes as was mentioned above.