Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

Let's talk IPM, Integrated Pest Management.

I just used the following today:
[h=3]Per gal:
[/h]5ml Dr. Bronners Peppermint Soap
5ml Protekt
5ml Aloe

Foliar top and bottoms of leaves and stems.
 
why no neem? seems like you got two emulsifiers but nothing to emulsify!

not that soap and silica don't have benefits for pests/fungi on their own...
 
Neem is a different regiment. I switch week to week from lavender to karaja. I have pic's in this thread. Been doing these for almost a year now ever since my friend had thrip issues and I freaked cause we trade cuts.


Evil looking ladies. Fire alien strawberry and Bloodymary

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Horsetail tea
silica and pests/fungi

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You got some badass genetics headtreep. Do you use dr.bronners as an alternative to peppermint oil? What are other benifits? I use his 'hemp' soap personally, I love it.
 
It's Dr. Bronners Peppermint soap so it contains peppermint oil. Pests dislike peppermint and it will kill them dead if you double my ratio (haven't had pests to try) from reading.

Edit: Thanks for the comment and so no additional peppermint oil needed with that soap.
 
dr bronners is the shit..been using it for years. you can use it for everything..

when I was traveling around NZ i had a tiny bottle of dr bronners that i used to bathe, do laundry, dishes, clean floors, etc. works wonders, lasts forever cause you only have to use a tiny bit, and it smells amazing.

be careful leaving the peppermint soap on your nethers for too long...learned that one the hard way.

any use for the tea tree stuff? i know that tea tree essential oil is anti fungal and anti bacterial...got a big bottle lyin around and i barely ever shower lol
 
Nice everyone!!!!

I step out for a joint and you guys have filled 3 pages...:bigjoint:


Lavender, Peppermint, Sage, Rosemerry, Horsetail, Lemon Balm, Basil (lemon, thai, holy)...

Thats my IPM arsenal... Ill make a simple 24 hour stepped tea from one, or selected combinations and I dont have ANY outbreaks.
 
Great read fellas, lots of great info!

I have been using a different mix of soil less for veg and flower and supplementing with Earth Juice organic nutes for a while now and have been getting pretty good results. As with most things in my life, I am simplifying, economizing and ecologizing. I have more than a few cubic yards of reclaimed medium (see below) and was wondering if I would be ok with using this as a base for amendments rather than starting over. Good place to jump off? If so, how would you recommend varying the initial peat/EWC/etc additives per yard?

Not looking for spoon feeding, just curious if you guys would recommend this approach and/or if anyone has worked from this angle before.

Here are my current mixes:

Veg:
8 parts Pro Mix BX
5 parts Fox Farm Ocean Forest
2 part Fox Farms Light Warrior
3 parts vermiculite
2 parts earthworm castings

Flower: 8 parts Pro Mix BX
2 parts Fox Farm Ocean Forest
2 parts perlite
2 parts vermiculite
2 parts earthworm castings
 
Tea tree is awesome for personal hygiene.

But I think it may burn plants, because its REALLY strong.

Im pretty sure it was able to kill the anti-biotic resistant bacterial strain going around hospitals....MRSA I think its called...
 
Cann said:
dr bronners is the shit..been using it for years. you can use it for everything..

when I was traveling around NZ i had a tiny bottle of dr bronners that i used to bathe, do laundry, dishes, clean floors, etc. works wonders, lasts forever cause you only have to use a tiny bit, and it smells amazing.

be careful leaving the peppermint soap on your nethers for too long...learned that one the hard way.

any use for the tea tree stuff? i know that tea tree essential oil is anti fungal and anti bacterial...got a big bottle lyin around and i barely ever shower lol
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Great safety tip on the Dr Bonner's and sensitive skin! Years ago I lived out of a backpack for about 6 months traveling and used Dr. Bonner's Peppermint for just about everything. Didn't rinse well enough after a splash bath and that warm tingle can turn to an itchy burn before too long!
 
ROLS Resource List:

Peaceful Valley Farm Supply - Rock Dusts, Organic amendments, soils, ect.

Josephine Porter Institute for Applied Bio-Dynamics - Bio-Dynamic preparations, Soil Innoculants, Compost starter

Fungi Perfecti - Hands down, the BEST Mycorrhizal products on the market.

Mountain Rose Herbs - Bulk Organic herbs, Bentonite Clays

High Mowing Seeds - Organic American grown Cover Crop/Green Manure seeds, Herb seeds

Vermicompost Resource List - Directory of Vermiculture Resources

Geopots - Smart Pots - The preferred indoor No-till containers...

Any others guys...?
 
DSCN0565.jpgDSCN0559.jpgDSCN0554.jpg Thought I would share a few pics.Was taking some macros and that worm popped out, wanted his pic taken. Middle pic you can see two nematodes...I think that is what they are anyway. They kind of roll around end over end. Cool to watch. Third is a view down the side of my rubbermaid tote with no holes in the bottom. Never would have thought that would work.
 
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