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I was under the same impression, but I can see how it would impact microbes on a leaf surface. I imagine again, that it’s the extremely low pH that most microbes couldn’t tolerate. Who knows what the contact time is tho, that for me would be the important piece of info

I keep debating a soil test, but then I figure that I might just use another mix in the no till pots and start again - incorporate more of what I’ve learned over the past year into the mix and then go to testing. but who can’t argue with testing - can’t beat it if you want to understand your...

Yea I find that as well, I like citric because it won’t mess up my blumat lines - but I usually see molasses bringing the pH right in range when I use it in compost teas

Tell me more about that / why would the citric kill the microbes and not the phosphoric acid? My understanding is that the citric acids function simply lies in the solution being at an extremely acidic pH which pests cannot tolerate. I can certainly see this affecting the microbes on the leaf...

The advanced programming is called ‘Automations’. The tab looks like this on the app I created those automations by tapping the(+). Its just important you make sure your times don’t overlap when you have multiple automations set.

Haha thnx man, it’s been a road to get there it’s frustrating I can’t dump the excess N…still getting (milder) N tox in veg this run. I’m going to plant some serious N hog veg after this run to pull out asmuch as I possibly can. I get a boner thinking about walking into my room and seeing an N...

I’d skip the mushroom compost, not that it’s bad, but just not really on the top half of what you could get. Swap that mushroom compost for worm castings and you’d have a nice humus mix

My two cents… my well water is about 7.2 and 220ppm full of CaCO3 as well. I was having all kinds of def, lock out and pH issues showing up in my last run since using only well water. It got worse over time and it was only when I flushed, started using rain water and pHing my water to get things...

@McShnutz really healthy looking plants, they look just about perfect - looks like you have your watering on point my friend haha

that's a pretty damn genius idea, I really like that this looks like a really well thought out set-up - its pretty wild that the two carrots supply those tapes, or am I missing something and its one per tape.... I have to use either r/o or rainwater/snow melt as well - my well water is packed...

noice - that's what they're called, maxi's - I'm curious about that manifold, do you mean a manifold of drippers connects to one Maxi? sounds very cool

Killer! I should run some veg SIP this summer, that's a good idea, a good way to figure it out first

I In Canada it seems the go to is Black Swallow - they have pretty well the entire line up of fittings in broken out packages for reasonable prices

It seems as though 3 carrots per 20 gal is, or at least, should just be enough - I think what I really need are the deeper/longer carrots for these pots; I have to shove these little guys in pretty good to get then into the base soil under the mulch etc. I'd like to try the Blusoak line, i've...

Im kinda grouchy because I know I now will need to get a tensiometer so I get some satisfaction here, I have been saving for a new light dammit lol I just considered those basic moisture meters as garbage, its one thing I never picked up - is it even worth spending the $20?

I should post some pics , lights on in a few - I'm pretty happy with my top mulch layer, I recently top dressed with some kelp, bokashi bran, rock dust and castings mixed with a fish compost - that has leaf litter from the plants and hay on top - stays nice and moist, super bio-active with the...

that was my take as well; it seemed as though one dry back every one in a while (year?) might not be such a bad idea in no-till I'm not totally sold on no-till yet, I really like a fresh mix aerated up and into a pot, trying to keep my pots no-till is giving me anxiety lol

great looking lady! I took a good hard look at SIP, I'd love to try it out sometime, the results like yours speak for themselves

Theres another good example of a constantly moist soil environment with excellent results I think really what it is I need to feel comfortable with is that I set my moisture levels with my Blumats to hit that Zone 3 'Goldilox' saturation

I can dig it - that's a good point as well - its easy to quickly accept that dry cycles are natural, in fact needed to mimic a natural plant life cycle, but that probably just aint true