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If you ever get the chance, give the Gro Pro 8gal square pot a shot. It'a a true 8gal (14.4x14.4x14.2), uv resistant and very heavy duty. No root spinning with the square shape and works well for me indoors, more so than round pots. The 5gal are 12x12x12, so more like a cf than 5 gal...

For flower, if you have a HPS use it. A bit of added MH would be nice if it wouldn't be too much heat/cost. CMH is ideal. Wet

"We want information!" :eyesmoke::shock: LOL Wet

Mainly to provide minerals and trace elements that normally exist in native soils from eons of weathered and decomposed rock. There are some really good articles in "Acres" magazine on the roles minerals play in soils and on remineralizing depleted soils. It's mainly about agriculture, but...

After seeing his recipe, I'm inclined in that direction also. OP, a couple of things. Your liming agent should be ~1cup/cf. You have 1/4 cup of OSF for a bit over 2cf. No surprise the soil pH is 6.2 and likely the Ca is mostly consumed. Should have been ~2cups of OSF. OSF is nearly pure...

Azomite comes from one particular volcano in Utah and is pretty much unique in the world. The problem was, no one bothered to do an analysis till the middle of the last century. It's been here for several million years, not recently made up, just ignored. Go a little deeper with Google. On...

That last statement tells me that you're going to do fine with *organic's* steep learning curve. I had over 35 years experience making my own mix and growing 'stuff' with Jack's Classic when I got into organics in 2009. I quickly figured out just how ignorant I was on how nature worked...

So, just what did you order? Kelp meal, or something else? I've only used Thorvin for the last 6 or so years because the national distributor is only a couple hundred miles from me and has the cheapest shipping for the 50# bags. Never did check on the salt content bc there has never been a...

You didn't 'break' it, but you sure bent the hell out of it.. That's just WaaaaY too hot! The only thing that might help is to add another (mixed first), amounts of peat moss and pumice that you used and NOTHING ELSE and blend it in with the hot mix. This will cut those amendments by 1/2 and...

II wouldn't be doing ANY amending yet. It's still cooking and will need to settle down some to see just where you're at. Do your pH strips just to see where you are right now more or less, do your cover crop if you wish, but give the soil several weeks if not a month to stabilize. Remember...

Oyster shell flour is a liming agent as long as it's about the consistancy of actual flour and not the stuff sold for chickens, That is pretty much useless and takes years to begin to break down. Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3), is hard stuff and it's all about the 'mesh size', (how finely ground up...

It's only true if the qualifer (that is almost never mentioned), is met. That qualifer is, "In a well buffered soil". That is, limed to an acceptable pH range when constructing a soil mix. The whole statement "In a well buffered living soil, checking pH is a moot point" is true, but your pH...

Ahhh .... You've also noticed that sometimes Smartpots aren't so smart after all. :roll: I quit using them indoors 7 or 8 years ago and even outdoors found that anything under 20 gallons or so were just Meh at best. I've had the best results indoors with the square 8 gallon GroPro heavy...

The only amazing things are 1) RAW's profit margins and 2) A very talented writer of Ad copy. Wet

Can you source sphagnum peat moss? Canadian is the prefered country of origin, but any will work in a pinch. Wet

Have you checked out the links and such in the thread "Azomite and aluminum toxicity" I bumped up for you over at GCO? Touches a good bit on HA in both the thread and the links. I've locked out K the same way you did with too much Ca. Rather than lime I got too happy top dressing gypsum and...

Fulvics are that part of humic acid that is soluble in water and thus the dark. I know the worms don't need anywhere near 2 years to produce humic acid. Even the freshest VC will turn that water brown as I'm sure you've noticed. 2 or 3 months perhaps? I do have lignin in my worm bedding in...

I get all my stuff like that from Planet Natural, in fact the same greensand you linked to. But it's on sale now for ~$32, the same 44lb bag. Azomite is on sale for just over $17 for a 44lb bag. I do believe both are micronized and both look like a pic of basalt that PN has a pic of...

No worries, the pelletized is micronized (gypsum or the lime), formed into pellets with a fast dissolving clay binder. Makes it easier to use in a mechanical spreader. The pellets dissolve with the first watering or 2, releasing the micronized. I use both types of the dolo. Hell, it's only...

That mushroom compost is Ok for compost tea, but *I* did NOT have good results the one time I add it to my soil mix. Just sayin. Start scouting out a source for the 4cf or 2cf bags of perlite. Those little bags will eat you up $$$ wise. Here, a 4cf bag (30 gal), is $19 OTD. Take that little...