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I don't think it's bad to flush your plants. If you would have dropped your plants in front of me and said fix this, the first thing I would have done was flush it with ro water. Then I would have checked the runoff for pH and ppm. If pH is in check and ppm is reasonable, the next step would...

I use municipal compostb in my soil mixes. If it's going indoors I add it to my compost pile with layers of organic matter. After it's recompensed I'll use it indoors. For outdoor beads I'll use it right away. I'll mix in a variety of other ammendments too. I don't get hung up on all...

Glad to hear your leaves are greening up. Generally plants will double in height during flowering. It depends on the strain and the phenotype. As far as tips on getting ready to flower, hear are some suggestions: 1. Make sure the plants are healthy and not stresses before the flip. If they...

Isn't compost amazing! I started making it years ago and was blown away by how hot it gets. I real enjoy watching the soil improve over time. It's so much fun watching good soil in action!

When you mix organic material (organic nutrients) into a soil mix and add a little water to moisten it up it will heat up or cook. I'm guessing yes, that means mixing the products and let the microbes start the process of making them available for the plants to use. This is an exothermic...

That's up to you. The good part of messing around with it is your trying to solve problems and you're learning. I do totally understand the flip side. There is no real reason to keep something around that is fussy to grow. Right now I have 3 Grand Daddy Purple plants grow from seed in...

I use Chicken Poo too, Great product fair price. I put a touch in my compost tea blend and a bit in my soil mix too.

I agree Aphids.

I like turning them into Bonsai. Grow them in a 4" pot and train the with string or wire.

First of this post made me laugh multiple times so thank you everyone for that! As far as the cougar is concerned, you're efforts would be best focused on getting another one going. She's been road hard and put away wet at the vary least.

I agree 100%

Yes sir.

Good call on the undisturbed fungal hypaes!

It's just more difficult to accomplish in smaller pots. Not enough room to add all the goodies necessary to support the microbial life worm etc. It's not that it can't happen in smaller pots, just more difficult.

You are correct in that assumption. I never liked the term living soil. Soil by definition is full of life (microbes, nematodes, fungus etc.) If you remove all the life and organic matter now you have Dirt.

I think of living soil as no-till setup in a large pot like 30 gallon or 4x4 bed. There is always a live root mass in the soil at all times. This is accomplished through the use of cover crops. I think super soil is just amended soil that was allowed to compost prior to planting.

I have a good amount of experience growing in soil. I formulate and manufacture microbial biostimulants you a living. I measure the ppm of my compost tea evertime I make it.

You don't need to do it to the other plants unless you want to.

In regards to are the lights too close? Hard to say. I use a micro mole sensor and measure the amount of lights that's available to the plants. Otherwise it adjust them and see how they react. You want the light close enough so the plants don't stretch to get more. You also don't want it so...

Yes 6.6 for a pH is great. Another member it's best know your input parameters. This means it would be better to focus your efforts on measuring the ppm (amount of nutrients) in the water you are feeding them vs. checking the runoff. I like to know what's going in and what's coming out.