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Thanks @hyroot Always dropping knowledge bombs. I will be switching to fresh coconuts once and while. Depending on price. Coconuts can get pricey in Canada in the winter. I've seen them at like 5 or 6 bucks and even more for "organic" ones

@Jimdamick I still don't understand how your soil get contaminated? Contaminated with what? You say about worms and rainfall to clean your soil, well then add worms and collect rain water. And the microbes are being added when ewc teas, top dressing and EM1. All the thing that you are saying...

And if your goal of living soil is use over and over. So yes it may take a little while for your soil to get fully up and running but it can be used over and as long as you keep feeding it.

@Jimdamick I agree about the pot size. 3 and 5 gallon pots are too small. I use two 15 gallon fabric geopots and two earth boxes they are approximately 19 gallons I think. And after mixing my soil and adding the (bokashi bran and earth worm casting) Letting it balance itself our for a month or...

Yeah Jeff Lowenfels has done some good interviews with Tad from KIS organics. And some other good ones available on YouTube

Quick tip for anyone trying to bust up lump charcoal into dust. Wearing a dust mask with a beard doesn't work. And do it outside. I did it in my workshop I didn't realize how much of the fine micro dust goes into the air. The day after there was a fine coat of black over everything. what a...

What is "coast of Maine"? I haven't heard of it

Hey great thread. Subcools Super soil works. Clackamas Cootz soil mix works. I use both. And I get good results from both. In Canada trying to find some of the ingredients is a pain. I tried to order things I heard about in a podcast or here in a forum or on a YouTube video and they just won't...

@Kingrow1 I agree. I've done that. I used the cheapest bag of soil I could find. Some black earth that had plastic all through it. I didn't add anything to it. Didn't even water just let rain water it. I still had a harvest. Hey what ever works for you all the power to ya. Happy growing

@Michael Huntherz I am by no means an expert on anything. I am just trying to mimic nature. And I have no issues with the way other people grow. I have been trying to understand organic growing techniques but they are so diverse and contradictory it's hard. You have KNF style grows, you have...

I also add bokashi progro and some EM1. The bokashi grows mycelium throughout my soil and it works with the roots to collect the nutrients. And the EM1 I use add a wide variety of beneficial bacteria to my soil and it balances itself out. If there is too much of one and not enough of another the...

@Jimdamick I do know what I'm adding. I am adding microbes and life to my soil. My soil mix itself is based on Clackamas Coot's recipe soil my soil has all the nutrient the plant needs. When adding earth worm castings and kelp meal add microbes and food for the microbes. It's the microbes in...

@SoMe_EfFin_MasS_HoLe Earth boxes are good. But there are cheaper no name ones and even did ones. It does have its own challenges though. Especially indoors. The soil stays moist so fungus gnats can be an issue. And you're walking a fine line with it being anaerobic. EM1 or other anaerobic...

yeah that an earth box in my pic

Again You are using salt based nutrients, so you would have a salt build up. no I dont test my teas, as there is no need to do so. Nature doesn't test ppm or ph why should I unless I have a major problem

Thanks @Roger A. Shrubber. You give out some good info backed with research I've been reading some of your older posts. Keep up the good work that's what these forums are for, the spread of good knowledge and the shut down of bad information.

"Their stems are getting smaller & tinner. Like they are shrinking.. Also they turn brown/purple .. ( looks like rot )" When you say that it sounds like you are over watering and the seedlings are damping off. You can try a sprinkle of cinnamon on top of your jiffy. Cinnamon has antifungal...

Why would you be feeding your soil 1000 ppm of nutrients? I grow in soil and the only thing I feed is my soil. EWC teas, SST, kelp meal. I don't add salt so why would it build up?

https://www.greenrelief.ca/blog/cannabinoid-receptors/ This site explains what I was trying to say I just didn't have it exactly right. It's better to be corrected so junk info stops being passed around.

My mistake I listened to some podcast a while ago and I was under the understanding that the receptor were specifically shaped to accept the cannabinoids. I have no problem being corrected thanks for the proper information. Keep up the good work.