Humusapien
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So I've been following this channel on YouTube called Cali green, his one soil mix from the 50 minute video growing organic cannabis at home is pretty different from most I've seen, he uses roughly 20% wormgold plus castings, 30% Malibu biodynamic compost, 50% coco/perlite mix and amends with oyster shell and a 484 dry amendment then waters with liquid kelp and mollases and gets great results, this lead me to wonder why most soil mixes like Coots call for less compost/ewc, I think I understand that most cheaply available compost isn't that great and is unbalanced most of the time so using less is generally better, but I think i also understand that using a variety of composts generally makes for better balance and better balance means you can add more, also wormgold plus ewc and malibu biodynamic compost looks to be almost entirely humus, I wondered wether this might make it better to use in higher amounts as well, obviously it's more concentrated but doesnt the higher cec compensate? I highly recommend caligreens videos for anyone interested, if anyone could confirm my thinking/explain where my understanding is wrong or just give a basic explanation for what determins the amount of organic matter that should be used in a mix then that would be great.
Also not quite grasping the concept of cec too well so any info on that would be appreciated.
Just don't understand why more people don't use more compost, best plant I ever grew was in a 100% diverse compost mix from stuff in my garden
Also not quite grasping the concept of cec too well so any info on that would be appreciated.
Just don't understand why more people don't use more compost, best plant I ever grew was in a 100% diverse compost mix from stuff in my garden
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