I don't know your location but where I'm at during the hot summer months native soils have a habit of getting brick hard, restricting water and air access. When I was growing in-ground I originally hand-screened my 25% native soil component and still received better results with organic commercial compost. Again, it depends on your native soil. A fellow grower has flood plain native soil about 10' deep and all he does is till in decomposed manure each fall after harvest and grows trees with zero supplements.
No Nutes
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humble learner
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I bet your bud has a rewarding taste! Very nice
It does but I attribute taste quality not only to organic growing principles but in large measure to final manicure (not to be confused with trim for drying purposes) and curing. When leaves are removed for drying purposes (trim) many continue growth during the drying period. They need to be removed before dried buds go into the curing jars to further reduce the vegetable matter full of chlorophyll that can affect taste.
Unfortunately, proper manicure and curing aren't all that common. For commercial growers it reduces the almighty god of weight and most simply don't have the cash flow reserves to keep more than personal requirements from retail markets while curing. Experienced personal growers, unconcerned with weight, are generally separated into outdoor and indoor growers. Outdoor growers who know what they're doing often produce crops measured in multiple pounds, which provides enough cured cannabis to avoid using freshly harvested bud until its been curing in jars for at least three months. Indoor growers, especially those new to the process, normally measure their yields in grams and ounces, which doesn't offer much opportunity to reserve bud for curing purposes as immediate consumption requirements override all other considerations.
Madodah- I have been reading many of your posts as you seem to be one of very few if not the only person on RIU that preaches use of AACT/plain water. I am very impressed with the results you get from this method, I only have one question. Have you heard of someone who goes by LumperDawgz on another forum? im not sure which site... but you guys have very similar opinions. He mentioned that he had done some very in depth study on AACT with a well respected scientist... he might be a good person to discuss your method with... even though it looks like youre getting damn near perfect results anyway!
I post in an organics forum where LD and several other highly knowledgeable posters contribute truly golden information. Their depth of knowledge and experience, personal and professional growing, makes me look like the amateur I am. LD and others offer scientifically backed opinions and experience that convinced me to utilize AACT teas and Smart Pots. Most important of all, at their recommendation I read (twice now) Teaming with Microbes. It should be required reading for any organic grower and growers who use supplements lacking knowledge of what's actually going on in grow mediums and how they service plant requirements. An inexpensive book written in layman terms and guaranteed to improve anyone's grow product quality.
No affiliation other than forum exchanges with anyone mentioned or the book.
Haha that book is pretty much the reason I was asking you about it! I completely agree... If you grow organically in soil and haven't read this book it's an absolute must read! It changed up a lot of my growing style and ended up saving me some money too! Well keep it up and happy growing 
I found it was a waste of time even mentioning it on the RIU organic forum. Those posters are into nutrient supplements with wild marketing claims, buzzword names and high prices.Haha that book is pretty much the reason I was asking you about it! I completely agree... If you grow organically in soil and haven't read this book it's an absolute must read! It changed up a lot of my growing style and ended up saving me some money too! Well keep it up and happy growing
Happy growing and bountiful harvests to you.