Week4@inCharge
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You can say the same for most dry Amendments. Thanks for the update.
Official Gaia Green Grow Method
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JustBlazin
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I highly doubt that.
When he first started his channel he would fry his plants. He was trying to use coco with gaia green amendments. It didn't go to well. Then I guess gaia green saw how many followers he had and offered to sponsor him. They gave him bags of their living soil, so he couldn't fuck it up anymore...lol. now he has good results, since they gave him the soil and told him to follow the instructions...lol. it's a pretty easy way to grow, if you follow the instructions it's almost impossible to fuck it up.
If you transplant your plants just before you flip giving them fresh soil to grow into while stretching and starting to bud, it makes growing very easy. Then you just have to top dress couple times in flower with power bloom and they just grow great by themselves.
It's a pretty simple method to growing some very good bud.
Hers some shots from my last grow.
livinthadream
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Ya I feel like when using GG or maybe any dry amendments it's best to transplant to bigger pots when you want to flip and amend new soil
MaryJane321
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Because I'm from Canada, I've decided to grow with Gaia Green. I'm in search of information. I have reached out to both Promix AND Gaia Green for further instructions on how to cultivate a soil mixture using Promix media and GG amendments. Both companies have been next to useless in answering my query.
My question is simple: I'm planning to use Gaia Green 4 4 4 + 2 8 4, GG EWC's, and Promix HP media with a little bit of perlite mixed in. Is there ANYTHING ELSE I need to add to ensure healthy and adequate growth from my plants straight thru until harvest?
My apologies if this seems a bit condescending. I cannot seem to get a straightforward answer regarding this. Some people mention using dolomite, oyster shell, AZOMITE. If Promix is a complete soil, then why do people need to go to the lengths they do to mix in these additional ingredients? Isn't a waste? Deviates from the KISS principle, does it not?
For your reference, this is the answer I received from PROMIX when I reached out to them and asked a similar question. An answer to a question I never asked.
My question is simple: I'm planning to use Gaia Green 4 4 4 + 2 8 4, GG EWC's, and Promix HP media with a little bit of perlite mixed in. Is there ANYTHING ELSE I need to add to ensure healthy and adequate growth from my plants straight thru until harvest?
My apologies if this seems a bit condescending. I cannot seem to get a straightforward answer regarding this. Some people mention using dolomite, oyster shell, AZOMITE. If Promix is a complete soil, then why do people need to go to the lengths they do to mix in these additional ingredients? Isn't a waste? Deviates from the KISS principle, does it not?
For your reference, this is the answer I received from PROMIX when I reached out to them and asked a similar question. An answer to a question I never asked.
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Week4@inCharge
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If your using promix media no need to add perlite. It's a very light soil, even when cut with compost and/or EWC. And yup, that's all you need what you have listed, that simple. I suggest using Coots style of mix ratios, 30% EWC/Compost on initial use. Just eyeball it don't have to be anal about the measurements. After you get going top dress every 3 to 4 weeks as you see fit. Directions are on the containers. Tablespoon a gallon works out after they get going. maybe topdress with some more EWC when you flip as well. Really simple. Keep the soil moist..NOT WET. this is huge.. good luck man, you got this.
MaryJane321
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I'm not going to be using compost, as I cannot ascertain whether the material used for it was organic.
I am planning on going at least 20% EWC per pot though. I also plan to pre mix the soil & amendments prior to transplanting, so as to allow the components to 'cook' together, or whatever that process is called.
Someone on a prior thread suggested I add oyster shell flour, for additional calcium. I will be growing under LED. In the owner's manual to my light, they suggested supplementing with additional cal-mag nutrition. Since oyster shell is high in calcium, can you offset that nutrient increase by incorporating a bit of Epsom salts every other time you water?
Week4@inCharge
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You lost me at not using compost... On your own bud.
MaryJane321
New Member
Unless you manufacture your OWN compost, you cannot be for certain that the shit you're using doesn't contain harsh inorganic substances like ROUNDUP and other inorganic fertilizers like the 20 - 20 - 20 things they sell at RONA.
If I go and buy compost that's listed as organic, but it's really not and contains inorganic compounds, does that or does that not destroy the soil's microbial ecosystem? Or affect it in any adverse sort of way?
Look, I'd really like to be able to make my own compost via putting a pile of debris on the ground and mixing and adding water as necessary, but unfortunately I live in an apartment and do not have the dedicated yard space to effect such an endeavor.
cannapotimus
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It’s not necessary but langbeinite has a ton of mg if you want to add it. I’ve found the extra calcium to help as well as the ph buffer
Week4@inCharge
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Right on .. there is some options for you. Mushroom compost and these listed here might lead you to the right path.
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Also look into adding red worms or just earthworms to the compost pile, their digestive tract removes all the bad stuff that concerns the decernable grower. Works
UDTghost840
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I have been using Gaia green for a while and only thing I do is add rock dust I make my own worm casting's and high quality mycorrhizal With 70% coco and 30% perlite with pH 6.3 with RO water and great Genetics you can't go wrong
jimihendrix1
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While I do believe Compost is a good thing, it isnt necessary for a successful grow.
Im using Gaia Green 5-5-5- x 2-8-6, and Azomite. x Promix BX. And in reality, Azomite probably isnt mandatory either. Its just good for the medium, and has a track record of improving minerally depleted soil. Which Probi HP-BX, have only small amounts of Mg/Calcium. I like the BX, as it holds water better, and I grow under 1000w HID. Its-Promix BX- still light though.
There is a whole section on this forum on how to use Gaia Green, and it is all but foolproof. This is my first time using it, and the feed schedule, and it couldnt be any more simple.
Only thing I noticed, and Im not sure if strain related, but, after about 3 weeks flowering, my plants ( Ace KA5Hz-Destroyer ) developed a huge Magnesium Appetite, so I upped the amount of Epsom Salts I add to the water, and they recovered. Previously I added ZERO.
Im sold on Gaia Green. It couldnt be any more simple. Just follow instructions, and keep watch on Mg levels. Especially in Flowering.
Im using Gaia Green 5-5-5- x 2-8-6, and Azomite. x Promix BX. And in reality, Azomite probably isnt mandatory either. Its just good for the medium, and has a track record of improving minerally depleted soil. Which Probi HP-BX, have only small amounts of Mg/Calcium. I like the BX, as it holds water better, and I grow under 1000w HID. Its-Promix BX- still light though.
There is a whole section on this forum on how to use Gaia Green, and it is all but foolproof. This is my first time using it, and the feed schedule, and it couldnt be any more simple.
Only thing I noticed, and Im not sure if strain related, but, after about 3 weeks flowering, my plants ( Ace KA5Hz-Destroyer ) developed a huge Magnesium Appetite, so I upped the amount of Epsom Salts I add to the water, and they recovered. Previously I added ZERO.
Im sold on Gaia Green. It couldnt be any more simple. Just follow instructions, and keep watch on Mg levels. Especially in Flowering.
Week4@inCharge
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I'm betting strain related, OG KUsh are said to be cal mag whores ..and I believe it. Been there.
jimihendrix1
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Yeah my Cough BX3, Pacific Northwest Hashplant x Puck BC1 F2, and Puck S1, never showed any signs of deficiency. But it was especially brutal to the KA5Hz, though its recovered. All at 61 days flowering. Some will be ready within a week-10 days.
Week4@inCharge
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I've had successful grows without compost. I've had GREAT success with grows using compost. Important if your growing 100% organically.
cannapotimus
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Compost is where the vast majority of the microbes in a soil grow come from. Without microbes, nothing will be broken down to be used by the plants. Not using compost in an organic soil mix is probably one of the most counter productive things I can think of. You can grow organic without a lot of the stuff people use but compost is something you should absolutely NOT cheap out on.
