DarthPlagueis
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Is there not a worry about using spaghum peat Moss as a base? Isn’t it acidic?
Organic Growing Made Easy & Fox Farms Ocean Forest!
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PadawanWarrior
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I've been using the same FFOF for 10 months now and so far so good. I didn't plan on just leaving it. I planned on amending it before I started another grow originally and have all the stuff to do it already, but figured I would experiment. I figured that it might be a good way to start learning NO-Till. I would of at least added some more perlite if I knew I was gonna do it this way but so far it's all good.
Gingeroot
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Best lights you can buy! I just amended some ff with a lil oyster shell, insect frass, and small lava rock.
PadawanWarrior
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Nice, I started to amend some of mine with bio-char, black lava rock, pumice, rice hulls, EWC, vermicompost, Mykos, and Craft Blend from Build a Soil. I didn't think to add some insect frass, but I've started using it as a top dress. I have 7 15 gal pots with the mixed soil now, and 4 more pots that I still have to amend when that batch is done that's flowing. Oh, and I'm also testing quantum boards this round, and next round I'm going to run quantum boards with the cmh.
Gingeroot
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At that point you can just cut the FF out lol! I’m loving the BS v3 mix so far after adding small lava. Gonna see how it does vs the amended FF!
Go go n chill
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I’m going on 2 years with amended FFOF. It works for me.... I did get a bag of FFOF and it had mites in it...... I freaked out and threw away all the soil along with at least 20 plants..... then I found out they were Hypoasis mites, a good mite to have. Live and learn but I’m fine with it because I really don’t want any bugs
PadawanWarrior
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Funny man. Ya I'm a little over a year with my FFOF, and when I first started seeing the mites I was a little worried and thought they were bad, but am glad I have them now. I got a lot of them from the Wiggle Worm EWC too. Those seem to stay in the soil though or are seen patrolling the pots for the bad bugs. I haven't ever see them on my plants yet.
Brandon137
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Hello all I'm coming up to my second grow in my ffof soil I havent added much ammendments to it during its first cycle can I just go right into my second grow without amending it or removing the old root ball? I have 4 10 gallon pots and the majority of my ammendments has been ewc's and some light top dressing hear and there
Go go n chill
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I remove my root balls.
I would buy another bag of FFOF to start my new plants and amend the old FFOF and let it cook for a bit...... then you’ll have souls in rotation..,.. that is how I do it.... I don’t plant cover crops or anything like that
PadawanWarrior
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I used the same pots of FFOF for the first 3 rounds. I did let the pots sit for a couple months before replanting though when I could. Then the roots have time to break down. I've turned it into no-till soil since. Now I have 13 15 gal pots that go through a rotation. I started with 9 10 gal pots of FFOF, but that turned into a lot more once I added the other stuff.
I put my waiting pots in the basement uncovered. I just keep the soil moist.
Go go n chill
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I would be fine to do that
Go go n chill
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I just opened a fresh bag to add to the rotation. This bag of FFOF appears different, more bark and what looks like coco coir but I’m not sure.... just looks like the ingredients are different. We soon shall see.
Hey guys I was wondering if I could get some suggestions. I have a plant in veg and I’m using ocean forest and add nutrients around 30 days or so . I have never ph’d my water and has never shown any real signs of deficiencies. So for so strange reason I thought I would ph this watering and when I checked my plants later it it looked great but the next day it looked like this .
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Brandon137
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Maybe ph pen is broken? Or out of calibration?
Go go n chill
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Yes, check your pen...
I’m curious how far off was the water and what did you adjust the PH too?
I’m curious how far off was the water and what did you adjust the PH too?
Go go n chill
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I agree
CoB_nUt
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@Budzbuddha is the FFOF guru IMO. He is the reason I'll be getting into soil.
Thanks,yea it was the first thing to come to mind.Seems the roots were happy until their environment changed.Causing lockout. I don't run soil yet. But maybe a topdressing of the FF and a regular-un ph'd watering will reset the media? NO FLUSH!
@Budzbuddha is the FFOF guru IMO. He is the reason I'll be getting into soil.
Go go n chill
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I’m going on 4 yrs using the same FFOF