Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

RedCarpetMatches

RedCarpetMatches

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boblawblah421 said:
I too have cut out all the guano and bovine products. A little fish bone meal is still in my mix, as well as loads of minerals. We'll see how it works out in a couple months.

I had some big moms in straight compost, and they seemed to need a little extra push. I top dressed with compost that had a little fish bone meal, alfalfa, kelp, neem, and loads of minerals. My plants thanked me in a matter of a few hours. That right there makes me just a little scared to try a big bloom cycle without a little extra macro/micro. Maybe I'll try a few smaller plants in straight compost next time. Actually... I'm definitely gonna try that.
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I love your input man. You know your poo. Am I the only one that reps you lol ;) Anyway I'm selling all my guano, bottled shit, etc. noticed I had some Earth Juice Microblast. I might keep that one JIC my no lime or rock dust mix doesn't work.
 
Mohican

Mohican

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My compost pile was a year old and it was over a spot where a synthetic grow drained. The fact that I had no burning on the tips of those long skinny sativa leaves proves to me that the compost way is the best.

I use egg shells for Ca instead of bone in my compost pile. I can't wait to start using my worm poop!

We had rain this weekend and I am keeping a watch on the Mulanje 2 to make sure it is not too wet. We had a nice sunny dry wind after each rain and it seems to be keeping everything dry.

This Mulanje is mostly a seed mom so I will just let her go until I am sure the seeds are done. Crossed her with the TGA Jilly Bean (from Agent Orange). I hope the fruity scents combine to produce something special.

We are expecting more rain on Thursday so we will see what happens. I learned last year how to read the health of these African ladies.

This compost girl is blowing my mind!


Cheers,
Mo
 
DANKSWAG

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Got a question about using some ROLS for cloning medium....

Would not a nice alfalfa meal tea added to recently used soil that completed a grow cycle be okay to attempt to root some fresh clones in.

I bet if I looked more thoroughly through this thread I probably would find something on topic of using and preparing rols for clones\seedlings.

I probably would do better googling RIU on topic and probably find the post quicker that way in thris thread.

Thanks
DankSwag

Grow Organically My Friends Grow On.
 
DANKSWAG

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DANKSWAG said:
Got a question about using some ROLS for cloning medium....

Would not a nice alfalfa meal tea added to recently used soil that completed a grow cycle be okay to attempt to root some fresh clones in.

I bet if I looked more thoroughly through this thread I probably would find something on topic of using and preparing rols for clones\seedlings.

I probably would do better googling RIU on topic and probably find the post quicker that way in thris thread.

Thanks
DankSwag

Grow Organically My Friends Grow On.
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Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread - Roll It Up

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Hey folks (specifically newbs to ROLS), ... -freshly rooted clones - couple days before transplanting add 1 tbs kelp meal , 2 tbs alfalfa meal,

 
boblawblah421

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RedCarpetMatches said:
I love your input man. You know your poo. Am I the only one that reps you lol ;) Anyway I'm selling all my guano, bottled shit, etc. noticed I had some Earth Juice Microblast. I might keep that one JIC my no lime or rock dust mix doesn't work.
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Thanks Red...

In no way do I spend my time concerning myself with my reputation amongst other people. The only person who it really matters what they think about me, is me.

I do however, sincerely appreciate the fact that my opinion is valued. Hopefully we are all on at least what is somewhat close to the right track, and we can all continue to learn and grow from each other.

So... it's a difficult task for me to remember to "like" people's posts. This is the only social media I am on. I have a membership to a few other forums, but none of them get used anywhere close to as often as this one. I have learned to try and remember to "like" peoples' posts because I guess that's just the social media etiquette. I suppose it's time to condition myself to "rep" other users as well.

It takes a lifetime to become a green-thumb guru. I'd say it took about 23 or so years to become a dooby rollin' guru. I suppose my "able to roll a joint" reputation is accurate.

Oh yeah one more thing Red... Personally, I'm keeping my guanos if I'm using them at this very moment or not. I can't see myself ever wanting to use a single one of the bottled nutes I've used over the years again, but the guanos may get busted out again some day. I have seen fantastic results using them in teas along with a very similar recipe as what is common amongst the ROLS farmers.

I think I may actually wait to stock pile up some more steer, horse, goat, chicken, and rabbit poo, and then throw all my guanos in that pile along with a bale of alfalfa and some granite laden clay and let it sit for a few years. That'll be some dank ass shit. Oh yeah... I've also got another 150 or so gallons of fire ass dirt I can salvage from a couple earlier guerrilla grows. I'll just throw that all in with my doodoo mountain. Maybe I'll do a little breeding in it in a few years like Mo.
 
foreverflyhi

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I like mixing up my SST with alfalfa, barley, carrots and brocoli.
I usually do 2 sst a week, my alfafa tea seems to be the best of them all, simple mix, alfafa, kelp, ewc, sillica coco, aloe and of course alfafa seed
The 2nd tea is whatever seed i choose plus ful power ewc etc etc
3rd watering is a botanical, usualy horsetail comfrey nettle
4th is kelp aloe coco sillica

(would like to improve on my mulching and ipm sprays)

now on to the results (keep in mind these are strains i worked before, and thus far, WOW! ROLS!!)

3rd run with rols
northern lights #5





NL#5 harvest



Popcorn nugs


Blackwater week 7ish


Yoda og


Cool observation
all rols however notice plants to the bottom, they are veggin in 2gallon pots,
now check out top roght and left, tranplanted two days ago and they are showing more signs of growth, obviously pot size matters in ROLS




Finish this post off with some baby nettle, just started stinging yesterday :) cute huh
 
RedCarpetMatches

RedCarpetMatches

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After almost a week of searching and dozens of phone calls, I found rice hulls right around the corner from me LMAO!!! Literally a 1/4 mile from me, too funny considering I was going to pay out the ass for shipping. Local home breweries FTW!
 
GreenSanta

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foreverflyhi said:
I like mixing up my SST with alfalfa, barley, carrots and brocoli.
I usually do 2 sst a week, my alfafa tea seems to be the best of them all, simple mix, alfafa, kelp, ewc, sillica coco, aloe and of course alfafa seed
The 2nd tea is whatever seed i choose plus ful power ewc etc etc
3rd watering is a botanical, usualy horsetail comfrey nettle
4th is kelp aloe coco sillica

(would like to improve on my mulching and ipm sprays)

now on to the results (keep in mind these are strains i worked before, and thus far, WOW! ROLS!!)

3rd run with rols
northern lights #5





NL#5 harvest



Popcorn nugs


Blackwater week 7ish


Yoda og


Cool observation
all rols however notice plants to the bottom, they are veggin in 2gallon pots,
now check out top roght and left, tranplanted two days ago and they are showing more signs of growth, obviously pot size matters in ROLS




Finish this post off with some baby nettle, just started stinging yesterday :) cute huh
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Nice pictures foreverflyhi I really like your vegging plants, so healthy!! And also I love the picture of the popcorn nugs , ... SO FROSTY!
 
Steelheader3430

Steelheader3430

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Hey everybody. I finally made my way into the local organic earth store and those people are really smart. A lot of the things I heard from them mirrored the good info on here. Total living soil microbial minded people. All most too helpful talk, talk, talk. lol. I'm using Cann's recipe from page two as a guide.

I'm using Cann's recipe from page two as a guide however they didn't have sphaghum peat and sold me on coir pith. http://www.bridgewellresources.com/food-agriculture/sustainable-agriculture.aspx They told me these are grown further inland so the salt isn't there to need to be leached. Any thoughts on that? Should I play it safe and rinse anyway?

http://www.barefootsoil.com/ Here is the ewc I got there.

http://www.olyfish.com/ and the compost. It does contain a fair amount of sticks but I liked the local part and it seems good.

I got 2 bricks of coir, 2 bags of compost and 1 bag of ewc. I also got a bag of medium sized volcanic aeration, and some glacial rock dust. So I'm still missing some meals and some of the rock dust parts. I'm looking for some feedback on what I've collected so far and advise on the coir.
 
DANKSWAG

DANKSWAG

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RedCarpetMatches said:
Mo you would be an awesome neighbor!
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YES HE WOULD! I would really love to live next door to him. Even if it was a cardboard box!

Say I've got a lot of this growing on my property was wondering if anyone knows what it is and if it is useful for anything?

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DankSwag
 
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