justiceman
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Hows it going everyone? It’s been a while!
Lately I have thought to myself about what kind of thread I’d like to start. Why not a simple water only soil grow from start to finish? I feel that this could be a fun, informative and an easy to understand thread for those that want to learn about growing in soil without outside inputs(bottles nutrients) aside from the initial dry fertilizer mixed in at the beginning.
The Seedlings will first start in solo cups under some florescent lighting and will then be moved to 3 gallon fabric pots inside of a 4x4 tent under a 600w Eye Hortilux Super HPS. They will get unfiltered tap water from start to finish.
Aside from coco grows I’ve been using this mix for years. It is extremely simple and very solid. I typically use FFOF for the 6 parts.
As for the food source I have used this with success. I don’t use Greensand or Liquid Karma but it is still important to “cook” the mix for 2-4 weeks before use. This allows the microbiology to grow and break down the fertilizer. The mix then becomes stable. The formation of a white fuzz during this process is fine and a good sign of life.
Here is the basic mix without any fertilizer added yet. I will go over the addition of amendments in the next day or so.
Here are 4 Barneys Farm Tangerine Dream seeds that have been germinated using the paper towel method.
Here they are planted in a fesh batch of plain LC’s Mix
I hope everyone will enjoy this. It’s time for another adventure!
Lately I have thought to myself about what kind of thread I’d like to start. Why not a simple water only soil grow from start to finish? I feel that this could be a fun, informative and an easy to understand thread for those that want to learn about growing in soil without outside inputs(bottles nutrients) aside from the initial dry fertilizer mixed in at the beginning.
The Seedlings will first start in solo cups under some florescent lighting and will then be moved to 3 gallon fabric pots inside of a 4x4 tent under a 600w Eye Hortilux Super HPS. They will get unfiltered tap water from start to finish.
Aside from coco grows I’ve been using this mix for years. It is extremely simple and very solid. I typically use FFOF for the 6 parts.
LC's Soiless Mix #2:
6 parts Pro Mix BX or HP / Sunshine Mix (any flavor from #1 up) / Fox Farm Ocean Forest or Light Warrior
2 parts perlite
2 parts earthworm castings
Powdered (NOT PELLETED) dolomite lime @ 2 tablespoons per gallon or 1 cup per cubic foot of the soiless mix.
If you use a 3 qt. saucepan as “parts” in the amounts given above, it equals about 1 cu. ft. of soiless mix and you can just dump in a cup of powdered dolomite lime. The dolomite lime is for Ca. and Mg. not just to adjust the PH of the soil.
But, a "part" can be anything from a tablespoon to a five gallon bucket. Just use the same item for all of the "parts".
As for the food source I have used this with success. I don’t use Greensand or Liquid Karma but it is still important to “cook” the mix for 2-4 weeks before use. This allows the microbiology to grow and break down the fertilizer. The mix then becomes stable. The formation of a white fuzz during this process is fine and a good sign of life.
RECIPE #1
If you want to use organic nutrients like Blood meal, Bone meal and Kelp meal...
1 tablespoon Blood meal per gallon or 1/2 cup per cubic foot of soil mix
2 tablespoons Bone meal per gallon or 1 cup per cubic foot of soil mix
1-tablespoon kelp meal per gallon or 1/2 cup per cubic foot of soil mix
or Maxicrop 1-0-4 powdered kelp extract as directed
(OPTIONAL) 1 tablespoon per gallon or 1/2 cup per cubic foot of Jersey Greensand to supplement the K (potasium) in the Kelp Meal and seaweed extract.
Mix all the dry nutrients into the soiless mix well and wet it, but don't soak it. Use Liquid Karma and water @ 1 tbs./gal. Stir and mix it a few times a week for a week or two so the bacteria can get oxygen and break down the nutrients and make it available. And don't let the mix dry out, keep it moist and add water as needed. It'll also have time to get the humic acids in the Liquid Karma going and the dolomite lime will be better able to adjust the pH of a peat based mixture too.
With this recipe, all you need to do is add plain water until harvest.
Here is the basic mix without any fertilizer added yet. I will go over the addition of amendments in the next day or so.
Here are 4 Barneys Farm Tangerine Dream seeds that have been germinated using the paper towel method.
Here they are planted in a fesh batch of plain LC’s Mix
I hope everyone will enjoy this. It’s time for another adventure!
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