Mikedin’s Living Soil Adventure and Living Soil discussion topic

[Mikedin]

What’s up homies!

 

[Mikedin]

Morning folks! Little 4x4 update on copious, it’s rise and shine time! She’s gettin big quick! Topping diddnt slow her down a shade she’s stuck at full throttle…

Cover crop is kickin ass clover is flowering, give it another week or so and it may be chop and drop time to get that first cycle through hero plan to top dress with EWC build a flower and some soil, well see what type of soil could do just peat moss but it’s hydrophobic and not great as a stand alone top dress, dried out too quick even with mulch, so I’m looking at if I wanna do something else

 

[cpurola]

What is that rod thingy? Sensor?
Newb question.

 

[Greenadian]

That cover crop is giving the Ol cannabis girl a run for her money

 

[Mikedin]

What is that rod thingy? Sensor?
Newb question.

That’s the spiderfarmer 4 in 1 sensor pro kit that one does PPFD Temp / Humidity the one hanging down on to the back left measures Co2

No newb questions here! Ask away lol

 

[Mikedin]

That cover crop is giving the Ol cannabis girl a run for her money

Hell yeah it is look at em flower out haha, I’m off in about a week so my plan is to chop and drop so it’ll be cleaned up soon lol

 

[JIMKSI64]

Hell yeah it is look at em flower out haha, I’m off in about a week so my plan is to chop and drop so it’ll be cleaned up soon lol

Do you have a really tiny mulching mower for that?

 

[Greenadian]

Do you have a really tiny mulching mower for that?

Could probably use a solid moustache trimmer on that clover LMAO

 

[Mikedin]

Do you have a really tiny mulching mower for that?

I wish! Haha I should convert a drone to steel sharpened rotors and let er rip haha

Could probably use a solid moustache trimmer on that clover LMAO

i use these choppers haha

Girls lookin happy, she looks like she’s drooping but that’s not, she’s just spreadin eagle for the new tops to come up lol. But for this small of a plant… these fans are massive lol

 

[uzi4u]

Hell yeah! Lookin good homie!

 

[Mikedin]

Hell yeah! Lookin good homie!

Thanks fam!

Cut back the hydra plant to give the Max AC some room to get full light, the clones off this girl are gunna be beautiful, these are just cut backs but team they’d be nice already

Got a new update! Did some trimmin on the Frostette from the back 4x4 and ran some dry sift from the larf

 

[Mikedin]

Morning folks! Girl is lookin happy today those leaves.. just huge

Lowers are right up under em now, they’ll peek around in another day or so, topsail are coming out nice after the roping as well, im thinking once these lowers match up with the top I’ll top everything then net her and flip her after a bit

Might bring in the table not sure

 

[Mikedin]

New up and comers

 

[RGWD0202]

You got that soil dialed in homie! Those plants all look really healthy, from the new to the old to the cover crop. I’m trying to determine if I should do a soil test or just do a reammend after this run. I did a full tent from solo cup to the bed. I have to imagine they depleted a lot of what was in there. Have you ever done a soil test and if so when is the right time to do one? When you see problems or stay ahead of it and test before issues arise? Or don’t worry about it and just re amend with craft blend and compost?

Harvesting these tonight I believe.

 

[Mikedin]

You got that soil dialed in homie! Those plants all look really healthy, from the new to the old to the cover crop. I’m trying to determine if I should do a soil test or just do a reammend after this run. I did a full tent from solo cup to the bed. I have to imagine they depleted a lot of what was in there. Have you ever done a soil test and if so when is the right time to do one? When you see problems or stay ahead of it and test before issues arise? Or don’t worry about it and just re amend with craft blend and compost?

Harvesting these tonight I believe.

Id reamend with compost, craft blend, if you have build a flower I add that in too even in early veg, got a brand new bag waiting for when I chop the cover crop, if you look at the garden ingredients it’s similar to craft blend but mixed with a medium, so a lot of the nutrients are immediatly available as they have already begun breaking down in the bag. I like to hit them with the Pushin P high phosphorous oat blend and the kashi as well, in trait Lu I think you’d do just fine with the compost and craft blend with some medium mixed together and top dress. I’ve done 2 runs in the back 4x4 and the 4x8 was a single run, and has been double amended and triple cover cropped while empty for the past 3 months or so. I’m thinking of doing the 2nd run in the 4x8 bags and a 3rd run in the 4x4 then after that I’m gunna probably do a soil test on a single bag, most likely the 4x4 bag as it’s been ran twice and will be 3 times. I’d say the test should be done right after a run, do the soil test then amend based off the results and see how the run goes

is it a 3x3 bed or 4x4 bed?

In either one I’d be looking at probably 6 cups craft blend, 6 cups compost to start personally, I use 4 cups per 30 gallon bag on each re amend the 60 gallon I’ll be using 8 cups I think.

 

[cannafarmer420]

Morning folks! Girl is lookin happy today those leaves.. just huge

Lowers are right up under em now, they’ll peek around in another day or so, topsail are coming out nice after the roping as well, im thinking once these lowers match up with the top I’ll top everything then net her and flip her after a bit

Might bring in the table not sure

Living soil is so great bro, I need to cover crop eventually, gonna save up for a fabric grow bed for the tent to leave in there and plant them all together in it. Kinda burn out from outdoor harvest but in the next 6 months for sure.

 

[RGWD0202]

Id reamend with compost, craft blend, if you have build a flower I add that in too even in early veg, got a brand new bag waiting for when I chop the cover crop, if you look at the garden ingredients it’s similar to craft blend but mixed with a medium, so a lot of the nutrients are immediatly available as they have already begun breaking down in the bag. I like to hit them with the Pushin P high phosphorous oat blend and the kashi as well, in trait Lu I think you’d do just fine with the compost and craft blend with some medium mixed together and top dress. I’ve done 2 runs in the back 4x4 and the 4x8 was a single run, and has been double amended and triple cover cropped while empty for the past 3 months or so. I’m thinking of doing the 2nd run in the 4x8 bags and a 3rd run in the 4x4 then after that I’m gunna probably do a soil test on a single bag, most likely the 4x4 bag as it’s been ran twice and will be 3 times. I’d say the test should be done right after a run, do the soil test then amend based off the results and see how the run goes

is it a 3x3 bed or 4x4 bed?

In either one I’d be looking at probably 6 cups craft blend, 6 cups compost to start personally, I use 4 cups per 30 gallon bag on each re amend the 60 gallon I’ll be using 8 cups I think.

It’s a 3x3 bed. I have a local compost similar to buildaflower but not quite the same.

 

[Mikedin]

Living soil is so great bro, I need to cover crop eventually, gonna save up for a fabric grow bed for the tent to leave in there and plant them all together in it. Kinda burn out from outdoor harvest but in the next 6 months for sure.

The earlier you start it and let it cook the better even if you don’t plant right away, gives the worms time to eat and create castings, microbes to populate etc. if you can run cycles of cover crop chop and drop before planting you’ll see additional benefit imo

 

[Mikedin]

It’s a 3x3 bed. I have a local compost similar to buildaflower but not quite the same.

If it works it works! Biggest thing to remember is living soil isint like any other type of growing, we don’t target spesific NPK’s. In general we want all nutrients available at maximum capacity at all times, let eh microbes balance the uptake from the plant root excretions

 

[RGWD0202]

If it works it works! Biggest thing to remember is living soil isint like any other type of growing, we don’t target spesific NPK’s. In general we want all nutrients available at maximum capacity at all times, let eh microbes balance the uptake from the plant root excretions

Yep, just making a buffet for the plants to choose from.