If you do peat just do 50/50 peat and perlite. Thats the old school recipe. No need to do hydroton/peat IMHO.
definitely start off with a preformulated mix. I suggest Sunshine #4 or Berger BM6.Can I use just plain peat moss from Lowe's w/ perlite, or did you use an amended mix like Sunshine??
Can I use just plain peat moss from Lowe's w/ perlite, or did you use an amended mix like Sunshine??
If you do peat just do 50/50 peat and perlite. Thats the old school recipe. No need to do hydroton/peat IMHO.
Lime does two things; reduces pH and adds calcium. Our favorite plants really really like their calcium, might this have anything to do with it?Is there any preping the peat moss? I have been reading up and found that some people were having trouble with it and having to add lime.
What about like 80/20 or 90/10 perlite/ peat than? I'm trying to get the higher air: water ratio that chow mix has without the coco.
I have definitely found my plants grow faster in hydroton heavy chow than the old 50/50 coco perlite so I would like to keep the air to the roots as high as possible without switching to RDWC or aero.
Looks like another side my side is in order chow vs 80/20 perlite peat
I mix my own, but that's just me... canadian peat moss comes in a bale 2.5 cu ft. I believe. I buy mine at the nursery and I get he perlite there too.
definitely start off with a preformulated mix. I suggest Sunshine #4 or Berger BM6.
Sunshine doesn't come with any amended microbes or inoculations, it does however come with a 6-5-11 starting nutrient charge, dolomite lime and a wetting agent. I just suggest starting with a good preformulated mix to insure that you have adequate air porosity and proper liming, since those can be the shortcomings of a peat mix. I know growers that have given up on peat simply due to poor liming in their mix causing pH issues.I don't want any micro bacteria in my mix, if thats what Sunshine has. I wanna run straight synthetics with peat, just like I do with the perlite hempy's.
I use benny's for soil.
Liming INCREASES pH, it doens't reduce it. Albrecht suggested that all the benefits of liming came from the added Ca irrespective of its effects on pH. Pretty sure Albrecht was dead wrong, though.Lime does two things; reduces pH and adds calcium. Our favorite plants really really like their calcium, might this have anything to do with it?
I don't want any micro bacteria in my mix, if thats what Sunshine has. I wanna run straight synthetics with peat, just like I do with the perlite hempy's.
I use benny's for soil.
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yes. that is correct.Are these saying that they contained the non-plant food ingredients listed, or just that the ingredients were tested for? The way im reading it they just tested for it and MOAB had only B1 as a non plant food ingredient, and banana manna only had the banana extract.
Sunshine doesn't come with any amended microbes or inoculations, it does however come with a 6-5-11 starting nutrient charge, dolomite lime and a wetting agent. I just suggest starting with a good preformulated mix to insure that you have adequate air porosity and proper liming, since those can be the shortcomings of a peat mix. I know growers that have given up on peat simply due to poor liming in their mix causing pH issues.
You can use bennies for hydro. They work great. Just not mycorrhizae.
I know, I just don't want bennies in my hydro setup......
........but, I'll probably grab some goodies from you when I plant some beaners in soil ;) Thanx
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