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Have you read this info?
http://www.acresusa.com/toolbox/reprints/Murray_Trace Elements.pdf
And also his book, Sea Energy Agriculture
There's so much work behind the use of sea solids in agriculture and it's been kept a secret for so long. Well, not purposely kept a secret, I don't think, but the big ag companies want farmers to only think that 16 elements are essential for thriving plants. Not the case.
And yes, a bunch of the content is still sodium chloride, but it's a similar argument to Marinol. With focusing on just one of the constituents of the whole, the product doesn't work like it would with the rest of the elements in symbiosis. Give it a test on a plant or two in soil(less). I just water in my hydro nutrients for my plants in promix, still with sea solids and all. Im sure you'll love it.
So, say one mixed up a solution of Jacks and mixed the calcium nitrate before the epsom salts on accident. And say that someone was so distracted by life that he (or she) used that solution on plants. What would be the outcome of the plants, most likely, by accidentally doing that?
I understand where you're coming from. But you know, mistakes get made and even in consistent setups people can get complacent and think they remember every step by heart and might glaze over something. It happens. So, I made a mistake. I learned from it and it won't happen again, that's for sure.
It's always 'this one time', isn't it? Shit- 'this one time', I lost a crop in RDWC due to high root temps and pathogens. 'This one time', I lost a bunch of plants to elephant's foot (thanks to Cap for helping me figure it out in hindsight), and some to strangulation of the mainstem. 'This one time' I lost more due to wild pH swings. I am so DONE with 'this one time' bullshit, I changed up my strategy from RDWC to chow mix/dtw.
I think consistency is what separates the amateur from the pro. Anyone can get lucky once... you don't get lucky over and over consistently. That's the mark of skill, knowlege and a plan in action.
None of this should be taken to sound like I am heaping scorn on anyone's efforts, approach, or media/nutrient choices. I'm just done with inconsistent results. I don't even care if the method I choose only grows half as fast as the best out there- as long as I get consistent results, I can just add more stages in the pipeline and the yields and frequency will still be there.
There is a reason Ferraris are a bad bet in Formula One; Sure they're fast, but they aren't consistent.
Did I mention that I want consistent results? Wanted to make sure I covered that. Consistently.
This, while true, also supports my argument about consistency being the mother of innovation- and success. You see, if something goes wrong in a system with a proven track record, you have a big leg up on finding the solution. First, you can eliminate what has not recently been changed in terms of process, inputs or activities. Then, you can evaluate the 'error' in terms of how it's impacted the system, something impossible to do without a consistent track record. Taken together, these two tactics make finding the source of the problem an order of magnitude less difficult than trying to solve the problem from the ground up.
Granted, often the problem is easy to spot- but sometimes it isn't, and those hard to find and resolve problems are the ones that people tear their hair out over or worse, cause them to fail entirely.
Your recent experience seems to prove my point; you quickly recognized that a mistake was made, based on past experience and results- and then you took steps to fix it. Consistency may not be glamorous, but it definitely makes running a complex system like a grow op a lot more manageable!
On a more positive note, consistency is also the foundation of good data from experiment; after all, only if you know what things are already doing in response to your systematic approach will you be able to tease out what the results might be from a deliberate change, like nutrients, or lighting. Otherwise, you're just guessing, and that rarely leads to improvements.
This is really at the heart of my frustration with not being able to get consistent results from RDWC- and I don't blame the technology, only my own apparent inability to use it effectively!
You are going to love the C.H.U.B.B.
Capulators hempystyle underwater bio bucket
Combining DTW, DWC, and of course, bennies and biomats. No coco. 100% perlite, beach pebble, or growstones. will run both to see what I like better.
Capulators hempystyle underwater bio bucket
Combining DTW, DWC, and of course, bennies and biomats. No coco. 100% perlite, beach pebble, or growstones. will run both to see what I like better.
This sounds like you have given it a lot of thought. Do you have an in depth writeup on the approach on the Farm somewhere? I'd very much like to hear more.
I'm converting my RDWC built with 1" bulkheads and 5 gallon buckets. This means there will be an inch or more of water in the bottom of each bucket, and therefore available for whatever roots drop down that far. I'll be topfeeding, will increase my runoff as roots get established to increase the turnover of this water. Like you, I plan to dtw, but I see nothing wrong with giving the ladies a lil pool to dip their roots in. As far as bennies go, brother- you've been leading the way for me for awhile now! First Jacks, now bennies- heck, the single biggest reason I went with coco/hydroton chow was to get the bennies into the root zone!
Tell me more about biomats?
I talked shit first! Well publicly anyways.Capulators hempystyle underwater bio bucket
Combining DTW, DWC, and of course, bennies and biomats. No coco. 100% perlite, beach pebble, or growstones. will run both to see what I like better.
I will be posting a thread here on the farm with all the details when the time is right... within a couple of weeks as I convert between runs.
I talked shit first! Well publicly anyways.
No coco Cap? No cec for insurance for those of us with fucked up power outages?
I had thought about having an airline at the bottom of hempy buckets, and dripping periodically into them, and having runoff periodically run off.
Never got around to it.
Same thing as I'm doing now, but aeration frames for netpots in totes instead of filling the whole thing up.
Roots really wanted to start spreading in the water when I introduced air.
With Cap's bennies, and the dtw nute delivery, I have every confidence that it will work out very well.
Running it without the active cooling and insulation for a while first in an attempt to determine a failure point. Naw.
So now that I have an unbiased understanding of how they want to behave in direct response to a variety of stimuli, I will sell out and go buy some more dip n grow I think.
Cause that shit's fun.
Remember when DD said that stim-root 5000 blew his roots up better than RE?
I do.
Stim-root 5000 is 5000 ppms IBA, which is 0.5% IBA.
Dip n grow being 1% IBA, 0.5% NAA.
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