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I use organic Soil as well I believe the term HOT means the actual temp it gets HOT when the bacteria and fungi and such breaking down the organics ( microbe food)in the soil I usually leave mine set up to a week after amending between runs to let it cool down or the microbes have slow their process down I also brew a compost tea to assist in that process month to go on these and this Soil is 2 years old I have those lights on a mover as wellI have seen may people say that Fox Farms Ocean Forest or other soil is 'Hot', and I used to think so too until I looked at what's it's made of.
The soil is pretty much exactly what your plants need. The only thing it is missing is the full MBE package. (Microbes, Bacteria, Enzymes)
If you add the MBEs, then you have an organic soil that needs nothing but water. The MBE's digest the soil and turn it into food. (simplified explanation)
The plants eat the food. If you start adding other food to it you will cause it to become 'HOT'.
Soil is food, please quit overfeeding.
It's my understanding that 'Hot' means overloaded with nutes.I use organic Soil as well I believe the term HOT means the actual temp it gets HOT when the bacteria and fungi and such breaking down the organics ( microbe food)in the soil I usually leave mine set up to a week after amending between runs to let it cool down or the microbes have slow their process down I also brew a compost tea to assist in that process month to go on these and this Soil is 2 years old I have those lights on a mover as well
I use organic Soil as well I believe the term HOT means the actual temp it gets HOT when the bacteria and fungi and such breaking down the organics ( microbe food)in the soil I usually leave mine set up to a week after amending between runs to let it cool down or the microbes have slow their process down I also brew a compost tea to assist in that process month to go on these and this Soil is 2 years old I have those lights on a mover as well
We are not growing in compost. Both meanings are valid, it comes down to context which is being used.Thats exactly what it means.
Hot refers to the temp caused by the microbibal activity in the decomposition process. Ever touched raw compost? That shit can get really hot.
Add dolomite lime to auto regulate the pH. Then you can forget pH testing at all.So the horticultural meaning of Nitrogen hot, is what I was always thinking when I heard they were “too hot”.
People say mix this and that because X is too hot for seedlings.
If you look at the NPK on the bags (referring to FF);
Strawberry Fields .5-.3-.3
Ocean Forrest .3-.45-.05
Happy Frog .3-.3-.05
However, Mr Canuks use Gaia Green Living Soil with a labeled NPK of 1-0-0 (actual is 1-.5-.3), worm castings 2-0-0 @ 25% worm castings to 75% soil.
Then he adds a 50/50 mix of Gaia Green 4-4-4 and 2-8-4 @ 3 tablespoons per gallon.
He just uses 6.5ph water until flowering, then uses a mix of 2-8-4 again with worm castings as a top dress.
I just mixed up 6 gallons using Strawberry Fields, worm castings and the Gaia green dry amendments (7 gal bag leaving room for later top dressing).
The SF has coconut coir same as Gaia Green. Main ingredients are kinda similar.
his plants do show a little tip burn, but none of the other issues I have experienced in my very young career at this.
Im hoping this along with better light and humidity control will improve my Auto growing experience.
Any thoughts from experienced growers?
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