Conradino23 Keeps On Keeping On Outdoor & Indoor Using LOS/High Brix Methods

If there's hardly any calcium/magnesium in soil I'd use everything, cause it's not much.
 
Is there a way of calculating the known elements in the soil and soil amendments you organic growers use? From the perspective of a hydro grower, if an element is shown to be lacking, I can tweak the ppm, but is there a similar means of measuring for organic mediums?
 
bobrown14 said:
I think lithothanmium is a red coralline algae??

Its one of those algae that form a hard shell of Calcium, inhabit earth when it was hot as hell. I'm thinking.
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Yep so called red algae containing up to 80% calcium carbonate. Unfortunately they’re harvested only in Ireland and Normandy.

Skybound said:
Is there a way of calculating the known elements in the soil and soil amendments you organic growers use? From the perspective of a hydro grower, if an element is shown to be lacking, I can tweak the ppm, but is there a similar means of measuring for organic mediums?
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Yes there’s a simple way called soil test. You send a sample to the lab and they tell you exactly what you’re dealing with. After that you correct imbalances and you won’t see any deficiencies in your life again.
 
conradino23 said:
If there's hardly any calcium/magnesium in soil I'd use everything, cause it's not much.
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I wanted to comeback and talk a little more this is funny last summers outdoor grow was in this same mix and tea program and the last two indoor grows were in this same mix but these ts come along and aren't happy with it who would no now I do when and if I grow them again I will add some special extras to the mix!:)
 
No bonsais anymore, too big PITA. I’ll throw her outdoor in 2 weeks.
 
Skybound said:
Is there a way of calculating the known elements in the soil and soil amendments you organic growers use? From the perspective of a hydro grower, if an element is shown to be lacking, I can tweak the ppm, but is there a similar means of measuring for organic mediums?
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Sure is - soil test. I get one every time I mix an new batch of soil which ain't very often. Here in the USA we have a thing called an Extension Service at every state university in the country. Its federally funded.

Oregon and Washington stopped doing soil test when they went legal for cannabis so they would not loose federal funding.

For $10 you get a kit, add some soil to it and mail it in. They do a comprehensive test, send you the results and make recommendation for amending if you need it.

This has been around ever since our first AG bill. Goes back to the 30s and the dust bowl in the mid west. That's our government trying to keep another dust bowl from happening again. Its a good thing. Was originally meant for farmers but its also for gardeners and everyone really. An example of government doing something positive. They built some really nice soil science labs all around the country with tax dollars thru the Extension Service.

If you read about someone that is a "Master Gardener" - they took courses in horticulture to get that title and that is also part of the Extension Service. Many of the Master Gardeners work for the Extension Service to help serve the public. You will meet them if you ever go to a County 4-H farm show. The 4-H Club is part of the Extension Service - get the kids involved in growing plants and animals. Its a great thing. Keeping America fed again.
 
Over here there are private labs, that do it, but it costs around $200 for the basic one. However you get a lot of info on a single sheet and you can work with it even if you're a pro. This is a longtime standard for the food industry, that'll soon become a standard for cannabis industry too... that is if they switch from hydro :laugh:
 
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