It's the soil, not the drenches and foliars. Biota love our soil and plants love biota. All we're doing with the other stuff is tweaking and steering. That last Destroyer I harvested? - it got almost nothing extra for the last month - no foliars, not much GE - it got that way just from the soil it was in. We're into our machines and our gear, and "operating" it all. HiBrix growing is kinda counter-intuitive for us - we gotta keep reminding ourselves that we're not actually running this particular show - the lil soil bots are.
Well said, Mr. Gray!
Thank you.
There isn't a lot of conversation about what's really happening in the soil.
*Bacteria and fungi need carbohydrates to function.
*When they have them available, they go about their business of dissolving minerals.
*Plants need dissolved minerals.
*Plant roots exude sugars - these sugars vary according to what the plants need from the soil.
*Various biota produce various dissolved minerals.
*Those biota feed on the root exudates
*Everyone wins.
When we spray foliars, we cause the plant to exude certain sugars that attract certain biota to supply the plant with certain needs (growth/bloom/roots, etc). When we drench, we alter the soil chemistry in order to release different nutrients from the supply the biota have created.
We're there to run the root/biota interface. They do the actual work.
Thank you.
There isn't a lot of conversation about what's really happening in the soil.
*Bacteria and fungi need carbohydrates to function.
*When they have them available, they go about their business of dissolving minerals.
*Plants need dissolved minerals.
*Plant roots exude sugars - these sugars vary according to what the plants need from the soil.
*Various biota produce various dissolved minerals.
*Those biota feed on the root exudates
*Everyone wins.
When we spray foliars, we cause the plant to exude certain sugars that attract certain biota to supply the plant with certain needs (growth/bloom/roots, etc). When we drench, we alter the soil chemistry in order to release different nutrients from the supply the biota have created.
We're there to run the root/biota interface. They do the actual work.
Thank you.
There isn't a lot of conversation about what's really happening in the soil.
*Bacteria and fungi need carbohydrates to function.
*When they have them available, they go about their business of dissolving minerals.
*Plants need dissolved minerals.
*Plant roots exude sugars - these sugars vary according to what the plants need from the soil.
*Various biota produce various dissolved minerals.
*Those biota feed on the root exudates
*Everyone wins.
When we spray foliars, we cause the plant to exude certain sugars that attract certain biota to supply the plant with certain needs (growth/bloom/roots, etc). When we drench, we alter the soil chemistry in order to release different nutrients from the supply the biota have created.
We're there to run the root/biota interface. They do the actual work.
Thank you.
There isn't a lot of conversation about what's really happening in the soil.
*Bacteria and fungi need carbohydrates to function.
*When they have them available, they go about their business of dissolving minerals.
*Plants need dissolved minerals.
*Plant roots exude sugars - these sugars vary according to what the plants need from the soil.
*Various biota produce various dissolved minerals.
*Those biota feed on the root exudates
*Everyone wins.
When we spray foliars, we cause the plant to exude certain sugars that attract certain biota to supply the plant with certain needs (growth/bloom/roots, etc). When we drench, we alter the soil chemistry in order to release different nutrients from the supply the biota have created.
We're there to run the root/biota interface. They do the actual work.
Nate, I meant a Trans/Tea soak after transplant, not before, but the before-soak could be interesting, too.
I don't think I'd do GE at this point, though - you want to accelerate root growth at transplant. But I'd give it a good dose of GE as soon as it's settled into its new digs. And with the new Roots!, you don't want to go heavy with the Transplant. I keep forgetting the formulation has changed.
Don't get all hung up on feeding.
Pot growers (especially men) have this tendency to "drive" or "run" their plants. But this method is at odds with that instinct. We have to think more in terms of "assisting". The plants and the biota are working in ways we can't grasp. Let them do what they do best. If you simply transplanted and watered, your plant would hook up with the HB soil just fine. Soaking in a rich myco and biota-filled solution at transplant only really reassures our own selves, and would probably help - can't really hurt.
And the same thing goes for you, Sue. Remember that we HB growers are men, with the limitations and instincts that come with that.
It's really hard to screw 'em up.Don't get all hung up on feeding.
This was the last plant I ran in my used soil - roughly third run, but highly unbalanced from hard water.
