Hey MMM, I apologize for missing your journal all these pages! Ack! 
I guess I didn't realize you were actually running the Kit. But I'm subbed now!
I was reading the discussion between you and Growlow (hi Growlow) and I wanted to fill in a little background on the Kit - you're right - a lot of growers are using it now and the facts sorta drift and hype sets in ... you know. The HiBrix method isn't something that Doc Bud developed. It was developed by an agricultural soil lab for hobby and small commercial outdoor gardens. Doc was following a path with mineralized soil and this was one of the groups working on exudate manipulation in mineral-rich soils with hardy biota populations. The Kit uses foliars to alter root exudates, which feeds the desired biota and its desired nutrients.
So Doc had several long conversations about using it for cannabis, and they were able to break down the ingredients to suit micro-gardens like ours. After several months, he got the rights to market it for cannabis. The lab doesn't need/want to be involved in the industry. And over the past year, Doc has worked out a couple of improvements specifically for our plants, and will keep doing so.
The method itself wasn't developed for cannabis. We're basically using the tomato formula. 
But it works pretty good. And y'know the best part? Seriously? It's really tolerant, really hard to screw up. It's very basic stuff. In essence, it's a simple soil formula, with precise proportions of minerals, and little humus.
I joined the forum about the time Doc was first trying it out. I had read through his earlier journals, using Osmocote Plus, and the 6-5-3 mineral formula. In fact I used both of those soils before going with HiBrix. The HiBrix is better. If anyone reading this thinks they need a couple more long journals to read through, Doc Bud's earlier journals are very informative.
I guess I didn't realize you were actually running the Kit. But I'm subbed now!
I was reading the discussion between you and Growlow (hi Growlow
) and I wanted to fill in a little background on the Kit - you're right - a lot of growers are using it now and the facts sorta drift and hype sets in ... you know. The HiBrix method isn't something that Doc Bud developed. It was developed by an agricultural soil lab for hobby and small commercial outdoor gardens. Doc was following a path with mineralized soil and this was one of the groups working on exudate manipulation in mineral-rich soils with hardy biota populations. The Kit uses foliars to alter root exudates, which feeds the desired biota and its desired nutrients. So Doc had several long conversations about using it for cannabis, and they were able to break down the ingredients to suit micro-gardens like ours. After several months, he got the rights to market it for cannabis. The lab doesn't need/want to be involved in the industry. And over the past year, Doc has worked out a couple of improvements specifically for our plants, and will keep doing so.
The method itself wasn't developed for cannabis.
We're basically using the tomato formula. But it works pretty good. And y'know the best part? Seriously? It's really tolerant, really hard to screw up. It's very basic stuff. In essence, it's a simple soil formula, with precise proportions of minerals, and little humus.I joined the forum about the time Doc was first trying it out. I had read through his earlier journals, using Osmocote Plus, and the 6-5-3 mineral formula. In fact I used both of those soils before going with HiBrix. The HiBrix is better.
If anyone reading this thinks they need a couple more long journals to read through, Doc Bud's earlier journals are very informative.
plenty of frost on them girls 