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Hello - your plants will tell you if they need feedingI'm using a live medium. My question is do I need to add nutrients or not.
Been told not. Been told yes. Confus. Thanksd
We would need to know more about this live medium. Most natural soil mixes have life in them because of the micro-organisms that are there eating the organic materials, reproducing and then dying as part of the circle of life. They are returning the various nutrients back to the soil.I'm using a live medium. My question is do I need to add nutrients or not.
Hi. I'm using Coast of Maine. (Sapington Blend).
If you’re using pots smaller than 15 gallons, you’ll need to feed a little (according to the website) organic nutes.I'm using a live medium. My question is do I need to add nutrients or not.
Been told not. Been told yes. Confus. Thanksd
It’s actually called “Stonington’s Blend”. It looks like a pretty good soil.I just checked their website and couldn't find that one.
What's in the soil, and how big are the pots you're planning to use?
From what I understand, if you want to go water only with organic soils you want 15 gallon pots or more.
Yep, Stonington's Blend.It’s actually called “Stonington’s Blend”. It looks like a pretty good soil.
There are a bunch of microbes listed as being in GW, are they the wrong ones?If you are growing organically without additional nutes, you have to be relying on the microbes living in that soil. Not just Great White, for that is fungi and not the various microbes that are needed to process the raw food in the soil and then bring it to the roots. If you want this organic feeding cycle to continue, you have to take special precautions with your soil and your water. Never add chlorinated water to your grow, because that is in there to kill microbes. Consider "feeding" your soil occasionally with additional microbes using teas or actual microbial inoculation products. And then there are the supplements. Even organic grows can need extra finishing nutes and calmag. A good base organic soil can only get you so far. A large healthy plant may require more than is built into your soil and it depends a lot on how much soil you have under the plant as in the size of the container, and of course the size of your plant and how many buds it is trying to produce.
they are myco fungi... technically still called microbes, but of a completely different species than those microbes that process the raw elements in our soil and feed our plants. The fungi set up a web that works in symbiosis with the roots, but the organic feeding cycle does not exist on fungi alone. Whole sets of specialized protozoa, amoebas and other specialized microbes also need to be in there, and they don't come in the GW.There are a bunch of microbes listed as being in GW, are they the wrong ones?
I'm referring to the species of bacteria in there, not the mycorrhizae.they are myco fungi... technically still called microbes, but of a completely different species than those microbes that process the raw elements in our soil and feed our plants. The fungi set up a web that works in symbiosis with the roots, but the organic feeding cycle does not exist on fungi alone. Whole sets of specialized protozoa, amoebas and other specialized microbes also need to be in there, and they don't come in the GW.
i use 20 gallon pots with true organic soil and all i need to do is add water only , but i build my soil 3 months before using it ,dry organic nutes and worm castings , i build my soil in kiddie pools in the basement , let it compost for 3 months , then add perlite and more worm castings right before i use it , plants love it , i add beneficial bacteria and great white mycorrhiza when i put my seedlings in their final pot,I just checked their website and couldn't find that one.
What's in the soil, and how big are the pots you're planning to use?
From what I understand, if you want to go water only with organic soils you want 15 gallon pots or more.
There are NO bacteria in there, sorry. Here is the complete list of ingredients:I'm referring to the species of bacteria in there, not the mycorrhizae.
I use endomycorrhizae in my grows. I haven't used GW since it also has a bunch of ectomycos which are useless for cannabis.
I use synthetic ferts, so I haven't studied the microbial aspect as much as I should have.
All the species I left in the quote are bacteria.Contains 525,000 CFU’s per gram of each of the following 13 species:
More complex species ingredients
Azotobacter chroococcum
Bacillus subtilis
Bacillus licheniformis
Bacillus azotoformans
Bacillus megaterium
Bacillus coagulans
Bacillus pumilus
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
Paenibacillus polymyxa
Paenibacillus durum
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Pseudomonas aureofaciens
Pseudomonas fluorescens