Good to have you, as always.
Just a ? What do you mean by baked the ffofGood to have you, as always.
I think a lot of people didn’t get notified of the tag, they just stumbled upon this grow the old fashioned way
Yes I’m trying to branch out a bit and try new nutes and lights, especially sponsors.
GF looks simple enough and effective, though I appreciate any tips as a total newbie to this line.
As always I’m interested in increasing taste/potency much more than yield, any day. These last 2 (my autos) from @Weed Seeds Express were fortunately strong finishers in both those categories.
I did what you suggested and baked my FFOF before planting in my other grow, that’s another product I’m trying for the first time, and am liking it a lot so far.
Thanks for stopping by!
Fox Farms Ocean Forest soil.
What about the good organisms?
I think @Emilya would be better at explaining this, hopefully she is around
| Table 1. Target Temperatures for Soil Sterilization of Moist Soil | |
| Target Temp | Organisms Killed when Temp Sustained for 30-minutes |
| 120℉ | water molds (oomycetes) |
| 145℉ | most plant pathogenic fungi, bacteria, and viruses, worms, slugs, centipedes |
| 160℉ | plant pathogenic bacteria, soil insects |
| 180℉ | weed seeds |
| 212℉ | heat resistant plant viruses and weed seeds |
What about the product called 'Recharge' - have you tried that? I've seen lots of positive talk about Recharge but it and most other similar products are not available in NZ unfortunately. I had wondered in the past about trying to import some (our Customs here often seize such products). Geoflora and Dynomyco also sound great, but similarly are not available over the counter in NZ.
yes indeed, I ran an organic supersoil grow simply using recharge and no AACT. That was the best organic grow I had had to date, until I found Geoflora. Recharge is good stuff and just what is needed to get soil going again.
Ill double down on that method. Much better success rate for me that way.
Ok now I have a grasp then you can do things to help the good guys repopulateI think @Emilya would be better at explaining this, hopefully she is around
Until then, this is a pretty good explanation-
Heat treatments raise the temperature of the soil through steam or direct, dry heat to a threshold where the harmful organisms, fungal spores, weed seeds, etc. are unable to survive, and die. Heat treatment is often called sterilization, but this is a misnomer as the soil isn’t completely sterile at the temperatures induced.
It does kill weeds and pests depending upon the internal temperature reached and the length of time the threshold is maintained. Most instructions recommend at least 30 minutes at the given temperature to kill specific organisms (see Table 1) in moist soil or potting mix.
Research has shown that even sterilization significantly reduces the population of beneficial soil bacteria, it does not eradicate them completely. After sterilization, certain species such as Pseudomonas and Bacillus, quickly recolonize the soil and their populations reach high levels within a short amount of time. This quick recolonization overrides the initial reduction in populations through sterilization.
Table 1. Target Temperatures for Soil Sterilization of Moist Soil Target Temp Organisms Killed when Temp Sustained for 30-minutes 120℉ water molds (oomycetes) 145℉ most plant pathogenic fungi, bacteria, and viruses, worms, slugs, centipedes 160℉ plant pathogenic bacteria, soil insects 180℉ weed seeds 212℉ heat resistant plant viruses and weed seeds
That's what I do soak em plant em. I dropped seeds in soil last Thursday March 4th. Checked this morning March 8th 2 outta 3 up. Expect the other one to be up soon
Ok now I understand will probably try that next grow. The wife will be shaking her head and give me a WTF
Good luck with this one!!Thanks to everyone for their input on soil, it’s been great. I’m admittedly lazy and could easily stop buying so much new soil for my indoor grows. Now I have no excuses. As for outdoor-
I will reuse last year’s outdoor soil which is a mix of the last 3 years or so and has lots of worms. I’ll add the Earth Alive Soil Activator and some mosquito bits before I get going, but otherwise it’s not really bad (I do want to make sure and avoid fungus this year) and it's easy cause it's already here in pots
I’ll probably end up running one or more of these GSC photos (or maybe autos) outdoors cause I like the @Weed Seeds Express genetics. I think it will love the WA summer sun.
As for this girl- live updates aren’t always super exciting but she’s looking good!
For those wondering, she’s at 24,000 Lux and currently 18/6, same as the autoflowers.
I used to do 19/5 but seeing the autos start to sag early every evening, I knew I could cut 1 hour off at least.
It’s in ProMix (same way I always do), I think it’s just a fluke seed. 3 of 4 new seeds look fine, this one just never got going right.
mmm i loved my weedding cake. doing wedding gelato this time
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