I use el cheapo. The needle jumps when there's wet.
I use one of these too...cost me like 10$ and since my scrog doesn't allow me to lift pots, it is convenient to know when to water they work well
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I use el cheapo. The needle jumps when there's wet.
I was reading about the good that earthworms do to the soil from their excretions to the air movement in the soil and seems definitely like a valuable addition to our high brix soils I am going to look into using them as well...now just have to find a fishing bait shop locally
The EC/EGRS meter is definitely in one of my near future purchases, but their pretty pricy and I've only found 2 models, one by hanna for like 100$ and another by a company for 400$. I think that these will probably be the most useful tool to help us measure the soil EGRS and to keep it in the right levels...I am definitely interested in what my soil is currently reading and have a feeling that too much Na may be contributing to the yellowing that I am experiencing with my grow. It will be really cool to be able to stick in a probe and see exactly how much "energy" is going on. I read that too much energy will burn/stunt the roots and slow nutrient uptake so it is very possible. Now just to save up the money
Doc
lets say I get a clone or seed started plant from someone that is about a month old and in unknown soil and unknown nutes, and I put it in the high brix kit soil, does the .5-1 gal of soil they use screw things up any?
Seed question Doc,
Occasionally I get a seed or two on a plant that hasn't been pollinated.
What causes this? Some stray male sac that I didn't notice? If so, wouldn't there be a lot more than one or two seeds? Chance of it being a hermie?
I want to thank all who contributed to this thread and DocBud in particular. I have to say I have learned greatly from this thread. I have not achieved true Hi Brix but my knowledge of organics has expanded to a usable point. I am looking forward to putting this knowledge to use in my outdoor container garden of peppers and tomatos. I am using 5 gallons of soil for them each this year and am starting to cook 2 55 gallon plastic drums of soil this weekend. My recipe is this.
2 cubic ft of StaGreen or Miracle gro garden soil
2 cups of garden lime
2 cups soft rock phosphate
1 cup gypsum
1 cup ironite
1 cup epsom salts
4 cups Jobes 4-4-4
The starter tea will be made from a cup per 4 gallons of water of the Jobes 4-4-4 and 2 tablespoons Blackstrap Molasses bubbled till foamy and all 4 gallons will be used for each of the 2 cu feet of soil mixed. I anticipate great results. Other than somewhat high potassium levels you should be able to grow anything with this mix. This will "cook" for more than a month so it should be ready at last frost. I can't hardly wait. I may add perlite or floor sweep (montmorillonite clay version) at a 4 parts cooked soil to 1 part perlite or floorsweep to help with drainage but will go with it uncut also and see where that leads me. How far off from Hi Brix I can't say but it is worlds better than anything I have tried before.
Not really. If it's a large quantity of soil, try this:
Pop out root ball
Score it
Dip the whole thing in a 5 gallon bucket of water and try to wash off a bunch of dirt
Innoculate with root zone
transplant
water with transplant water
spray with stress.
No problems mon.
The lime is the 90 plus percent pure stuff you reccomend in the 6-5-3. I don't know about the epsom salt amount being too high as a cup per 15 gallons (2 cu. ft.) of StaGreen is just around a tablespoon per gallon. I have had zero problems during testing. If there might be a problem what would a proper amount of epsom salt be per gallon? By the way it takes three 2 cubic foot bags of soil to fill a 55 gallon plastic drum, leaving 12inches or so from the top. I mixed one drum yesterday by putting the described amounts on top of each 3 cu. ft. bag and stirring it in then screwing a lid on the drum and rolling it around a bit after putting all three bags in. Currently temps are in the 40's so should I wait till a couple of warmer days are forecast before putting the tea in it?
Wow Doc! quite the update friend.
I am loving it. Been doing a fair amount of reading on the High brix style.
I am going to be getting a bale of promix soon. I want to run 9 in 5 gallon pots like I am running now. would one kit and one bale be sufficient or would I need to get two bales and two kits? Will let you know when im ready.
Is granular gypsum ok to use if I pulverize it for the 6-5-3?
should the rock phosphate be powdered as well?
Hope not to bother you with these questions.
Am I missing something?
I didn't think we needed the 6-5-3 along with the kit, do we Doc?
Am I missing something?
I didn't think we needed the 6-5-3 along with the kit, do we Doc?