Thought I would share this strange little clover I noticed while watering yesterday. This little guy is the only one left in the pot. Out of all the clover that could have survived..... It's roots start well above the soil and wrap completely around a pumice stone and then into the ground.
2 Days after kelp+neem foliar and drench. (foliar was 1/2 dilution of drench) Cytokinin like response?
I was doing some reading on that gardener site and I don't know why I haven't thought to use pistachio hulls as aeration
I do and plan to make 1 or 2 more beds in the coming weeks. I read the thread that was linked along with the .pdf and I took it as they were drinking it. I wont be doing that but I do plan to use some of this soil mix for my veg garden as well as my outdoor mj plants. The bed that I already have has Azomite in it already so I don't wanna add more. I was thinking maybe spread some on the lawn but I plan to use clippings in my compost. Is it still a big deal if I don't plan to ingest it? Will there be high levels of the bad parts of it in my food and grass clippings?
You can take this for what it is. I don't personally understand the science behind it all but I take Coots advice to heart. A while back I was asking him about Redmond conditioner which is in the montmorillonite clay family, basically the same as azomite and bentonite. He advised me not to use it. Its already in some of my mix so I asked if he would recommend replacing the soil. He said he would but it would take a couple years to break down to a point where the aluminum would become available to the plant so I have some time. HTH Solo
Looks like it from the tight nodal spacing and the secondary shoot's growth behind the main stalk. Might want to lessen the fulvic input a bit as I see some twisting starting on the leaves. Those are some healthy looking plants though. I'd be mighty happy with em.
Well thank you for the compliment, that carries some weight coming from you. Interesting you say that about the fulvic, I have not given them fulvic acid since soaking the seeds. My cat likes to chew on some leaves and I have a few shield bugs that have done a little leaf damage, that may be what you see in that leaf to the back right. If it's something else, Idk, my humus input was 100÷ local worm castings in these pots.
"I don't personally understand the science behind it all but I take Coots advice to heart." Same here. I don't plan to be in this house 2 years from now so I guess I'll spread it on the lawn and let it roll.
I've had some just do that, cultivar specific trait or w/e...no idea just thought I'd throw that out since the same thing happened to me when I accidentally overdid the fulvic acid once. Severe leaf twisting was the first symptom, much more than that little bit.
Got my Chapin yesterday, watering is a breeze with it. I took the sprayer nozzle off to increase water flow, but for Foiler spraying, does everyone use the .5gpm attachment or order a smaller one for spraying? Check out my grow! Mars II LED & Organic No-Till Soil. http://forum.grasscity.com/organic-grow-journals/1318542-freedom-35.htmlk]http://forum.grassci...reedom-35.htmlk
Thanks for looking out, I expect you guys with experience to point out possible problems as soon as you see them. Tbh I'm a little scared of fulvic solutions. I have fulpower and use it to germinate seeds, and maybe once with a barley tea per cycle. With container gardening I think it could be real easy to overdo it, and everybody has said be careful with it. I definitely wouldn't use it every tea I use.
Just look at it as a small stimulant to the soil and plant processes. Useful when applied regularly in small doses. I used it once a week in my SST and in the foliar solution I applied. Didn't have a problem doing this though I usually stay around 1 oz per chapin (~4 gallons).
I'm interested in doing a little extra feeding through foliar spraying, but I don't really want to buy an airstone, pump, and have to mix gallons of the solution at a time. I know you can mix 1/4 cup kelp meal with about 1/2 cup water* and than dilute that for use in foliar spray, is there anything else I can do to incorporate what I currently have without getting into the bubbling thing? Right now I have a big box of kelp meal, neem meal, and crab meal as well as some epsom salt. I also planned on stopping by CVS later or something for coconut water/aloe vera juice. Thanks
I was out of town so i had someone else water them, forgot I had them do the FA and drenched em again the next watering. Didn't get too bad on me just severe leaf curling (twisted leaves) and odd new growth for a bit.
Nasty, and notice how the fertilizer industry is the prime producer of byproduct fluoride. http://fluoridealert.org/issues/water/fluoridation-chemicals/ P-
gosh cant we just dump it in the ocean or sumtin? the ocean IS BIG righhht? as long as we get fast dank!!
Epic list, thats a lot of work finding all that stuff haha. Char - Damn right on the unknown nature of the char we can get. I just used the BBQ lump stuff cause I could get a decent sack for $10. No idea on the pyrolysis of it though. Big opening in the market here for a smart producer to get a proper product out. Alfalfa - thanks for the headsup. I didn't even think of looking for alfalfa for human consumption. I've had another google and there are a few other places selling supplement-quality, but at $70/kg it's pretty crazy. I'm keen to try some of the lucerne, gotta hook me up a haybale or sack or something - mulch a plant at transplant with good lucerne and it might just deliver enough triacontanol to get things going. Heaps of locally manufactured cow and horse feeds do contain alfalfa, so maybe it is being imported in bulk by manufacturers for processing?? For malted barley - the 6 row stuff the yanks on here rave about isn't available here, it's not imported. Maybe cause it's only used to make nasty north american beers? A shame we don't see it. You want the palest Pilsner malt you can get - the lighter it is the colder it has been kilned. Pilsner is the lightest style of malt. I got some Weyerman extra-pale pils for $5/kg. Def works, but probably not as much fun as when I was sprouting and blitzing alfalfa seeds. Checking Cryermalt (who are the main malt importer I think), their website says they do carry a specialty Weyerman diastatic malt which is treated to keep the amalyse levels high - this to me seems like the best solution on the market. http://cryermalt.co.nz/userfiles/file/Weyermann%20Malts%20Cryermalt%202010%281%29.pdf - see p29. Next time I'm near the brew shop I'll ask about it. Rock-dust/paramagnetism: Paramagnetism refers to the way tiny rock particles exhibit a polarising charge. The theory is that highly paramagnetic rock will be more active in a soil as near the atomic level magnetic attraction/repulsion affects the way fungi and bacteria can interact with the rock. There are a couple of studies showing high paramagnetism is "good" in some limited cases. Problem is the science isn't very robust. The studies I've seen are a bit on the shit side and don't show what is going on. It's complicated by the organic whack-jobs who are into crystal healing and water energy, who have seized upon paramagnetism as evidence of witchy-poo magic that fits their world view. There's no robust evidence of fuckall imho. I only brought it up cause I do know that a quarry in the 'Naki has tested off the charts for paramagnetism and I am surmising that is where Aggrissentials are sourcing their rock for Rok Solid Rock dust does sound really fucking boring, so I guess sticking "paramagnetic" on the label makes it look more exciting. Where did you get your dust from? The local quarry around here don't even let you on the site unless you're driving an actual truck, haha.