Beginner Growing Medium Basics For Non Hydro Systems

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  1. #1 urgliktoadflax, Feb 1, 2010
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    keep it simple.


    quality, peat based, soiless mix with dolomite lime (i.e. metro mix by sun gro), add 10-15% coarse sand


    water plants only when they need it then water well till it drains from pot


    fertilize upon transplanting and every 10 days, vary slightly to your schedule


    fertilize with:


    base tea:

    1 gallon of good water
    1/2 cup earthworm castings (1-0-0)
    1 tb of high phosphorus bat guano (.5-12-1)
    1 tb kelp powder or 1 tsp maxicrop (1-0-4)
    1 tb blackstrap molasses (0-0-4)


    bubble for 24-72 hrs with aquarium pump. stir twice daily.


    then


    add this until the 7th day of flowering: (fertilize on that day)


    1 tb alaska brand fish emulsion (5-1-1)


    then replace with this:


    1 tb alaska brand morbloom (0-10-10)



    water plants before fertilizing, use 4 cups fertilizer/12 inch pot,

    until last week of flowering.



    catch the runoff and reuse for house plants:smoking:
     
  2. Good info man, you check out the organic section. Have you ever heard not to use fish emulsion?
     
  3. howdy,

    no i haven't heard about fish emulsion. what are the cons? thanks
     
  4. i am researching a posible replacement for the morbloom. i like the high phosphate to combine with the guano, but not the high potash. half the amount of potash that morbloom has might be more a more balanced nutrient tea since the kelp and molasses are high in potash also.
     
  5. if anyone can think of a helpful addition, it would be good to hear. there are all kinds ideas and products. i cannot, at this point, think of anything this tea lacks.
    it has ample, non-burning, water soluble, base nutes, micronutes, microbial action, humates, ... perhaps a fungus amungus? or some activator catalyst like nitron?
     

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