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You could try a 1 to 1 soil slurry. That would tell what up with the soil ph and ppm wise.

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Just take a tablespoon or two of dry dirt a inch or two down of the top and mix it with equal part of water with a neutral ph(7.0). Then you can use your ph meter and see what the soil ph is. You can check the ppms too. This will tell you what the upper root zone ph and ppms are. In an addition to that you can water till you get some run off and check that too. I usually do both if I’m having problems.


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Grace are u talking here? Let me get robbie to look he grows no till like u

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I didnt know u are using mega crop. U are no till I thought? U may need to get happy frog soil to use mega crop

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Hey Grace how have you been. I see you have been busy lately. Congrats on getting your second Masters!

Grace what does your mix consist of the base and the amendments? I have a whole bag of garden lime if you need some, because they changed the soil recipe you only need peat moss/malibu’s compost and basalt/rock dust and bio char that’s it. No pumice, perlite or lava rock. Just four ingredients nothing else no aeration at all.

I know your super busy with your kids, school and growing etc...

But when you have time I would make a new batch of soil that’s just my opinion, because your soil seems off or out of whack. that Megacrop isn’t no good for NTG imo. You should never have to test your pH as long as you use crustacean meal, Oyster shell flower/meal or you could just use garden lime or dolomite lime. the compost (Humas) is the most important thing. Which Malibu’s is the best compost on the market for NTG besides leaf mold Plus you could probably source it locally for cheap. then you’ll need peat moss basalt or rock dust and bio char nothing more then just give them IPM of aloe Vera, silica, neem oil or neem cake if you don’t have neem oil and essential oil‘s and safer soap or soap nuts and just foiler spray once every 10 days then do plain tap water soil drenches.

If you have time let me know what you have going on. When you didn’t water for five days they will perk up pretty fast but if it’s no-till by not watering and keeping moist you kill off microbe population. but I’m sure that’s the least of your problems. Just my 2 cents. Message me if you need anything....


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Well there u go Grace

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Just a thought, could your soil have compacted over the 3 years? How many cycles have you run through it in those 3 years?

I'm wonding if the rice hulls have all broken down leaving you with less total airation. Seems like you would benefit by adding some pumice/scoria to the mix, maybe a little re-amendment at the same time, and your golden for another 3+ years.

I have no idea what to do about the MegaCrop. Seems like it would not be that bad for the soil. That's why I am leaning toward the soil compaction.

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I dont think any of that stuff is. But if u want to get something going why u make new soil get some happy frog and perlite and use mega. Might be easier for u with ur schedule

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Here u go

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I see.. I hope all is well for you sooner rather than later. I actually don't mind a long read lol.. the more I read, the more I learn.. Im interested in going organic and u got that down. I like the idea of multiple plants sharing one huge "pot". Im scrogging and doing basic stuff but I'd like my buds to looks like the ones I saw in the 1st grow in this journal .. so frosy

 

Hi Grace! I know you have been using the same soil for three years and it just gets better after every run. I was just reading about Megacrop it is not organic and I’m sure you did not know that. you don’t need these products in your soil because after adding it everything is dying off. Plus I was reading on RIU it messes your pH up. And all the people I’ve read that were using it are not growing organically. You have a Good base soil and amendments which is fine along with 15 pounds of earthworm castings I wouldn’t want you to throw that away. I just think like you mentioned you need to discontinue the Megacrop completely because it seems like after you started using that your soil got knocked out of whack and you keep paying for seeds that cost a lot of money and everything is dying off because your pH or something isn’t right. So I would try and flush that out and get your soil back to the right pH then amend your soil a bit, because you know flushing soil defeats the purpose of NTG even run off is not ideal.

I just want to say your a Great grower I’ve learned a lot from you Grace!

The one thing I always stuck to was the No-Till revisited version recipe because it’s proven over and over again you don’t have to go by there feeding schedule. or you don’t have to go by the recipe 100% but you basically did which is Good. as far as aeration is concerned all you need to do is plant a cover crop of fenugreek, clovers or rye grass and add a mulch layer that will keep your soil aerated and will help it retain water better. even pumice or lava rock you could still add. but I think basalt or rock dust along with bio char will help your soil tremendously. Once you have your base and amended soil there is nothing else you need to add except your IPM and your feed of molasses aloe vera and coconut water and maybe top dress with kelp and water it in once in a while or every 10 days. Besides that our soil does not need anything else Imo. That’s why they’re only using four ingredients for the new recipe! now hopefully you should be able to fix your soil! Because you have 40 gallons of soil that you don’t want to let go and I understand that, but if you can’t fix the issues then I think you have no other option but to make new soil because $100 is a lot money to throw away. but you also have to consider all the seedlings and seeds that you are going through which cost more then a $100 Plus Now with school and raising children and getting your masters degree is very important and time consuming. But I know you’ll figure it out I just wouldn’t waste any more beans in the meantime. But if you need any help pm me anytime Grace.


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