I forgot to include the Russet Potato - originally called the Burbank Potato which he had to sell for $150.00 to pay bills.
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Living organic soil from start through recycling
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IncredibowlBoss
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Glad you posted that! It always confused me that an air stone tea wouldn't be considered "actively" aerated when you're using a power source to push air into it!
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I use the one at the bottom of this product list - now THAT is an air stone! 7" x 1.5" (Crocodile Dundee's line)
Hook that up to a Eco-Grow 200 lpi pump in 50 gallons of water. Dechlorinate in a few minutes as in very few minutes.
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I use the one at the bottom of this product list - now THAT is an air stone! 7" x 1.5" (Crocodile Dundee's line)
Hook that up to a Eco-Grow 200 lpi pump in 50 gallons of water. Dechlorinate in a few minutes as in very few minutes.
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Exact-a-mundo.
Practice > theory.
It's a tired tune they're singing, re: numbers and "real" breeding. In a perfect world, I would love to see cannabis breeding done on the scale of that of Burbank. Isn't that what most of us hope for one day? I know I do. Those of us who have a modicum of knowledge on the topic are acutely aware of our limitations and still strive to progress in spite of them. It's better than sitting around bemoaning the limitations and expecting others to do the work for us.
Bajangreen, that plant you describe is exactly the type R.C. Clarke describes as being a creeper. It's a common structural expression though not always the most desired for obvious reasons.
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YosemiteSam
Are you doing the side by side with the glacial rock dust this time? Is there a difference between the two?
Yosemite Sam
I've got 4 plants in veg of the same strain:
1 - Canadian Glacial
2 - Basalt (Oregon)
1 - Basalt & Glacial
Not ready to say yet......
I've got 4 plants in veg of the same strain:
1 - Canadian Glacial
2 - Basalt (Oregon)
1 - Basalt & Glacial
Not ready to say yet......
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Durdy
Looking forward to the results of that side by side! the mix I have right now has glacial, basalt, and azomite. Still composting in the back yard, another 2 weeks or so should do it.
Durdy
A couple of weeks ago I attended a seminar on rock dusts in Portland. The presenter worked for the US Geological Service for over 35 years and earned his PhD at University of Oregon.
This area of the world is an epicenter for studying volcanic activity. Beginning about 10 million years and lasting over 4 million years saw major levels of activity. In fact over in Eastern Oregon in the Yakima Valley the basalt deposits are over 3 miles thick and most of western Washington and Oregon were covered with amounts that exceed 1 mile deep. If you travel down the Colulmbia River you can see the walls of basalt on either side of the river.
Use this search text string "carbon sequestration basalt" for some really fascinating and interesting information. Let me know what you think after reading some of the legitimate research and not sales promotions.
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A couple of weeks ago I attended a seminar on rock dusts in Portland. The presenter worked for the US Geological Service for over 35 years and earned his PhD at University of Oregon.
This area of the world is an epicenter for studying volcanic activity. Beginning about 10 million years and lasting over 4 million years saw major levels of activity. In fact over in Eastern Oregon in the Yakima Valley the basalt deposits are over 3 miles thick and most of western Washington and Oregon were covered with amounts that exceed 1 mile deep. If you travel down the Colulmbia River you can see the walls of basalt on either side of the river.
Use this search text string "carbon sequestration basalt" for some really fascinating and interesting information. Let me know what you think after reading some of the legitimate research and not sales promotions.
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YosemiteSam
Plus this thread is living soil. A lot of effort goes to create that life. Popping it in the Easy Bake kinda defeats the entire purpose.
Gardens Keeper
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Whole heartily agree that was a dick thing to say thanks for pointing that out and exactly why. I agree and there are many other threads on here where the elitists could use some people to speak on that fact. It is impossible to breed with the 'proper' numbers in nearly every country in the entire world today. Everything can turn out amazing many one to ones have been huge successes, poly's arent the devil they are made out to be constantly, and neither is selfing, but I would at least suggest working with populations of 20 or more especially when selfing. Unfortunately it is impossible to expect anyone to work with real Mendellian numbers given today's governments. That is just entirely unrealistic. Quite a few breeders on here though seem to like to convince people they are destroying the gene pool by doing so. Sad. Maybe it is just protecting their market share?
Now here's Tom with the weather.
Banefoul
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thank you rrog for that well thought out and articulated reply. the info i found says to rake it out outside and cover with plastic for a couple months and let the sun bake and kill the bad stuff( not an option atm). another bit said baking in the oven for 30m at 200 and if you go over 250 you could get something toxic in the soil. if you see i was asking for confirmation on the toxic bit. again thank you for the wonderfully thought out reply. anyone other than ar able to confirm or offer any other info on baking at 300 before noticing the bit on 250+ toxic? i am trying to stay living soil im not in a spot to just go get more soil and must deal with what i have.
See there? You coulda unloaded with both barrels (and I would have deserved / welcomed it) but you took the higher road.
I may have missed this somewhere but is there a particular known problem with your soil or are you just taking precautions with an otherwise quality soil?
Because if there's nothing you know is really bad about the soil, I personally would take the opposite approach and get known beneficial microbes to work for you. Then plant a companion plant to get things really hopping. After a period of time, plop your real plant in.
BF; What you have read is not good information in the slightest bit. Living soil is just that. It takes time for it to become more and more alive .. baking it destroys life. I suggest reading as much of the pertinent parts of the thread as popssible.
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Durdy
That is some interesting info. If i understood the articles I read through correctly it seems that it's possible to capture excess CO2 from the atmosphere and store it deep underground / under the sea. When the CO2 is "injected" into the storage site (in this case basalt rock formations) it reacts with the seawater and basalt to form stable calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, and iron carbonate.
Other storage areas are possible but basalt seems to be the most secure. Since the reactions that occur bind the CO2 into stable molecules, also when done deep undersea (8,900ft I believe) the C02 becomes denser than water minimizing chances of leakage.
Theoretically we could capture huge amounts of our CO2 emissions and store them underground for extended periods while we figure out how to stop emitting so much and move onto other sources of energy that don't involve playing with our atmospheres chemistry.
IncredibowlBoss
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Then we can sell chunks of CO2 rock at grow stores
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