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I already ran a 5 gallon no till 3k once yield and quality phenominal..I think I got 5 fat ass pounds off that one....it was awesome from start to finish. Since I have the 5 gallon pots and the constant factor of space I am not doing larger pots due to having to move them more than I'd like at my current location atm.i can see where this would be a great method with much larger pots,i just dont see 5 gallons as being a large enough mass to really keep that going.it strikes me that this is a perfect method for someone setting up a largish grow for a dispensary who is actually concerned with producing quality meds. setting this soil mix up in say 200 gallon smartpots on pallets with at least 1 1000w lamp per plant...hoo doggy i bet you could grow a mess of fine meds that way...probably be able to grow a bunch of your tea component plants in situ...
i always think of that term in the sense of the NASA goal of creating a way to feed people in space ,as in a true closed loop where the plants create oxygen for the humans who create co2 for the plants as well as recycling their waste into plant food and the plants are cleaning the water which is also recycled....that sort of thing...but theres still no loops to be closed here,top dressing and adding things in a liquid form is still re-amending,no matter what,you are still going to have to bring outside sources into the system.
Now this is fantastic news....life changing possibly.AgSil 16H - update
The AgSil arrived and it is definitely water soluble. Completely and totally without any residue or undissolved pieces like K-MAG, etc.
Good product, IMHO
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
This should be the theme song for this thread:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwXh-UrHC-s
Gascanastan
With AgSil I've eliminated another bottled liquid product, i.e. Pro-TeKt and that now leaves me with only fulvic acid, Spinosad and neem oil (or karanja) liquids.
No 'white lab-coat' technology here!
LOL
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to be honest,after reading 70 odd pages in this thread,and getting started on several others i have come to the conclusion that its going to be way too expensive to switch over,more than 50% of the mix ingredients arent available here,by the time i add in shipping on what i cant get it slips into the why on earth would i do this category...plus it really looks like i would be taking a substantial loss of yield,like around 30%,and i was never dissatisfied with what i was growing in the first place,and by all appearances the nute line im using is made of exactly the same stuff you guys are using!! and as a bonus i dont need to get a biology degree in my spare time to even remotely understand whats going on...
now when i get my outdoor gardens going then i think all this would really come into play,and the day i can have a greenhouse full of hazes they absolutely will be in organic soil...but until then,i think i will just stick to my sinful ignorant ways.
thanks to all you principles here,this is without a doubt one of the most concentrated accumulations of actual science anywhere on the site,as well as being highly entertaining.thank you for all your patience as i asked the same stupid questions no doubt covered over and over elsewhere. as well i appreciate that you are willing to debate rather than just dismiss out of hand my ill informed ramblings...
Microbial activity will hinder compaction and the health (or lack) of your plants in no-till runs will reflect this. Proper aeration amendments will go a long way and is crucial in no-till sit-ups, I learned that the hard way
I've done two runs no-till in 5 gal buckets with no drainage, although that will be changing because the smarties next to 'em visibly outperformed the buckets - probably drilling holes in half of them soon lol and buying more smarties, I feel like I can feel the roots wanting more air, especially by the end of flower, although two crops back to back did just fine with no breathing except from up top, whatever....
The 18gal size seem to be a sweet spot, meaning most everything ive done in that size comes out golden and no fuss, damn near set and forget.
need to do more work on my 50gal smarties, I.e. much thicker layer of rocks etc on the bottom and/or get the damn things up on a pallet and off the concrete floor! Also quite different watering needs when you get that big indoors, my first run was dry all the way around the edges, top to bottom, and too moist in the middle - water from the outside in rather than the inside out, like water heavier on the perimeter and light in the middle, spraying the exterior of the fabric pots during foliars could only help also.