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Living organic soil from start through recycling

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Gascanastan

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Quentin it is basic chemistry for a good coco/peat cec explanation check out gratefulheads coco guide in the coco forum or just read some of the links posted by CC somewhere between pages 1-25 in this thread.

A lot of people tune into this thread and do not read the first 50 pages where just about every myth is debunked and the basic organic chemistry/growing method is explained and then some....Read it come back and if you still got questions shoot some pm's. I would say post page 100 most posts are either regurgitated info or only add good info, but not absolutely necessary. CC and Co were very thorough pages 1-75.

Thank you~

..and thank Sam for explaining this stuff on layman's terms.

Macken Fracken!
 

Neo 420

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It takes a while to really let all this info set and start to make sense. Hell I still don't understand a lot of this "Living soil" but I got cycles under the belt, steadily turning out better product and comprehending more every day.
Oh.. Its puff time for me. Got some buddies over....C-ya!!
 

Seandawg

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The main thing is your humus source. Compost/EWC. As long as that ingredient is taken care of majority of your "issues" are taken care of. All signs point to compost; CEC's, pH, nutrient cycling via beneficial microbes. Everything... Find the best or do what I do, make it! That way you KNOW exactly whats going on.
 

Gardens Keeper

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It takes a while to really let all this info set and start to make sense. Hell I still don't understand a lot of this "Living soil" but I got cycles under the belt, steadily turning out better product and comprehending more every day.
Oh.. Its puff time for me. Got some buddies over....C-ya!!

The main thing is your humus source. Compost/EWC. As long as that ingredient is taken care of majority of your "issues" are taken care of. All signs point to compost; CEC's, pH, nutrient cycling via beneficial microbes. Everything... Find the best or do what I do, make it! That way you KNOW exactly whats going on.

Yup, and the beauty of living soil is that you don't need to know any of this 'technical' 'shit', unless you want to....Living soil is autopilot and understanding what is actually going on isn't even necessary it is just explained here to show why synthetic is a waste of time and money as well as harmful to the environment.
 

Seandawg

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Yup, and the beauty of living soil is that you don't need to know any of this 'technical' 'shit', unless you want to....Living soil is autopilot and understanding what is actually going on isn't even necessary it is just explained here to show why synthetic is a waste of time and money.

Fo shizzle...
 

ClackamasCootz

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Sean

From October 1 which is the start of the rain season which ends on September 30, so far this year Portland has received 14" of rain for October & November.

Wait until the March - May period......

"Make it stop"
 

Seandawg

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What is this "rain" thing you speak of? Seriously though, I cannot even remember when was the last time we got real rain on my side of the island. Maybe we can trade a bit? Half / Half? Lol
 

ClackamasCootz

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LOL - from a local TV station: How much rain in Portland this week? Millions of tanker trucks' worth?
Going with just the Portland metro-area counties of Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas, those total 3,071 square miles, which translates to just over 12.3 trillion square inches. (12.3285 trillion to be fairly exact).

Now that we know how much land we need to cover, we need the water. One U.S. Gallon is 231 cubic inches -- a cubic inch of water on a square inch of land would cover that parcel with 1" of water.

So take 8,000 gallons of water in one truck, multiply by 231 and we find each tanker can carry 1,848,000 cubic inches of water.

Thus, just how many trucks would it take to cover those three counties with 1" of rain?!?!

6.67 million! Add in Clark County for our Vancouver friends and it jumps to 8.1 million.
This week......
 

ClackamasCootz

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A good reason to visit Oregon - Opal Creek

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ClackamasCootz

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Do you know anyone that uses rain water as their indoor water source?
Absolutely - believe it or not rain collection systems are a huge seller here. A couple of the larger manufacturer's even advertise on TV during regular hours, not those goofy sales shows at 2:00 AM

Talk about a buzz-kill

CC
 

Seandawg

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Awesome! It's nice to hear that such a resource is being properly taken advantage of. I wish I had that option. I dont know if I'd use it (just because im lazy lol), but it would be a nice resource to have!
 
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