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Living organic soil from start through recycling

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epic; i think one tends to be 'standing' and the other tends to be 'laying down' so ~kinda
 

Gascanastan

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Space Cheese (aka Diary Queen) x BMR

No-till madness~

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how is that cross??

surprised you would even touch TGA genetics LOL

looks danky though...props. i don't even want to post pics of my garden after looking at yours haha
 
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I've used insect frass in the soil mix on a reamend, several cups so it went through 10cuf of soil or so, initially - its a good thing in the soil considering it adds another dimension from the outdoors that we are missing indoors.

With that said, I certainly wouldn't pay for it as you're getting plenty of the said benefits (chitin etc.) from other amendments i.e. crab/crustacean meal that I already use.

I use to keep reptiles & various insects as well - if I still did then all the natural reptile/insect byproducts would get tossed in the compost, and then ran through the worms.


What's the history on the spacecheese mom? Not familiar with the genetics used...

Some great pictures you guys have posted - new gardens new faces more success, good stuff!
 

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My first question: I tried to look up info on insect frass (solid waste from insects) and soil amendments, and found only a couple of hydro store videos. Wondering if anyone intelligent has used frass at all and if it is any good?
ickyweed

You'll probably find more information on using frass from the Black Soldier Fly (BSF) folks.

Since you have reptiles you're probably already familiar with these insects from that perspective.

HTH

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Gascanastan

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how is that cross??

surprised you would even touch TGA genetics LOL

looks danky though...props. i don't even want to post pics of my garden after looking at yours haha

Well...the mother 'Space Cheese' was an interesting plant. Very frosty and decent smoke,yet horribly PM susceptible and just lanky sativa dominant thin stemmed mess.

Lesson learned...so I hit it with a BMR male and it seems to have at least improved structure from the females I've seen so far. Still gets PM.

This one found favor in some gardens.
 

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The many studies done on this subject are dumbfounding...I've read so much conflicting information and seen little actual proof from using any Vitamin B product....
When Oregon finally banned Superthrive many of the secret ingredients were identified and it confirmed what many already believed (already knew) that it was basically Naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) which is what got this product banned in the first place, chelated Iron and Vitamin B-1. You can't hide the smell on this one.

Even at that the NAA level is only 0.04% and the Vitamin B-1 is around 0.08% - 1 drop per gallon, right? Or something like that.

Sounds pretty super to me......

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I was all super-dooper w/it at one point....we watched our parents dump that stuff in the water and use it on everything,and the Dr. Bronner's ranting type label which was some official US Government studies mumbo jumbo really sucked me in for years. Never really knowing if it was organic or not...lesson learned.

Space Command Center

Flowering day #1

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Blue Orca x NL#5/Haze

Still looking quite sativa dominant from here....

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Somoz, If using a pump to water your plants with teas defo filter them, it will clog up your pump. If you make an ACT Do Not use a pump to water it with as the propeller in the pump will shred fungal hyphae this may also damage bacteria.. This is why we use air pumps to make our ACT..

For Botanical Teas The way make mine is take my ingredient ie: Kelp, Alfalfa, Comfrey and add at the rate of 1 tsp per liter, I then bubble that for 36-48 hours then pour undiluted.

Thanks for the links and your input W89, it's appreciated. Looking forward to reading those threads and seeing some more methods. As far as ACT teas go, unfortunately a necessary evil for us is running them through pumps -- we know we're slicing and dicing the hyphae but unless we got a troup of oompa loompas out on the hill there's really no other way besides gravity to hit an outdoor plot with teas.

Same idea applies inside as well, it's just not realistic or practical for my methods to hand water 100 gallons of tea by hand. I need more helpers!!!
 

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I'm kind of medicated at the momoment so I hope I hit the high points, over and out......scrappy

Sorry for two in a row but this thread moves fast. Hit them on the head, a lucid response medicated or not. Thank you for taking the time.
 

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You got good results on this one as well......

All BO x NLH are pretty uniform out of the seed and through flower. Some are more frosty,but every single one is twice as frosty as the original NL#5 Haze...I've ran 13 different females so far. All still have plenty of NLH flavor and smell,yield on some looks to be pretty freeking nice.

This cycle is going to kick ass.

Yes..tea tree oil is in constant use for something around the household. Why not bugs and PM huh?
 

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The One x BMR F1 ....a Thai dominant phenotype in a 5 gal. no-till pot.

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Not sorry for three in a row with this one. Needed to repost this, straight female fire. She's a beauty.

FAIL: I can't get the picture to copy and paste but I'm still leaving the post. That cross is legit Gas.
 
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