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soil remineralization: process and discussion

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*Journeyman*

mrwags said:
comes in here with his 19 posts and tells one of our founding members his advice sucks.?

Copy Cutting and Pasting long drawn out formulas does not make you a grower of marijuana. Now I'm sure good ole Journeyman grows some fine ass vegetables and will someday save the world of hunger with a new found discovery.

Now Journeyman I'm asking you nicely to take your new posting ass away from here and leave these peaceful people alone. This thread was an open discussion of sound minds sharing ideas of what they have done to grow good WEED.
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LOL...For one I've easily got over 10,000 posts on the canna forums in the last 5+ years. Did nothing but grow canna for quite awhile. I never said JK's advice sucks and I'd never say that cause think he's one of the better peeps online especially when it comes to organic stuff. Doesn't mean I agree with everything he says.

As for soil re-mineralization...how do you know what minerals to add if you don't know what you're missing? Soil tests are easy and inexpensive.

BTW those weren't formulas, they were abstracts.
 
CannaDestroyer

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CannaExists - Would love to know why you would come in this thread and make uneducated, ass clown remarks like that?

i have done quite a bit of looking into the ash and it's contents. found out it has been used to remineralize soils for serveral different crops. some more successfull than others, but no damage or crop loss occured in any of the trials. all trials experienced a gain in usually one or two minerals in the final crop. the ash was added at levels between 10-75% ash content. i will be trying some on a few clones just to see what happens to them. i don't feel vocanic ash, from mount saint helens at least, is the best remineralizer (if that's even a word). however makeup of ash from different volcanos can vary greatly, so look into it's contents before use. i will still source some rock dust from a quarry somewhere, as diversity is the key. i have some links saved if anyone would like to look into this a bit more.
 
CannaExists

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CannaDestroyer said:
CannaExists - Would love to know why you would come in this thread and make uneducated, ass clown remarks like that?
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Lol, I didn't mean any harm, it occurred to me as funny how you wanted to use a gift of such sentimental value in your soil. I was not implying it was a bad idea.
 
Clackamas Coot

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CannaDestroyer said:
CannaExists - Would love to know why you would come in this thread and make uneducated, ass clown remarks like that?

i have done quite a bit of looking into the ash and it's contents. found out it has been used to remineralize soils for serveral different crops. some more successfull than others, but no damage or crop loss occured in any of the trials. all trials experienced a gain in usually one or two minerals in the final crop. the ash was added at levels between 10-75% ash content. i will be trying some on a few clones just to see what happens to them. i don't feel vocanic ash, from mount saint helens at least, is the best remineralizer (if that's even a word). however makeup of ash from different volcanos can vary greatly, so look into it's contents before use. i will still source some rock dust from a quarry somewhere, as diversity is the key. i have some links saved if anyone would like to look into this a bit more.
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CannaDestroyer

Volcanic ash is widely used aroudn the world to 'remineralize' crop fields. At the web site Remineralize the Earth I used their Search function and the link will give you any number of articles discussing volcanic ash/deposits.

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CannaDestroyer

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cannaexists - i apologize, took it as you making fun of my question. i generally don't say anything, but the childish trolling on this site can be a bit overwhelming. i guess it was getting to me yesterday. i would hate to see it put a damper on the discusion we are having in this thread. luckly it's not, lets keep the information flowing. i came accross a website that lists many scientific articles about soil, plants, and some other unrelated subjects. i only scanned the titles, so when i get a chance i will look into them a bit more and post the link if there is enough relevant information.

oh and the ash has no sentimental value to me. i've never even seen the mountain, other than pictures while i researched. honestly the only reason i took it is because i instantly thought maybe i could use that for my dirt.

Clackamascoot - thanks for the link. i came accross that website also, lots of good stuff there.
 
C21H30O2

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planning my summer veg. garden and def. plan to add some azomite and glacial rock dust. Wanna add to my canna as well, has anyone noticed an increase in flavor/odor and/or yield with the addition of rock dusts to your organic canna soil?
 
DARC MIND

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yup, azomite is great stuff..really makes a difference read up on paramagnetic soils and rock dust. most volcanic rocks are paramagnetic and i think that also plays a role on why some rock dust work so well.
 
Clackamas Coot

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DARC MIND said:
yup, azomite is great stuff..really makes a difference read up on paramagnetic soils and rock dust. most volcanic rocks are paramagnetic and i think that also plays a role on why some rock dust work so well.
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DARC MIND

Azomite (as a branded mineral amendment) is a very fine product.

Having said that, it's my opinion that if you take equal amounts of Azomite, soft rock phosphate and/or New Jersey Greensand and mix them together and apply the original amount you'll see better results.

YMMV

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Clackamas Coot

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Azomite is a 'brand name' for a specific glacial rock dust from a source in Idaho.

No big deal - it's simply another mineral source. Nothing 'magical' or special in any way. It works as well (and no better) than any number of mineral amendments.

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Not to derail this thread but some people believe that rock dusts from different locations have different charges/energies. They think that the diversity of energies produces a superior product for crops, rather than a single source of rock dust. It is pretty progressive thinking and I am intrigued by the concept. It makes sense to me that different places have dissimilar electrical charges. This could effect how the soil solution interacts with the minerals. I dunno. just tossing it out there
 
DARC MIND

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Clackamas Coot said:
DARC MIND

Azomite (as a branded mineral amendment) is a very fine product.

Having said that, it's my opinion that if you take equal amounts of Azomite, soft rock phosphate and/or New Jersey Greensand and mix them together and apply the original amount you'll see better results.

YMMV

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cc i always enjoy your post bud
im currently trying to get that Naomi’s mineral mix you suggested. i also came across a paramagnetic mineral mix w/ glacial, SRP, green sand and volcanic dust but that was a while back and i cant find the link...

fartstar
them energies your referring to is what i think paramagnetic or diamagnetic forces are.
paramagnetism

mad lib
if you fallow the less is best rule then you should be cool. think about actual soil, ther is a diversity of rocks & more then plenty within. learn about the minerals them rocks are made up of and apply with common sense.
 
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