Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

bizfactory

bizfactory

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Iriemedicine said:
Hey everyone, I’ve been slowly transitioning towards growing in recycled living soil and utilizing Korean natural farming and no till style growing. I finally feel comfortable to jump in all the way in this next run. I have redone my room, it is now sealed with a mini split, co2 injection and a dehumidifier. I’m trying to decide on what size smart pots could be used replicate a raised bed in a 4x4 space growing a single plant under a 1000 watt light in each 4x4 space (8.5 foot ceilings)? I was thinking 20,30 or 45 gallons? Any input? Suggestions? Thank you
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Why not just get a 3x3 bed like so: https://www.geopot.com/collections/geoplanter/products/geoplanter-fabric-raised-garden-bed?variant=443716873

I know BuildASoil is doing 100g fabric pots in a 4x4 on their instagram. You lose a lot of height that way so if you want to do multiple containers do something like 4x 30g pots. The 30 gallon Geopot is 24"x16.5" so that'd fit perfectly in your space.
 
Grow for fun only

Grow for fun only

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It’s GO TIME again!!!! Day #1 of flower for my bro C99 clones. Loving how this set up it coming along so far. 4x8 tray is on the way for Phase #3 and may new strains on deck, last night i checked his setup, hahaha he copys my idea , put two 144led reflector and side and install one lamp on top .:weed::weed::weed:
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Mazer

Mazer

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Ecompost said:
You can bokashi ferment your material before adding it to the worm bins, this will further reduce the rare risk of bad odor
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Dear Ecompost,

I do not know where I got this from but I think Bokashi has a low pH that can harm the bin. Is that not the case?
Personally, I blend and freeze/thaw the worm's food prior to feeding them. I have a fair quantity of coffee/tea in their diet which seriously helps neutralizing most odors. Besides, burying the food under at least 2 inches of bedding also helps. I never had a smell unless the bin is unhealthy.

CocoChanelingly Yours,
M.
 
Mazer

Mazer

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Chronikool said:
Thanks yo! My favourite in the stable at the moment for sure. Currently in the process of reversing a female to spread her female pollen on some stock. :)
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Dear Chronikool,

First of all, thank you for sharing your invaluable knowledge.
Then, reversing a female sounds a bit franckensteinish. Are you comfortable doing this? have you done it before? does it produce stable seeds?

MaryShelleyingly yours,
M
 
Chronikool

Chronikool

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Mazer said:
Dear Chronikool,

First of all, thank you for sharing your invaluable knowledge.
Then, reversing a female sounds a bit franckensteinish. Are you comfortable doing this? have you done it before? does it produce stable seeds?

MaryShelleyingly yours,
M
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Yeah..definitely not an organic practice... But pretty easy to produce silver ions. Yes i have done this before with successful results. I think it is important to select a female from stable regular seed stock to reverse.
 
grilledcheese101

grilledcheese101

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What do all my ROLS guys do with there surplus compost and soil? I have a raised bed on wheels, lol, and a compost bin on wheels. Everything starts from there and is ammended within the raised bed well before refilling my pots, right now just growing chives and clover. During the winter i wrap it with clear poly and let her stay warm and keep living as long as possible.
 
hillbill

hillbill

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grilledcheese101 said:
What do all my ROLS guys do with there surplus compost and soil? I have a raised bed on wheels, lol, and a compost bin on wheels. Everything starts from there and is ammended within the raised bed well before refilling my pots, right now just growing chives and clover. During the winter i wrap it with clear poly and let her stay warm and keep living as long as possible.
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I use it on raised beds and containers. But recycling to your favorite plants uses up a lot of it.
 
Strudelheim

Strudelheim

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Thinking Ive crossed the line today. Im cooking for my worms. Made a mix of 1 cup each of barley,corn,flax,oats,kidney beans, but into the pressure cooker for 10 mins (get them soaked and soft and prevent them from germinating and growing in worm bins). I have been mixing in all my leaves and stems in the bin in large amounts, and was feeling bad for them because thats all theyve been getting really (bedding is compost and some manure thats long gone by now), so wanted to mix up their diet a bit. I have been adding the insides of zucchinis and coffee grinds mostly for the last month as well, which they liked a lot so thats why Im taking a more active approach.
 
SCJedi

SCJedi

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It's getting close to time for me to start vermicomposting again. I've been chucking kitchen scraps out for the chickens and it's just luring in possums and skunks who in turn swipe our eggs.

There is a worm lady down the street that sold me my worms for my LOS pots. She told me she uses three raised bath tubs and just puts a screen over the drain. I've done small scale but how large is everyone's bin and what kind of casting volume do you pull out with any frequency?
 
Strudelheim

Strudelheim

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I use those black and yellow bins that are $10 CAD now. they are 27G and I fill them halfway up high which is about a foot deep. You can have 3 of these at different stages and harvest one per month getting 6-8 gallons of castings each, I have 2 myself and its more than enough. I don't even have holes in mine, IMO if you are getting liquid that needs draining the bin is too wet. I just have air holes in the lid, but even a lid is not needed, I just use it to control the moisture, so if I want evaporation I remove lid, if its dry or good, then I have lid on. I like em too cause they are easy to move around into the house now that its cold for example.
 
grilledcheese101

grilledcheese101

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Ill take some pics tommorow and you guys can let me know what i can do to make my compost and raised bed better for recylcling my indoor/outdoor pots. Right now im just doing basic shit i feel.
 
Mazer

Mazer

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Chronikool said:
Yeah.. i have done this before with successful results. I think it is important to select a female from stable regular seed stock to reverse.
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Dear Chronikool,
I am still having issues with cloning so I will let that enlightened scientist thingymajiggy for people on (much) higher grounds.

MuchHumblyingly yours,
M
 
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