Total Noob using teas and I am a believer

Mad Hamish

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Hamish- I use a sphagnum peat base. In a fabric Geopot. I really love it and always have the soil dialed in the way I think (opinion time) is best. This is a slight fluctuation in soil moisture level (kPa) I also use these to actually measure this kPa: Tensiometer

So I avoid runoff altogether
I won't need my arm twisted to invest in one of these babies. More grow toys, bring it ON :) I might be a little obsessive about measuring stuff, but it all gets logged and eventually charted and it really has helped me out doing things that way. I love research, bit of a freak for it actually. Thanks for that bud!
 

Rrog

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I LOVE them. Super sensitive and accurate as all hell. I like to know what's happening.
 

VTMi'kmaq

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Hamish- I use a sphagnum peat base. In a fabric Geopot. I really love it and always have the soil dialed in the way I think (opinion time) is best. This is a slight fluctuation in soil moisture level (kPa) I also use these to actually measure this kPa: Tensiometer

So I avoid runoff altogether
oh my im in love!! want one really really bad!
 

May11th

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Man I have one bean in veg that just started to burn , any clue of what kind of burn it is? Sensitive lil shit. 20130909_215059.jpg
 

Rrog

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If you have some EWC (Earthworm Compost) that can help to stabilize things. Apply as a drench. Might increase the CEC of the soil and lock up some stuff
 

Mad Hamish

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If you have some EWC (Earthworm Compost) that can help to stabilize things. Apply as a drench. Might increase the CEC of the soil and lock up some N
That stuff is starting to look like one of the most versatile and useful organic additives. Getting my wormy bins mid next month, and maybe I'll chuck a shark in there like VTMi'kmaq suggested LOL. Not an endangered Great White, just a small little ragged-tooth shark or so.
 

Rrog

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Ya- except that CEC has nothing to do with N! LOL! I guess I needed a bit more Java!

EWC is the #1 amendment IMHO. If a person works on this, amends this, it'll do so much, including immune response. Highly, highly recommended.
 

RedCarpetMatches

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EWC = black gold! Stuff is muddy however so drainage be a must. Lol on the N comment. Anyone ever use Tera Cota clay in soil? I had dirted aquariums and used the red clay for very high CEC and great source of iron.
 

Mad Hamish

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EWC = black gold! Stuff is muddy however so drainage be a must. Lol on the N comment. Anyone ever use Tera Cota clay in soil? I had dirted aquariums and used the red clay for very high CEC and great source of iron.
Dude. I did not appreciate your random insult on the feeding 101 page. Burned my plants indeed. Don't bring that attitude here buddy. This thread is CIVILIZED.
 

VTMi'kmaq

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That stuff is starting to look like one of the most versatile and useful organic additives. Getting my wormy bins mid next month, and maybe I'll chuck a shark in there like VTMi'kmaq suggested LOL. Not an endangered Great White, just a small little ragged-tooth shark or so.
whoa wait a minute now I hadn't realized great whites were an endangered species, but shit mang nowadays with how destructive we are as a race whats not endangered? Yeah i'd LOVE to have an ocean beach to source some goodies from. My grandmother who is as native American as one can get nowadays used to catch sucker fish and plant them in her garden in the fall in preparation for next years plots. I understand her methods now!
 

VTMi'kmaq

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Dude. I did not appreciate your random insult on the feeding 101 page. Burned my plants indeed. Don't bring that attitude here buddy. This thread is CIVILIZED.
Just went and read said comment. the only thing crispy on Hamish is his brain after smoking dude? maybe you were attempting to be funny? IDK but sheet mang that was outa left field!
 

RedCarpetMatches

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There are clay powders in the recipe that I support. Definitely a CEC PLUS
Yeah I used to grind up the red clay. Amazing stuff really...very high CEC, loads of iron, PH buffer, and it'll even bring out red in plants!!! I even made some little red clay balls once as a bonus for the roots. When CAREFULLY transplanting it was very cool to see the roots swarming around the Tera Cota. The red clay is the good stuff, grey stuff sucks. You can get a brick of it from arts n crafts stores for 10$. Another high CEC clay is an oil dry called Safe T Sorb (green bag only)! They sell it at Tractor Supply stores. Dirty as fuck, but well worth the long rinse. Its like fluffy kitty litter that doesn't get mushy. I'm going to be using both of these clays in my next grow w/peat, perlite, dolomite, and microbe goodies. Figured if it worked great for sensitive exotic aquarium plants, it'll do miracles for weed. Oh and sorry again Hamish. Keep forgetting about the sensitive thing. I still like you and please forgive my bluntness.
 

May11th

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Good to know, I transplant ed it into supersoil w ewc, guano,Oyster shell, fishbone meal, kelp meal, bone char, azomite, humic acid, and a few others im wajed and baked hardcore right now off some of my own super skunk and damn its gonna be a good day.
 

Rrog

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Safe T Sorb is mostly Montmorillonite Clay, which I also have in the recipe, but in powdered form. Good stuff as you say.
 
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