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    Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

    Clover is a nitrogen fixing plant its not cannabis.
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    Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

    Epsom salt = magnesium sulfate. Too much magnesium can be detrimental - the sulfate portion is in the proper form to be taken up by the plant. (SO₄²⁻) This sulfate is ok its the Mg that can be too much for your soil specially in a container. So depending on your soil test result then...
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    Swami Seeds

    One of my crosses with the Transkei came out lagit RKS smelled so bad after changing lighting right out of the gate I'm like nobody will puff that I'm going to cull. Good thing I didnt do that. Turned out best weed ever. Straight up wiggy if you go to far, and mop the house do the dishes clean...
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    Swami Seeds

    Whats your home made gear you love?? I'm with you on the doing my own thing (into S4 with a strain we crossed from other gear we made and crossed that S4 hybrid with a native Transkie keeper straight from the wilds/tribal region of SA) but not into dissing folks trying to make a living. Ya...
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    Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

    James White is the soil scientist that did a lot of work on it. He's got a team at Rutgers U that are doing the hard work and he's doing a lot of writing about it. Pretty cool stuff - this is cutting edge last 5 years research. I'm into no or low till farming/gardening and its catching on with...
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    Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

    @weedstoner420 Kelp meal when processed gets rinsed off (salts removed) and dried then cut up. There's no salt in processed kelp meal. If there was my plants would never live. I'm in the same soil (Coots mix) since 2015. I re-use the same soil over and over and amend between grows 1 cup...
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    Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

    Negative affect from synthetic fertilizers are many. Since the plant is being "fed" nutrients from your hand the plant wont go thru the process of root exudate creating the symbiotic environment that bacteria and fungi thrive in. So the bacteria fungi don't get fed and they die off. So the...
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    Wyeast Farms Genetics

    Treestar is lagit
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    Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

    Looks like sick weed. Check your water source, looks like high pH and some other stuff causing lockout. And the soil looks WAY too dry.
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    Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

    Google "Coots Mix" you will find what you need.
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    Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

    Comfrey has really deep roots and they get pretty large - ours about 4' in diameter and 3 feet tall. Best place to plant them is close to your compost bin so you dont have far to go with the cuttings. Also choose wisely on location because you can take more rootings but you wont get rid of the...
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    Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

    soil test after mix - then yearly. Feed the soil micro-organisms.
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    Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

    Look up "senescence" plants dont stay green all the way to flower. This is genetics and cultivar specific. IF this is your first run with that cultivar I would suggest leaving it be and adjust your amendments for the next run. 5 weeks = 35 days, I have plants that start loosing leaves at 30...
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    Wyeast Farms Genetics

    I've ordered from them with no problems several times.
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    Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

    I poke a few holes with my finger the water will run into the holes instead of out of the container. I have the same exact issue too much top dress. A few holes works fine and water closer to the stalk,
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