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Both bacteria, and fungi in general (depending on the strain) share some of the same enzymes. Many fungi have enzymes that most bacteria don't have (peroxidases, chitanases, phosphatases, amylase, hydrolytic enzymes for breaking down cellulose, laccases and ligninases for breaking down lignin)...

Some people recycle their soil and with proper methods it can be recycled and only gets better. Once it is done it can go outside as well.

He mentioned his pH was 7.3 (most simple/accurate method is to soak a sample in a small volume of water and test that). This is a fine pH which doesn't really call for pH down and certainly not lime. If you're using alkaline tap water, it likely is this way because it has carbonate minerals...

Home grown tobacco would obviously be better than the crap they sell pre-rolled at the gas station in pretty packaging. I know nobody gleans much into this but that other stuff isn't really tobacco, it used to be tobacco, but then they made it into a pulp along with the floor sweepings, added...

When you dissolve a substance\salt in water, if the substance is water soluble like calcium acetate is, the ions dissociate into the solution. Calcium carbonate, being only sparingly soluble in water wont do this so readily and most of the CaCO3 will be in water as precipitate. At lower pH CaCO3...

You have to consider the ratio of daylight to moonlight lux (lumen per square meter). Full sun can be something like 30,000 - 100,000 lux. 'Normal' or filtered daylight on a cloudy day can still be as bright as 10,000 lux or more. The brightest moonlight is generally not more than 1 lux.

I've been using two Digital Greenhouse ballasts with the small internal fans for years. I was weary too when I bought them but have had no fan-related issues, and one replacement incident in the past several years. To me they are not loud at all, and they are still more quite than magnetic...

^Nice post. Micronized (very finely pulverized) lime might not exactly take two weeks to work, although the best bet is definitely adding it to the soil from the outset (if you're not using hard water). But really, all garden/ag lime (egg, oyster shell, dolomite, etc.) is chemically...

Except I'm not arguing anything really, and not saying "it just wont work", if you'd actually read, just that it isn't ideal for the purpose. It doesn't have any other benefit to the soil and can potentially result in high salinity. It might "work" if you add it in small amounts constantly to...

Baking soda is not good for raising pH as far as plants go. Sodium bicarbonate, too much sodium. Oyster shell is just another form of calcium carbonate. Egg shell is calcium carbonate, too. Dolomite is calcium magnesium carbonate. Dolomitic limestone is a pulverized lime which contains some...

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Reverse osmosis systems also waste a lot of water, as there is a waste or reject stream which contains the solutes. Some systems waste more than others. If your tap/starting water isn't that bad or you just want to remove the chlorine/chloramines, you could just use a good activated...

Mosquito Dunks/Bits are sold at virtually every hardware/home improvement store. These are very effective for Fungus gnats and aren't toxic to much else, and not to people or pets. I also use Hypoaspis predator mites. These survive in my soil even through mixing/recycling and are introduced to...

Cooler temperatures, even just at night time will cause certain nutrients to become less available directly, particularly where phosphorous is concerned. This can happen with all kinds of plants, not just Cannabis. While P is one of the chief nutrients directly affected by cold temperatures...

When I woke up in jail I was uncomfortable and disoriented but I think I knew why I was there. Shrooms seem to be another common theme here. I have one of those stories too. I did shrooms way back when I was a teenager on a few occasion. I think it was perhaps the 2nd time I did them; first...

^This. Also, if a seed is not mature, no it will not germinate in anything. You could this check by simply rubbing the seed between your thumb and forefinger. A bad seed will crumble, a good/mature seed will not even if you apply pressure. Cannabis isn't an aquatic plant. Roots breath oxygen...

One time I had sex with this girl, while her boyfriend was passed out next to us. We must have done it for about an hour. Then I woke up at the foot of their bed. Also, jail.

I love Screaming Trees.

Oh, so why don't you just shut the fuck up unless you actually care to explain how direct to soil\soil-less mix is "bunk advice", why do virtually all of my seeds started this way actually germinate and turn into healthy plants. What about paper towels makes them magical pot seed starting...

Yup. The stipules are more or less a vestigial organ in Cannabis.